Running Club News 18/5/15

New routes this evening and a little challenge for some to run further and in some instances faster ….

There were 3 routes to choose – 3.7m, 4.5m and a 5.7m. I am pleased to say everyone pushed themselves on the distances. Mandy, Carl and Nina pushed for the 3.7m route and did very well completing the route non-stop and with times too, well done. For poor old Carl, he had already driven 487miles, swam 10 lengths then was dragged along for a run – Some triathlon that!

The mid-range route saw Sharon and Charles push for a good time with their first experience of this route. Charles is being Mr. Consistent with a 9m 16s still just hovering around his PB time and Sharon had a great sub -10min per mile run. Well done !

THE TIMES –

Name 18/05/2015 Speed
Mark 5.60 00:49:10 00:08:47
Pete 5.60 00:51:55 00:09:16
Mike Y 5.60 00:37:48 00:06:45
Sue 5.60 00:48:45 00:08:42
Jo F 5.60 00:48:45 00:08:42
Charles 4.50 00:41:40 00:09:16
Alistair 5.60 00:48:25 00:08:39
Greg 5.60 00:53:50 00:09:37
Mandy B 3.70 00:42:00 00:11:21
Carl 3.70 00:46:00 00:12:26
Nina 3.70 00:46:00 00:12:26
Sharon 4.50 00:44:40 00:09:56

 

That left the rest for the longer lap. Mike was back after a few weeks away. He had said he hadn’t been doing any running, but his performance this evening would suggest otherwise. A very speedy 6m 45s per mile. Not far from his PB and a lightning quick time considering he has been away from the club. Awesome Mike! Behind Mike was a little congregation of Alistair, Jo and Sue. They were all pushing each other on. Jo had received her Isle of Wight tickets earlier in the day and was very excited. She ran with Keith this evening (Keith Flint from the Prodigy in her headphones) . It seemed to do the trick, although there was some wasting of energy at some points along the route as she randomly started dancing with her hands in the air!! The beat must have helped though as Jo was very close to her Personal Best time this evening. With Sue keeping up with Jo all the way round it also gave Sue a great time, in fact it was a PB for Sue. Her quickest ever time with the running club, clocked at 8m 42s per mile. Well done Sue!! Alistair did his best to keep the girls behind him all the way round and that pushed him on to a great time as well, Fantastic Alistair! Also running this route were Pete and Dennis. Pete had been ill in the week and not quite fully recovered, so his time of 9m 16s was commendable. Dennis the Menace (aka Greg) in his stripy top had a great run too, his 9m 37s was awesome on what is a long challenging route.

Well done to all the runners, no running club next week, so you all get a rest. Back to this route though the week after

FUTURE PLANS
We have planned a few events in the coming months, here is the running club schedule for events. Please let me know if you enroll on any of these so I can plan the logistics closer to the time –

JULY
12th – Wyvern 10k – Eastleigh – http://wyvern10k.co.uk/

SEPTEMBER
27th – Tough Mudder – Winchester – https://toughmudder.co.uk/events/2015-london-south

OCTOBER
25th Great South Run – Portsmouth – http://www.greatrun.org/great-south-run

DECEMBER
6th Victory 10k – Portsmouth – http://www.portsmouthathletic.co.uk/victory-10k/

JANUARY
TBC – Stubbington 10k – Stubbington – TBC

 

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