Frimley Lodge Park Run - 25th Feb

Six Windle Valley Runners turned out to get their weekends off to a racing start at Frimley Lodge last Saturday for the 5K Parkrun.


They were led home by Peter Mannion in a fast 19.06, with Chris Dent on 23.22, Martin Cox 24.06, Zira Longley 24.31, Dave Pearce 25.28 and Pam Berriman 26.47.

Tony Sheridan was marshalling, and managed to take some pictures at the same time, which you can see here: Photos

The Parkrun on March 10th at Frimley Park is a special for local clubs, so we hope to see lots of WVR members turn out that day. Go here to register:
 http://www.parkrun.org.uk/frimleylodge/home

Race News - ones to look out for!

Hi everyone,

 

What a great turnout this morn for our WV 10K and well done to those for remembering to don their red colours to acknowledge support to the British Heart Foundation.

 

BIG thanks to Steve and Tony for time recording and also to Bob and Dave for helping.

 

Here's some races coming up that you may like to consider:

 

Combe Gibbet to Overton (Sunday 1 April) - a 16 mile cross country race, over undulating ground through beautiful countryside. I have done this one before and do recommend it - a lovely day out.
http://www.overtonharriers.org.uk/club-races/combe-gibbet/

 

Maidenhead Easter 10 (6 April - Good Friday)
http://www.maidenheadac.co.uk/easter10.htm

 

Hook Road Race (Sunday 20 May) - 6 or 10 mile road race options
http://hookfunrun.com/

 

Do post to blog if you find ones that you wish to share.

 

Oh and by the way, it's 1 month and 23 days to the London Marathon (Sunday 22 April 2012)!
http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/

 

Happy running!

Dee

 

Results: February 10K Handicap

A fine sunny morning, cool and still, promised excellent conditions for today's 10K Handicap times. Clearly inspired by the weather, 27 runners turned out, and most of them beat their predicted running time.

Here are the full results, as compiled by apprentice scorer Tony, ably assisted by Steve, Dave and Bob:

Michael Baggott	38.52
Peter Mannion	39.32
Mike Waine	39.37
Dave McLean	39.51
Laura Hales	40.33
Keith Hull	41.13
Jim Brown	41.36
Phil Ribbins	42.12
Chris McAneny	42.57
Russell Conaway	43.51
Lorayne Hockin	45.35
Mark Wye	45.38
Chris Dent	46.28
Duncan Irvine	47.41
Martin Cox	48.10
Gordon Trout	48.48
Christine Flynn	49.51
Debby Hewison	50.28
Dee Green	50.28
Dave Pearce	52.33
Mark Coxhead	52.43
Yvonne Lubbock	53.21
Malcolm Horne	54.45
Jane Longworth	55.13
Pam Berriman	55.20
Lyn Taylor	58.45
Chris Lovell	69.38

Thanks to everyone for a great turnout

This morning was also the first chance to present Peter Mannion with his trophy for 2nd Place in the 2011 Club Championship

Photo's and Times from Wokingham Half Marathon

Tony Sheridan was out and about on his bike on Sunday, and managed to catch a lot of our runners on the course.

You can see his photo's here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegwr/sets/72157629430381117

Here is the list of results for the race:

Laura Hales (SC)	1.29.07	6th in age group
Simon Edwards	1.31.03	PB
Keith Hull	1.31.28	3rd in age group
Geoff Williams	1.33.48
Russell Conaway	1.38.50	PB
Mark Wye	1.40.35	PB
Jo Obertell	1.40.43	PB
Chris Drew	1.43.54
Chris Dent	1.46.05
Robert Littlejohn	1.46.25
Martin Cox	1.46.34	PB
Dee Green	1.52.33	PB
Sue Hadwen	1.53.39
Mark Coxhead (SC)	1.54.41
Robin Wakefield	1.54.50
Yvonne Lubbock	1.57.56	PB
Pam Berriman	1.57.01

Hope we got everyone there! Humble apologies for missing Sue and Mark's times off the newsletter today.

Wokingham Half Marathon Report by Robin Wakefield

Hi All,

A nice chilly start to Sunday's race, a little windy on some of the open stretches.  A larger field than I seem to remember for Wokingham - it took about 4 minutes to get to the start line once the race got going.  I was on Chris's heels for a mile or so, but he gradually pulled away.  Tony shouted out some encouragement at mile 2, and Martin overtook me at around 3 miles.  I was on target for a 1:50 finish,  but started to feel tired after around 8 miles.  I'd fallen over on some black ice the weekend before, so I was nursing sore ribs - that's my excuse anyway!  Tony was there again at around the 9 mile mark, urging me on.  My last few times for Wokingham have ranged from 1:52:09 - 2:03:12 (that was when it was pushed back to the end of May, in 2009, on what was the hottest day of that year!), so when I crossed the line in 1:54:50, I was pretty happy.  My wife Lucia, was also supporting me this year, so it was nice to see her at the end too!  Congratulations to everyone, especially those who PB'd it, and here's a photo of some of us at the end, courtesy of Lucia.

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Cheers, Robin

Wokingham Half Marathon 19 Feb 2012 - well done runners!

A big 'WELL DONE' to our runners today who raced around the Wokingham 1/2, some great results achieved; a big 'THANK YOU' also for the great support shown to us along the route.

 

Jo and I thought we were being clever in avoiding the queues for the bag tent, and left them in what happened to be the male changing rooms - interesting bag retrieval at the end!!

 

Results are up on the site for anyone interested: http://www.wokinghamhalfmarathon.co.uk/WokinghamHM2012ResultsV1.pdf

 

Photos to follow.....

 

Dee

Yay, Snow!

The snow arrived as forecast, setting us up perfectly for a run in the forest today. Though most of the Marathon Training group were running elsewhere, nine hardy souls turned out to enjoy making fresh tracks (and a snow angel) in the few inches of snow that had fallen.

Lucie making the most of the fresh powder

The ladies leading the way up Surrey Hill

Steve making a not very good snow angel

Rob, Steve, Lucie, Sam, Katie, Pete, Dee, Nathan, Chris. Look out, here we come.