2019 Longworth 10K

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2019 Longworth 10K

As very few races are taking place at the moment, I'm creating some web pages entitled "where I was taking photos this time last year". Today, I'm looking at the Longworth 10K which takes place from Longworth, a village that lies between the River Thames and the A420. It is about 9M SW of Oxford.

The organiser's website says "Held every year since 1998, this race is held on a multi-terrain course that starts at the east end of Longworth village, goes north to the river, follows the Thames Path National Trail westwards from new Newbridge to Shifford Lock before climbing back up to Hinton and then following a bridleway to finish in front of Longworth Manor." Last year's race took place on Sun Sep 22nd 2019 and I guess this year's race would have taken place today (Sun Sep 20th 2020). However, I guess that because of Covid-19 it has been cancelled.

I took photos at two spots (at about 0.88K and 9.2K). I'm grateful to the local runner (who I saw during his warm-up) as he phoned the farmer who owned the property at the first spot to get permission for me to park my car on his land. Thanks to the farmer too! This was very welcomed because when the runners came past I sat in the car to take the photos as it was raining hard.
I'm also grateful to the farmer at the second spot who I spoke to as he allowed me to park on his property. I normally don't take photos on hills. However, this spot was at the top of a hill. Even though I didn't resort to taking photos from the car at the second spot, it was very wet for the runners and for my camera as some of the photos show!! As a result, some of these photos are not very good.

By the way, you can click on any of the photos on this web page to see the photo in hi-res.

The route of the race

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The above map is taken from organiser's website. As mentioned above "the race starts at the east end of Longworth village, goes north to the river, follows the Thames Path National Trail westwards from new Newbridge to Shifford Lock before climbing back up to Hinton and then following a bridleway to finish in front of Longworth Manor".

Photos of the male runners who did well at the 2019 Longworth 10K

Here are some photos of the male runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

Stephen Young (127, Marshall_Milton_Keynes_AC) was 1st and the 1st SM finishing in a time of 00:36:37.
At this point in the race (0.88K), Stephen is accompanied by those that finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th - see below.

Matthew Lock (20, Witney_Road_Runners) was 2nd and the 2nd SM finishing in a time of 00:36:54.

Alex Briscoe (21, White_Horse_Harriers) was 3rd and the 3rd SM finishing in a time of 00:37:27.

Alexander Pennington (90, Abingdon_School) was 4th and the 1st MU18 finishing in a time of 00:37:49.
This photo also shows Roy Schumacher (89, Abingdon_School) who was 5th and the 2nd MU18 - he finished 4 seconds behind Alex.

Chris Colbeck (136, Witney_Road_Runners) was 9th and the 1st MV45 finishing in a time of 00:38:18.

Photos of male runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of a male runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. I've attempted to show the runner who came first for the club, but I may have got this wrong. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

Chris Bedford (62, Abingdon_AC) was the 3rd MV45 finishing in a time of 00:42:13.

Alex Pigott (126, Chorlton_Runners) was the 13th SM finishing in a time of 00:42:06.
Chorlton Runners is a club "based in the heart of Manchester".

Michael Suggate (98, Didcot_Runners) was 6th and the 4th SM finishing in a time of 00:37:57.

Andrew Lister (147, Kidlington_RC) was the 6th MV45 finishing in a time of 00:45:25.

Stephen Hurt (59, Lonely_Goat_RC) was the 25th MV45 finishing in a time of 00:53:40.

Jack Barrett (102, St_Edwards_School_Oxford) was the 6th MU18 finishing in a time of 00:41:49.

Andrew Goff (105, Tri_Hards) was the 7th MV45 finishing in a time of 00:45:43.
"TriHards" is the name of "the Lower Windrush Triathlon Club that's based in the the villages of Standlake and Northmoor in West Oxfordshire".

David Zimmer (103, Vale_Royal_AC) was the 14th SM finishing in a time of 00:42:37.
Vale Royal Athletic Club is "in the heart of Cheshire, with the main towns being Northwich and Winsford, but it attracts athletes from all over the county". David also studies at Oxford University.

Philip Mallaband (100, Vegan_Runners) was the 11th SM finishing in a time of 00:40:51.

Photos of the female runners who did well at the 2019 Longworth 10K

Here are some photos of the female runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

Claire True (6, Alchester_RC) was the 1st female and the 1st SL finishing in a time of 00:42:16.

Jenny Hannah (101, St_Edwards_School_Oxford) was the 2nd female and the 2nd SL finishing in a time of 00:43:12.

Marie Sucksmith (115, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 3rd female and the 3rd SL finishing in a time of 00:43:49.

Lucia Singer (58, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 4th female and the 1st FV45 finishing in a time of 00:45:31.

Photos of female runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first female runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. I've attempted to show the runner who came first for the club, but I may have got this wrong. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

Julia Pennington (75, Abingdon_AC) was the 9th female and the 5th FV45 finishing in a time of 00:51:02.

Joanne Green (69, Bournville_Harriers) was the 8th female and the 4th SL finishing in a time of 00:50:54.
Bournville Harriers is "a popular and competitive West Midlands running club that's based in the beautiful 'leafy' suburb of Bournville, home of Cadbury's chocolate".

Nadine Hunter (27, Cumnor_Kites) was the 7th FV45 finishing in a time of 00:51:12.

Katherine Coney (26, Didcot_Runners) was the 15th SL finishing in a time of 00:58:58.

Sandra Wiltshire (148, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 22nd FV45 finishing in a time of 01:00:42.

Emma Welch (35, Tri_Hards) was the 5th female and the 2nd FV45 finishing in a time of 00:47:38.

Lindsey Smith (111, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 6th female and the 3rd FV45 finishing in a time of 00:48:05.

Photos of the first local runners

Here are photos of the first male and female runners who were local.

James Feilden (109, unattached) was the 8th SM finishing in a time of 00:39:52.

Clare Hazell (17, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 10th female and the 6th FV45 finishing in a time of 00:51:05.

Postscript

If you did the Longworth 10K in 2019 and want a reminder, then here's a link to all the photos that I took. There's a calculator on that web page that makes it easy to find the photos of a runner given their time and you can find the time from the results web page.

If you want to see the reviews I've done on other races, then here's a link to a web page that includes an index of the reviews of races.

I maintain a web page for runners that provides a list of races near Oxfordshire and the latest results. As well as a lot of postponed/cancelled races(!), it is now beginning to includes several races that plan to abide by the Covid-19 regulations. So go and visit www.oxonraces.com to see what races may take place. And if you use twitter, you may want to follow @oxonraces to become aware of important changes to this web page.

This web page is at www.oxonraces.com/blog/2020-09-20-longworth. It was created on September 11th 2020 and last updated on September 20th 2020.