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Nicolas Besson

Club:	Serpentine/France
Gender:	Male
Age Group:	V40
County:	Unknown County
Region:	London
Nation:	England

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French runner based in London since 2008. Joined Serpentine and focused on running since 2015. Blogging on distancerunner.co.uk

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3000

9:17.56

9:30.4

3000

5000

15:24.09

15:28.2

16:03.92

15:24.09

5000

10000

33:59.55

10000

15:08

15:21

15:15

15:54

15:30

15:08

15:34

15:50

16:25

16:48

10K

31:43

32:36

31:43

31:48

32:22

33:29

36:11

35:01

35:53

35:32

10K

10M

54:18

10M

69:26

71:05

70:36

80:37

69:26

69:59

70:50

73:44

73:23

75:23

77:19

78:46

20M

2:08:22

2:09:47

20M

Mar

2:25:19

2:28:16

2:29:06

2:34:34

2:25:19

2:28:41

2:31:47

2:33:15

2:35:27

2:41:50

2:40:00

2:41:02

2:44:51

2:46:19

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2023 V40 Serpentine/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
3000	9:17.56			3	3			Wimbledon	Hercules Wimbledon 3000m Festival Night - sponsored by Tripadvisor	7 Jun 23
3000	9:19.8			1	3			Paddington	Serpentine RC 3000m Club Championship	11 Jul 23
5000	15:28.2			5	8			London (CT)	Tracksmith London Twilight 5000M #1	27 Jul 23
5000	15:33.37			19	7			Finsbury Park	Finsbury Park 5000s	21 Jul 23
5K	15:21		15:24	49	R3	49	5	Battersea Park	Friday Night 5K Under the Lights	15 Sep 23
5K	15:33			13			3	Battersea Park	Sri Chinmoy 5K	18 Jul 23
5K	15:39			16			1	Battersea Park	Sri Chinmoy Dashing Deer 5K	27 Jun 23
5K	16:01			16			1	Battersea Park	Sri Chinmoy 5K	13 Jun 23
5K	16:03			3			1	London Hyde Park	Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5K	23 Jun 23
5K	16:03		16:04	63	W3	63	1	Battersea Park	Friday Night 5K Under the Lights	17 Mar 23
5K	16:04			8			1	London Hyde Park	Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5K	26 May 23
5K	17:00			21			5	London Hyde Park	Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5K	31 Mar 23
7.8KXC	29:17			47			3	Welwyn Garden City	Start Fitness Metropolitan League	14 Jan 23
10K	32:36		32:36	1		1	1	Battersea Park	RunThrough Battersea Park 5K / 10K	15 Apr 23
10K	34:31			28				Battersea Park	Sri Chinmoy Mad March 10K	4 Mar 23
10KNAD	33:14			1			1	London Regent's Park	London Summer League 10K	30 Jul 23
HM	71:05		71:06	20			1	Reading	Reading Half Marathon	2 Apr 23
HM	72:22	c		97		76	10	Greenwich	The Big Half	3 Sep 23
HM	73:31		73:34	36			9	Paddock Wood	Lambert and Foster Paddock Wood Half Marathon	12 Mar 23
HM	80:23		80:26	3			2	St Albans	St Albans Half Marathon	11 Jun 23
20M	2:08:22			8			3	Kingston upon Thames	Royal Borough of Kingston Spring Raceday	19 Mar 23
20M	2:14:45		2:14:47	44			21	Hillingdon	Hillingdon 20	26 Mar 23
Mar	2:28:16	c		85			9	London	TCS London Marathon	23 Apr 23
2022 V40 Serpentine/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
3000	9:30.4			2	1			Battersea Park	Serpentine RC 3000m Club Championship	11 Jul 22
3000	9:37.58	+		15m	4			Milton Keynes	MK5000 PB Special	9 Jul 22
5000	16:03.92			13	4			Milton Keynes	MK5000 PB Special	9 Jul 22
10000	33:59.55			27	E			Parliament Hill	Highgate Harriers Night of the 10000m PB's (Including British Championships & World Championships Trials)	14 May 22
4KXC	13:10			10	L3			Wormwood Scrubs	South of England AA Relay Championships	22 Oct 22
5K	15:15			62			1	Battersea Park	Friday Night 5K Under the Lights	29 Apr 22
5K	15:32			2			1	London Hyde Park	Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5K	25 Nov 22
5K	15:35		15:38	81			4	Battersea Park	Friday Night 5K Under the Lights	15 Sep 22
5K	16:18			5			1	London Hyde Park	Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5K	28 Oct 22
5K	17:44			88			14	Battersea Park	Sri Chinmoy 5K	7 Jun 22
6.1KL	19:14			10	L1		2	Crystal Palace	South of England AA Relay Championships	24 Sep 22
7.6KXC	29:39			117			9	Wormwood Scrubs	Start Fitness Metropolitan League	15 Jan 22
