It was a bit of a wet run this evening with some large puddles along the new routes set for the next three weeks.
The last few weeks have been focused on fitness with hills and multi-terrain pushing the runners harder. The new routes are for people to show how much they have improved with a fairly low gradient course and lots of straight roads. It was only their first attempt this evening and they will undoubtedly get quicker over the next 2 weeks. It wasn’t a bad start though….
Jo and Sue set off together on the longer 6 mile route. They even forced me to go with them after they blocked my route off at the 4.7mile route!! They set a great pace throughout and Jo simply flew up the one main hill along the course on Church Road. Sue caught her back up though and they pushed each other to go faster for the remainder of the route. The result…8m 51s per mile, just 9s outside her PB for Sue set on a much shorter route! The final half mile was interesting as they could see Greg in the distance and picked up the pace to catch him. As they approached Greg sensed the competition and put his foot down in one of the best sprint finishes I have ever seen with the running club. Even a BMW pulling out in front of Greg wasn’t going to stop him ensuring he beat the Girls!! Well done Greg! His 11m 17s was great, especially after his 1 mile open water swim at the weekend. He managed that in 42 minutes 50 seconds Finishing 16th in 60 – 64 age group, well done Greg although it took you 10mins longer to run this evening!
Mike is going to love this run. It is new to him and a head wind slowed him slightly this evening. But a 6m 54s average on a first attempt is awesome and I recon records could be broken in the coming weeks.
Lindsey and Sharon ran the 4.7m route and extremely fast at that! Lindsey’s 10m 16s average was just 7s per mile off her PB which I think will be beaten in the coming weeks. Sharon as always was key in the motivation on the way round.
Sharon will be looking after the running club next week , so many thanks in advance and enjoy the new routes guys!
| Name | 20/07/2015 | Speed | |
| Mark | 6.00 | 00:53:14 | 00:08:52 |
| Mike Y | 6.00 | 00:41:25 | 00:06:54 |
| Sue | 6.00 | 00:53:07 | 00:08:51 |
| Jo F | 6.00 | 00:53:07 | 00:08:51 |
| Greg | 4.70 | 00:53:02 | 00:11:17 |
| Sharon | 4.70 | 00:48:15 | 00:10:16 |
| Lindsey | 4.70 | 00:48:15 | 00:10:16 |
