Apologies that the blog has fallen a few sessions behind in the last 2 weeks. We have a catch up blog for you today –
Friday 21st July
Just the three runners this morning, but a big welcome to newcomer – Mark G!! His first run with the club, this after 2 years of being a member at Enjoy as well. See, we wear everyone down eventually to come and join in. For his first run Mark did fantastic. He completed the 3.7miles non-stop and in a great time too – 9m49s per mile. That’s impressive. I hope to see you back again soon Mark. Also running today was Nick B, his first run for a while and so we made it a social event and all ran together, very enjoyable.
Friday 28th
Just three runners again this week. Replacing Mark G we had Alex back from a Running Club break. She did great though, completing the 3.7miles non-stop. Nick B broke clear with a mile to go to try and beat the previous weeks time, this spurred on Alex who finished with a 11m 26s average. Well done!!
Monday 24th
Some of the ladies participated in a spinning session the day before the run this week. So there were a few sore legs. In fact, Mrs Motivator, Sharon had particularly sore thighs so it was time for some role reversal as Nina turned motivator to help Sharon get round. Jo was back again and continuing her recovery from injury very well. She is maintaining that 10mins per mile really well at the moment. Her mum, Sue, is flying though. 9mins per mile average over the longer 5.6mile route was very impressive this evening. Also doing the long distance was Carl, he saw Faith in his sights coming along Warsash Road which pushed them both in to a fast finish with Carl only 2 seconds outside his previous time on this course. Faith managed to get 4 stitches on the way round, maybe something to do with the big bowl of porridge before the run!! Good times all round though team!
| Name | 24/07/2017 | Speed | |
| Mark | 3.60 | 00:36:34 | 00:10:09 |
| Sue | 5.60 | 0:50:24 | 0:09:00 |
| Jo F | 3.65 | 0:36:31 | 0:10:00 |
| Carl | 5.60 | 0:43:27 | 0:07:46 |
| Nina | 3.65 | 0:39:37 | 0:10:51 |
| Sharon | 3.65 | 0:43:30 | 0:11:55 |
| Faith | 4.8 | 00:46:15 | 0:09:38 |
Monday 31st July
A great turn out for Running club this evening in near perfect conditions. It was the 3rd time on these routes so an opportunity for people to put in a PB!
I ran with Carl in an attempt to push him to a new Personal Best. I even gave him a 9lb handicap after I found out he had lost 4.5lbs last week and I had put about that on (apparently). The run was going well too for Carl until he got a puncture. Well his new Left trainer certainly let him down even if it didn’t go down. It certainly slowed him down but a good finish left him with an average of 7m 49s per mile, not bad at all. Also running the long route was Sue, another fantastic run saw her finish just over 9mins per mile. Very good!!
A few people did achieve PBs this evening though. Firstly, Laura was assured a PB with the club as it was her first run. She teamed up with Mrs Motivator, Sharon, and the pair of them tore up the 3.6mile route in just 40minutes. Well done Laura, welcome to the club, I hope we will see you again next week. Also having their best run was Kate, she had missed the last 2 weeks and so hadn’t attempted this route, but it clearly suited her as she took over a second per mile off her previous Personal Best split time. Well done Kate.
Mandy and Lydia were also back this evening running this route for the first time and in a good time too. I am sure they would have been on for PBs with a little more course knowledge. Nick C was also back and consistent in his improvement following an injury his sub-9 mins per mile today starting to look very quick.
Running the 3.6miles this evening we had Jo and Nina, both had great runs taking off a whole minute from last weeks times. Well done.
Running the middle distance we had Charles, Greg and Faith. All three had brilliant runs, although Charles had problems getting a rhythm apparently. His right leg was in time but his left wasn’t???? Both Greg and Faith had great runs, both stripping 2 minutes off their previous attempts at this course.
Well done to all the runners this evening. New routes next week. Keep an eye on Facebook for a heads up on the routes.
| Nick C | 4.80 | 43:05.0 | 08:58.5 |
| Mark | 5.60 | 43:45.0 | 07:48.8 |
| Sue | 5.60 | 51:15.0 | 09:09.1 |
| Jo F | 3.60 | 35:32.0 | 09:52.2 |
| Mandy B | 3.60 | 41:29.0 | 11:31.4 |
| Charles | 4.80 | 47:15.0 | 09:50.6 |
| Greg | 4.80 | 45:05.0 | 09:23.5 |
| Carl | 5.60 | 43:50.0 | 07:49.6 |
| Nina | 3.60 | 38:31.0 | 10:41.9 |
| Sharon | 3.60 | 40:21.0 | 11:12.5 |
| Kate | 3.60 | 38:31.0 | 10:41.9 |
| Lydia | 3.60 | 41:29.0 | 11:31.4 |
| Faith | 4.80 | 44:17.0 | 09:13.5 |
| Laura | 3.60 | 40:21.0 | 11:12.5 |