7.8KXC	26:47			54			3	Wormwood Scrubs	Start Fitness Metropolitan League	12 Nov 22
8KXC	28:13			43			4	Claybury Park	Start Fitness Metropolitan League	15 Oct 22
10K	31:43	c		40			2	London	Vitality London 10,000	2 May 22
10K	33:05			6			1	Battersea Park	Golden Leaf 10K	19 Nov 22
10K	33:09			11				Battersea Park	Sri Chinmoy 10K	21 May 22
10K	33:32		33:32	1			1	London Regents Park	London Easter 10K	18 Apr 22
10K	33:56			11			1	London Battersea Park	Sri Chinmoy 10K	26 Mar 22
10KMT	33:16		33:16	1		1	1	Kingston Upon Thames	Kingston 10K / Half Marathon	27 Nov 22
10KXC	37:54			36				Parliament Hill	London Championships	19 Nov 22
12KXC	49:30			291				Parliament Hill	ECCA Saucony English National Championships	26 Feb 22
12.6KXC	57:42			75				Greenford	Middlesex County Championships	8 Jan 22
15KXC	55:29			146				Beckenham	South of England AA Championships	29 Jan 22
HM	70:36		70:38	18			5	Paddock Wood	Lambert and Foster Paddock Wood Half Marathon	13 Mar 22
HM	73:53		73:53	6			1	Ealing	Ealing Half Marathon	25 Sep 22
HM	75:54	c		175			21	Greenwich	The Big Half	4 Sep 22
HM	80:22		80:22	11			1	Kingston upon Thames	Royal Borough of Kingston Half Marathon	23 Oct 22
HM	82:52		82:53	8			2	Victoria Park	Run London Victoria Park	30 Oct 22
HM	85:52		86:00	73			25	Watford	Watford Half Marathon	6 Feb 22
HM	95:16		95:19	67			4	London Victoria Park	RunThrough Victoria Park Half Marathon	13 Feb 22
HMMT	79:17		79:23	1			1	Richmond	Richmond Half Marathon	6 Nov 22
HMMT	91:05		91:05	1		1	1	Wendover	Wendover Woods Autumn Festival of Running	20 Nov 22
Mar	2:29:06	c		60			13	London	TCS London Marathon	2 Oct 22
Mar	2:30:34		2:30:42	395				Valencia, ESP	Trinidad Alfonso Valencia Marathon	4 Dec 22
2021 V35 Serpentine/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	15:54			71			5	Battersea Park	Friday Night 5K Under the Lights	16 Sep 21
5K	16:15	c		13			2	Battersea Park	Sri Chinmoy 5K	7 Jun 21
5K	16:37	c		107			8	Battersea Park	Friday Night 5K Under the Lights	28 May 21
5K	16:45	c		28			5	Battersea Park	Sri Chinmoy 5K	21 Jun 21
5K	17:42	c		43			10	Battersea Park	Sri Chinmoy 5K	14 Jun 21
10KMT	37:41	c		27			8	Hatfield	Vitality London 10,000	11 Jul 21
10.5KXC	43:20			157				Parliament Hill	London Championships	20 Nov 21
HM	80:37	c		30			15	Windsor	Maidenhead Half Marathon	5 Sep 21
HM	81:44	c		11			4	Milton Keynes	MK Half Marathon	26 Jun 21
Mar	2:34:34		2:34:37	115			16	Berlin, GER	BMW Berlin Marathon	26 Sep 21
Mar	2:45:33	c		665			165	London	Virgin Money London Marathon	3 Oct 21
2020 V35 Serpentine/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	15:30			3			3	London Hyde Park	Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5K	31 Jan 20
8.1KXC	30:23			60				Alexandra Palace	Start Fitness Metropolitan League	11 Jan 20
14KXC	53:00			68				Parliament Hill	South of England AA Championships	25 Jan 20
HM	69:26	c		50				Greenwich	Vitality Big Half Marathon	1 Mar 20
HM	77:34		77:35	24				Watford	Watford Half Marathon	2 Feb 20
20M	2:09:47		2:09:48	24				Ruislip	Hillingdon 20	8 Mar 20
2019 V35 Serpentine/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5000	15:24.09			5	7			Finsbury Park	London Finsbury Park Open 5000m	28 Jun 19
5K	15:08			2			1	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 5K	5 Aug 19
5K	15:24			1			1	London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	29 Mar 19
5K	15:29			3			1	London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	27 Sep 19
5K	15:41			4			1	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 5K	8 Jul 19
5K	15:44			1			1	Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	26 Jul 19
5K	15:45			2				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	22 Feb 19
5K	15:45			5			4	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 5K	29 Jul 19
5K	15:51			1			1	Battersea Park	Serpentine RC 5K Championships	25 Jul 19
5K	15:56			5			1	London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	27 Dec 19
7.5KXC	29:36			39				Alexandra Palace	Start Fitness Metropolitan League	9 Feb 19
