Arena Make Solid Start to the Road Racing Year at Chichester 10K

Arena runners were out in force earlier today at Goodwood Motor Circuit for the fast Chichester 10K.

The race is the traditional curtain-raiser for the road racing season and takes place at one of the homes of British motor racing. The course starts with a lap of the circuit, heads out onto the road for an out-and-back section, and then returns to the track for a final two-thirds of a lap.

Dan Stent was the first Arena man home in a time of 34:54, while Julie Briggs led the Arena women with a time of 37:15, which was also good enough for second place in the FV55 category.

Other notable performances came from Caroline Hoyte (3rd FV55), Caroline Wood (2nd FV60) and Chris Naylor (2nd FV70).

There was also plenty of PB bell ringing to kick off the year, with personal bests for Charlie Bulled (35:59), Jemma King (40:20), Jonathan Pickworth (42:46) and Steve Howard (43:15). Full results are below.

Position	Name	Time	Category	Category Pos
104	Dan Stent	34:54	MV35	25
147	Charlie Bulled	35:59	MV35	30
203	Michael Barker	37:00	MV35	36
223	Julie Briggs	37:16	FV55	2
233	Jamie Hinks	37:32	MV35	42
306	Luisa Ramirez	39:13	FSEN	18
350	Caroline Hoyte	39:49	FV55	3
372	Jemma King	40:20	FV40	8
404	Darryl Parker	41:10	MSEN	130
408	Simon Clark	41:07	MV55	26
461	John Orden	42:02	MV65	10
473	Anna Hinks	42:14	FV35	14
500	Jonathan Pickworth	42:46	MV60	19
503	Mark Sallis	42:56	MV45	48
520	Steve Howard	43:15	MV60	20
521	Jay Howard	43:15	MSEN	151
568	Caroline Wood	44:17	FV60	2
619	Hannah Brown	45:42	FSEN	54
659	Lorraine Hale	46:21	FV50	12
661	Darren Hale	46:21	MV50	39
775	Chris Naylor	49:31	FV70	2

Monthly Parkrun Social

The latest stop on the Arena parkrun tour took place on Saturday with a group of seven members taking on the recently launched Downs Link, Shoreham-by-Sea parkrun. You can see them posing close to the start line below.