Well done to all the New Life Training Runners from Warsash who trained hard and competed in this years Marwell 10k.
The weather was perfect for running – slightly overcast with a cooling breeze. The course was tougher then those who ran last year remembered and it still defies any logic as 6k is uphill with only 1k level and 3k down!!! Still, the Marwell 10k is the most enjoyable 10k road race of the calender year that NLT enter and thanks go to the organisers, marshalls and locals who cheered and encouraged throughout the run.
New Life Training had a great representation this year! With 11 runners in the main event and 5 runners in the Fun Run. The kids were awesome with Millie, Jessica, Justin, Robin and Thomas all running the 1.5k route in very quick time. Jessica averaged just 8mins per mile, which really wasn’t the preparation her Dad expected before the main event as he ran with her. Well done to all the children though and especially to young Charlotte, too young to enter but the best supporter there!
The main event starts with an uphill run through the Zoo, followed by an uphill run out of the Zoo, closely followed by an uphill run to the village!! A tough start, but pleasingly none of the NLT runners stopped as they all completed the course safely and in great times.
For Mark, Pete, Sandy and Alistair this was the 2nd consecutive year of running this course. Though I am not sure what advantage that has when you know whats coming!! Well done though to Alistair and Pete who beat they’re previous years times in great fashion!! Mark had a shoelace issue half way round and used that as the excuse to miss his course PB by 28seconds. Sandy had a great run, just 54 seconds slower than last year with a lot less preparation.
The ladies were well represented this year and fantastic runs from Juliette and Kate on their first Marwell run saw them complete the course in just over the hour. Kate finished just 48th in her category not bad for her first ever competitive run. Kate even ran with the added pressure of knowing she had raised over £200 for Marwell Zoo in sponsorship if she finished the course, which she did in style!! She was accompanied round with Ali who had a magnificent run averaging just over 10mins 30secs per mile, well done!!
Also running today was father and Son, Nick and Henry. Nick flew round the course in an average of 7m 41s per mile finishing just 159th and 37th in his category. His son however, finished an amazing third in his category!! Brilliant Henry, well done!!!
Juliette brought along Andy and Martin who ran on behalf of NLT and both had superb runs with both finishing well under the hour with Andy averaging less than 9mins per mile for the run! Well done gents!! I hope you will run for NLT again soon.
| Position | Name | Chip Time | Ave speed (Min/mile) | Pos in Category |
| 79 | Mark | 00:44:42 | 00:07:10 | 48 |
| 300 | Pete | 00:52:11 | 00:08:23 | 66 |
| 564 | Sandy | 00:59:02 | 00:09:29 | 50 |
| 635 | Alistair | 01:00:55 | 00:09:47 | 226 |
| 784 | Kate | 01:05:57 | 00:10:35 | 45 |
| 779 | Ali | 01:05:56 | 00:10:35 | 106 |
| 447 | Andy C | 00:55:37 | 00:08:56 | 185 |
| 665 | Juliette | 01:01:47 | 00:09:55 | 74 |
| 582 | Martin J | 00:59:29 | 00:09:33 | 100 |
| 159 | Nick | 00:47:55 | 00:07:41 | 37 |
| 269 | Henry | 00:51:21 | 00:08:15 | 3 |
If you would like to learn more about New Life Training Running Club, please visit the website – http://nltraining.co.uk/running-club/
Our next 10k run is likely to be either the DDay 10k – June 9th or Victory 10k – September 15th, you can enrol for both of these at www.athleticevents.co.uk
Please let me know if you enroll on either or both so I can make arrangements.
Mark