7.664KL	24:48			13	L5			Milton Keynes	Southern Men's 12-Stage Relays	24 Mar 19
8KXC	28:29			50				Wormwood Scrubs	Start Fitness Metropolitan League	12 Jan 19
5.38ML	27:05			16	L1			Sutton Coldfield	ERRA National Men's 12-Stage Relays	6 Apr 19
10K	31:48		31:54	77			73	London	Vitality London 10,000	27 May 19
10K	31:58			1				Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 10K	3 Aug 19
15KXC	54:23			202				Parliament Hill	South of England AA Championships	26 Jan 19
HM	69:59	c		42				Greenwich	Vitality Big Half Marathon	10 Mar 19
HM	70:53		70:53	3				Ealing	Ealing Half Marathon	29 Sep 19
HM	71:58		71:58	16				Brighton	Grand Brighton Half Marathon	24 Feb 19
HM	74:03		74:08	23				Maidenhead	Maidenhead Half Marathon	1 Sep 19
16.05M	94:31		94:34	8				Kingston Upon Thames	Royal Borough of Kingston Spring Raceday 16	31 Mar 19
Mar	2:25:20	c		25				London	Virgin London Marathon	28 Apr 19
Mar	2:25:19		2:25:21	41				Toronto, CAN	Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon	20 Oct 19
Mar	2:37:33		2:37:37	339				Valencia, ESP	Valencia Marathon	1 Dec 19
2018 V35 Serpentine/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	15:34			1				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	28 Sep 18
5K	15:47			1				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	23 Mar 18
5K	15:51			1				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	25 May 18
5K	15:54			1			1	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 5K	13 Aug 18
5K	15:54			1				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	31 Aug 18
5K	16:25			15				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	28 Dec 18
5K	16:40			8				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	30 Nov 18
5K	18:21			43				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	16 Feb 18
5KNAD	16:35			2				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	26 Jan 18
10K	32:22	c		84				London	Vitality London 10,000	28 May 18
10K	32:41			3			1	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 10K	24 Mar 18
10K	39:44			45			12	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 10K	17 Feb 18
12KXC	48:57			499				Parliament Hill	ECCA Saucony English National Championships	24 Feb 18
10M	54:18		54:18	11				Maidenhead	Maidenhead Easter 10	30 Mar 18
HM	70:50		70:50	3				Maidenhead	Maidenhead Half Marathon	2 Sep 18
HM	71:11		71:11	4				Ealing	Ealing Half Marathon	30 Sep 18
HM	71:19		71:19	2				Kingston upon Thames	Royal Borough of Kingston Half Marathon	1 Apr 18
HM	88:14		88:37	215				Thames Ditton	Hampton Court Half Marathon	18 Feb 18
Mar	2:28:41	c		59				Frankfurt, GER	Frankfurt Marathon	28 Oct 18
Mar	2:29:10	c		19				London	Virgin London Marathon	22 Apr 18
2017 V35 Serpentine/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
1MNAD	16:18			29			2	London	RunThrough Lee Valley Park Mile	25 Feb 17
5K	15:50			8			3	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 5K	7 Aug 17
5K	16:05			10			1	Battersea Park	Serpentine RC 5K Championships	27 Jul 17
5K	16:10			7			2	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 5K	31 Jul 17
5K	16:14			23				Battersea Park	Assembly League 5K	1 Jun 17
5K	16:29			6				London Hyde Park	Brooks Serpentine Last Friday 5K	31 Mar 17
5K	16:38			3				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	26 May 17
5K	16:39			11			3	London Hyde Park	Brooks Serpentine Last Friday 5K	24 Feb 17
5K	16:41			4				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	28 Jul 17
5K	17:09			11			4	London Hyde Park	Brooks Serpentine Last Friday 5K	27 Jan 17
5K	17:17			10				London Hyde Park	Harbour Club Last Friday of the Month 5K	27 Oct 17
10K	33:29			15				London Victoria Park	Middlesex 10K	1 Oct 17
10K	34:18			8			1	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 10K	1 Apr 17
10KMT	39:35		39:36	15			4	Clapham	RunThrough Clapham Common 10K	9 Sep 17
HM	73:44		73:45	7				Ealing	Ealing Half Marathon	24 Sep 17
HM	75:21		75:36	63				Lisbon, POR	Lisbon Half Marathon	19 Mar 17
