These two runs sandwiched the Stubbington 10k (Stubbington 10km results), so shorter routes and slower times were expected. There were a few surprises though –
Friday January 13th
Even though it was Friday the 13th a few people still wanted to go out for one last run before the Stubbington 10k on the Sunday! It was very icy and so instructions were to take it steady! Lisa and Jo took the sensible route and went for the 3mile course. They finished it in impressive fashion as well. Nick decided to go for the more challenging 5mile route and so I had to go with him!! He dragged me round. We were supposed to be going steady but a sub 8-min per mile average was achieved and my legs knew it!!
| Name | 13/01/2017 | Speed | |
| Lisa | 3.00 | 0:28:34 | 0:09:31 |
| Nick C | 5.00 | 0:39:49 | 0:07:58 |
| Mark | 5.00 | 0:39:49 | 0:07:58 |
| Jo F | 3.00 | 0:29:36 | 0:09:52 |
Monday January 16th
We had a blackout at the club this evening with a powercut to all the local businesses. A few of the runners realised the local pub was still functioning, but I managed to dissuade them and brought their attention back to the run with the help of Carls new gloves –
Most of the runners this evening completed the Stubbington 10k yesterday, so a recovery run was the name of the game this evening. Jo, Charles, Gemma, Carl and Nina all using the run just to loosen the legs! For Maddie it was her first run back this year! She did fantastic sticking in view of Gemma nearly all the way round until she had to do up a shoe lace and lost sight of her. She didn’t panic though and made it round the route thanks to google maps!!
Things were a bit different for Alex though. He has been training hard leading up to Xmas, and set out on his own this evening to complete a 5 mile lap. In no time at all he was back at the club!! Completing the route in half-an-hour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phenomenal!!!
A new club record this evening, an amazing 6mins per mile average! Unlikely to be beaten. Alex had been training for the Altra marathon before Christmas, he completed the 46mile Altra in 7h 20mins! I am pleased to say however, that he felt worse after his 5mile “Sprint” this evening than he did after completing the Altra. Well done Alex, you hold the club record!!
See you all next week
| Name | 16/01/2017 | Speed | |
| Jo F | 4.25 | 44:19.0 | 10:25.6 |
| Alex | 5.00 | 30:03.0 | 06:00.6 |
| Maddy | 4.25 | 42:20.0 | 09:57.6 |
| Charles | 4.25 | 44:19.0 | 10:25.6 |
| Gemma | 4.25 | 42:20.0 | 09:57.6 |
| Carl | 3.00 | 35:49.0 | 11:56.3 |
| Nina | 3 | 35:49.0 | 11:56.3 |
