Apologies for the lack of report last Monday, I now have a fixed PC and able to catch up on the recent running club events!
Friday 19th February
It was a glorious spring morning. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. I thought it was the best time to get back out with the running club myself today. Unfortunately not running however, but on a push bike next to them. All 3 of the runners opted for the longer 5.5mile route, I spent my time cycling between them, ensuring they were working hard and keeping on track, that was until I lost Greg! One minute he was there and I said I’d meet him at the next road then he was gone. I clocked 8.3miles in the end trying to find him. He made it back safe however and admitted he took a wrong turn somewhere. It was a great morning though so he thoroughly enjoyed the longer run!! As for Mum and Daughter, Jo and Sue, they had a great run, averaging just 9m 21s per mile, well done ladies!
| Name | 19/02/2016 | |
| Sue | 5.50 | 0:51:56 |
| Jo F | 5.50 | 0:51:28 |
| Greg |
Monday 22nd February
A fantastic turn out this evening for the 2nd week of these routes. The routes are quick and tonight was the same!! You will see we have entered a new column for MEPs this week, these are Myzone Effort Points for those who have the Myzone MZ-3 heart rate monitors. It will be interesting to see who puts in the effort from here. Nick and Sandy were both clearly working hard this evening both scoring 140+, a very good score, which matched their very fast pace of under 9mins per mile!! Pete was even quicker though, clocking just outside the 8mins per mile marker, great run Pete!!
Charles was being chased by Mandy this week and that pushed him on to record a time 2minutes quicker than last week. For Mandy it was her first session back with us for a good few months, but it was like she hadn’t been away, a great performance and welcome back Mandy!
Gemma and Louise are just getting better and better each week! They secured another PB with the running club this evening with an average of 9m 20s on a 5.6mile route!! Awesome!!! Also setting records this evening was Rose. Her time of 41mins was admitted “Chinese time!” but it was substantially quicker than last week and a definite personal best! Well done Rose! Nina ran with Rose for the route and motivated her round to a fantastic time. Just a ahead of them were the pairing of Sharon and Dawn, they were also running by “Chinese time” but did pull out another amazing performance. Not quite a PB this week but still a very quick time. Well done ladies!
Carl and Leyon are becoming quite competitive with each other, Carl went out and brought some new trainers this week. They had jets on the back by the look of his time this evening – under 9mins per mile is fantastic. He was more pleased with the fact he beat Leyon!! I think this competition will continue…….watch this space!!!
Finally, it was Mike who had the quickest time of the evening, an amazing 7m 40s average around the longer 5.6mile route. Well done Mike!!
| Name | 22/02/2016 | MEPS | Speed | |
| Nick C | 3.70 | 00:33:00 | 146 | 00:08:55 |
| Sandy S | 3.70 | 00:33:00 | 145 | 00:08:55 |
| Pete | 4.40 | 0:35:43 | 0:08:07 | |
| Mike Y | 5.60 | 0:42:55 | 0:07:40 | |
| Charles | 4.40 | 0:41:42 | 0:09:29 | |
| Mandy B | 4.40 | 0:41:42 | 0:09:29 | |
| Gemma | 5.60 | 0:52:16 | 0:09:20 | |
| Carl | 5.60 | 0:49:59 | 0:08:56 | |
| Nina | 3.70 | 0:41:00 | 0:11:05 | |
| Sharon | 3.70 | 0:39:00 | 0:10:32 | |
| Rose | 3.70 | 0:41:00 | 0:11:05 | |
| Leyon | 5.60 | 0:50:15 | 0:08:58 | |
| Louise | 5.60 | 0:52:16 | 0:09:20 | |
| Dawn | 3.7 | 0:39:00 | 0:10:32 |
Friday 26th February
| Name | 26/02/2016 | Speed | |
| Jo F | 5.50 | 0:49:11 | 0:08:57 |
| Juliette | 2.80 | 0:38:26 | 0:13:44 |
| Greg | 5.60 | 0:55:22 | 0:09:53 |
| Charlotte | 4.90 | 0:57:16 | 0:11:41 |
| Gemma | 4.10 | 0:43:10 | 0:10:32 |
It was great to have Juliette back with the running club this morning. It had been that long that at 9.10am (5mins before we were due to start) she phoned me to see where everyone was, not realising that for the last 14months we have been setting off from the Enjoy Fitness Studio and not the Osborne Road Rec! She quickly dismantled her buggy, drove up to the club remade the buggy like a McClaren pit officer and set off for her first run in 18 months!! Her new addition, Zack, was great, taking in all the sites on the 2.8mile journey until the last 20 meters, then he fell asleep!! Gemma was also with Buggy this morning, Chester is a little more used to the route and decided to fall asleep even before setting off, he had clearly seen it all before! Good times from both ladies with the buggies though, well done!!
