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"The Romsey 5 Mile Run is set within the grounds of The Broadlands Estate, once the home of The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. The surface is mainly tarmac with a short distance of smooth hardcore. The course is 3 laps of the estate making it one of the flattest 5 mile races in the county"
We had 5 Fit Clubbers running and yet again there were some amazing performances!
Elise - 42:11
Sarah H - 42:47
Alex - 44:58
Pete - 47:29
Glenna - 47:32
Look out next week for Elise's race report!
On the Saturday we had another successful parkrun morning. We had 12 runners at Winchester with PBs for Jenny 24:29, Colin 21:00 and Carrie 24:06. Considering the conditions were slippery underfoot and corners had to be navigated with care, those were impressive times. The PBs did not stop there! We also had Alice running her PB at Salisbury with a superb 25:37. Lastly we had Trish running at Penrose parkrun in Cornwall.
Read the full consolidated report here:
Thursday 24th January - Courtenay Road Sprints
This week saw 26 runners smashing out sprints on Courtenay Rd. We met outside river park and were all excited to welcome back Bex for her first post-baby run with the group. After the normal chat we headed off for a gentle warm-up alongside the North Walls Rec. We then turned and headed up the hill to Courtenay rd. Once there I talked the group through the session.
It was a fairly simple start with the group doing 4 x 45 second sprints down the road, with jog recovery back to the start. This was to push the runners and get their legs nicely warmed up. After this we got into the meat of the session with 4 reps of the 2x45second intervals. Basically the runners would run for 45 seconds, I would blow the whistle and they would have 45 seconds to get back to the start. Pacing it well would see the runners getting back to the start point, going off too hard would see them not quite make it back, and going off too easily would see them easily make it back in the timescales. The purpose of this is to get the runners dialling into their pacing and understanding their capabilities. Once this was completed we did 2 x 1min sprints with jog recovery back to the start.
It was another tough session on a bitterly cold evening. The runners worked exceptionally hard and there were some aching legs as we jogged back down the hill to River Park. After a cool down and a chat we headed our separate ways.
Next week’s session will be starting at Abbey Gardens at 7pm. After the session we will be heading to the pub for a drink and a bit of a social catch-up!
New Year Running Challenge
With week 3 drawing to a close there are still a large proportion of you wonderful runners still on 100%. As the weather starts to get colder and winter illnesses hit there are more people playing their wildcards, and with 9 weeks remaining and the challenge soon stepping up to the next level of difficulty it will start to become a real test.
Best of luck for week 4 and start thinking about your week 5 - 8 predictions! Please keep the stories and updates coming!
Race Write-ups
Stubbington 10km - by Simon Boyden
The Stubbington 10k was always being to be a real challenge for me!
Expectations were low as preparation hadn’t gone particularly well (loss of motivation and having been out for a friend’s 50thBirthday celebration the night before being the main reasons). I had hoped that by signing up for the Stubbington 10k (as well as Winchester and Eastleigh 10K’s) last autumn might spur me on but the inner chimp hadn’t reappeared....so it was going to hurt!
We met early on the Sunday at Ben and Shelley’s house as they had very kindly offered a lift to get to Stubbington in plenty of time.
Conditions were rather cold but dry for the 10am start. The course is gently undulating with a couple of inclines to get the thighs complaining (well mine anyway!). After theobligatory pre-race picture WFC we made our way to the start line.
The race started (rather quietly) and I got into a rhythm that didn’t feel too bad. I managed to follow a chap dressed as Batman for 2/3km before he disappeared up one of the hills never to be seen again. Then it was just a process of ticking off the kilometres. I did enjoy the varying scenery of countryside and coast which kept things interesting....there was even a posse of drummers en route to spur us on!
I’ve been regularly running 7km around my home with my Labrador, so it came as no surprise that I really start to tire after this point. My pace slowed and I started using every lamppost and post box as a short term goal to get to without stopping.
The final 2 km was long and if I’m honest rather uncomfortable, so when Coach James appeared to encourage me with a few hundred yards to go I was a relieved man. Shortly before the finish line I receive further welcome support from the rest of the WFC Runners which was greatly appreciated....thank you! My time of 1.11 was nothing to write home about, but it’s a start and I know I can do better.
After a finishing group photograph it was off home to a welcoming hot bath.
WFC parkrun Club
Winchester Fit Club Runners 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 Runners and you will appear in the consolidated club report that we get each week.
WFC Runners WhatsApp Group
There is a WFC Runners 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 Strava Club
If you are a Strava user there is a Winchester Fit Club Runners club page. This can be accessed here: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WFC-Runners. 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 in the following location: https://winchesterfitclub.simplybook.it/v2/
Race Calendar
The race calendar is now stored here: https://wfcrunners.blogspot.com/2019/01/race-calendar-2019-and-beyond.html
Kit
Details and prices of kit can be found here: https://wfcrunners.blogspot.com/2019/01/kit-details-and-prices.html
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