Friday September 15th
It was decided that we would do the normal scheduled route backwards this morning. Jo felt a bit uneasy about it as she was worried about falling over, but when we explained it we meant run anti-clockwise instead of clockwise rather than actually running backwards she was fine. Infact she put in a great performance, smashing the 6mile route in under 10mins per mile!! Richard also went for the longer route and averaged bang on 7mins per mile!! More importantly we have managed to persuade him to do the Great South Run!!! So I had better get training to make sure I beat him!!
Nick is also doing the GSR and, hopefully he wont get lost on the Portsmouth route like he did today. It wasn’t much of a detour today though, just an extra half a mile which he said he enjoyed!! Mark G was also back today, he was a little slower than his last run, but he completed the 3.5mile route well and is showing great progress. Well done Mark. Lisa also is improving loads at the moment as she upped her miles to the 4.7 today without dropping her pace from the previous weeks. Well done.
We are going to run the same route this Friday as I am away, Richard will co-ordinate in my absence. Thanks Richard!
| Name | 15/09/2017 | Speed | |
| Mark | 4.70 | 41:46.0 | 08:53.2 |
| Nick B | 5.20 | 48:00.0 | 09:13.8 |
| Jo F | 6.00 | 57:26.0 | 09:34.3 |
| Richard | 6.00 | 42:02.0 | 07:00.3 |
| Mark G | 3.50 | 37:00.0 | 10:34.3 |
| Lisa | 4.70 | 46:16.0 | 09:50.6 |
Monday September 18th
It was the last opportunity to run these routes and a chance to get a Personal Best for some runners. In fact 5 new Personal records were set this evening as we start building towards this years Great South Run. Firstly, Kate teamed up with Nina and the pair of them hit the 4.7mile route hard! Even with a slight Achilles injury Kate flew round to earn a new Personal Best split time with the running club of just 10m 19s per mile, Well done Kate and well done Nina for escorting her round. Also setting a new PB this evening was Hutch. He found a perfect pace setter in Faith, who was back from a few weeks away. Faiths 9min per mile pace was the perfect incentive for Hutch and he worked hard to keep in close sight of Faith as they went round the 6mile route. A great run you two, well done!!
Sarah also matched up to a good pace setter this evening. She chased Carl round the 4.7mile circuit to finish with an average of under 8mins per mile. This is over 30seconds per mile quicker than her previous attempts on this route and shows she now needs to up the miles ready for the GSR! Well done to Carl too, he set a good pace and this was after completing the Richmond Dualathlon yesterday in a record time.
Celia and Catherine were back this week after their first experience of the running club last Monday. They managed to get out for a run themselves in the week too and it showed. They clocked a huge week on week improvement, going from 1mile non-stop running last week to nearly 2 this week and in a lot quicker time too. Well done ladies, awesome – 2.5miles next week!!!
It was great great to see Alistair back with the club this evening. It has been nearly a year (the last GSR) I think, but he has been running on his own and he put in a great run, with a sprint finish at the end to keep Rich at bay from beating him. The pair finished in under 9mins per mile average in a very quick run. Well done Gents.
Having had 3 great runs in a row Jo found it tough this evening. Running with Charles must have been tough, having to listen to his holiday stories, so she cut the run short but still in a good average. This was the 2nd lady in a week Charles has broken, having destroyed Lisa at the weekend who was unable to join us this evening with blisters!
New routes for next week.
| Name | 18/09/2017 | Speed | |
| Mark | 1.80 | 24:07.0 | 13:23.9 |
| Jo F | 4.50 | 44:51.0 | 09:58.0 |
| Hutch | 5.90 | 53:27.0 | 09:03.6 |
| Charles | 4.50 | 44:51.0 | 09:58.0 |
| Rich | 4.70 | 42:05.0 | 08:57.2 |
| Alistair | 4.70 | 41:55.0 | 08:55.1 |
| Carl | 4.70 | 36:45.0 | 07:49.1 |
| Nina | 4.70 | 48:33.0 | 10:19.8 |
| Kate | 4.70 | 48:33.0 | 10:19.8 |
| Faith | 5.90 | 53:23.0 | 09:02.9 |
| Sarah | 4.70 | 37:15.0 | 07:55.5 |
| Celia | 1.80 | 24:07.0 | 13:23.9 |
| Catherine | 1.80 | 24:07.0 | 13:23.9 |
