Running Club News 27/3/17

Friday March 24th

Running club this morning wasn’t quite as eventful as last week. No one got lost, but we did change the route in advance. The lanes were too wet to run through so a repeat of Mondays routes was accepted as a good alternative. For Richard this meant upping his miles even further, the 5.5mile route is now officially the furthest he has run and he did it in a fantastic time too, just 2 seconds per mile off his PB. It was a fast run for most of the participants today even though the route has some step gradients. For Mandy it was the fastest run since June last year. Sharon was with her all the way too, in one of Sharon’s fastest recent runs!! We knew the girls were quick today as they were passed on Church Road on Monday and today Richard had to really work hard to catch them by the last corner in to Warsash Road! Nick was super quick too in a sub 8mins per mile and Greg had an awesome run in sub 10s!! Well done team, this Fridays route is weather dependent.

Name 24/03/2017 Speed
Nick C 5.50 00:43:20 00:07:53
Mark 5.50 00:46:03 00:08:22
Mandy B 4.30 0:46:03 0:10:43
Greg 4.30 0:41:43 0:09:42
Sharon 4.30 0:46:03 0:10:43
Richard 5.50 00:45:20 0:08:15

Monday March 27th

An absolutely beautiful evening for a run. With the sun setting over the clock tower in the village center on our return made for a very picturesque finish. The weather and our first daylight evening run of the year certainly brought out the runners too. Although there was some debate whether to wear hi-viz or if the white legs on show were enough reflection for oncoming traffic!

We welcomed a new recruit to the running club as Larissa joined us for her first run. She did fantastic too, completing the 4.3mile route non-stop. She had previously completed a few park runs in 35mins and she was on 32mins at the same distance today to show she was going even faster!! We also welcomed back Louise, she has been recovering from a nasty injury and was suppose to take it steady this evening. Along with Gemma the pair managed to completed the 5.5mile route in a very good time to show she is well on the mend.

There were some very fast times this evening too. Carl finally smashed his Personal Best, having been very close 3 times in recent weeks this evening he annihilated it! His 8m 23s is a very fast new PB and on a long 5.5mile route too, well done Carl!! It must be those superman leggings!!

Also setting a new PB was Lydia, having run her fastest PB at a Park Run on Saturday she replicated the feat this evening on a 4.3mile route. Just 2 seconds outside the 11mins per mile barrier, I reckon you can get under 11 next week Lydia!! Thanks to Mandy for encouraging her round the route this evening too, that helped! Nina had a great run too. Her 4.4miles was a little further than everyone else after she ran after a football someone had kicked over a fence and returned it. Even with this distraction she managed to put in her fastest time since August 2016!! Rose was just behind Nina in her fastest run for over a month.

Sharon ran with Jo and put in her fastest lap in a month, and Pete was on fire this evening as he took 90seconds off last weeks time! Charles teamed up with the new superfast Rich after his PB achievement last week. The pair of them were really quick, Rich just missing out on new PB by just 5 seconds per mile, and Charles running his fastest lap since June 2015!!!! And only 10secs outside his PB as well!! Great run lads!!

Same routes next week for the final time and a chance to improve those PBs

Quick reminder that the Tough Mudder challenge is coming up very quickly. I will be looking to organise some training days shortly but for now Charles has kindly put together a quick practice route. It would be great to get the tough mudder team together in advance. Charles is training at Holly Hill, meeting in the car park 8.30am on a Sunday morning. All are welcome. If you were thinking about completing a Tough Mudder you can find out more information here

 

Name 27/03/2017 Speed
Mark 4.30 45:10.0 10:30.2
Larissa 4.30 44:54.0 10:26.5
Pete 4.30 36:06.0 08:23.7
Jo F 4.30 44:11.0 10:16.5
Mandy B 4.30 47:27.0 11:02.1
Charles 4.30 38:57.0 09:03.5
Rich 4.30 38:57.0 09:03.5
Louise T 5.50 54:46.0 09:57.5
Gemma 5.50 54:46.0 09:57.5
Carl 5.50 46:10.0 08:23.6
Nina 4.4 48:01.0 10:54.8
Sharon 4.30 44:11.0 10:16.5
Rose 4.3 47:43.0 11:05.8
Lydia 4.3 47:27.0 11:02.1

 

 

 

 

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