New Life Training Running Club were well represented at todays’ Eastleigh 10k for the 2nd successive year. The weather was kind and the run enjoyable. Nearly 2500 had entered this years race and you can see all those who represented New Life Training did amazing. Everyone finished and no-one stopped, awesome!!
For those who were running this race for the 2nd successive year, they had a bit of course knowledge and so a chance, with a years extra training with NLT behind them, to improve on last years time. Greg has been working hard on his fitness for the last 12 months, although a trip to Florida just before the race was anticipated to slow him slightly! His time of 58m15s was a massive 6m26s better than last year, that is nearly a minute per mile quicker!! Fantastic! This placed Greg just 32nd in his category, 8 places higher than last year!
Alistair had a great run this time last year, he has been full of cold so expectation was not high. However, running in competition with Carl, the two of them encouraged each other to a time of 54mins. For Alistair this was 4m 36s quicker than last year, a huge improvement, even with a cold. For Carl, this was his first Eastleigh run with NLT and what a great way to start, his 8m 47s per mile will be tough to beat next year! It was also Nina’s first Eastleigh with NLT and she did fantastic, completing the run in an average of 11m 33s per mile, definitely getting quicker Nina, it must have been all that determination to cross the line!!
Also showing a huge improvement year on year was Rob. His 3m 55s improvement on last year moved him up 45 places in his category and in to the top 100! Well done Rob! Jane also had a great run. She beat the hour mark by 52 seconds, 2m 44s better than last year and just 85th in her category, 28 places higher than last year!! Jane had Sue to run with today and her time was just 20 seconds difference from last year. Sue finished just 40th in her category – a fantastic achievement!
It was this race last year that Pete hurt his knee and after 12 months of trying to run through it he returned to Eastleigh to face his demons! He had a great run too, not quite as fast as last year, but he finished 92nd in his category the exact same position as last year! A great run! Well done! Lindsey had an awesome run last year, although unfortunately she couldn’t remember much about it after celebrating so hard after! Today though she had a great performance. She finished just outside the 10mins per mile average and thoroughly enjoyed it and hopefully will remember it!
Well done to all the runners. The next event we be posted in the monthly newsletter early next week, until then see you at the running club on Mondays and Fridays.
| Name | Time | Distance | Speed | Cat Pos |
| Mark | 00:43:57 | 6.23 | 00:07:03 | 85 |
| Carl | 00:54:42 | 6.23 | 00:08:47 | 173 |
| Nina | 01:11:57 | 6.23 | 00:11:33 | 159 |
| Pete | 00:50:45 | 6.23 | 00:08:09 | 92 |
| Sue | 00:59:08 | 6.23 | 00:09:30 | 40 |
| Lindsey | 01:03:11 | 6.23 | 00:10:09 | 128 |
| Greg | 00:58:15 | 6.23 | 00:09:21 | 32 |
| Alistair | 00:54:20 | 6.23 | 00:08:43 | 173 |
| Jane | 00:59:08 | 6.23 | 00:09:30 | 85 |
| Rob | 00:45:21 | 6.23 | 00:07:17 | 97 |
