New Life Training is a Running Club based in Warsash, Hampshire. For the past 5 years we have been training people up to run 10k races throughout the year with the focus on Achieving the Great South Run. This year we had the biggest turn-out from the running club ever with 24 people running the Great South Run associated with New Life Training. Find out more about the Enjoy Fitness Running Club
New Life Training was formed in 2010 to help a couple of people prepare for the Great South Run. It was great that one of those people came back to NLT this year and once again ran with the club. Julie had a great run too. She has had little opportunity to prepare for this years run but with the assistance and motivation from Nic and Georgina, they all completed the run in style, with quite a few laughs and dances along the way! Also back this year was Sharon, she last ran with New Life Training at the GSR in 2011. She has been back to the club this year though and has been training hard at the Monday and Friday Run clubs. The training all paid off as well as she achieved her PB this year, taking nearly 11 minutes off her 2011 time. Sharon had a fantastic run and actually finished just 83rd in her category – BRILLIANT!!!
One of the best stories of the day was for Sue and Jo. Mother and Daughter finished just 1 minute apart, with Sue achieving an amazing 117th place in her category! It was at the finish line where emotions are high that they spotted Jo’s sister – Jess. She had flown in that morning from Canada to cheer them on at the finish line!! Neither Jo or Sue knew she was coming and it was a fantastic way to finish the race.
Lee had a great run with us this year at the GSR, but he couldn’t steel the limelight from his kids who participated in the Junior GSR the day before. Both Rue and Sophia were invited up to the gantry to help with the warm up before the race started and the family were invited to VIP hospitality over the whole weekend – Sophia has an amazing story to tell, which you can read HERE.
The running club had 4 entries in the Orange wave, the “elite” wave. Only 3 ran in this wave though after Lindsey realised she had missed off the 1 hour part of the 1h 45mins on her application form! She decided to drop back in to the white wave and had a great run in there. She ended up 3 minutes ahead of her plan and 4 minutes better than last year to achieve a new PB for the GSR. In the Orange wave the 3 boys were being very competitive. Nick had an amazing run, finishing in just 85 minutes in the first 10 mile run since his last GSR adventure in 2012! This time was made all the more remarkable after he pulled his calf muscle at mile 2!! He still managed to get round in an awesome time. Rob had a fantastic run too. He was determined to beat Mark and his 79 minutes was brilliant. Mark felt the pressure too though and with Rob breathing down his neck (at the start line) he had to pull out his PB to make sure he wasn’t beaten.
Nicks son, Henry, had a great run this year too. He beat last years time by just 23 seconds and still managed to post a “Selfie” on social media at every mile. I think a combination of his training partner and running partner on the day was something to do with the fantastic time Henry produced!
Charles has been with the running club now for a few years and has progressed brilliantly. It was a surprise that this was his first GSR, but he has always managed to get out of it with holidays abroad etc! This year though he was there and he enjoyed the day hugely. His 1h 45mins was very quick, but not as quick as the first celebratory drink afterwards! Well done Charles. For Greg, this was his 2nd GSR having caught the running bug last year. His training has been fantastic this year and he was well prepared. Gregs pace setting was fantastic and he averaged 12mins per mile, just as planned! He set himself a new PB by taking a huge 17minutes off last years time which placed him just 201st in his category. Well done Greg!
Alistair was another one to set a PB today! Alistair has run the last 4 GSRs with New Life Training, but this was by far his best! Smashing last years time by 8 minutes!!! Nearly a minute per mile quicker! He averaged under 10mins per mile this year which will be tough to beat next year Alistair!!
Sat Nav ran with us again this year, his first GSR since 2011! He ran alongside his daughter, Mags, whose preparation for the run had been full of incidence! A fall three weeks ago whilst out running almost forced Mags to withdraw after she damaged shoulder ligaments. Then a stomach bug last week forced her to curb her training again. She did brilliant though, making it round the 10mile course in style to complete her first ever GSR and have a huge sense of achievement!! Well done Mags and Mike!!
Sandy is another long standing member of the running club and has been attending for nearly 4 years! This was his first GSR since 2011 although he did take some persuading this time round!! Sandy, as always, was brilliant. He motivated anyone within ear shot of him as he completed the 10 miles with a great big smile on his face – the way the GSR should be run!!
Mandy is relatively new to the running club, having been invited along by Sharon she has shown a steady but consistent improvement at the Friday and Monday clubs in preparation for this years GSR. Her last run 3 years ago was 1h51m, so imagine her delight when she completed this years run in just 1h 37mins – fantastic – that’s over a minute per mile quicker this time!!!
We had a few runners associated with the running club for the GSR this year as well. Jody has been training alongside Mags and has been to the Box circuits class this year to get fit for today. I am sure she was very pleased with her 1h 44m. No pain no Elaine! also attends the NLT circuits class each week – Click HERE for details – her 1h 43m was superb and a new PB for her, beating last years time by 63 seconds. Kat has been to the running club a couple of times and it showed in her 1h 49min run, well done Kat! We also had Kevin and Ollie join the NLT team on the day. Fantastic run gentlemen!!
| Name | Time | Distance | Speed | Pos |
| Mark | 01:15:14 | 10 | 00:07:31 | 1407 |
| Maggie | 02:05:00 | 10 | 00:12:30 | 14654 |
| Alistair | 01:38:10 | 10 | 00:09:49 | 8752 |
| Sandy | 01:58:51 | 10 | 00:11:53 | 13958 |
| Mike H | 02:04:59 | 10 | 00:12:30 | 14653 |
| Mandy | 01:37:00 | 10 | 00:09:42 | 8316 |
| Sharon | 01:40:50 | 10 | 00:10:05 | 9705 |
| Kat | 01:49:03 | 10 | 00:10:54 | 12116 |
| Charles | 01:45:18 | 10 | 00:10:32 | 11123 |
| Greg | 02:02:19 | 10 | 00:12:14 | 14372 |
| Lindsey | 01:42:41 | 10 | 00:10:16 | 10306 |
| Rob | 01:19:36 | 10 | 00:07:58 | |
| GEM | 02:27:49 | 10 | 00:14:47 | 15796 |
| Nick C | 01:25:43 | 10 | 00:08:34 | 4199 |
| Henry | 01:48:14 | 10 | 00:10:49 | 11902 |
| Jo F | 01:35:31 | 10 | 00:09:33 | 7762 |
| Sue | 01:34:29 | 10 | 00:09:27 | 7463 |
| Jody | 01:44:36 | 10 | 00:10:28 | 10929 |
| Ollie | 01:41:23 | 10 | 00:10:08 | 8118 |
| Kevin | 01:36:28 | 10 | 00:09:39 | |
| Elaine | 01:43:38 | 10 | 00:10:22 | 10626 |
| Julie J | 02:27:49 | 10 | 00:14:47 | 15797 |
| Kat | 01:49:03 | 10 | 00:10:54 | 12116 |
| Lee | 01:25:19 | 10 | 00:08:32 | 4069 |
| Nic Pook | 02:27:48 | 10 | 00:14:47 | 15795 |
