May Bank Holiday weekend was a busy time for Dereham Runners AC members covering distances from 10k to Marathon up to 100 miles.

Over the weekend of 2nd and 3rd of May was the Thames Path 100.

This event took runners out from the start line in Richmond (South West London) travelling out along the Thames through the scenic countryside to the finish line at the Queens College Sports Ground in Oxford. Stepping up to take on this extremely tough challenge was DRACs Kelly Mitchell. A great run from Kelly saw her cross the finish line (7th in her age group) with an amazing time of 24:27:10. Along the way she was joined by her support crew of Ash Gilbert and James Davis. At Hendon (51 miles in ) Ash accompanied Kelly to the finish. A great achievement by Kelly.

Sunday the 3rd May many DRAC members headed out to King's Lynn to take part in the King's Lynn GEAR (Great East Anglian Run) 10k. A great event taking runners from the Tuesday Market place weaving out through the town, around the walks back down the River Ouse Pathway back to the finish line where it all started from. As always there was a great atmosphere with loads of great support all around the whole route. The first male and female Club members back across that finish were Guzel Sari with 39:07 and Beatrice Green finishing in 44:25.

Bank Holiday Monday (4th May) and the next race was the Breckland 10k. This race was hosted by Thetford AC and was the next race in the Sportlink Grand Prix Series. Starting in Croxton and heading up out of the village around local country lanes before heading back to to the finish just down the road from where everyone started from. The first runner back for the club was Michael Eglington with 39:18, finishing 3rd in his age category. Also finishing in 3rd place in their category with a time of 57:16 was Amanda Baker. The other top ten age group finishers were Jacquie Wood (4th), Jan Totterdale (10th), Ian Brown (8th) Emma Potter-Campbell (5th) and Wayne Ramsbottom (7th) also running the 10k was Dawn Protheroe this was her 2nd 10k of the weekend as she ran GEAR the day before.

A bit further away running the Milton Keynes Marathon was Martin Scothern. The course took everyone through the heart of Milton Keynes out through picturesque villages and finally taking runners to the finish line in the Stadium MK. The force was strong in Martin, finishing his Marathon run with a time of 3:45:39.

A great weekend of running from everyone out there over the whole weekend.