Mark Cursons

Mark is the second runner in this photo; running in the National at Parly Hill in Feb 2009 where conditions were described as "good" !!

Look at the mud!

I was thinking about the guys I used to run against having recently heard from Philippe and Colin Pearson and I thought of a guy who continued running during the many long lay offs I had and Mark Cursons came to mind. I tried to look up a photo of Mark and came across a result of a 3000m race we did in 1992. I was aged 30 at the time and was at the end of another short running spell in my life that lasted from 1988 to 1992. Though I only raced track briefly in 1990 and in 1992.

I cant quite remember why I stopped running after this spell but it might have been injury or the fact that I was newly married! Anyhow, I have a vague recollection of this race, more about how I thought I was ready to run sub 8m30, but could only manage a 8m49 and beaten into third by Mark who ran 8m44.I was disappointed!

I note that I did manage to run a 8m41 3000m that year(1992) but I probably only ran a couple of times that whole season, the previous year I didn't race track at all (cant remember why) but in 1990 the season following my first visit 2 yr visit to Australia , I managed to run a 5000m in 14m 38 which was respectable if not spectacular for a 'part time' runner back then.

In 4th place was Nadeem Shaikh a Junior Shaftesbury athlete, I had no idea who he was back then and in my reserved manner might not have greeted or said hello! but I recently met Nadeem when I was in London , he is a really nice guy and the really good thing about Nadeem is he is putting back something into the sport by coaching youngsters at the club. He has the personality to pull it off and I wish I had taken the time to get to know him during my fleeting return to running back in 1992.

As for Mark his career statistics confirm what a Champion he is and continues to be.


OLD GAYTONIANS OPEN MEETING 26th July 1992
3000 metres
1 TONY JOHNSTON (COPELAND) 8.34.1
2 MARK CURSONS (OLD GAYTS) 8.44.1
3 DAVE SWEENEY (SHAFTESBURY) 8.49.9
4 NADEEM SHAIKH (SHAFTESBURY) 9.00.2 JNR
5 ALEX TWITCHEN (LEICESTER UN.) 9.08.1
6 PHIL YORK (T.V.H.) 9.08.3
7 JOHN HARVEY (HILLINGDON) 9.27.9
8 ROSS BLOOM (OLD GAYTS) 9.54.4
9 ANDREW OSMENT (BRACKNELL) 10.03.8 BOY
10 GRAHAM BONDS (HILLINGDON) 10.45.4
11 JAMES LEITH (HILLINGDON) 11.26.5 VET

Mark Cursons V45 M 10 Mar 1962 Harrow

County: Middlesex Region: London Territory: South Nation: England

UK Rankings

Event AG Year Rank 800 V45 2007 21 1500 V40 2004 30 1500 V45 2007 14 1500 V45 2009 42 3000 V40 2004 18 3000 V40 2006 15 3000 V45 2007 10 3000 V45 AT 83 5000 ALL 2000 282 5000 V40 2003 50 5000 V40 2004 24 5000 ALL 2004 416 5000 V40 2005 29 5000 ALL 2005 462 5000 ALL 2006 453 5000 V40 2006 31 5000 V45 2008 29 5000 V45 2009 47 10000 ALL 2000 83 10000 V35 2000 13 10000 ALL 2004 101 10000 V40 2004 7 3000SC V40 2002 13 5M V45 2007 41 5M ALL 2007 710 10K ALL 2004 1007 10K V40 2004 123

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Event PB 1990 1995 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 800 2:12.4 2:12.4 1500 4:20.9 4:20.9 4:22.67 4:45.3 3000 9:15.95 9:23.1 9:17.7 9:15.95 9:30.63 5000 15:41.4 15:41.4 16:24.4 15:56.8 16:12.0 16:10.1 16:59.7 17:14.2 10000 33:08.9 33:08.9 33:35.8 3000SC 10:25.8 10:25.8 5M 24:30 24:30 25:00 27:47 10K 34:14 34:14 HM 70:30 70:30

