January 2015 - Many of our long term members hold bits and pieces of the Club papers/records since we were founded in 1982. These include copies of Minutes of Committee Meetings, Annual General Meetings and published Club Newsletters. It is my intention to gather together as many of these as possible (I borrowed quite a lot from Don Bennett about 6 years ago as I intend(ed) to add some detail to the Club History. My intention now is to add both the History (to the history page) and the race records to this page, watch this space! Frank Brownlie, Chair, East London Runners Existing Club Marathon Record times. Male - Antonio Martin Romero - 2:25:24pb - Seville - February 2020 Female - Yvonne Shashoua - 3:04:05 - Amsterdam - November 1997
Antonio Martin Romero, has once again broken his own club record for the Marathon. Competing in Seville, Antonio finished the race in 2:25:24, finishing in 74th place. His 5k splits were and incredible 3:26 mins/km (5:32 mins/mi). You can read his race report in the results section.
Congratulations to Antonio Martin Romero smashing a new ELR club record of 2:27:26 at today's Manchester Marathon - Felicidades Antonio!
5 km -09:33:23 - 00:18:11 - 18:11- 03:39 - 16.50 10 km- 09:51:16 - 00:36:05 - 17:54 - 03:35 - 16.77 15 km- 10:09:31 - 00:54:20 - 18:15 - 03:39 - 16.44 20 km -10:27:32 - 01:12:21 - 18:02 - 03:37 - 16.65 Halb - 10:31:26 - 01:16:14 - 03:54 - 03:33 - 16.93 25 km -10:45:11 - 01:30:00 - 13:46 - 03:32 - 17.02 30 km -11:02:32 - 01:47:21 - 17:22 - 03:29 - 17.29 35 km -11:19:34 - 02:04:23 - 17:02 - 03:25 - 17.62 40 km -11:37:08 - 02:21:57 - 17:35 - 03:31 - 17.07 Finish -11:44:40- 02:29:29 - 07:33 - 03:26 - 17.48 Antonio Martin Romero: Berlin Marathon Report (Sorry! A bit long) I am still digesting my yesterday's race. After 12 weeks of hard training, the big day arrived. I did a 20-minute warm-up before heading to the start. The idea was to go out at 3:39/km (5:52 per mile) and try to keep that pace as much as I can to achieve a sub 2h35'. The race started and the first two kilometres were at the target pace, which were the slowest ones in my race. After 6 km I managed to find a group, but they slowed down a little bit and I moved to the next one, where I stayed until the 20th kilometre, I began to create a gap and ran on my own, I saw my wife just after the first half marathon, which I passed in 1h16'14" To read the rest of Antonio's report please click here - www.eastlondonrunners.org.uk/results
Antonio Martin Romero - 2.36.23pb -10th in the race overall and a NEW Club Record Time. Split times - Antonio 10k: 36m 45s Half: 1h 17m 18s 30k: 1h 50m 51s Gun Time:2h 36m 25s An extract from Antonio's Race Report (Full report can be read on the Results Page of this Website) We changed the direction to the west after 30K, just before mile 19. Finally, the wind had disappeared! I started pushing my pace and doing some miles at 5:51 pace, I checked my watch and thought, f*** a PB is very possible today. I wanted to catch another runner who was 200m in front of me, and that made me go faster as he increased his pace as well, people started to yell at me, top 10, top 10. All the miles after mile 19 were between 5:51-5:55 pace except the last one, that I relaxed a bit the pace in 6:02. I didn't know what time I was doing, with 200m to go, I could see the watch in the finish line, 2:35 something! I enjoyed those last 200m and finished with a time of 2:36:23. Definitely, 2:35 is not out of reach now. It is time to rest a little bit and focus on Berlin in September. As always, thank you very much to this club and all its runners to make me improve every year.
