By Rob | October 13, 2012
Coombe 8 promotional activities saw Sphinx AC runners participating in various events today.
Coventry
17 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 4 PBs.
Official results are here:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults?runSeqNumber=138
9 Paul Slatford 18:17 SM30-34 71.38% 9 PB stays at 18:12 18 Pete Hall 19:07 VM40-44 73.06% 18 PB stays at 19:06 21 Adam Morrissey 19:32 JM15-19 70.14% 21 New PB! 55 Chris Rouse 22:04 JM14 64.27% 51 PB stays at 21:43 64 Catherine Gough 22:28 JW15-19 67.28% 5 PB stays at 21:51 90 Susan Gough 23:43 VW45-49 67.60% 9 PB stays at 23:30 108 Gerry Anstiss 24:33 VM55-59 64.77% 94 PB stays at 22:12 116 Rachel Downing 24:55 JW14 65.35% 16 New PB! 119 Owen Ashby 24:59 JM14 61.24% 103 New PB! 134 Ben Rex 26:03 JM14 55.66% 112 PB stays at 23:54 158 Kaye Davison 26:43 VW45-49 60.01% 31 PB stays at 26:39 164 Fiona Quinn 26:53 SW25-29 55.05% 34 New PB! 165 Laura Pibworth 26:53 SW25-29 55.05% 35 PB stays at 24:37 166 Mitch Timms 26:54 VM50-54 56.63% 131 PB stays at 20:17 236 Tom Marchi 30:45 VM70-74 58.05% 158 PB stays at 25:44 253 Sian Downing 31:40 VW45-49 51.16% 89 PB stays at 28:40 261 Maggie Morgan 32:08 VW45-49 49.90% 94 PB stays at 29:39
Leamington
1 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 1 PB.
Official results are here:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/leamington/results/weeklyresults?runSeqNumber=78
23 Wayne Broadbent 21:24 SM30-34 60.98% 20 New PB!
Braunstone (Leicester)
1 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with 1 first-timer and no PBs.
Official results are here:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/braunstone/results/weeklyresults?runSeqNumber=102
37 Bernard Blundell 21:52 VM40-44 63.87% 31 First Timer!
This is a really nice and friendly event, with around half the runners normally seen at Coventry. The course is two non-identical loops within Braunstone Park on the west side of the city. It starts off a little bit crowded and twisty but quickly opens into a large area which is long, straight and downhill. At the bottom of the hill the course goes right, twists over a footbridge and towards a pond. Another twist and it’s past another pond, through a car park and back onto park paths. The first lap requires a quick right turn up a sharp-ish slope which seems to get steeper the farther you ascend! The second lap is mostly the same as the first but avoids the initial twists and the second uphill ascent feels more gradual.
The organisers were magnificent – very accommodating with my requests to hand out Coombe 8 entry forms – but I had to do an (unexpected) public announcement at the start! Luckily, my stooge (Corinna from Northbrook) was [co-incidentally] amongst the runners today and jovially asked pertinent questions about t-shirts and soup.
It took me 35 minutes to get to the event from the Radford district, so those on the eastern side of Coventry would probably take 25-30 minutes on a quiet morning. Despite it being a 5k run, I’d say it’s worth the occasional trip if only to stop familiarity with Coventry breeding contempt.
The only downside that I could see to the event was there were no toilets – but there is a sports centre about half a mile away if you need the executive facilities. There is also no shelter, so on a rainy day, any bags or outer clothing would definitely get wet (so bring bin bags).