Friday September 8th
With a few running events at the weekend numbers were a little lower for today’s run. But it was quality rather than quantity this morning as those participating showed improvement week on week. Sarah, in only her 2nd week back, shaved 4seconds per mile off her pace from last week. Nick also saw an improvement, 13seconds per mile quicker than the previous Friday. Jo decided to go for the long route and completed it with no problems, the furthest she has run in quite some time, so a fantastic achievement, well done Jo. Richard just bombed round in his 7min mile speedy pace. Well done runners, same route next week for the final time and a chance for some PBs!!
| Name | 08/09/2017 | Speed | |
| Nick C | 4.70 | 00:39:30 | 00:08:24 |
| Mark | 4.70 | 00:40:37 | 00:08:39 |
| Jo F | 6.00 | 0:59:32 | 0:09:55 |
| Richard | 4.70 | 00:33:43 | 0:07:10 |
| Sarah | 4.7 | 00:40:37 | 0:08:39 |
Monday September 11th
A good turn out this evening and a big welcome to 2 new runners – Catherine and Celia. Neither had run for over 5 years, so it was a steady start and the pair of them did amazing. Completing a mile non-stop in under 12 mins. A short walk and we managed to complete another half mile non-stop as well. A great start and with some perseverance some fantastic improvements will be seen with these two I have no doubt! Well done!
There was also a big welcome back for Pete. He has been busy over the summer but is back today, he went for the 4.7mile route. He said his ankles hurt, then his knee, it then moved to his hip and lower back and that was all before we done 100meters!! He soon warmed up though and got back in to his stride. Competitive as always he had to put a sprint finish in to stop Carl catching him at the death. For Carl this meant a sprint to try and catch him at the end, resulting in a week on week improvement of nearly a minute and a finish just outside his PB!!
There had been a few events on at the weekend. Greg had an amazing adventure completing the Portsmouth Triathlon. He was in among some of the elite triathletes but he didn’t let it phase him and he had a great time. Back to running with the club this evening, he teamed up with Rich and the pair completed the 4,7miles route in a fantastic sub-10mins per mile pace. Well done Gents!
Also running yesterday was Sue, She completed the New Forest 10k but came along this evening to support her daughter Jo for another attempt at the 6miles. The support helped as Jo took nearly 2 minutes off her Friday attempt on this route to show she is improving each week at the moment. Well done ladies!!
Hutch was back for his 2nd run with the club. Although he had some technical difficulties with time keeping we were able to count back to establish a great week on week improvement and a new personal best (PB) for Hutch. He took 3 minutes off last weeks time to record a 9m 21s mile split as a new PB! Well done Hutch!!
Sharon took off on her own this evening and put in a great time, although we may have to start wrapping her in bubble wrap before each run now as she came back with a cut on her leg for the 3rd run in a row. Lydia and Nina teamed up to attack the 4.7mile route this evening and completed it well. For Lydia this was her third run completed without the need of her inhaler, quite a milestone! She also equaled her PB time that she set last week. Well done Ladies.
Same routes next week for the last time.
| Name | 11/09/2017 | Speed | |
| Mark | 1.80 | 25:34.0 | 14:12.2 |
| Pete | 4.70 | 44:30.0 | 09:28.1 |
| Sue | 6.00 | 57:51.0 | 09:38.5 |
| Jo F | 6.00 | 57:51.0 | 09:38.5 |
| Hutch | 6.00 | 56:10.0 | 09:21.7 |
| Rich | 4.70 | 46:16.0 | 09:50.6 |
| Greg | 4.70 | 0:46:16 | 09:50.6 |
| Carl | 6.00 | 0:44:47 | 07:27.8 |
| Nina | 4.70 | 0:48:57 | 10:24.9 |
| Sharon | 4.70 | 45:47.0 | 09:44.5 |
| Lydia | 4.7 | 48:57.0 | 10:24.9 |
| Celia | 1.8 | 00:25:34 | 14:12.2 |
| Catherine | 1.8 | 00:25:34 | 14:12.2 |
