2019 Oxford Christmas Fun Run
2019 Oxford Christmas Fun Run
As very few races are taking place at the moment, I'm creating some web pages entitled "where I was taking photos this time last year".
Today, I'm looking at the Oxford Christmas Fun Run
which takes place annually in Christ Church Meadow in Oxford,
Each year employees of Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council
together with guest runners
take part in this race around the grounds of Christ Church in Oxford.
Under the title
"Who Won the Race - the Recycling Bin or the Christmas Pudding?",
Oxfordshire County Council have this
report on the 2018 race.
Their report uses some of the photos that I took of the 2018 race.
The above photo shows the start of last year's race which took place on Tue Dec 4th 2019. I guess this year's race would have taken place today (Tue Dec 8th 2020) but, unfortunately, because of Covid-19 it has had to be cancelled.
By the way, you can click on any of the photos on this web page to see the photo in hi-res.
Photos of the male runners who did well at the 2019 Oxford Christmas Fun Run
Here are some photos of the male runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.
Les Newell (110, John_Obika_Joggers) was 1st and the 1st MV40 finishing in a time of 11:44.
Aaron Burgess (14, Oxford_City_AC) was 2nd and the 1st SM finishing in a time of 11:58.
Julian Richardson (118, County_Council:_Cherwell_and_West) was 3rd and the 1st MV50 finishing in a time of 12:04.
Tim Hughes (60, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 1st MV60 finishing in a time of 14:31.
John Exley (24, County_Council:_Cherwell_and_West) was the 1st MV70 finishing in a time of 15:29.
Photos of male runners from other teams
Here are some photos of the first male runner from teams other than those mentioned above. I've only included those teams that had more than one runner competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the team.
Neil Hart (12, Christ_Church) was 4th and the 2nd SM finishing in a time of 12:38.
Brendan Wall (105, City_Council:_Active_Communities) finished in a time of 19:02.
Matt Kidger (91, City_Council:_Environmental_Health) finished in a time of 16:25.
James Barlow (119, City_Council:_Environmental_Sustainability) was 8th and the 5th SM finishing in a time of 13:26.
Andy_Ward (86, City_Council:_Financial_Services)
and
Matt Stevenson (85, City_Council:_Financial_Services)
and
Jackie Williams (126, City_Council:_Environmental_Sustainability)
all finished in a time of 23:08.
There's a photo of Jackie down below.
Richard Wood (96, City_Council:_Housing_Needs) finished in a time of 17:36.
David Morrell (80, City_Council:_Rose_Hill_Comm_Centre)
and
Robert_Jeffs (79, City_Rose_Hill_Comm_Centre)
both finished in a time of 26:13.
Ben Bishop (138, County_Council:_Fire_and_Rescue) finished in a time of 14:41.
Paul Tallant (34, County_Council:_Human_Resources) finished in a time of 20:06.
Richard Oliver (108, County_Council:_Infrastructure_Funding) finished in a time of 20:37.
Both
David Upjohn (22, County_Council:_In_it_for_the_cake)
and Catherine_Wood (23, County_In_it_for_the_cake)
finished in a time of 19:47.
Simon_Chapman (20, County_In_it_for_the_cake) finished 35 seconds behind them.
Adam Marshall (32, County_Council:_Joint_Commissioning) finished in a time of 16:40.
Richard Kuziara (31, County_Council:_Public_Health) finished in a time of 14:39.
Close behind is Saeed_Khan (174, Headington_RoadRunners).
Mark Shepley (115, County_Council:_Running_Fleet) finished in a time of 16:40.
Carl Gregory (134, County_Council:_Santa's_Assets) finished in a time of 14:58.
Charles Getter (162, County_Council:_Skanska) finished in a time of 13:53.
James Messer (4, Headington_RoadRunners) was 10th and the 2nd MV40 finishing in a time of 13:33.
Jon Mason (146, Ouit_Services) finished in a time of 13:56.
Andy Phelps (170, Headington_RoadRunners) is close behind. He also finished in 13:56.
Ed White (64, Oxford_University_Press) was 9th and the 6th SM finishing in a time of 13:32.
Photos of the female runners who did well at the 2019 Oxford Christmas Fun Run
Here are some photos of the female runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.
Liz Fraser (177, Oxford_City_AC) was the 1st female and the 1st FV45 finishing in a time of 13:20.
Kim Sutherland (28, County_Council:_Cherwell_and_West) was the 2nd female and the 1st SL finishing in a time of 15:01.
Annabelle Davis (136, County_Council:_Commissioning_Business_Planning_and_Admin) was the 3rd female and the 2nd SL finishing in a time of 15:03.
Kersti Worsley (72, Oxford_University_Press) was the 4th female and the 1st FV35 finishing in a time of 15:45.
Gwyneth Hueter (52, Oxford_City_AC) was the 1st FV55 finishing in a time of 17:18.
Photos of female runners from other teams
Here are some photos of the first female runner from teams other than those mentioned above. I've only included those teams that had more than one runner competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the team.
Clare Hayns (158, Christ_Church) finished in a time of 18:06.
Vicki Galvin (104, City_Council:_Active_Communities) finished in a time of 19:04.
Sara Malyon (92, City_Council:_Environmental_Health) finished in a time of 20:42.
Jackie Williams (126, City_Council:_Environmental_Sustainability) finished in a time of 23:08.
Catherine Arnold (81, City_Council:_Financial_Services) finished in a time of 21:43.
Nerys Parry (93, City_Council:_Housing_Needs) finished in a time of 19:05.
Vanessa Poole (37, County_Council:_Human_Resources) finished in a time of 20:31.
This photo also shows Paul Tallant (34, County_Council:_Human_Resources).
There's another photo of Paul above.
Both
Geri_Beekmeyer (106, County_Infrastructure_Funding)
and
Chris Stevenson (107, County_Council:_Infrastructure_Funding) finished in a time of 29:05.
Becks Compton (19, County_Council:_In_it_for_the_cake) was the 9th female and the 3rd FV45 finishing in a time of 16:43.
Fiona van-Galen (35, County_Council:_Joint_Commissioning) finished in a time of 19:31.
Kate Holburn (30, County_Council:_Public_Health) finished in a time of 17:42.
Anita Syphas (112, County_Council:_Running_Fleet) finished in a time of 19:07.
Antonia Pavalache (131, County_Council:_Santa's_Assets) finished in a time of 27:07.
Emily Seabrook (29, County_Council:_Skanska) finished in a time of 17:54.
Liz O'Farrell (152, Ouit_Services) was the 10th female and the 4th FV35 finishing in a time of 17:03.
Postscript
If you did the Oxford Christmas Fun Run in 2019 and want a reminder, then here's a link to all the photos that I took. There's a calculator on that web page that makes it easy to find the photos of a runner given their time and you can find the time from the results web page.
If you want to see the reviews I've done on other races, then here's a link to a web page that includes an index of the reviews of races.
I'm planning for my next review to be of the 2019 Andy Reading 10K. I'm hoping to post that on Sunday (Dec 13th 2020).
I maintain a web page for runners that provides a list of races near Oxfordshire and the latest results. As well as a lot of postponed/cancelled races(!), it is now includes several races that plan to abide by the Covid-19 regulations. So go and visit www.oxonraces.com to see what races may take place. And if you use twitter, you may want to follow @oxonraces to become aware of important changes to this web page.
This web page is at www.oxonraces.com/blog/2020-12-08-oxford. It was created on Sun Dec 6th 2020 and last updated on Tue Dec 8th 2020.