Congratulations to all the Bedford & County athletes who ran in the Tokyo Marathon yesterday.
Adam Harris, achieved the 6 star Abbot World Marathon Majors award yesterday, by completing the Tokyo Marathon in a chip time of 2hrs 56mins 46sec (gun time 2hrs 57mins 11sec). He has achieved the 6 Star award by running the required marathons in: Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York.
Yesterday, the final Chiltern League cross country of the season took place at Oxford. Bedford and County finished the season off in style on a very muddy course to win the overall competition, taking home the title for the first time in 7 years.
We also won the team title for Senior Women and U17 Men, a title Bedford and County's Senior Women haven't won for 11 years.
An early season opportunity to have a run out at this Open Meet Track event at Stevenage on Sunday 30th March.
The U17 Men came away with the silver medal at today's SEAA Cross Country Championships in Beckenham. The U15 boys came 19th.
Well done to everyone that ran. See full results below.
We have now completed our affiliations to Track and Field leagues for 2025 and the fixture list is taking shape.
The focus for the club this season for senior athletes will be the Southern Athletics League (SAL). This means that we get a home fixture, plus a further local match at Sandy, with the other two fixtures being at Colchester. This league also gives an opportunity to our U17 athletes, as the minimum age for this league is 15 as of 31/8/25. It has also historically proven to provide good competition for our masters athletes.
We have not affiliated to the National Athletics League this year, as in recent years we have found that the travel distances involved have meant that we have struggled to get teams out. We will, though, obviously support any of our senior athletes who wish to compete for NAL clubs as Higher Claim Athletes.
After returning from a tough warm weather training session in Tenerife, Jasmine Wilkins flew to Dublin for an indoor meet at Abbotstown, running in the 60m and 200m.
Although very tired from Tenerife Jasmine still managed a new club record in the 200m, 24.33 secs.
Not one to rest for long, Jasmine has been selected to represent England in Iceland at the Reykjavik International Games on 27th Jan.
