Hundreds take part in Bradford City Runs

More than 400 runners took part in the event, tackling five kilometre, ten kilometre or half-marathon routes around the city centre streets.

John Dennis, a member of Bradford Athletics Networks who helped to organise the day, said: “It’s been a great turn out and there’s been lots of support from the public around the course as well.

"Today has been a benchmark for future events and something we can definitely build on for next year.”

The event is run in conjunction with Bradford Council and supports charities Sue Ryder and Epilepsy Action.

Gerard Mills, a 43-year-old member of the Bradford Airedale running club, took the honours in the men’s five km race and admitted: “I’m a bit jaded to be honest, but I can’t praise the race enough, I really enjoyed it. It was a quick course, and a well thought-out route.”

Karen Lambe, a 42-year-old Ilkley Harrier and mother-of-two, was the first athlete home in the women’s five km race.

“It’s amazing, as I’ve never won anything before,” she said. “It was hard, as the wind was so strong and it was quite an undulating course. It was a challenge, but that’s what I like and it was a really lively atmosphere in the city centre.”

Matt King, 28, a New Zealand-born triathlete now living in Leeds, said training with Great Britain stars, and former Bradford Grammar School pupils, Jonathan and Alastair Brownlee had spurred him on to victory in the men’s half-marathon, only his second race in the UK.

“It was very tough, at times the wind was just about blowing you over,” he said. “It was a good honest course though, and I’d love to come back next year.”

Charlotte Trueman, a 38-year-old from Baildon, triumphed in the women’s half-marathon and said: “I was looking for a time of around two hours, but I’ve smashed that.

“The route was a killer, but I’ll definitely be back next year and I think the event will grow in popularity.”

The first hundred finishers in the half-marathon were (position, race nunber, name, club, time):

1 420 Matt King  MOpen 01:15:58
2 503 Ahsaro Murtesa  MOpen 01:16:54
3 363 Scott Boyd Billingham Marsh House Harriers MOpen 01:22:24
4 461 Duncan Quincey  MOpen 01:23:36
5 409 Andrew Hebden Heaton Harriers MOpen 01:24:03
6 507 Kristoff Boynton York Acorn Running Club MOpen 01:24:53
7 398 Martin Firth Queensbury Running Club M50 01:25:27
8 403 Stephen Fry Bingley Harriers & AC M50 01:25:46
9 509 Matthew Fay  MOpen 01:28:33
10 514 Mark Traynor  M40 01:29:51
11 410 Carl Heron Queensbury Running Club M50 01:30:55
12 497 Ryan Wilson  MOpen 01:31:06
13 485 Anthony Waring  M40 01:31:33
14 506 Mark Leigh  MOpen 01:31:57
15 457 Mathew Pears  MOpen 01:32:04
16 452 Andrew Overend  MOpen 01:32:59
17 393 Stuart Dunbar Saltaire Striders M50 01:34:31
18 423 Glenn Lambert  M50 01:34:45 01
19 421 Wayne King-Farlow Bingley Harriers & AC M40 01:35:15
20 401 Richard Flyde  MOpen 01:35:36
21 435 Joseph Mazurke  MOpen 01:37:31
22 486 Gerard Watson Sunderland Strollers MOpen 01:37:34
23 358 Gary Bolton  MOpen 01:38:30
24 387 Antonio Del Rio  MOpen 01:39:05
25 453 Robert Parkinson  M40 01:39:19
26 392 Dean Dransfield Bingley Harriers & AC M40 01:39:45 01
27 430 Tim Manley  MOpen 01:39:58
28 417 Simon Jenkins Ilkley Harriers M40 01:39:59
29 354 Ismaila Balde  M50 01:40:22
30 364 Simon Brady  M40 01:40:31
31 513 Richard Smith  M40 01:40:40
32 365 Richard Brook Queensbury Running Club MOpen 01:41:03
33 366 Damian Cameron  M40 01:41:23
34 465 Henryk Rejza  M60 01:41:53
35 382 Andrew Cummings  MOpen 01:41:55 0
36 460 Tom Poulter  MOpen 01:42:06
37 468 Chris Rushworth  M50 01:42:47
38 391 William Doody  M40 01:42:59
39 481 Charlotte Trueman  F35 01:43:32
40 426 Peter Lloyd  M40 01:44:43
41 422 Tony Kingham Bingley Harriers & AC M60 01:44:46
42 448 John Nelms  M40 01:45:00
43 462 Katie Quincey  FOpen 01:45:27
44 484 John Walton  M40 01:45:37
45 478 Richard Tandy  MOpen 01:46:30
46 361 Robert Boulby  M50 01:46:59
47 451 Nicola O'keeffe  FOpen 01:47:42
48 511 Peter Tanker  M50 01:48:07
49 411 Peter Heywood  M40 01:48:16 01
50 373 Jade Cawthorne  FOpen 01:48:20
51 418 Graham Jowett Queensbury Running Club M60 01:48:33
52 396 Richard Fearnside  MOpen 01:48:50
53 463 Ali Rakha  M50 01:48:55
54 424 David Lawson  MOpen 01:49:08
55 380 Sean Crosby  M40 01:49:32
56 501 Paul Makhuda  M40 01:49:47
57 498 Jon Worsnop  MOpen 01:49:47
58 499 Bradley Wright  MOpen 01:50:57
59 476 Asim Suleman  MOpen 01:51:08
60 379 Richard Crook  MOpen 01:51:50
61 436 Matthew McArdle  M40 01:52:37
62 369 James Carr  MOpen 01:53:07
63 428 Michael Malcolm  M40 01:53:35
64 464 John Reavey  MOpen 01:53:48
65 384 Ibrahim Dar Bradford Airedale AC MOpen 01:54:10
66 404 David Gape  MOpen 01:55:04
67 487 Ian Watson  M50 01:55:25
68 405 Tim Greenwood  MOpen 01:55:48
69 480 Ian Thursfield  MOpen 01:56:09
70 388 Wayne Delsaint  MOpen 01:57:30
71 458 Katherine Phillips Bingley Harriers & AC FOpen 01:58:13
72 475 Mark Steel  M50 01:58:21
73 508 Andrew Tempest-Mitchell Queensbury Running Club M50 01:58:35
74 473 Mark Smith  MOpen 01:58:51
75 438 Andrew McCormick  M40 01:58:52
76 482 Colin Utterson  M60 01:59:28
77 351 Chris Aldred  M50 02:00:03
78 395 Catherine Evans  F35 02:01:06
79 492 Paula Whittles  F35 02:01:14
80 408 Simon Harrop  M50 02:01:30
81 429 Chi-Wai Man  M40 02:01:40
82 433 Neil Marshall  M40 02:01:48
83 378 Michael Cox  MOpen 02:01:59
84 400 Margaret Fletcher  F45 02:02:08
85 493 Mark Williams  M40 02:02:30
86 402 James Forbes Valley Striders AC MOpen 02:02:40
87 505 Hamid Patel  M50 02:02:59
88 456 Imran Patel  MOpen 02:02:59
89 376 Amanda Connolly Airecentre Pacers F35 02:03:09
90 381 Kim Cross  M60 02:03:17
91 488 Lester Watt  MOpen 02:03:46
92 397 Ben Firth  MOpen 02:03:47
93 357 Mary Boden  FOpen 02:04:32
94 355 Judith Baser Wigston Phoenix RC F55 02:04:39
95 442 Phil Moore  M50 02:06:19
96 444 Catherine Morrell  F35 02:06:59
97 495 Sally Williams  FOpen 02:07:48
98 386 Karen Dawson Wakefield Triathlon Club F35 02:08:57
99 427 Callum Maher  MOpen 02:08:57
100 356 John Baty  M60 02:09:22