Congratulations Thomas, from all of your fellow runners at ELR! Bon Secours Hospital Great Limerick Run (Marathon) - Sunday 6th May 2018 Thomas Grimes - 2.37.35pb -5th - NEW East London Runners Club Record beating his time in London 2017 of 2:38:01 Split times in Limerick 10k 35.33 20k 1.11.22 half 1.15.27 30k 1.49.53 40k 2.29.08 finish 2.37.35 5th place 2nd M 35-39 pace 6.01 Min Mile
Existing Club Record times. Male - Antonio Martin Romero - 2:25:24pb - Seville - February 2020 Female - Yvonne Shashoua - 3:04:05 - Amsterdam November 1997 ELR NEWSLETTER CHRISTMAS 1997 Yvonne's Amsterdam Experience - Article by Yvonne Shashaou Amsterdam Marathon held on Sunday November 2nd 1997. Started at midday, temp 5c. Two identical laps, very flat course. Paced myself slower than usual and reached halfway in 1:28 feeling strong. I was missing the support of the London Marathon crowds. After 2 hours my legs were feeling weary. I had a strong finish though into the Olympic Stadium and crossed the line as 7th woman in a time of 3:04:05 a PB by 3 minutes. Two weeks later I heard officially that I was the first British woman to finish and second woman over 35 attracting a prize of £140. Results are for London Marathon unless noted otherwise. 2019 Men Antonio Martin Romero - Manchester - 2:27:26 ****NEW CLUB RECORD TIME**** David Jordan - Milton Keynes - 2.36.42 3rd Patrick Brown 2.51.40 - Halstead and EssexMarathon - May 2019 - 6th Ladies 2018 Ladies Ava Lee - 3.11.14 pb (73.5%) - 914th - Rotterdam Men Thomas Grimes - 2:37:35pb - Limerick - 6th May 2018 - NEW CLUB RECORD Antonio Martin Romero - 2.36.23pb -10th in the race overall and a NEW Club Record Time - Edinburgh - May 2018. Dan Gritton - 2.58.03 - Zurich Mark Boulton - 2.43.49 pb by 2 mins - 74th - Manchester Jose Rodriguez - 2.57.31 pb by 16 mins - 93rd - Brighton Paul Quinton - 2.44.35 pb by 3 mins - 257th. Alex Day - 2.53.28 - 594th Dan Gritton - 2:59:31 - Gutenburg Antonio Martin Romero - 2:29:29pb - Berlin - SEpt 2018 ****NEW CLUB RECORD**** 2017 Ladies Emily Clarke 3.38.53 - March - Manchester Sheetal Dandgey 3.46.03pb - March - Manchester Judith Vonberg 3.48.30 - March - Manchester Roisin Archer - 3.22.09 - 4871st Eleanor Wilkinson - 3.37.22 pb - 7679th Suzanne Bench -3.44.57 - 9323rd Jennifer Ansell - 3.49.10 - 10th, 1st lady - Sep - Purbeck Men Ciaran Canavan 3.03.11 - Feb - Tokyo James Nichols 3.21.08 pb - Feb - Seville Dan Senior 3.07.35 612th - Mar - Manchester Sean Thomas Casey 3.08.13 - Mar -Manchester Thomas Grimes - 2:38:01 Club record - 233rd Antonio Martin Romero - 2:38:04 - 236th Alex Day - 2.44.29 - 517th - April Daniel Lee - 2.51.54 - 974th - April Mark Boulton - 2.54.13 -1178th - April Daniel Slipper -2.57.16pb -1476th - April Stuart Kelly - 2.59.38 - 1869th - April Billy Rayner - 3.01.03 -2048th - April Dan Gritton - 3.09.01 - 16th - June - Furth, Germany Dan Gritton - 2.59.31 - 125th - Nice Jonathan Wooldridge - 3.32.43 - 1061st- Nice Manjit Bedi - 3.10.36 - 32nd, 1st V50- Oct - Chelmsford Dan Gritton - 3.05.43- 19th - Oct - Lausanne Carlton DSouza - 3.34.22 - 4488th - Oct - Chicago Michael Wilson - 3.33.35 - 696th - Oct - Eindhoven Scott McMillan - 3.07.12 debut - 158th - Oct - Yorkshire Alex Day - 3.09.27 - 176th - Oct - Yorkshire James Nichols - 3.35.10 - 589th - Oct - Yorkshire Paul Quinton- 2.51.44- 832nd - Sep - Berlin Dan Gritton- 3.06.55 - 33rd - Sep - Baden 2016 Ladies Natasha Tweedie- 3.30.33pb Eleanor Wilkinson - 3.37.40debut 2016 Men Aaron Browne - 2:54:43 debut - Manchester - April Carlton D'Souza - 3:14:13 pb - Boston - April Antonio Martin Romero - 2.42.37pb Mark Boulton - 2.45.51pb Paul Quinton - 2.54.35 Daniel Slipper - 2.59.07pb Manjit Bedi - 2.59.25 Alex Day - 2.42.58 pb - Oct - Chester Thomas Grimes - 3.09.12 - OCT - Beachy Head Dan Gritton - 3.09.30 - Nov - Verona Jonathan Wooldridge - 3.26.09 - Nov - Des Alpes, Nice 2015 Ladies Jennifer Ansell - 3.10.46 pb - April 2015 Ava Lee - 3.11.28 pb - April 2015 Roisin Archer - 3.20.14 pb - April 2015 Natasha Tweedie - 3.37.07 pb & gfa - April 2015 Claire Parker - 3.35.34 debut - Brighton - April 2015 Caroline Meaby -3.38.22 pb - Berlin - Sept 2015 Men Alex Day - 2:49:37 pb - Los Angeles - March 2015 Dan Gritton - 2:59:54 - Rome - March 2015 Thomas Grimes - 2:45:04 - April 2015 Alex Day - 2.45.36 pb - April 2015 Paul Quinton - 2.47.48 pb - April 2015 Danny Lee - 2.49.22 pb - April 2015 Ciaran Canavan - 2.52.18 - April 2015 Antonio Martin Romero - 2.57.28 debut - April 2015 Manjit Bedi - 2.58.45 - April 2015 Dan Gritton - 2.54.24 - Hamburg - April 2015 Dan Gritton - 3.00.27 - Manchester - April 2015 Dan Gritton - 2.57.41 - Riga,Latvia - May 2015 Dan Gritton - 3.00.07 - Kent Road Runner - May 2015 Mark Boulton - 2:47:05 Abingdon - October 2015 2014 Men Ciaran Canavan 2:42:00 (79.6%) Berlin. Euan Brown 2:44:00 (77.%). Manjit Bedi 2:49:59 (81.1%) Mablethorpe. Patrick Brown 2:51:00 (74.2%). Mark Boulton 2:52:19 (73.6%) Berlin. Sean Richardson 2:52:51 Warsaw (73.4%). Danny Lee 2:53:01 (76.7%) Paris. Sam Browne 3:02:59 (69.3%) Manchester. Ladies Ava Lee 3:12:09 (72.4%). Roisin Archer 3:30:45 (69.2%) Brighton. Emma warburton 3:39:56 (63.1%) Manchester. Jamee Gould 3:43:27 (62.1%) Brighton. Carrine Jay 3:47:22 (67.6%) Natasha Tweedie 3:49:17 (60.6%) Brighton. 