 Gavin on his way to another victory at Blyth Valencia Marathon
The Valencia Marathon, one of the last big city marathons in the annual calendar, took place on 7 December with a field of over 18,000 running. In a race won by Kenyan John Korir in 2 hours 2 minutes and 5 seconds, with compatriot Joyciline Jepkosgei breaking the women’s course record to win in 2:14:00, Olympic gold medal winning triathlete Alex Yee in 9th produced a remarkable time of 2:06:38 to go second on the UK all time list behind Sir Mo Farah. Three Morpeth Harriers also made the journey over to Spain, with the versatile Ali Douglass – whose run at every distance from 800m to 100k this year - clocking 2: 37: 45 to finish just outside the top 1000, O/50 John Butters recording 3:04:20 and Lindsey Quinn 3: 52: 21. Ranking . Maratón . Valencia Ciudad del Running Blyth Sands Race It might not have as warm as Spain, but conditions were the best for many years down on the beach at Blyth, where the 65th running of the Sands Race, from Blyth to Seaton Sluice and back (a distance of just short of five miles) took place. There was even an unexpected bonus this year for the two hundred or so who took part in the uniquely handicapped event, with low tides meaning competitors were even able to avoid the dreaded ‘groynes’ in front of the beach huts and were instead able to sneak round the bottom end, albeit at the cost of some wet feet. There was an excellent win for the club too, with Over 70 veteran Gavin Bayne finishing his racing year in fine style with a victory in a time of 35 minutes 25 seconds off an eleven minute handicap. Bayne finished over thirty seconds ahead of 2nd placed NSP Harrier Steph Maclean-Dann, running off 9 minutes, and her team mate Wendy Pawsey, running off 8. Last year’s winner Jimmy Anderson ran the day’s fastest net time of 25:44 in 4th place with the Poly cleaning up for the team prize. Disappointingly there were only two other Morpeth vests out, with Peter Scaife 72nd off a 9 minute handicap and Fran Robson 93rd off 11. Some 167 finished in total. Blyth Sands Race 2025 - Blyth Running Club York Even Splits 5k The most recent in the monthly York Even Splits 5k, run over the cycle circuit in the University Sports Village on a Friday evening, saw two Morpeth Harriers in action. Ellis Hetherington was 3rd in 15:19 behind race winner Sebastian Kingston (15:09) and John Haden (15:18) and Josh Fiddaman 4th in 15:28. York 5K (DEC '25) results - RaceBest Comments are closed.
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