Running Club News 13/7/15

A good turn out this evening and more impressive was the amount of runners that chose the longer route tonight. Jo, Sue, Greg and Mike all opted for the longer 5.7mile track. This is a tough course with half the circuit being off-road. It certainly works the muscles hard and so no fast times were expected. There were some great runs though. Greg had an awesome run beating the hour and hitting 10mins per mile in one of his fastest runs since May. He is really at peak fitness at the moment and we wish him well with his triathlon this Saturday, good luck Greg!

Sue and Jo had a great run too, nearly finishing in under 9mins per mile. They had a target though – Mandy!! Mandy had a great run, repeating last weeks 4.4mile route, she flew the first two miles averaging under 11mins per mile. Then with the change in terrain came a big head wind as we set back along the riverside. This slowed her down somewhat, and with Jo and Sue closing in behind she pushed herself up the last hill – Shore Road, only to be beaten on the final corner. All that hard work will pay off though and it certainly made Sue and Jo work hard to catch her.

Mike also had a good run on the longer route today, the headwind also slowing him down somewhat from last week. On the middle distance route Pete had a new running partner with work experience lad, Jordan. I am not sure who was pushing who round the course but their average of 9mins per mile was very impressive on this route.

Most improved player of the day though goes to Sharon, She took 4mins off last weeks time on the same route in tougher conditions. A fantastic run Sharon, must have had 3 weetabix today! well done.

Also a big thank you to Sharon for organising the running club on Friday for me. They all had a great run by the sounds of it –

Fridays run was a lovely route, the heat was still very intense but 100% effort from all.