We have the following report from Fintan:
Kate , Robyn and me ran the Lincoln 10 Km today. It was Robyn’s first adult race. Its was a lovely sunny morning, good crowd , and finished in the castle grounds.
We have the following report from Lisa Abbott:
It was a chilly start to a Sunday morning as Mr Andy Wilkinson ( aka Johny one glasses) pulled into the club car park to collect his small entourage which consisted of Helen, Lisa and Massey Traitor Sophie. The ambience was set with the dulcet tones of Whitney Houston’s classic ‘I will always love you’ playing on the stereo. The doors locked and we knew there was no going back, we were on route to this year’s Regency 10k. It was a game of two halves, with a touch of cross country much to the delight of Helen and Jackie followed by much preferred tarmac for some of the others. It had been said that some of the mud had been a ‘ Wright hassle’ as we piled back into Andy’s car and headed towards the first club handicap of the season. It had been suggested that the pub was a welcome alternative by an outsider but we remained strong and united and turned out to support our club.
Thursday 21st April – 6.30 pm* *Please note early start time from the club. As part of this Thursday’s training we are offering all runners the opportunity to join us in the Bluebell Run. This is a guided run out to Brandon Woods where the bluebells are currently in full flower. The window of opportunity is very short so it’s now or never! Our guide will be local historian Steve ‘The Eggman’ Colbourne who has in depth knowledge of the local area.
Another parkrun Saturday, another top 3 finish for Andy Wilkinson, another new course for Steve Osmond and the extended Timms family debut at Coventry.
Friday’s quiz, excellently compered by Mitch and Pete and samosas by Suresh, raised circa £658 for the Brain and Spine foundation. Team Phillips send their thanks. PS – Well done to Sue and John, part of the winning team.
5 Sphinx runners completed this deceptively pronounced half-marathon in pleasant conditions.
All – because there are 2 football matches and a rugger match this coming Thursday, the changing rooms and showers will not be available. This is due to a backlog of games caused by matches being called off due to bad weather (wusses – doesn’t happen to cross-country races!!). Of course this probably means that it will be a bit crowded in the Club afterwards. I don’t know if this will happen on other Thursdays.
A Hallett double-PB was achieved at Coventry as both Darren and Ruth registered new bests around the course. Also, for the second time in two weeks, Lucy Wheatley improved on her previous best.
Elsewhere, Steve Osmond ran for the first time at Daventry and the Anstisses, Gerry, Judith and Tom, ran at Norwich.
4 Sphinx runners completed this local half-marathon, which starts and finishes at Warwick racecourse. Conditions were pleasant.
We have the following reports from our captains; firstly, Fi:
In true Sphinx style I said I did not need directions or a Sat Nav in order to get to a race so with that in mind and after only one wrong turn the ladies arrived at Sutton Park for the road relays. The sun was out and also it seemed that most of Sutton Coldfield were out as well because the park was very busy. Thankfully we arrived just in time to see the men finishing putting up the tent……… we timed that well!!!
The relays for the ladies this year changed slightly which meant that instead of all legs running the same distance, this year legs 1 & 3 were 5 miles and legs 2, 4, 5 & 6 were 3 miles. Lisa started the team off then followed by myself, Laura, Helen, Vicky and Chris. Well done to all of the team you did brilliantly and we had a great time. No matter what Bergs says …… You are here to enjoy yourselves!!!
During the race the club tent next to ours produced a very good picnic which included a cool box with cider and beers. Well, Sphinx got serious envy so some of us headed to the pub within the park grounds and bought back post-race refreshments.
A massive well done to all the ladies and men who took part in the race as it is a hilly course and it was getting warm as well. There was a really good atmosphere at the race as usual with each Sphinx runner getting a massive cheer as we each approached the finish line.
Towards the end of the day it was decided by the officials that the last 3 legs of the mens race would have a mass-start because it was starting to get late in the afternoon. The rest of Sphinx stayed to watch Imran, Lee and Pete bring it home for the team. It was great to see all three men running together as they approached the finish line and keeping each other going. Imran even managed a smile and a thumbs up. Well done lads!!!
and Wayne:
On Saturday a small herd of sphinx completed the midland 12 and 6 stage relay at Sutton park. As this was to be a long day the new shelter got its 2nd outing. with lessons learned from last time it was fully up and home to cakes very quickly. Later to be replaced by a few re-hydrating cold beers.
the ladies had 2 long legs and 4 shorter 5km legs and the men had 4 long legs and then 8 5km legs, which took a little on the day moving of people about (which did then involve talking to a very fussy official, which was a challenge !!!!!) to make sure there was always the next runner waiting at the start , as no runner could do more than 1 leg.
well done to everyone who took part in a very enjoyable day with Pete running for the club for the 1st time and special thanks to Lee Timms for taking the honour of the last leg and for finding the event and asking if we can put a team together.
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