 Gavin at the Quayside 5k Having turned 70 this summer, 2025 is shaping up to be another highly successful year for evergreen Gavin Bayne, with a whole string of recent top notch performances at middle distance and above that have seen him record times placing him near or at the top of the UK rankings for his age category.
Over the mile, he now holds the fastest time of the year for the roads of 6 minutes 13 seconds (into a headwind in the DK Mile at Blyth) as well as the fourth fastest on the track of 6:02.4 (on the same evening he also ran a competitive 800m an hour later, recording 2:52.5). Again running at Jarrow, in the NEMAA Grand Prix a fortnight later, he set a UK O/70 best of 11 minutes 34 seconds over 3000m, smashing the existing time to set a new NEMAA record into the bargain. Last Wednesday night’s RunThrough Quayside 5k saw him well under the 20-minute mark with a chip time of 19:40, comfortably winning his category on the night by over three minutes and placing third on the UK list. June had seen him exchange the blue and white of Morpeth for an England Masters vest in the AJ Bell Great North 10k, with another excellent clocking of 40:24 over the twisty and turny town centre course that put him fifth in the rankings. His next target will be representing the North East in the Inter Counties Track and Field at York on Saturday, along with another of our leading vets, Trevor Hodgson. Later in the year, he will be joining a handful of other Harriers at the European Masters in Madeira, where he aims to be competing over 10k and the half-marathon, before targeting the BMAF Championships to be held on the Town Moor in November. Comments are closed.
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