Jo was in one of her determined moods this morning!! She set off like a rocket! And didn’t slow down! Her 8m57s was one her fastest times and another sub-9 min average, well done Jo!
Following last weeks detour, we were careful to ensure Greg knew the route this week, he still managed to create an extension to the run, but it was a very good time Greg, well done!! Under 10mins per mile! Awesome! Charlotte was star of the day though completing one of her longest runs with the club since she joined and in a great time too, well done Charlotte.
Same routes next week team for the last time!
Monday 29th February
Another great turn out this evening and the next chapter in the Leyon versus Carl saga!! Last week, complete with new trainers, Carl beat Leyon to have bragging rights for the week. This week it was Leyons turn to have a new gadget – his new MZ-3!! And it was Leyon who earned a massive 215 MEPs and bragging rights for this week as he beat Carl by a clear 3 minutes!! Well done!
There is another battle brewing as well, last week Charles led Mandy all the way round the route, this week it was the reverse. Mandy speeding up and slowing down to keep Charles interested but not so he could pass! The result – Charles 79 seconds faster than last week and his fastest time on this route, Mandy 99 seconds faster than last week and her fastest on the route, a little healthy competition can pay dividends, well done!
Sandy was also wearing his MZ-3 and his higher effort score this week resulted in a 2minute improvement on last weeks time! Well done sandy!
Louise and Gemma approached me last week and asked if they could do a 10k this evening in preparation for their next event. It ended up being a little further than 10k and I did tell a little white lie and it was a little hillier than I had intimated. However the girls did awesome! The finished 10k in under an hour….the first time either of them had ever achieved that. Well done ladies, the training is clearly working for you! They’re overall time was just 3 seconds per mile off their PBs and for a much longer route!! #speedy!!
Dawn was very consistent this evening, matching last weeks time and pace alongside Sharons watchful eye until the sprint finish! Sharon kept with Rose and pushed her all the way to the finish line to set a new Personal Best for Rose, 10m 52s per mile knocks 13seconds per mile off her previous best, fantastic Rose well done!
It was great to see Alistair back this evening, although his birthday celebrations I think took a bigger toll on his body than he realised. A good distance though Alistair, well done and we hope to see you back soon. Greg also felt a toll on his body, although I think it was too much running in the legs recently and he took a short cut home, get rested for Friday Greg and we will smash it then!
The speedy ones had great runs this evening. Pete smashed last weeks time to finish just outside 8mins per mile, his fastest on this route to show he is getting quicker each week. And Mike improved massively on last weeks run by nearly a minute to record a 7m 31s average! Well done gents!
New routes next week team!
| Name | 29/02/2016 | MEPS | Speed | |
| Sandy S | 3.70 | 31:00.0 | 149.00 | 08:22.7 |
| Pete | 4.40 | 35:20.0 | 08:01.8 | |
| Mike Y | 5.60 | 42:06.0 | 07:31.1 | |
| Charles | 4.40 | 40:23.0 | 09:10.7 | |
| Alistair | 5.60 | 58:00.0 | 10:21.4 | |
| Greg | ? | 52:23.0 | #VALUE! | |
| Mandy B | 4.40 | 40:03.0 | 09:06.1 | |
| Gemma | 6.50 | 01:00.0 | 09:23.1 | |
| Carl | 5.60 | 50:47.0 | 09:04.1 | |
| Sharon | 3.70 | 40:13.0 | 10:52.2 | |
| Rose | 3.7 | 40:13.0 | 10:52.2 | |
| Leyon | 5.60 | 47:20.0 | 215.00 | 08:27.1 |
| Louise | 6.5 | 01:00.0 | 09:23.1 | |
| Dawn | 3.7 | 39:00.0 | 10:32.4 |