2009 V45 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
1500	4:45.3				2	B			Hillingdon	Southern Men's League Division 2	1 Aug 09
5000	17:14.2				2	B			Hillingdon	Southern Men's League Division 2	1 Aug 09
ZXC	27:30				3			2	Ruislip	Middlesex Masters Championships	21 Mar 09
ZXC	34:21				20			7	Shuttleworth	South of England Vets Championships	31 Jan 09
ZXC	37:51				29			5	Luton	Chiltern League	14 Feb 09
ZXC	47:01				301				Parliament Hill	English National Championships	21 Feb 09
2008 V45 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5000	16:59.7				1	ns			Harrow	Southern Men's League Division 3N	28 Jun 08
ZRDL	20:39				7				Aldershot	South Of England Masters 4 Stage Relay	27 Sep 08
ZRDL	36:40				-39	L7			Aldershot	Southern 12 Stage Relays	6 Apr 08
ZXC	30:49				50			13	Slough	Apex Sports Chiltern League	12 Jan 08
ZXC	30:56				20			4	Ruislip	North London Championships	15 Nov 08
ZXC	31:02				44			8	Slough	Chiltern League	6 Dec 08
ZXC	34:29				48			7	Halton	Chiltern League	8 Nov 08
ZXC	35:18				20			10	Ruislip	South of England Veterans Championships	2 Feb 08
2007 V40-V45 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
800	2:12.4				3	A			Watford	SCVAC League Herts & North Middlesex Division	21 May 07
1500	4:22.67				8	3			Watford	Watford Open Graded Meeting	27 Jun 07
1500	4:25.8				1	A			Hemel Hempstead	SCVAC League Herts & North Middlesex Division	11 Jun 07
3000	9:30.63				13	2			Watford	Watford Open Graded Meeting	25 Jul 07
3000	9:39.1				3	A			Hendon	Herts and North Middlesex Vets League	2 Jul 07
5M	27:47				9				Marlow	Marlow 5	13 May 07
2006 V40 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
3000	9:15.95				10	1			Watford	Watford Open Meeting	9 Aug 06
5000	16:10.1				3				Harrow	Southern Men's League Division 2	5 Aug 06
2005 V40 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5000	16:12.0				2				King's Lynn	Division Three North	21 May 05
5000	16:18.1				3	B			Ashford	SOUTHERN MEN’S LEAGUE Division 1	7 May 05
5000	16:28.3				3				Harrow	Harrow	25 Jun 05
2004 V40 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
1500	4:20.9				2	B			Watford	WATFORD OPEN GRADED MEETING Watford	15 Sep 04
1500	4:24.0				10	B			Watford	WATFORD OPEN GRADED Watford	1 Sep 04
3000	9:17.7				2				Enfield	Herts & Middlesex Division Enfield	24 May 04
5000	15:56.8				2				Harrow	SOUTHERN MEN'S LEAGUE Division One	10 Jul 04
5000	16:03.1				1				Peterborough	Peterborough	31 Jul 04
5000	16:24.05				1				Bedford	SOUTH OF ENGLAND VETERANS' CHAMPIONSHIPS Bedford	25 Jul 04
10000	33:35.8				2				Eton	JUBILEE CUP SEMI-FINALS Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Eton	18 Jul 04
10K	34:14				2				Heathrow	CONCORDE 10km Heathrow, Middlesexw	16 May 04
2003 V40 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
3000	9:23.1				2				Enfield	Herts and Middlesex Division Enfield	2 Jun 03
5000	16:24.4				3	B			Exeter	SML D1 Exeter	31 May 03
5000	16:28.0				3				Eltham		3 May 03
2002 V35-V40 Old Gaytonians
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
3000SC	10:25.8				1				Walton	Walton	8 Jun 02
2000 V35 Old Gaytonians
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5000	15:41.4				4	B			Enfield	BRITISH MEN'S LEAGUE Division Two Enfield	24 Jun 00
5000	15:52.7				6				Wigan	BRITISH LEAGUE Division Two Wigan	20 May 00
5000	16:02.9				3				Braintree	Braintree	6 May 00
10000	33:08.9				1				Kingston	Kingsmeadow, Norbiton	11 Jun 00
1995 SEN Old Gaytonians
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5M	25:00				1				Hatch End	Hatch End 5	19 Nov 95
HM	70:30				2				Harrow	Harrow Marathon & Half	5 Nov 95
1990 SEN Old Gaytonians
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5M	24:30				3				Hatch End	Runnersworld Hatch End 5	18 Nov 90

Total Performances: 44