2013 Men Thomas Grimes 2:40:57 (77.6%) Ciaran Canavan 2:43:20 (77.7%) Manjit Bedi 2:48:20 (Good for Age 81.4%) Patrick Brown 2:48:50 (74%)(Amsterdam) Danny Lee 2:53:14 (75.8%) Paul Quinton 2:58:21 (70.7%) Ladies Ava Lee - 3:13:25 Lucy Leddy - 3:58:26 Winner of Portsmouth Coastal Waterside Marathon - 22 Dec 2013 - Patrick Brown 2:49:36 2012 Ciaran Canavan 2:45:24 (76.21%). Manjit Bedi 2:52:45 (79.48 ) Luton. Thomas Grimes 2:55:59 (71.05%). Ava Lee 3:24:01 (67.23%) Stockholm. Carrine Jay 3:31:33 (72.77%). 2011 Ciaran Canavan 2:51:17 Dublin. Manjit Bedi 2:54:17 (77.3%). Carinne Jay 3:33:04. Helen Ringham 3:36:41. 2001 Michael Wilson 3.06.42 Dublin PB 1997 Female - Yvonne Shashoua - 3:04:05 - Amsterdam**** CLUB RECORD**** 1995 - Paul Collier 2:43 - Geoff Fowler 2:59 1994 -Trevor Jason 2:39 (Club record in his first marathon) - Jeremy Burgess 2:57 1991 - John White 2:44:47 - Pete Sadler 2:53:44
Men Antonio Martin Romero - 1.52.52 - 8th - Essex 20m Road Race (inc Essex 20m Championship) - 3 Mar 2019
2024 Sunday 13th October 2024 - Royal Parks Half Marathon - Joshua Rees Davies ran 1:11:24 finishing in 6th place. 2022 Sunday 30th January 2022 - EDP Seville Half Marathon - Antonio Martin Romero - New Club Record - 1:09:28 pb. Sunday 13th March 2022 - Paddock Wood - David Jordan - 1:11:51 pb. 2020 Sunday 26th January 2020 - Seville Half Marathon - Antonio Martin Romero - New Club Record - 1:09:30 2019 Sunday 1st December 2019 - Jerez Half Marathon - Antonio Martin Romero - New Club Record - 1:10:58 Sunday 17th March 2019 - Reading Half Marathon Antonio Martin Romero - 1.11.34 pb and NEW CLUB RECORD TIME - 50th Thomas Grimes - 1.14.15 pb - 7th - Regeneron Greater Limerick Run Half Marathon - 5 May 2019 2018 Men Mark Boulton - 1:14:25pb 5th - Great Bentley - February 2018 Paul Quinton - 1.14.28 - 6th - Thorpe Park - February 2018 ****Antonio Martin Romero - 1:11:51 - Jerez - 6th December 2018****New Club Record time**** 2017 Ladies Emily Clarke - 1.36.30 pb - Feb - RVHM Emily Clarke - 1.35.31 pb -750th - Oct - Royal Parks Men Thomas Grimes 1:14:20pb - Feb - Thorpe Park Patrick Brown 1:14:42pb - ditto Mark Boulton 1:17:00 Feb - RVHM Mark Boulton 1.16.08 Mar - Fleet Paul Quinton 1.16.41 Mar - ditto Thomas Grimes 1.15.17 Mar - Welwyn Thomas Grimes 1:14:19pb Mar - Lee Valley Patrick Brown 1:13:41pb May - White Peak Daniel Lee - 1.23.30 - 86th - Oct - Royal Parks Paul Quinton - 1.19.59 - 42nd - Sep - Maidenhead Dan Gritton - 1.21.21 - 50th - Sep - Maidenhead 2016 Ladies Men Patrick Brown - 1.16.34 - Pleshey - 2nd October Dan Gritton - 1.19.36pb - Pleshey Thomas Grimes 1.14.35 22nd - Great Birmingham Run - 16th October Patrick Brown 1.16.43 - DEc - Bedford 2015 Ladies Ava Lee - 1.28.43 pb - Royal Parks - Oct 2015 Men Euan Brown 1:13:40pb - 11th - Watford Feb 2015 Euan Brown 1:15:15 - 25th - Brighton Feb 2015 Euan Brown 1.13.37 pb - 