The first twenty in the 10k were (position, race nunber, name, club, time):

1 289 Tesfaye Debele City Of Sheffield MOpen 00:32:24
2 288 Regasa Huriso City Of Sheffield MOpen 00:34:28
3 186 Dean Jerome Leeds City AC MOpen 00:34:43
4 112 Girma Ayana  MOpen 00:36:46
5 272 Gareth Ward Saltaire Striders MOpen 00:38:15
6 222 Andrew Nicoll Bingley Harriers & AC M40 00:38:49
7 260 Nathaniel Stock Longwood Harriers AC MJunior 00:38:54
8 14 Martin Fillingham Saltaire Striders M40 00:39:06
9 201 Owen Lloyd University of Bradford Athletics MOpen 00:42:15
10 120 Wayne Basquill  M40 00:42:26
11 192 Waheed Khan Bingley Harriers & AC MOpen 00:42:36
12 236 Craig Phillips Stainland Lions MOpen 00:42:49
13 270 Daniel Waas Hyde Park Harriers MOpen 00:43:33
14 164 Emma Green Bingley Harriers & AC F35 00:43:46
15 127 Ian Briggs  MOpen 00:44:26
16 132 Marisol Carrera Vivar Bingley Harriers & AC F35 00:45:43
17 152 Emer Dudley Roberttown Road Runners F45 00:45:55
18 151 Tom Downing  MOpen 00:45:59
19 274 Becky Weight Bingley Harriers & AC F55 00:46:03
20 155 Peter Ellerton Bingley Harriers & AC M60 00:46:05

The first twenty in the 5k were (position, race nunber, name, club, time):

1 33 Gerrard Mills Bradford Airedale AC M40 00:16:56
2 31 Christopher Mann Hyde Park Harriers MOpen 00:17:09
3 17 James Habergham Halifax Harriers MOpen 00:17:19
4 46 John Wilson Northbrook AC M40 00:18:41
5 39 Lee Render  MOpen 00:22:08
6 195 Karen Lambe Ilkley Harriers F40 00:24:09
7 292 Isaac Jacobs  MJunior 00:24:19
8 20 Lucien Heron  MOpen 00:24:54
9 32 Iain McKenna  FOpen 00:25:32
10 28 Asim Khan  MOpen 00:25:52
11 54 Rhet Johnson  M40 00:27:16
12 291 Lydia Jacobs  FJunior 00:27:35
13 25 Suhail Iqbal  MOpen 00:27:49
14 290 Wayne Jacobs  M40 00:27:50
15 30 Christine Lay South Leeds Sisters F45 00:28:06
16 34 Yasser Mohammed  MOpen 00:28:26
17 4 Betty Barber South Leeds Sisters F55 00:28:29
18 47 Andrew Wood  M40 00:28:49
19 16 Ruth Grogan  F35 00:28:56
20 10 Liz Clark South Leeds Sisters F45 00:29:00