
21/07/2025
Team Blizard Race Report
With many of the Team down in London at the weekend for the Diamond League it was ironic that some of the performances we have seen this last week have been "sparkling" so sit back and enjoy!
The week started off on Tuesday when Sheffield athlete Seth Kirby made a belated track debut over in Manchester in the Trafford 3k and set an excellent season opener.
Staying on the track Friday night saw the Sheffield Olympics which was a fun event where many of you took the opportunity to try out some track races when usually us distance runners do not always get the chance and the eye catching performance came from coached athlete Becky Friar with a super fast 400m effort!
Moving off road to the Bishop Beast trail race saw Madeleine Standfield take the ladies V70 win on this tough, hilly course.
A man in form currently is Worksop Harrier Tom Shaw who once again put in an excellent run in the Summer League road race on home turf.
We saw a good turnout once again in the NWITP 5K race with Sarah Sanderson running well and working on her speed before entering into marathon mode for Chicago in a few months time.
There was an excellent return to form for coached athlete Paul Yates in the Nostell Priorty 10k mid week which saw him take 5th place overall in this undulating course.
The ever popular Hardwick 10k in Derbyshire although very hilly was well supported and the North Derbyshire coached duo of Matt Taylor and Bev Warwick but enjoyed good runs.
The Laxton 10k was another flat and fast race which the team enjoyed racing at and pick of the crop and taking the overall race win as a training session was rising star Freddie Fearn while keeping it in the family mum Tracey took the ladies V55 win and these efforts were backed up with excellent runs from Emma Smith,Aaron Lowery, Lee Davies and a brand new personal best from recent lactate tester Matt Whitewood.
The final race to report from and the one that takes this week’s “Run of the Week” goes to coached athlete in Toby Bellis who not only took part in the Grim Up North 10k but managed to take the overall win in his first ever race victory to earn this week’s title!
Massive well done to everyone who raced and as always thank you to all those who took the time to send in your results as these really help us.
Until next week………keep training!