This week saw the start of the winter/spring race season with runners flocking to one of the club's favourite races; the Stubbington 10km. It was also an excellent opportunity for thE new club kit to get it's first official outing and I think you can all agree that it looks AMAZING!!
In excellent conditions there were some amazing performances...
Alex - 57:47
Alice - 46:03 - PB
Allen - 39:17 - PB
Sarah R - 50:38 - PB
Simon R - 47:23 - PB
Sarah L - 56:40
Sharon - 59:31
Matt - 47:33 - PB
Stefan - 41:48 - PB
Lucy G - 51:12 - PB
Kathy - 58:20 - PB
Catherine W - 50:43 - Course PB
Anne - 1:06:25
Elise - 49:31 - PB
Mike - 42:28 - PB
Anna - 46:27 - PB
Lynn - 49:15
Ali - 53:56 - PB
Glenna - 1:03:37
Fran - 1:10:34
Ben - 50:42
Shelley - 50:02 - PB
Eve - 49:40 - PB
Alf - 52:19 - Course PB
Trish - 57:53 - PB
Well done everyone and thank you for representing the club so fantastically.
I would also like to thank Graeme for being the chief supporter and team photographer on the day.
In addition to the racing on Sunday we also had Sarah and Alistair running the Maverick Adidas Terrex Original New Forest race. This race described as:
"All three New Forest routes start in the Holmsley inclosure, with the short route remaining inside the boundary of the inclosure for its length. The medium and long routes snake into and around the Brownhill and Wilverly inclosures, where out on the grassy plains you are bound to see some of the local wildlife. Amongst a mix of trees that are, young and old evergreen and deciduous, the trails will take you on a tour through the beating heart of the Forest. Bats tend to roost in the broadleaved trees and thick young conifers provide shelter for deer, so keep your eyes peeled.
With the trails being moderately smooth and generally covered with a gravel surface, the three New Forest routes are suitable for all level of Trail Runner. But beware, the trails can and do get wet and muddy, and don’t be fooled there are certainly some short, steep slopes hidden amongst the flora and fauna."
Sarah and Al both did the medium course (roughly 10 miles) and their times were as follows:
Sarah - 1:50:39
Al - 1:46:51
Superb running both of you! Look out for Sarah's write-up in next week's blog!
parkrun 11th January
This week we had 22 registered Fit Clubbers at 5 different parkrun venues.
We had 16 at Winchester, Alice and Issy at Salisbury, Matt at Mole Valley, Glenna and Dave at Homewood and Pav at Whiteley!
No PBs this week but I’d like to congratulate Dawn for running her first ever parkrun and everyone who ran. Thank you also to everyone who volunteered.
Here is a link to the consolidated club report: http://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=26888&eventdate=2020-01-11
If you have yet to register as Fit Club then all you have to do is go to your parkrun profile (link in the results email) and select Winchester Fit Club RC as your club. You will then appear on our results!
Coach in Running Fitness
This weekend coach James started the Coach in Running Fitness course with England Athletics. This is a 4 day course over a 6 month period which includes extensive course work and assessment days. this represents a considerable investment by the club and is part of our commitment to you to improve the quality and range of training we are able to offer you.
The course looks in detail at running technique (for both speed and endurance), learning how to evaluate technique, identify issues and inefficiencies, plan a course of action to improve and put that plan into action.
It looks at goal setting, objectives, outcome and process goals and how to start constructing development/training plans. It also looks at warm-ups, cool downs, flexibility and injury prevention.
Whilst the course focussed on individual technique they gave guidance around how to teach effective technique for larger groups.
This week we had 22 registered Fit Clubbers at 5 different parkrun venues.
We had 16 at Winchester, Alice and Issy at Salisbury, Matt at Mole Valley, Glenna and Dave at Homewood and Pav at Whiteley!
No PBs this week but I’d like to congratulate Dawn for running her first ever parkrun and everyone who ran. Thank you also to everyone who volunteered.
Here is a link to the consolidated club report: http://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=26888&eventdate=2020-01-11
If you have yet to register as Fit Club then all you have to do is go to your parkrun profile (link in the results email) and select Winchester Fit Club RC as your club. You will then appear on our results!
Coach in Running Fitness
This weekend coach James started the Coach in Running Fitness course with England Athletics. This is a 4 day course over a 6 month period which includes extensive course work and assessment days. this represents a considerable investment by the club and is part of our commitment to you to improve the quality and range of training we are able to offer you.
