Athlete Profile

Helen Taranowski

Coach:	Yes
Club:	West 4
Gender:	Female
Date of Birth:	11/01/1973
Age Group:	V40
County:	Surrey
Region:	London
Nation:	England

Lead Coach:

Self

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Helen started running in her late twenties and completed her first marathon in 2004. She now competes internationally at ultra distance running.

Her achievements include:

Gold medallist at the 2012 World 50km Trophy Final
Team gold medallist at 2011 Commonweath Ultra Trail Championships
England 50km Champion 2010
1st place at Al Andalus Ultra Trail 2010

Athletes Coached

Name	Club	AG	Sex	Best Event	Rank	AG	Year	Performance
Helen Taranowski	West 4	V40	W	Mar	25	ALL	2012	2:50:08

Best known performances

Event	PB	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
78K	9:10:07		9:10:07
6Hours	78.776		78.776
2M	11:47			11:47
5K	18:25			18:25		18:59
parkrun	17:57	19:00	17:57	19:01	18:22
5M	30:48					30:48	32:15	32:14
10K	37:10		37:10	37:58	38:11	37:49	38:54	40:45
10M	67:44					67:44
HM	80:11		80:20	84:13	80:11	81:51	88:57
Event	PB	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
20M	2:11:22			2:11:22		2:14:46
Mar	2:50:00		2:50:00	2:54:53a	2:53:52	2:56:14		3:19:25	3:18:31
50K	3:30:43		3:30:43		3:35:49

