Results for the NTRIX, 15-Jan-2017
10 Sphinx runners completed this popular January event, held over an unusual distance.
Results for the Midlands Women’s XC League Race 3 (Wolverhampton), 14-Jan-2017
7 Sphinx ladies made the trip to Wolverhampton for the 3rd of 4 league races, and represented the club in fine style. The final league fixture is on 11th Feb at Warwick University.
Results for the Junior Cross-Country, Northampton (4 of 5), 15-Jan-2017
Thanks to Steve Court for the following report:
6 hardy souls plus coaches made the hour long trip to Northampton to take part in the latest West Midlands Junior Cross country league, numbers were down in general due to the nasty wet weather on the day. The course was a good test of cross country skills as the course got sloppier and muddier as each race progressed, this was reflected in the times which were slower than previous events. Congratulations to all 6 who all ran well despite the conditions. One last meeting at Wolverhampton on 12th February. See you all there – Go on, you know you want to!
Results for the B’ham & District XC league race 3 (Droitwich), 14-Jan-2017
Thanks to Wayne for the following report:
10 Sphinx made the trip along the M42 to Droitwich for the 3rd league race. As the snow didn’t turn up but recent rain, we where left with a bit of a swampy 3 lap course . Although all our race photos have taken place in the recovery pub, there has been some great racing throughout the season and here was no different. With the benefits of a Tuesday sprint sessions coming into play with 100 m to go Imran took off at full speed and successfully chased down his opponent on the line.
The standard of the league has got higher with each race and we have still been very competitive and still holding onto 7th place overall out of 19 teams.
The final race of the season is on Saturday 11th February, details to follow later
Results for various parkruns, 14-Jan-2016
With Coventry parkrun cancelled due to hazardous frosty conditions, tourism was the way to get that parkrun fix. Well done to Hamilton Ngan on his PB at Rugby, where Steven Osmond was a first-timer. Other first-timers included the Carvers at Arrow Valley and Vicky Brewin at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Result for the Cliveden 10k Cross-Country, 08-Jan-2017
Thanks to James Abrams for the following report:
just completed this tough and testing run for the 2nd time,a great run organised by Burnham joggers near beaconsfield, its in the national trust property of Cliveden house.it takes in woodland trails up and down a stretch along the Thames with a sting in the tail THE STEPS! not sure how many (a lot!) which you do twice as it is a 2 lap course and they come near the finish (some great course planning there).i can never run the lot.then a finish on loose stones, another super t shirt for my efforts
Results for the Centurions Grand Prix 5-mile & 2k fun run (3 of 6), 08-Jan-2017
6 seniors and 1 youngster took part in the third round of the Grand Prix series. Well done to Alexander O’Brien on his PB.
Results for the Warwickshire XC Championships, 07-Jan-2017
8 ladies and 5 men represented Sphinx at the county cross-country championships, held at Newbold Comyn in Leamington. Well done to all involved and thanks to captains Wayne and Fiona for organising.
Wayne has provided the following report:
5 Sphinx men took part in this years Warwickshire county xc championship , taking a visit to Newbold Comon , the course was approx 10km with 3 large laps which incorporated 3 times up beacon hill and also 3 times in that ditch , which was had a new Sphinx feature this time , which was Ditch cam , excellently operated by Rachel Allen, who at the end of the 2nd lap was covered in more mud and slime than the actual runners. There was also reports of sighting our vice captain mr Timms actually at a cross country event, all though these reports have yet to be checked!!!!!!!!
Thankyou to everyone who ran or supported both the men’s and ladies teams
Results for various parkruns, 07-Jan-2017
Well done to Andy Wilkinson on his 300th parkrun, Stuart Carver on his 50th, and Andy McIntosh on his PB at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Results for the Massey Pace Race, 02-Jan-2017
There was a good turnout of Sphinx runners at the New Year’s pace race, organised by Massey Runners. It’s a good event, with the winners being the closest to their predicted times rather than first-over-the-line. As such, everyone left their GPS watches at home and did some mental gymnastics to estimate their time for 3.55 miles. Lisa Abbott was the nearest for Sphinx, finishing 10 seconds ahead of her prediction. Jayne Phelps far exceeded her expectations, finishing nearly 9 minutes ahead of her predicted time.