3rd - Roding Valley - March 2015 Patrick Brown - 1.15.54 pb - 5th - Roding Valley - March 2015 Alex Day - 1.19.46 pb - 12th - Roding Valley Ciaran Canavan - 1.19.14 - 31st - V40 2nd - Silverstone - March 2015 Mark Boulton - 1.17.40 pb - 16th - Pleshey - Sept 2015 Paul Quinton - 1.15.58 - 41st - Great Eastern - Oct 2015 2014 2013 Euan Brown 1:15:09 (78.9%) Gt Eastern. Thomas Grimes 1:16:16 (77.7%) Roding Valley. Paul Quinton 1:18:57 (76.(%) Reading. Patrick Brown 1:19:37 (74.4%) Roding V. Manjit Bedi 1:20:17 (82%) Bristol. Ava Lee 1:29:45 (75%) Greenwich. Phoebe Bowman 1:42:26 St Neotts. Katherine Jones 1:44:59 Royal Parks. Claire Parker 1:45:00 Roding Valley. Sarah Burns 1:45:04 Bexhill Poppy. 2000 Michael Wilson 1.26.27 Dartford PB
Ladies Ava Lee - 41.14pb - Glasgow - May 2015 Men Joshua Rees Davies - 32:24 PB - 24th - Vitality London 10km - 22 Sept 2024 Antonio Martin Romero - 32.31 PB - 108th - Vitality London 10km - 27 May 2019 Euan Brown - 33.31 - 3rd - Orion's Fast Friday 10km, Walthamstow Track - 27 Jun 2014
Ladies Jennifer Ansell - 31:41 - ELVIS 1 Havering 90 - May 2015 Karen Levison - 32.44 pb - ELVIS 1 - Havering 90 - May 2015 Ava Lee - 33.25 - ELVIS 5 Hilly 5 - July 2015 Men Euan Brown - 26.06pb - 2nd -Chingford League - Victoria Park - 16 Feb 2019
Men Euan Brown - 14.48.45pb 7th - Fast Friday - 5000m - 7 Jun 2019 Euan Brown - 15:26pb - Fast Friday,Walthamstow TRACK - June 2018 Ladies Jennifer Ansell - 18.35 pb (1st lady) - Barking ELVIS - Aug 2015 Ava Lee - 19.23 pb (1st lady) - Hackney parkrun - July 2015 Karen Levison - 19.38 - Elis 7 Valentines park - Sept 2015
MEN Euan Brown - 4.23.55 - 5th - Golden Stag Mile, Finsbury Park - Friday 20th July 2018 Euan Brown - 4.18.1 pb -2nd - The Golden Stag Mile, Finsbury Park - 21 Jun 2019
Men Euan Brown - 3.56.93 pb 1st - Watford Open Graded Meeting - 1500m - 29 May 2019
8th Tour of Epping Forest - Day 1 - 10k Road Race J McCarthy - V50 - 39:26
21st February 1993 - Roding Valley Half Marathon 65th - P Collier V40 - 1:19:49 100th - J Fowler - 1:23:01 381st - Mrs K White - 1:39:28 7th Tour of Epping Forest - Day 1 - 10k Road Race 20th June 1993 P Sadler - 33:27
23rd February 1992 - Roding Valley Half Marathon 23rd - A Smith V40 - 1:13:18 63rd - Trevor Cornell - 1;18:40 73rd - J Fowler - 1:20:00 79th - John White - 1:20:04 6th Tour of Epping Forest - Day 1 - 10k Road Race - June 1992 Alistair Smith - V40 - 34:09
Essex 20 - 30th March 1991 John White - 2:07:16 5th Tour of Epping Forest - Day 1 - 10k Road Race - June 1991 Alistair Smith - 34:29
Fourth Tour of Epping Forest - 10k Road Race - June 1990 5th - Alistair Smith - 33:59 Stortford 10 -25th November 1990 101st - S Kerns - 1:01:31 250th - Sue Donahue - 1:08:31