Result for the Railway Ultra (28 miles), 20-Feb-2016
Hamilton took on and completed this ultra run, completing the 28 mile course in less than 6 hours.
BBC Eating to Run Podcast
Andy McIntosh spotted the following BBC radio programmes on distance running nutrition – well worth a listen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tq3tk http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zqd89
Results for the Winter Tempo Series, Ilmington, 21-Feb-2016
Lisa, Andy and Jayne completed the fifth and final race of the Tempo Winter Series, a series of five road races run over a course of 10.13k. Lisa completed all 5 races in the series and, in addition to the usual sausages, received a snazzy hoody! In her own words:
Landed myself a high fashion hoodie for doing them all. Started off race one at 55.40 and pb’d each time to finally bring it down to 52.59. Hills? What hill!
Results for various parkruns, 20-Feb-2016
There was parkrun tourism aplenty this week, with most heading to the inaugural Stratford parkun, Wayne at Poole and Alex at Rushmoor.
Results for the Junior Cross Country League (fixture 5 of 5), Perry Park, 14-Feb-2016
5 Sphinx juniors competed in the final cross-country league fixture of the season. Well done to Daniel, Caden, Michael, Sam, Annie and every junior (and coaches and parents) that represented the club throughout the season.
Results for the Ladies’ Cross Country League (fixture 4 of 4), Wolverhampton, 13-Feb-2016
Sue, Lisa and Natalie took a trip up the M6 to Aldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton to compete in the final league race of the season. Final league standings are yet to be published but well done to everyone that represented the club throughout the season.
Results for the Men’s Cross Country League (fixture 4 of 4), Gloucester, 13-Feb-2016
Both cars turning the wrong way out of Copsewood could have been mistaken for bad navigation but it was to pick up a spare club vest and a forgotten Garmin (to paraphrase Imran: if it’s not recorded, it didn’t happen). After that false start, both cars were on the way to Gloucester without any further wrong turns.
Results for various parkruns, 13-Feb-2016
A bumper parkrun update, with PBs aplenty and Andy Hales hits 100.
At Coventry, Andy Hales notched up his 100th pakrun and Lore Paterson and Lisa Abbott set new PBs. At Brueton, Steve Osmond and Ian Cunningham set new PBs. Well done to everyone.
Result for the BUCS XC Championship, 06-Feb-2016
Catherine Gough competed well in this UK Championship. Catherine said:
I did the BUCS (British Universities & college sport) cross country championships on Saturday 6th February at Oxstalls Sports Park Gloucester. The race was 6.1k (2 laps) with almost 600 in my race (I came 173). It was a great experience. The course was very flat, but muddy and waterlogged in the rainy and windy conditions.
Result for the Dewsbury 10k, 06-Feb-2016
Dorota completed this 10k race in Yorkshire.