The 2nd junior cross country took place at a windy but dry Wolverhampton on Sunday. 4 Sphinx juniors took part all improving on their times from the first meeting Well done to Daniel, Caden, Michael and Annie.
Lore Paterson does it again with another new PB set at Coventry, that’s 5 PBs in his last 5 parkruns!
The first cross-country fixture is a combined event with the ladies running the course an hour before the men. 7 Sphinx ladies took on the mud, ditch and hill at Newbold Comyn and all did the club proud. The next fixture is on 5Th December at Cofton Park.
We have the following report from the Men’s Captain, Wayne:
After the first race of the new cross country season at Newbold Comyn.
Sphinx are sitting in 7th place out of 15 teams with a total of 326pts.
13 runners represented the club with Jamie (without A Beer head ) and Allen making their Debut in the cross country league. the next race will be on Saturday 5th December at 2.30 start At Aldridge Airport in Walsall.
Thank you for every one who took part, with special mention to Jamie on a excellent finishing position. if you would like to run in the next race so we can hopefully build on a strong first race performance then please let me know as soon as possible. I will send travel details out via email.
We have the following report from Mitch:
Today’s ‘alternative’ cross-country saw 5 Sphinx runners tackle this 15.8 mile off-road event. Very muddy conditions underfoot early on across the farmers’ ploughed fields, but otherwise standard multi-terrain conditions, with an initial 2-mile stretch on the road. Usual hazards, including crossing the A46, dashing across the railway line, bulls in fields and the customary stiles, gates and electric fences all added to ‘The Challenge’. The normal gourmet pitstops enroute and fabulous home-made soup and crumble dessert at the finish make this a must-do event; a real shame it clashes with Newbold XC every year.
Well done to Lore Paterson, once again setting a new best at Coventry in difficult conditions.
Also at Coventry, we had Andy Wilkinson and Paul Slatford battling it out for a top 5 finish, and Sue Gough was on the core team that organised the parkrun.
The Anstiss family completed the Norwich parkrun – hope it was not as wet as Coventry.
10 Sphinx runners took part in the first of a series of 6 five-mile runs. Traditionally these are held on the first Sunday of each month, from November through to April. Well done to Steve Osmond on a 5 mile PB.
We had a Halloween parkrun at Coventry, organised by the core A-team of Andy Wilkinson, Paul Slatford and Sarj Basra.
Lore Paterson set another PB at Coventry – well done, Lore! – and Ian Cunningham set a PB at Leamington – well done, Ian!
5 Sphinx runners, plus support, travelled to the coast to take part in the Beachy Head marathon. Helen achieved a PB with the able support of Mark.
Whilst Wayne, Trevor, Jamie and Lisa were chasing sausage at Ilmingtion, Pete and I went to Draycote Water to complete a two-lap, 10-mile race in good conditions. There was no need for any warm-up as there was quite a trek to get to the start line.
It was a good run out, was organised well, and we were both satisfied with our times. There was no sausage in the goody bag so we had to make do with the standard offerings.
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