It was a male dominated running club this evening with lots of male pride at stake for the 2nd handicap race with the Warsash Running Club. We reversed the route from last time and recalculated the handicaps!
It worked with all runners finishing within 2 minutes of each other……a very close finish!!
It was Alistair who finished top spot this evening, having been ill for the last few weeks, he recovered this evening to finish first and in one of his fastest times 0f 8m 52s per mile, his handicap was set at 9m 09s so we will have to chop him next time!!
The competition certainly brings out the best in people, with 3 out of the 9 runners all achieving Personal Bests this evening!! Greg had a point to prove, having come first last time he had his handicap cut. He even started this week in 2nd, he soon took the lead before Alistair overtook. Greg kept close though and in chasing Alistair he produced a 9m 16s average for a PB!! Awesome! Carl just caught Greg at the end as he produced another fine run with his 5th consecutive improvement to finish with his first sub-9 mins per mile run!!! He is now over a minute per mile quicker than when he started and in just 5 weeks!! Mike was the other person to set a record this evening. He started at the back again with a 13m 30s handicap. He managed to catch the initial front runner as he ploughed through the pack and he finished just 79 seconds behind the eventual winner! His average……..a phenomenal 6m 34s!! Nick loves the competition and he was determined not to let anyone pass him. He succeeded and that pushed him to his 2nd sub-8 min mile run in the last 2 weeks, not bad after the weekend he had!!
We had a few gentleman back this evening to the running club and their performances were fantastic after a break from the club. Firstly, Paul was back running for the first time since September. He had a great run, setting the early pace, his 41m 30s for the 4.2mile route was exactly his handicap!! Level Par I think that is in golf and very respectable. Pete had a last minute amendment to his handicap and he too finished very closed to his expected time. For Sat Nav is was a bit tricky to set a target as he has only run on his own twice in recent times, and we never really know his distance when he goes off route, but this evening he had a great run finishing in under 9 mins per mile!!
Well done to all the runners, a very enjoyable evening I think you will all agree. New routes for everyone next week as we start to look towards the Stubbington 10k
| Name | Distance | EXPECTED TIME | ACTUAL TIME | Average |
| Mike Y | 4.20 | 28.00 | 00:27:33 | 00:06:34 |
| Mark | 4.20 | 34.00 | 00:32:20 | 00:07:42 |
| Nick C | 4.20 | 34.00 | 00:33:04 | 00:07:52 |
| Pete | 4.20 | 34.30 | 00:34:52 | 00:08:18 |
| Mike H | 4.20 | 35.00 | 00:37:21 | 00:08:54 |
| Carl | 4.20 | 39.00 | 00:37:45 | 00:08:59 |
| Alistair | 4.20 | 39.00 | 00:37:14 | 00:08:52 |
| Greg | 4.20 | 41.00 | 00:38:56 | 00:09:16 |
| Paul N | 4.20 | 41.30 | 00:41:30 | 00:09:53 |
