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Results for Inter-Counties XC, Cofton Park, 05-Mar-2011

March 5, 2011

Two Sphinx AC ladies ran in the Inter Counties Cross-Country Championships at Cofton Park, representing Warwickshire against all the other counties of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. With each county allowed to enter up to 9 runners, this really was a top-class event. Kathryn Stuart ran in the Senior Ladies race over a 8km course, finishing 173rd out of 259 in a time of 33:48. Kathryn was 5th counter with the team finishing in 15th place.

Results for Coventry ParkRun, 05-Mar-2011

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March 5, 2011

14 Sphinx AC runners ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 8 PBs. Mike Wall celebrated his 32nd birthday in style, by completely decimating his PB. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/Results/WeeklyResults.aspx?runSeqNumber=56 6 Mark Smith 17:57 ( 5:47/mile) VM40-44 77.16% 6 PB stays at 00:17:42 8 Mike Wall 18:26 ( 5:57/mile) SM30-34 70.52% 8 New PB! 11 Ian Gower 18:44 ( 6:03/mile) VM45-49 76.25% 11 New PB! 27 Mitch Timms 20:55 ( 6:45/mile) VM50-54 71.

Nutrition Workshop

By Rob in News

March 1, 2011

Helen Delaney has provided details of a (free) Nutrition Workshop, which may be of interest to anybody doing half marathons and beyond. Helen says: “Numbers are limited so we need to restrict that somehow. Is there a way of […] asking people to register for places there on a first come first served basis? […] give names to me or Paul asap in order to confirm their places.“ Details are here (downloadable as a PDF file):

Marathon Coaching Conference

By Rob in News

March 1, 2011

Helen Delaney has provided details of a marathon coaching conference, organised by England Athletics, to be held at the University of Warwick on 2-3 April. Details can be found here: http://www.englandathletics.org/news.asp?itemid=5778&itemTitle=Marathon+Coaching+Conference+pulls+together+big+names+from+Endurance+running&section=000100010008

Result for Action Heart 5, 27-Feb-2011

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March 1, 2011

Ian Gower represented Sphinx AC in this very wet but fast-paced 5-miler in Dudley. Official results are here: http://www.westmidlandsrunningscene.co.uk/webpagesforDKWEBSITE/2011raceresultspage/Action_Heart_2011.htm 25 0:31:30 Ian Gower Sphinx AC MV40 524

Results for The Beast, 27-Feb-2011

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March 1, 2011

Four Sphinx AC runners took part in this 4.3⁄8.6-mile obstacle course. Official results are here (we all did “Beast double”): http://www.purepersonaltraining.co.uk/index.php?page=pure_corporate 15 304 STEVE COLBOURNE 1:14:58 M 20 208 KEVIN NAUGHTON 1:15:57 M 86 195 BERNARD BLUNDELL 1:31:26 M 115 194 MITCH TIMMS 1:39:05 M YouTube clip of the tamest water obstacle: Kev and Steve enter at about 00:34 Bern and Mitch enter at about 02:35 (Bern in orange hat, Mitch in green hat)

Results for Treat 8, 27-Feb-2011

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February 28, 2011

Three Sphinx AC runners took part in this race with Mallory English finishing 20th overall and first lady in 57:24, winning a sekonda watch for her efforts. Other results: 38 64:01 Dave Kelly 57 68:59 Paul Bergin Results contributed by Paul Bergin Official results are here (PDF file): http://files.pitchero.com/clubs/1934/Results2011.pdf

Results for Brueton and Woodbank ParkRuns, 26-Feb-2011

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February 28, 2011

Ian Gower and Mike Wall represented Sphinx AC at other ParkRun events this weekend, with Mike taking third place overall at his event. Ian ran at Brueton (Solihull); official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/brueton/Results/WeeklyResults.aspx?runSeqNumber=32 10 Ian Gower 19:00 VM45-49 75.18% First Timer! 44 Mike ran at Woodbank (Stockport); official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/woodbank/Results/WeeklyResults.aspx?runSeqNumber=78 3 Mike Wall 19:56 SM30-34 65.05% First Timer! 27

Results for Coventry ParkRun, 26-Feb-2011

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February 26, 2011

17 Sphinx AC runners ran this weekend, with 2 first-timers and 3 PBs. Christine Thomas marshaled (officially), ably assisted by Stinder Johl (unofficially). Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/Results/WeeklyResults.aspx?runSeqNumber=55 12 Kev Naughton 20:07 ( 6:29/mile) VM55-59 77.05% 12 PB stays at 00:19:29 16 Jack Cunningham 20:41 ( 6:40/mile) JM15-19 67.28% 14 First Timer! 21 Mitch Timms 21:32 ( 6:57/mile) VM50-54 69.58% 19 PB stays at 00:21:08 28 Dave Rouse 22:04 ( 7:07/mile) VM40-44 61.

Results for National XC championships, 19-Feb-2011

By Rob in News

February 21, 2011

On an absolutely horrendous course at Alton Towers, that would almost abandoned as the First Aid personnel couldn’t access certain parts due to overwhelming muddy conditions, Sphinx AC fielded a full men’s team which finished 85th out of 95 teams with the following individual results over the reduced 10k course 552 48:18 Mike Wall 747 51:21 Nick Gilkes 1066 58:40 Albert McCosker 1116 60:29 Phil Wilson 1151 61:48 Dave Kelly 1159 62:08 Mitch Timms 1180 62:53 Charlie Foster 1259 69:23 Paul Bergin There were 1,302 finishers in this race although well over 1,500 started.

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