May 2011 News
The second Championship race was at Newtown for the 10km on 8th May. Conditions were good and sunny, but quite windy. Ten members of the Club turned out for the run. Paul Elliott was 15th of 68 finishers in a time of 42.23mins., John Lyden 16th in 42.50, Ian Teague 47.22, Graham Wood 48.03, Sarah Jamieson 50.38 and 1st FV40, Laura Vickers 54.41, Don Lovejoy 55.20, Ann Cruse 57.01 and 1st FV60, Debbie Bufton 63.23 and Maggie Morris 65.15.
The following week some members ran in the Hereford half-marathon. Ian Teague finished in 1.46.40, Ruth Caswell 1.51.15, Sali Morris 2.01.27, Denise Boden 2.15.01 and Maggie Morris 2.22.47. Fortunately, the race finished before the rain came.
The Housman 100 mile run/walk took place through Shropshire over the May Bank Holiday weekend with Terry Davies, Paul Elliott, Iain Prentice, Phil Clarke and Jo Sharp taking part. Terry finished in around 25 hours. Paul and Iain finished together in 30hr.46mins. Iain had a calf injury after 40 miles and had to have massage at each following checkpoint, but was still happy with his result.
April 2011 News
On 2nd April, Russell ran in the 26 miles Radnor Ramble, finishing in a time of 4.30hours. He was pleased with this after a period of illness and lack of training.
Laura Vickers and Ann Cruse ran in the first race of the Hereford 5k series.
There was a good turn-out from the Club in the first of the Championship races at Shobdon Wood on 17th April on a warm sunny day. Paul Elliott was our first finisher in 23rd place of 117 runners in a time of 44.02mins. Our 2 Junior girls ran well, with Eilish Gilbert in 30th place and Shannon Gilbert in 50th place. With Ann Kerby-Collins they made up the first ladies team in the race. Ann was also first LV45 and Ann Cruse first LV55. Eilish was first Junior Female.
The same weekend, Iain Prentice ran in the Wellington Boot event in Somerset, running from Wellington, over the Quantock, Brendon and Blackdown Hills. The event is scheduled as a walk/run/self-navigation event of 100km, but became about 66miles due to some mis-direction and mis-calculation of distance. It took Iain 16hrs.07mins.
The London Marathon took place on a very warm, sunny day. The first of our Club members to complete the course was Louise Hackney in 4hr.06.07, then Ian Teague in 4hr.27.33, Ruth Caswell 4hr.27.57 (a difference of 110 places!) and Jan McLoughlin 4hr.47.19. Ian described how hot is was, especially around Canary Wharf, and although he drank pints of water, he was still dehydrated after the race.
Ann Cruse was the only Club member at the Newtown 5k race on Good Friday on another warm day, finishing in 28.32 and first LV60. About 100 runners took part.
March 2011 News
Sarah Jamieson and Ian Teague took part in the Ironbridge half-marathon. They both found the course quite tough and hilly, but Sarah finished in 1hr.59mins. and Ian in 2hr.04mins. This was part of Ian's preparations for the London Marathon on 17th April.
Iain Prentice is running in some long events to prepare for the 100 mile Housman challenge on 28th May. He did the Rhayader Round the Lakes 20 mile road race on 19th April. Having done 2 long training runs earlier in the week and had some vaccinations, he was not in good shape to take on this long race. After 15 miles he felt very weary and had to walk until stocking up with jelly babies at the 17mile checkpoint! He finished in 2hrs.58mins, 16 minutes slower than last year. Iain has learnt that you need to rest and prepare properly for a long event.
February 2011 News
Junior Athletes
Our juniors took part in the Midland Cross Country Championships at Leamington Spa in early February. Megan Turner was 16th in the under 15 Girls race and Russell Adams was 47th in the under 17 Boys race.
Seniors
The second cross-country race of the Herefordshire Cross-country League was held at Monkhall Farm on 9th February in very cold, frosty conditions. Guy Gregory, one of our very promising Juniors, finished in 9th place; Russell was 27th; Dan Pavitt 36th and John Lyden 40th, to make up the first team. Ian Teague finished in 56th place and the team now lies 6th overall in the League.
For the ladies’ team, Anne Thorpe finished in 13th place, Juliet Wheatley in 21st and Maggie Morris 43rd, to finish 7th team in the League.
Anne Thorpe and Colin Lancaster ran in the Midland Championships at Leamington Spa, finishing 149th and 158th in their respective races.
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