It was New Life Training’s 5th Great South Run today. The Warsash Running Club have had huge success over the years with this event and today was no exception. The number of participants was slightly lower than in recent years, in some part due to the Tough Mudder event being so close, but also due to a number of injuries keeping people away. However, we hope to see Lindsay, Greg, Nick, Charles and Sandy all back next year along with many others to boost the numbers back up for what is a very enjoyable event.
This year we had 12 runners who run or train with New Life Training. A few had completed the route before, but well done to Theresa, Katie, Sophie, Connor and Ryan for completing the GSR for the 1st time. We all took different routes to and from the event this morning but the porridge, water and wine gums were certainly in full effect. I even remembered to go to the loo before applying the deep heat this year! There were some close finishes too, Connor was desperate to come first, but I was all too aware that I was being chased today and came with a “game plan!”. It was great to see Melissa, Sophie and Katie run round together in such a good time. With Alistair just 40seconds ahead of them. Theresa had a great time for her first major event and she has already booked in for next years GSR to try and beat it!!
Liam managed to raise over £700 for @sail4cancer and did a fantastic job! As did Elaine who survived another year to tell the tale! Ryan was all talk leading up to the race but only managed to make it to 1 running club, but it seems he didn’t need it with an exceptional time, well done Ryan! And well done to Nina and Carl for a great run and with the knowledge they couldn’t have a celebratory drink until November! I wonder what motivated them round?? Well done guys!
All our runners completed the route non-stop and all with fantastic times! You can see from the results below that we were all placed very high up in the 20000 participants at this years event!! Well done to you all.
| Name | Time | Distance | Speed | Pos |
| Mark | 01:12:46 | 10 | 00:07:17 | 921 |
| Connor | 01:16:53 | 10 | 00:07:41 | 1554 |
| Alistair | 01:45:30 | 10 | 00:10:33 | 9583 |
| Theresa | 01:42:53 | 10 | 00:10:17 | 8909 |
| Katie | 01:46:11 | 10 | 00:10:37 | 9716 |
| Melissa | 01:46:10 | 10 | 00:10:37 | 9713 |
| Sophie | 01:46:11 | 10 | 00:10:37 | 9714 |
| Nina | 02:13:33 | 10 | 00:13:21 | 13302 |
| Carl | 02:13:33 | 10 | 00:13:21 | 13301 |
| Liam | 02:04:38 | 10 | 00:12:28 | 12769 |
| Elaine | 01:54:59 | 10 | 00:11:30 | 11521 |
| Ryan | 01:30:58 | 10 | 00:09:06 | 5332 |
Having the right preparation and “game plan” can make a huge difference to your time. This really made a difference to me today. Nutrition was perfect to go along with near perfect conditions and I stuck to the pre-determined plan to reach my PB on this route with the least amount of training I’ve ever done for this event. My split times were –
Mile 1- 7:12 Steady to start to ensure sufficient oxygen to the legs
Mile 2 – 7:17
Mile 3 – 7:18Mile 4 – 7:32
Mile 5 – 7:16 Starting to speed up now
Mile 6 – 7:13
Mile 7 – 7:12
Mile 8 – 7:08
Mile 9 – 7:04
Mile 10 – 6:46!!
Perfect! If you are interested to find out more about how New life Training can help you improve your running, join our running club, Or call Mark on 07771985015
