W/E 01.03.25 - ATW Great Yarmouth 10k & Southwold Half marathon

Next up on our weekly reviews we enter the month of March and a couple of seaside raves – first up to Sunny Yarmouth;

**ATW Great Yarmouth Seafront 10K and Half Marathon**

The seafront event, hosted by ATW, includes a 10k or half marathon race, however this year they included a 5k option. 5 WACers took part in the 10k race in glorious sunshine; first home for WAC was Kevin Simpson in a time of 40:32 and a 19th place overall however 1st place🥇 M40 position. Kev was followed quickly by Thomas Sandy (PB🎖️ - 44:25), Ben Aylmer (AGPB🎖️ - 46:12), Sarah Nelis (AGPB🎖️ - 52:37) & Ka Trina Minns (PB🎖️ - 54:45). Well done to you all!🙌🏻

A little further south on the coast line;

**Southwold Half Marathon**

The newest event from EPIC Norfolk - Exercising People In Communities Norfolk enticed 15 WAC members to the newest event on the calender in the beautiful settings around the Suffolk beachside town – the route which initially traversed through trail paths to the local village of Walberswick ended up back in the town, including a large part of the Adnams 10k route through the quay.

First home for WAC was Paul Fairchild in a time of 86:29 and a 29th place finish – Paul was followed home by Ben Shearing (PB🎖️ - 01:45:22) & Keith Blake ( 01:46:32) to complete our first three home. Our first female WAC member was Jen Rudd in a time of 1hr 51min 29sec, followed by the pairing of Rachael Lockwood & Wendy Watton Burgess (2:11:01).

🚨Shiny🚨 new Personal bests were registered on the day by Ben Shearing (PB🎖️), James Heaney (PB🎖️ - 01:53:53) & Jo Rayner (PB🎖️ - 02:21:13) – Congratulations you three and well done to all our members. 🙌🏻

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