The course looks in detail at running technique (for both speed and endurance), learning how to evaluate technique, identify issues and inefficiencies, plan a course of action to improve and put that plan into action.
It looks at goal setting, objectives, outcome and process goals and how to start constructing development/training plans. It also looks at warm-ups, cool downs, flexibility and injury prevention.
Whilst the course focussed on individual technique they gave guidance around how to teach effective technique for larger groups.
You wont be seeing any major changes in the sessions you know and love, but there will be small changes coming in over the next few months to help reinforce good technique and running form.
Challenge - Week 1
This week saw the conclusion of the first week of this year's 12 week challenge. This year we have a record 46 participants, all eager to focus on their training and make some early year gains.
Weeks 1-4 are all about getting into good habits with targets set for the number of runs an individual will do each week. Points are awarded based on the percentage of runs you complete towards that target, with a maximum of 100 points per week. As expected the majority of runners hit their targets for the first week, with 2 runners playing their wild cards.
Full tables will be published from week 3.
Full tables will be published from week 3.
General Announcements
Dates for your diary:
16th Jan - River Park Leisure Centre
20th Jan - Track Session, Bar End Track
23rd Jan - Abbey Gardens
30th Jan - Dean Lane Park
6th Feb - Abbey Gardens
13th Feb - South Winchester P&R
20th Feb - Dean Lane Park
27th Feb - Abbey Gardens
Sally's Marathon Journey
You can follow Sally B's Marathon journey in her blog: http://sallymarathon.home.blog
Sally is also fundraising for Winchester Hospice. Her JustGiving page can be found here: https://www.justgiving.com/Sal
WFC parkrun Club
Winchester Fit Club RC is set-up as a club with parkrun. If you go into your profile (there is a link to it on the parkrun results email and newsletter email) you can select your club. Change yours to Winchester Fit Club RC and you will appear in the consolidated club report that we get each week.
WFC Runners WhatsApp Group
There is a WFC Running Club WhatsApp chat group where we generally just wang on about running, races and cake. If you are not already part of this then please get in contact with Coach James or Coach Mike who will add you.
There is a WFC Runners Facebook page where we put the blog posts, news and race pictures. Follow the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/976444695871618/
If you are a Strava user there is a Winchester Fit Club RC page. This can be accessed here: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WFC-RC. Request to join and we will approve!
Booking onto sessions
Booking onto our training sessions enables the coaches to plan the session accordingly. You can book on through the Fit Club website: http://www.winchesterfitclub.co.uk/
Race Calendar
The race calendar is now stored here: https://wfcrunners.blogspot.com/2019/01/race-calendar-2019-and-beyond.html
Training Kit
The method of ordering training kit will be changing shortly with it all being available through the main website...watch this space!
WFC Running Club Calendar
Dates for your diary:
16th Jan - River Park Leisure Centre
20th Jan - Track Session, Bar End Track
23rd Jan - Abbey Gardens
30th Jan - Dean Lane Park
6th Feb - Abbey Gardens
13th Feb - South Winchester P&R
20th Feb - Dean Lane Park
27th Feb - Abbey Gardens
Sally's Marathon Journey
You can follow Sally B's Marathon journey in her blog: http://sallymarathon.home.blog
Sally is also fundraising for Winchester Hospice. Her JustGiving page can be found here: https://www.justgiving.com/Sal
WFC parkrun Club
Winchester Fit Club RC is set-up as a club with parkrun. If you go into your profile (there is a link to it on the parkrun results email and newsletter email) you can select your club. Change yours to Winchester Fit Club RC and you will appear in the consolidated club report that we get each week.
WFC Runners WhatsApp Group
There is a WFC Running Club WhatsApp chat group where we generally just wang on about running, races and cake. If you are not already part of this then please get in contact with Coach James or Coach Mike who will add you.
WFC Runners Facebook Group
There is a WFC Runners Facebook page where we put the blog posts, news and race pictures. Follow the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/976444695871618/
WFC Runners Strava Club
Booking onto sessions
Booking onto our training sessions enables the coaches to plan the session accordingly. You can book on through the Fit Club website: http://www.winchesterfitclub.co.uk/
Race Calendar
The race calendar is now stored here: https://wfcrunners.blogspot.com/2019/01/race-calendar-2019-and-beyond.html
Training Kit
The method of ordering training kit will be changing shortly with it all being available through the main website...watch this space!
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