Performances	Submit
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

2013 V35 West 4
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
parkrun	19:00			10		1	1	Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 283	30 Mar 13
parkrun	19:25			16		2	1	Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 280	9 Mar 13
2012 V35 West 4
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
6Hours	78.776			3		1		Barcelona, ESP	6 hores d'atletisme	15 Dec 12
parkrun	17:57			12		1	1	Dulwich	Dulwich parkrun 5K Event 25	6 Oct 12
parkrun	18:10			5		1	1	Gunnersbury Park	Gunnersbury parkrun 5K Event 21	17 Mar 12
parkrun	18:20			6		1	1	Gunnersbury Park	Gunnersbury parkrun 5K Event 46	15 Sep 12
parkrun	18:21			4		1	1	Gunnersbury Park	Gunnersbury parkrun 5K Event 19	3 Mar 12
parkrun	18:26			5		1	1	Gunnersbury Park	Gunnersbury parkrun 5K Event 18	25 Feb 12
parkrun	18:28			5		1	1	Gunnersbury Park	Gunnersbury parkrun 5K Event 44	1 Sep 12
parkrun	18:30			4		1	1	Gunnersbury Park	Gunnersbury parkrun 5K Event 43	25 Aug 12
parkrun	18:35			14		1	1	Sheffield Endcliffe Park	Sheffield Hallam parkrun 5K Event 116	3 Nov 12
parkrun	18:42			3		1	1	Gunnersbury Park	Gunnersbury parkrun 5K Event 56	24 Nov 12
parkrun	18:45			6		1	1	Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 266	8 Dec 12
parkrun	18:47			3				Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 232	7 Apr 12
parkrun	19:21			12		1	1	Brockwell Park	Brockwell parkrun 5K Event 71	5 May 12
parkrun	20:02			9		1	1	Bedfont	Bedfont parkrun 5K Event 167	11 Aug 12
10K	37:10			16		2	1	London Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 10K	24 Mar 12
10K	38:19		38:13	461		13		Barcelona, ESP	Cursa dels Nassos 10K	31 Dec 12
12.2MMT	92:36			14	L4			Richmond	Green Belt Relay	19 May 12
HM	80:25		80:20	179		13	3	Reading	Reading Half Marathon	1 Apr 12
HM	80:56		80:53	73		3	2	Nottingham	Robin Hood Half Marathon	30 Sep 12
HM	83:57		83:43	137		8	3	Wokingham	Wokingham Half Marathon	19 Feb 12
HM	86:12		86:10	36		2	2	Great Bentley	Great Bentley Half Marathon	18 Mar 12
HM	89:59		89:57	43		6	3	Farnham	Burnham Beeches Half Marathon	19 Aug 12
20MMT	2:27:06		2:23:06	42		3	3	London Bishop's Park	Thames Riverside 20	4 Mar 12
Mar	2:50:08		2:50:00	522		10		London	Virgin London Marathon	22 Apr 12
Mar	3:10:50			9		1	1	Margate	Kent Coastal Marathon	2 Sep 12
50K	3:30:43			15		1		Vallecrosia, ITA	IAU World Trophy 50K Final	20 Oct 12
78K	9:10:07					29		Davos, SUI	Swiss Alpine Marathon	28 Jul 12
ZXC	23:14			1			1	Richmond Park	Surrey County Masters' Championships	13 Oct 12
ZXC	24:37			13			4	Nonsuch Park	Surrey Ladies' League	1 Dec 12
ZXCL	12:49			1	L2			Wormwood Scrubs	SEAA XC Relays	6 Oct 12
2011 V35 West 4
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
2M	11:47			18		1	1	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 2 Miles	1 Aug 11
5K	18:25			32		4	1	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 5K	8 Aug 11
parkrun	19:01			7		2	1	Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 199	20 Aug 11
parkrun	19:35			11		3	1	Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 203	17 Sep 11
parkrun	19:54			14		2		Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 188	4 Jun 11
parkrun	20:06			3		1	1	Old Deer Park	Old Deer Park parkrun 5K Event 23	19 Feb 11
parkrun	20:11			15		2	1	Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 167	8 Jan 11
parkrun	20:22			23		3	1	Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 185	14 May 11
10K	37:59		37:58	2		1	1	Cricklade	Cricklade 10K	2 Oct 11
10KMT	39:24			88		1		Paris, FRA	Les Foulees De L'Ile De France 10K	3 Jul 11
HM	84:15		84:13	85		5	4	Paddock Wood	Brooks Paddock Wood Half Marathon	27 Mar 11
HM	84:57			48		4	4	Great Bentley	Great Bentley Half Marathon	6 Feb 11
25KMT	2:06:24			7		1		Mondeville, FRA	Trail Des Moulins 25K	2 Jul 11
20M	2:11:22			44		2	1	Ruislip	Finchley 20	13 Mar 11
Mar	2:54:53	a	2:54:53	15		1		Sliema, MLT	Land Rover Malta Marathon	27 Feb 11
MarMT	3:28:49		3:28:43	28		2		Petersfield	Salomon South Downs Marathon	11 Jun 11
50KMT	4:05:35		4:05:35	2		1	1	Salisbury	Salisbury 54321 50K	14 Aug 11
55KMT	4:21:57			25		5		Anglesey	Commonwealth Ultra-Trail Running Championships 55K	25 Sep 11
ZXC	30:51			14				Ham	Surrey Women's League	15 Jan 11
ZXC	33:42			14		1	1	Watford	Watford Autumn Challenge 5	13 Nov 11
ZXC	37:07			16			5	Wimbledon Common	Surrey Women's League	12 Feb 11
2010 V35 Spa Striders
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
parkrun	18:22			3		1	1	Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 140	26 Jun 10
parkrun	18:27			3		1	1	Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 141	3 Jul 10
parkrun	18:28			5		2		Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 162	27 Nov 10
parkrun	18:32			2		1	1	Richmond Park	Richmond parkrun 5K Event 157	23 Oct 10
parkrun	18:33			24		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun 5K Event 329	6 Nov 10
10K	38:11			2			2	Fringford	Candleford Canter Ladies 10K	31 Oct 10
HM	80:13		80:11	60		1	1	Gosport	Gosport Half Marathon	21 Nov 10
HM	84:36		84:36	14		1	1	Cricklade	Cricklade Half Marathon	3 Oct 10
HM	87:05		87:00	33		3	2	New Milton	New Forest Half Marathon	26 Sep 10
HM	99:53		99:13	595		36		Hastings	Hastings Half Marathon	21 Mar 10
Mar	2:53:53		2:53:52	46		1	1	Abingdon	Abingdon Marathon	17 Oct 10
Mar	2:54:18		2:54:15	8		1	1	Calvià, ESP	Maratón de Calvià	12 Dec 10
Mar	3:02:16			27		4		Galway, IRL	Galway City Marathon	29 Aug 10
Mar	3:08:52		3:08:41	1751				London	Virgin London Marathon	25 Apr 10
Mar	3:15:31			46		3	1	Halstead	Halstead & Essex Marathon	9 May 10
Mar	3:17:40			6		1	1	Orpington	Orpington Mara*fun Marathon	8 May 10
MarMT	3:32:50			21		2		Stonehenge	Neolithic Half Marathon/Marathon	2 May 10
50K	3:35:49			5		1		Boddington	Boddington 50K/100K (Inc Anglo-Celtic Plate)	19 Jun 10
50K	3:37:43			22		4		Galway, IRL	50km World Trophy Final	29 Aug 10
ZMT	4:18:46			8		1	1	Princetown	Dartmoor Discovery Ultramarathon	5 Jun 10
2009 V35 Coventry/Midland Masters
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	18:59			46		7		Hinckley	Hinckley Town Centre 5K	24 Jun 09
5M	30:48			34		6	2	Coventry	Coventry New Year New 5	1 Jan 09
10K	37:49			67				Loughborough	Prestwold 10K	28 Jun 09
10K	39:26			17		1		Stratford-upon-Avon	Shakespeare Raceway 10K	7 Mar 09
10KMT	38:24			19		1	1	Leatherhead	Leatherhead Fire Station 10K	8 Nov 09
10M	67:44			70		4	1	Askern	Askern 10	9 Aug 09
HM	81:51			25		1	1	Chippenham	Chippenham Half Marathon	13 Sep 09
HM	82:20			62		3	1	Wrexham	Wrexham Village Bakery Half Marathon	15 Feb 09
20M	2:14:46			44		3	2	Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Aldi Ashby 20	22 Mar 09
Mar	2:56:14		2:56:14	53		4	1	Abingdon	Abingdon Marathon	18 Oct 09
Mar	2:58:44		2:58:44	848		33		London	London Marathon	26 Apr 09
Mar	3:19:28			94		6	3	Luton	Luton Marathon	6 Dec 09
ZMT	4:32:43			19		3		Llangennith	Endurancelife Coastal Series 10K/Half Marathon/marathon	5 Dec 09
ZXC	23:56			22			3	Coventry	Midland Women's League	17 Jan 09
ZXC	24:20			2		2		Birmingham Perry Park	Midland Masters Cross Country Championships	18 Jan 09
2008 SEN Coventry/Midland Masters
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5M	32:15			27		3	2	Draycote Water	Draycote Water 5	30 Mar 08
10K	38:54			35		4	2	Chesterton	Andy Reading Memorial 10K	14 Dec 08
10K	39:11			71		10		Coventry	Coventry Northbrook 10K	1 Jun 08
10K	40:10			129		11	2	Silverstone	Silverstone Grand Prix 10K	6 May 08
10K	40:18			44		5	1	Fradley	Fradley 10K	9 Mar 08
10K	40:31			58		6	1	Weedon	Weedon 10K	3 Jun 08
HM	88:57			47		2	1	Stratford-upon-Avon	Rotary Shakespeare Half Marathon	27 Apr 08
ZXC	33:52			50				Leamington	Midland Womens League	6 Dec 08
2007 SEN Spa Striders
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5M	32:14					4		Coventry	New Year New 5	1 Jan 07
10K	40:45					2		Warwick	Two Castles Run	10 Jun 07
Mar	3:19:25			96		5		Leicester	Leicester City Marathon	14 Oct 07
ZMT	45:18			33		2		Kenilworth	Hilly Challenge	6 May 07
ZXC	33:32			8	SW			Leamington	Gloucestershire League	17 Nov 07
2006 SEN Spa Striders
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10KMT	45:41			35		2		Kenilworth	Kenilworth Hilly Challenge 10K	14 May 06
12KMT	53:42			23		1		Farnborough	Farnborough Flier	18 Jun 06
Mar	3:18:31					277		London	London Marathon	23 Apr 06

