Burgess Hill Runners enjoy the virtual runs of offer during lockdown

In May Centurion One Community’ got runners together from all over the world and challenged them to run any distance they wanted to in that week.

Half Marathon: Oliver Jones (02:04:05), Gin Lawson (04:07:01), Anita Harris (04:04:52). Marathon: Jocelyn Coppard (2:13:00:31), Dawn Fahy (5:00:25:00). 50Km: Steven Bird (2:07:00:00), Chris Page (5:09:00:00). 50 Miles: Karen Harvey (3:01:02:01), Nick Dawson (5:04:00:01), Neil Dawson (5:04:00:01), Helen Pratt (06:02:27:01), Steve Roberts(06:03:30:00). 100 Mile: Sarah Thompson (04:08:25:00), Simon Thompson (6:00:46:00), Philippe Ecaile (6:19:57:01).

Also in May the Virtual Mid Sussex Marathon and Half took place. Annette Maynard (03:29:33) and 4th lady, Claire Giles (04:16:38), Helen Pratt (05:31:37), Ann Savidge (07:13:15). Half Marathon: Fiona Leen (02:37:33), David Leen (02:41:46).

In June a lot of our runners took on the ‘ Phoenix 24 Hour ‘ Challenge. It took place on the longest day of the year.

Your goal was to run/walk at least one mile every hour on the hour for 24 hours. The results indicate how many miles each runner did over the 24 hour period. Ann Savidge (33.1), Simon Thompson (33), Jill Bennett (28.8), Oliver Jones (28.1), Nick Dawson (27.9), Mark Nicholls (27.3), Karen Harvey (26.9), Jill Craigs (26.8), Cath Beckett (26.6), Rosie Beckett (26.6), Sarah Thompson (24,4), Neil Dawson (24).

Dawn Fahy took on the challenge of having to run 19k a week for the entirety of lockdown. Dawn passed with flying colours.

Burgess Hill Runners finally managed to finish off the 5k cup competition. Nicola Saunders and Cameron Cooper faced each other in a social distancing final in Hove. Cameron was the winner as he managed the biggest overall improvement in his time.

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