2017 Aylesbury Boxing Day Race

2017 Aylesbury Boxing Day Race

As no races are taking place at the moment, I'm creating some web pages entitled "where I was taking photos this time last year". As I'm usually away at Christmas, I seldom take photos of runners at this time of year. So I've gone back a few years - to 2017. Today, I'm looking at the 2017 Aylesbury Boxing Day Race. The organiser's website says "At 0945, there is a a 5K race which consists of 1 lap of the Market Square followed by 2 laps of Aylesbury Town Centre - it finishes in the High Street. - prior to that (at 0925) there is a 0.5K race at for under 11s and accompanying parents". So the centre of Aylesbury is full of runners and their spectators bringing the place alive on Boxing Day morning.

As today is Boxing Day, this year's race would have taken place today. Unfortunately, because of Covid-19 it has had to be cancelled.

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 the organiser's website.

Photos of the male runners who did well at the 2017 Aylesbury Boxing Day Race

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.

Ryan Burling (140) was 1st and the 1st SM finishing in a time of 0:16:05.
At the time of the 2017 race, Ryan was with Luton_AC. He now runs for Marshall_Milton_Keynes_AC.

Owain Jones (203, Bristol_and_West) was 2nd and the 2nd SM finishing in a time of 0:16:10.

Philip Sewell (7, Aldershot_Farnham_and_District) was 3rd and the 3rd SM finishing in a time of 0:16:40.
After being 4th in 2016 and 3rd in 2017, Philip won the race in both 2018 and 2019.

Kieran White (56, Hercules_Wimbledon_AC) was 5th and the 1st MV40 finishing in a time of 0:17:02.

Nathan Jones (96, Vale_of_Aylesbury_AC) was 9th and the 1st MU15 finishing in a time of 0:18:06 - no photo.

Max Perry (2, Vale_of_Aylesbury_AC) was 10th and the 1st MU17 finishing in a time of 0:18:12.

Mark Taplin (93, St_Albans_Striders) was the 1st MV50 finishing in a time of 0:19:20.

Ethan Perry (3, Vale_of_Aylesbury_AC) was the 1st MU13 finishing in a time of 0:24:01. - no photo

Dan Meaney (209, unattached) was the 1st MV60 finishing in a time of 0:26:23.

Photos of male runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first male runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. I've only included those clubs that had more than one runner competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

Arthur Brooks (6, 100_Marathon_Club) was the 6th MV60 finishing in a time of 0:28:44.

Richard Gould (83, Alchester_RC) was the 4th MV40 finishing in a time of 0:19:30.

Dermot Martin (74, Bearbrook_RC) was the 2nd MV40 finishing in a time of 0:18:30.

Max Nicolle (167, Bicester_AC) was the 2nd MU17 finishing in a time of 0:18:33.

Stephen Atkins (122, Biggleswade_AC) was the 2nd MV60 finishing in a time of 0:27:08.

Louis Peterson (106, Chiltern_Harriers_AC) was the 2nd MU15 finishing in a time of 0:19:16 - no photo.

Simon Bolton (148, Compton_Harriers) was the 25th MV50 finishing in a time of 0:25:57.

Liam Ahern (156, Dacorum_and_Tring_AC) was the 15th SM finishing in a time of 0:21:10.

Ian Gutteridge (161, Datchet_Dashers) was 8th and the 7th SM finishing in a time of 0:17:59.

Lee Murphy (123, Dunstable_RRC) was the 9th SM finishing in a time of 0:18:42.

Steve Newing (225, Gade_Valley_Harriers) was the 21st SM finishing in a time of 0:21:58.

Liam Hosier (86, Kidlington_RC) was the 12th SM finishing in a time of 0:19:54.

Peter Mackrell (188, Leighton_Buzzard) was 7th and the 6th SM finishing in a time of 0:17:46.

Chris Penn (216, Leighton_Buzzard_Tri) was the 11th SM finishing in a time of 0:19:32.

Daniel Green (32, Leighton_Fun_Runners) was the 10th MV40 finishing in a time of 0:20:58.

Jamie Seddon (65, Marshall_Milton_Keynes_AC) was 4th and the 4th SM finishing in a time of 0:16:53.

Matt Rogan (129, Metros_RC) was the 6th MV40 finishing in a time of 0:20:14.

Conor Richardson (145, On_The_Run) was the 10th SM finishing in a time of 0:18:57.

Philip Gray (199, Oxford_City_AC) was the 4th MV50 finishing in a time of 0:20:27.

Stewart Bowring (217, Queens_Park_Harriers) was the 13th SM finishing in a time of 0:20:31.

Thomas Middleton (206, Team_Balancise) was the 14th SM finishing in a time of 0:20:41.

Mark Emmett (197, Thame_Runners) was the 9th MV50 finishing in a time of 0:22:25.

Martin Hopcroft (47, Tring_RC) was the 5th MV50 finishing in a time of 0:20:29.

John Brewer (107, Uknetrunner) was the 12th MV50 finishing in a time of 0:23:02.

Photos of the female runners who did well at the 2017 Aylesbury Boxing Day Race

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.

Alice Wright (189, Vale_of_Aylesbury_AC) was the 1st female and the 1st SL finishing in a time of 0:20:23.

Helen Mulhall (51, Bearbrook_RC) was the 2nd female and the 1st FV45 finishing in a time of 0:20:31.

Tracy Galbraith (144, Oxford_City_AC) was the 3rd female and the 2nd FV45 finishing in a time of 0:20:45.

Kitty Galbraith (143, Oxford_City_AC) was the 5th female and the 1st FU13 finishing in a time of 0:21:28. - no photo

Rebekah Edgar (98, unattached) was the 6th female and the 1st FV35 finishing in a time of 0:21:40.

Emily Johnston (169, Vale_of_Aylesbury_AC) was the 8th female and the 1st FU17 finishing in a time of 0:22:01.

Felicity Clark (141, Oxford_City_AC) was the 1st FU15 finishing in a time of 0:23:49 - no photo.

Shoko Davis (117, unattached) was the 1st FV55 finishing in a time of 0:26:17.

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 only included those clubs that had more than one runner competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

Teresa Jones (194, Barmy_Bibiometrics) was the 4th FV55 finishing in a time of 0:30:14.

April Meadows (109, Leighton_Fun_Runners) was the 12th SL finishing in a time of 0:32:59.

Vicki Brunink (88, Netley_Abbey_Runners) was the 17th FV35 finishing in a time of 0:29:15.

Becky Honour (185, On_The_Run) was the 9th FV35 finishing in a time of 0:26:14.

Sharon Davidson (160, Purple_Patch_Runners) was the 8th FV35 finishing in a time of 0:26:14.

Charlie Hilder (57, Queens_Park_Harriers) was the 9th SL finishing in a time of 0:30:06.

Virginia Middleton (207, Team_Balancise) was the 16th FV45 finishing in a time of 0:29:14.

Elizabeth Daniel (77, Tring_RC) was the 14th FV45 finishing in a time of 0:27:59.

Postscript

If you did the Aylesbury Boxing Day Race back in 2017 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'm planning for my next review to be of Round 3 of the 2019-20 Oxfordshire XC League that took place at Adderbury on Sun Jan 5th 2020. I hope to post that on Sun Jan 3rd 2021.

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 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/2020-12-26-aylesbury. It was created on Sun Dec 20th 2020 and last updated on Sat Dec 26th 2020.