There's been a lot of racing going on in the last week or two, and here are some of the highlights.
Pam Berriman and
Zira Longley waded into the "Beast In The East" on Saturday and seem to have escaped alive:
Pam writes:
"The weather was kind ---not too cold but more important it
didn't rain cos those hills would have been very difficult to go up and
come down if it had . The course was set in a Motocross Circuit which
was 1.8k around ending in us wading through a very large ,cold , deep
pond ( up to my chest and up to Zira's nose ! ) see photo !
then we were taken off into wooded trails again hilly and tough but
very lovely with BLUEBELLS ! Then back on the motocross
circuit for another undulating lap and the deep pond ( much better the 2nd time
around but seemed even deeper ) With only 800m to go ( so they said !) we had
to crawl through some netting on the ground --- loads of mud again
!
It was a tough 10k but well worth it we had such a laugh
!Our times were Zira 1hr 07 , Fran 1hr 09 , Lou 1hr 10 and myself 1hr 11
and considering we had to wait 4 minutes the 1st time around to get into the
pond I didn't think we did too bad ! Thanks to your hill training Steve
ta very much !
The worse bit was cleaning the kit afterwards took me a
couple of hours to clean the shoes and 3 cycles to wash the kit in the machine
!
So the next Grim is on the 30th November & 1st December
in Aldershot --- can we get a WVR team together by then ???
COME On You WVRs !
Luv Pam
PS A big thank you to Pete for taking all the photos
and driving us gaggle to and from Swanley in Kent xx "
Also on Saturday, Pete Mannion ran in his 106th parkrun and managed to beat all the previous 105, setting a new PB of 18.28. Just a few days before, Pete finished second overall and first V50 in the Dinton Pastures 5K, also with a sub-19 minute time!
On Sunday, Lisa Norman, Anna Holland and Ben Feltham were woggling up hill and down dale through the bluebells on "The Woodland Woggle" 10K near Farnham:
Lisa writes "A lovely run with some tough hills but worth it for the view and the bluebells were out.. where was Steve when I needed a push up the hills :-)"
Meanwhile, back on the (relatively) flat, Jonathan Payne and Mike Hewison were setting new PB's at the Hook 10 Mile, while Jim Brown and Keith Hull were picking up the first two V60 places in the Staines 10K,. (This was Mike's second PB in a quick succession, having set a new 10K PB at Shinfield.)
A week earlier, new member Chris Phillips took on 200 obstacles over 20 miles on "world's biggest assault course" in the Rat Race "Dirty Weekend" at Burghley House near Grantham.
That same weekend, another of our new members, Pam Moscrop, ran her first ever 5K race at Dorney Lake, finishing in 30.43. Pam only took up running this year, working through a "couch to 5K" training programme, which was clearly a success.
What an adventurous lot of members we have, and what good runners too.
See the race results page on the website for full sets of results. If we've missed yours, please let us know.
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