Total Performances: 104

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UK Rankings

Event	AG	Year	Rank
2M	ALL	2011	12
5K	V35	2009	51
5K	ALL	2009	362
5K	V35	2011	27
5K	ALL	2011	211
parkrun	ALL	2010	83
parkrun	ALL	2011	262
parkrun	V35	2011	26
parkrun	V35	2012	10
parkrun	ALL	2012	88
parkrun	V40	2013	8
parkrun	ALL	2013	192
parkrun	ALL	AT	200
parkrun	V35	AT	23
parkrun	V40	AT	36
5M	ALL	2007	312
5M	ALL	2008	336
5M	V35	2008	65
5M	V35	2009	25
5M	ALL	2009	132
10K	ALL	2007	877
10K	V35	2008	65
10K	ALL	2008	418
10K	V35	2009	43
10K	ALL	2009	261
10K	ALL	2010	296
10K	V35	2010	53
10K	ALL	2011	302
10K	V35	2011	56
10K	V35	2012	38
10K	ALL	2012	203
10M	V35	2009	75
10M	ALL	2009	344
HM	V35	2008	103
HM	ALL	2008	509
HM	ALL	2009	102
HM	V35	2009	22
HM	V35	2010	15
HM	ALL	2010	64
HM	V35	2011	46
HM	ALL	2011	210
HM	ALL	2012	82
HM	V35	2012	19
20M	ALL	2009	17
20M	V35	2009	9
20M	V35	2011	4
20M	ALL	2011	11
Mar	ALL	2006	345
Mar	ALL	2007	326
Mar	V35	2009	13
Mar	ALL	2009	36
Mar	V35	2010	9
Mar	ALL	2010	42
Mar	V35	2011	17
Mar	ALL	2011	54
Mar	ALL	2012	25
Mar	V35	2012	5
50K	ALL	AT	8