Running Club News 20/4/14

A great big thank you to Sharon and Mike who co-ordinated last nights running club (and last Fridays) in my absence. It sounded as though it was a great run last night as well. Gutted to miss it!

Jo had her shorts on and decided to run the longer 5.7mile Route, this obviously encouraged a lot more people on this route!!!  Instead of the normal 2 we had 8 run the long route, you need to wear your shorts more often Jo!! Greg did his best to keep up with Jo until she did one of her stepping up a gear kick trick! Pete and Nick ran together until Dibles when Nick kicked on to record a fantastic 50mins for the 5.7miles. Mandy and Sue motivated each other all the way around and even caught Pete as they finished the run. Sue was impressed with how Mandy gets faster going down hills, and this certainly did the trick as Sue managed to beat her daughter in revenge for last week. Jo herself did brilliantly, running her longest distance since her injury and in a great time too.  Charles was very happy with his run achieving a good time at the longer distance, those new trainers are certainly seeing some miles already!!Finally Mike sprinted the 5.7miles in a fantastic time of just 38mins, awesome!!

Maggie ran on her own and although felt like stopping at times was determined to keep going, fantastic self-motivation Mags, well done, a really good time as well!! Alistair went off very, very fast with Carl on his tail on the shorter route. Carl pipped him to the post only when Alistair stopped for a car on arriving back at the studio!! The short sprint really worked for Carl as he recorded the only Personal Best set on the night, a fantastic 8m 29s per mile! Now we know you can do it Carl you will have to replicate the speed on a longer distance.

A big thanks to Mandy Bowers for helping Sharon with the times and supporting her on the night. The running is clearly working for Mandy as she had trouble keeping her trousers up whilst she was running, must be losing weight from all that exercise. Nina had some tyre issues this evening, having to pit stop 3 times to re-lace her shoes! She still finished in a great time though. Clare also had a great run and was just 14 seconds off a personal best. She was very determined and put in 100% effort.

Well done team!! Something different next week.