HM	76:06		76:06	12				Walton-on-Thames	River Thames Half Marathon	29 Oct 17
HMMT	77:58		77:59	2				Richmond	Old Deer Park Half Marathon	19 Feb 17
Mar	2:31:47	c		114				London	Virgin London Marathon	23 Apr 17
2016 SEN Serpentine/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	16:25			5				London Hyde Park	Brooks Serpentine Last Friday 5K	29 Jan 16
5K	16:38			4				London Hyde Park	Brooks Serpentine Last Friday 5K	26 Aug 16
5K	16:49			24			6	Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 5K	8 Aug 16
5K	17:55			33			12	London Hyde Park	Brooks Serpentine Last Friday 5K	25 Nov 16
5K	18:01			25			4	London Hyde Park	Brooks Serpentine Last Friday 5K	29 Jul 16
5K	19:34			49				London Hyde Park	Brooks Serpentine Last Friday 5K	24 Jun 16
10K	36:11		36:12	2				London Regent's Park	Regent's Park Summer 10K Series	3 Apr 16
10KNAD	34:17		34:19	2				London Hyde Park	Hyde Park 10K	17 Apr 16
HM	73:23		73:35	53				Paris, FRA	Fitbit Semi de Paris	6 Mar 16
HM	76:14		76:15	13				Watford	Watford Half Marathon	7 Feb 16
HM	76:58		77:00	17				Ealing	Ealing Half Marathon	25 Sep 16
HM	79:13		80:12	115				Lisbon, POR	EDP Lisbon Half Marathon	20 Mar 16
HMNAD	81:12		81:14	9				Richmond	Old Deer Park Richmond Half Marathon	21 Feb 16
Mar	2:33:15		2:33:17	146				London	Virgin London Marathon	24 Apr 16
Mar	2:35:14		2:35:16	53			6	Amsterdam, NED	TCS Amsterdam Marathon	16 Oct 16
2015 SEN Unattached/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	16:48			12				London Hyde Park	Brooks Serpentine Last Friday 5K	18 Dec 15
10K	35:01			6				Battersea Park	Self Transcendence 10K	24 Oct 15
10K	35:19		35:19	4				London Olympic Park	QEOP Winter 10K Series	7 Feb 15
10K	37:21		37:21	3				London Regent's Park	After Adoption Regent's Park 10K	15 Nov 15
10KNAD	34:20		34:21	2				London Hyde Park	Hyde Park 10K	19 Apr 15
10KNAD	36:53		36:54	1				Richmond	Capital Runners Richmond Park 10K	11 Jan 15
HM	75:23		75:40	55				Lisbon, POR	EDP Lisbon Half Marathon	22 Mar 15
HM	76:34	c		139				Paris, FRA	Semi Marathon de Paris	8 Mar 15
HM	78:10		78:56	12				Milton Keynes	Milton Keynes Winter Half Marathon	13 Dec 15
HMNAD	80:59		81:09	18				Richmond	Old Deer Park Richmond Half Marathon	22 Feb 15
HMMT	77:13		77:19	4				East Molesey	Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon	29 Mar 15
Mar	2:35:27		2:35:44	173				London	Virgin London Marathon	26 Apr 15
2014 SEN Unattached/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10K	35:53		35:56	5				London Regent's Park	Regent's Park Summer 10K Series	6 Apr 14
10K	37:13		37:13	5				London Regent's Park	After Adoption Regent's Park 10K	16 Nov 14
10KNAD	37:26		37:30	5				Wimbledon	South London 10K	23 Nov 14
HM	77:19		77:59	102				Lisbon, POR	EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon	16 Mar 14
HM	79:50		79:52	19				Milton Keynes	Up & Running Milton Keynes Winter Half Marathon	14 Dec 14
HM	84:08		84:13	78				Ealing	Ealing Half Marathon	28 Sep 14
Mar	2:41:50		2:41:55	260				London	Virgin London Marathon	13 Apr 14
2013 SEN Unattached/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10K	35:32		35:32	3				Eton	F3 Events Last Winter 10K	13 Apr 13
10K	36:09			1				Eton	Maxifuel Winter 10K Series	17 Mar 13
HM	78:46		78:58	116				Lisbon, POR	Lisbon Half Marathon	24 Mar 13
Mar	2:40:00		2:40:07	197				London	Virgin London Marathon	21 Apr 13
2012 SEN Unattached/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
Mar	2:41:02		2:41:08	17				Edinburgh	Edinburgh Marathon Festival Marathon	27 May 12
Mar	3:12:57		3:13:03	2358				London	Virgin London Marathon	22 Apr 12
2011 SEN Unattached/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
Mar	2:44:51		2:45:03	244				New York NY, USA	ING New York Marathon	6 Nov 11
2010 SEN Unattached/France
Event	Perf			Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10KMT	35:43			2				Clapham Common	Clapham Common 10K Series	11 Apr 10
Mar	2:46:19		2:47:14	341				London	Virgin London Marathon	25 Apr 10

Total Performances: 182

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