3C Racing

3C Runners have been making the best out the summer months with consistent training on everyone's favourite sandcastle 🤗

Birdcage Mountain leaderboard (4.3km segment / ca 120m ⬆️) is keeping us as motivated and competitive as ever 😅 and times are tumbling, which must be a good thing 🤞

Haffy Christmas from Team 3C

The social meets always give good vibes 🤗

Friday 6th December will surely go down as one of the highlights of the season for 3C Racing at ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon. Numerous stories of success, grit & determination from the squad and their families & friends to be celebrated.

We would like to express huge thanks to Abu Dhabi Sports Council, the organisers, volunteers, sponsors & supporters who contributed to make this world-class event run to near perfection. Once again, full organisation team including a special mention for timing service; Steven Watson - it was great!

The support on and off the superbly planned route was exceptional on a day when local runners got to enjoy mixing it with the elites & some of the best runners in the UAE across marathon & 10k distances. Total admiration for 3C stalwart Richard Roebuck and the whole medical and emergency support teams who work tirelessly behind the scenes keeping people safe.

Now to the action: Many congratulations to Liam Bek who is running smarter and stronger than ever with a superb 2:46:39 securing 3rd place in the Age Category and once again getting 3C some serious podium time. Huge kudos and respect also to friend & training partner Jc Haramboure with an incedible time of 2:40:39.

When it comes to combining talent with hard work and dedication, no-one does it better than Phil Yates who donned his 3C kit and casually knocked a minute off last year's time at the same event - 2:52:46 for Phil. Amazing things beckon in spring for Phil, who deserves the added respect for pulling out such a strong marathon performance so soon after the birth of son Noah.

Following in their footsteps and not quite nailing it the way he would have hoped for, Daniel Richardson salvaged a respectable 3:05:44 out of a situation that could have ended much worse after some mid-race wobbles. For DR, motivation burns stronger than ever for a solid training block for the European spring season, looming on the horizon.

Jane Harrington came home with mixed feelings which will surely turn positive as the sub-4 goal was missed by a margin narrow enough to be put to rights next time: 4:02.08 for Jane. Congratulations Jane on a 7-minute PB which is a superb performance. The male side of Family Harrington was represented in typically determined fashion, 5-year-old Blake spontaneously deciding to "upgrade" from 2.5k to 5k.

In the 10k PAul Faulkner weaved his way through the darkness for a 36:59, impressive stuff 1 week after his incident-packed trip to Oman. Becky Faulkner also performed as consistently as always, just outside the overall Top 10 with 46:13 in the 10k.

Congrats to Nearida Clark sub-50 again and going from strength to strength. Nez must have surely loved running the closed roads on those all too well-trodden training routes on the Corniche. 7th AC for Nez who is always up there and having a great season in 3C colours.

So many stories on such a memorable day. Congratulations to Kevin Rosbotham Jovi Kevlar LR Helen Currie Toni Metcalfe Fady Atef Ejawy and everyone who participated yesterday on a day which shows the strength of Abu Dhabi Striders and of running in Abu Dhabi. We absolutely loved it!

Well done to PAul Faulkner and Paddy Harrington for finishing first and third respectively in the masters category of the Oman UTMB 50 kilometre ultra race. Superb effort, particularly from PAF, who made his ultra debut and nearly lost a hand in the process.

A top effort also from Tom Crompton who blitzed the field to finish first at the Olympic Distance Hudayriat Triathlon.

Bring on the Abu Dhabi Marathon this Friday!