John Pickering (M65)
Current member :
Yes
Best time for 1m is 7:39 (7:39) Link to race
Best time for 5k is 25:59 (8:23) Link to race
Best time for 4m is 33:01 (8:15) Link to race
Best time for 5m is 42:20 (8:28) Link to race
Best time for 10k is 53:18 (8:36) Link to race
Best time for 10m is 1:36:48 (9:41) Link to race
Best time for half is 2:07:17 (9:43) Link to race
Was Runner Of The Month for
Mar-24
This ‘choosing Runner of the Month’ lark just keeps getting harder. To recap March (for those who weren’t at the last Chip Cob Night) I’m therefore going to start out by talking about just a handful of those who didn’t win, but could well have done, any other month.
Ben Plummer represented Leicester & Rutland strongly in the national Inter-Counties cross country, finished fourth in the Forest of Dean Spring Trails Half Marathon, won the Sherwood Pines Half marathon, outright and was first finisher in 4 (four!) parkruns in the month…
A sizeable group of our fastest guys made the trip to Manchester and smashed the Trafford 10k, with five of the six setting new PBs, with the slowest clocking 35:17 (!). It’s worth remembering that these guys; Simon Crawford, Will Lunn-Pigula, Mark Boot, Darlington Magalela, Lewis Tandy & Mike Bland are generally much more focussed than the majority; loads of training (much of it intensive), already stellar past performances & targeted racing. These things combined makes it potentially harder to catch the eye for RotM, compared to those racing twice a week. There’s also the fact that Trafford was no flash-in-the-pan; they’re turning it on, whichever month their target race is in!
Oliver Cook set a unique LERC milestone on the other side of the world, with his completion of the 2024 Tokyo Marathon. This gave him the full set of the six international major marathons, along with: Boston (2016), London (2017), Chicago (2018), Berlin (2019) and New York (2022)
It’s far from easy comparing these (and other LERC) running achievements, but highlighting them hopefully speaks volumes about the guy who managed to surpass even these; John Pickering, Runner of the Month for March 2024. Still setting PBs - three in the month - even whilst competing in the VM65 category, was absolutely outstanding and reflects John’s hard work & contribution recently. This also included being a regular helper at our Monday Couch to 5k sessions:
• Alvaston Parkrun (02-03-2024) 27:53
• Nottingham 10K (10-03-2024) 55:59 (PB)
• Long Eaton Parkrun (16-03-2024) 28:02
• Long Eaton Parkrun (23-03-2024) 29:49
• Derby 10k (24-03-2024) 54:33 (PB)
• Long Eaton Parkrun (30-03-2024) 26:34 (PB)
Great work John and all those others mentioned – and all you other awesome LERCers! On to April…
Performance History
History for 5k
History for 5m
History for 10k
Races
Races competed in (581 miles over 156 races.) download
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