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| Hayling Island 10 Sunday 28th November 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pam Berriman reports
There were 6 WVR's in The Hayling Island 10
mile today and after a drizzly start it ended up just as drizzly at the
finish !
The course was well marshalled but as with Gosport last week there seemed to be loads of cars in hold ups around the course. They all appeared to be sat patiently waiting ,except for one lady who decided to ignore the young policeman's up turned hand and mow me down instead !! After a screech of brakes and a ticking off from the policeman ( the woman in the car not me ! ) I managed the remainder of the run -- it did put me off my stride though -- silly woman !
Anyway , 1st across the line for WVR was our
Katie her time -70 mins 23 secs .Although ,
Katie was not too pleased as she was aiming for a PB, as the course is such a flat one - Next time Katie !
Richard Sherlock just pipped Dave Pearce and
Gordon Trout at the finish with 72.53 (approx)
Dave and Gordon came in holding hands on 72 mins 56 secs . Well Done the lads !
I managed 82mins 30 secs I was very pleased
with myself till I looked at my time for the
Tough Ten which was only 4 mins slower!
Last but not least was our Ginni on 91mins ,Ginni
was over the moon with this time as it is her
1st race for many, many, many months AND she managed to keep on running despite her bad back ! Well done Ginni. All the above times are our own -- not the official times .
Kerry had to pull out of the run due to a bad
cold - hope you are feeling better soon Kerry .
Thanks to Gordon for taking us down and
for his selection of CD's , Katie however had a different view of all
the ageing hippies in the car , Quote " Windle Valley road trip with ' Golden Oldies ' - - rather like an old peoples day trip to the seaside ! " Its the train to the next race for you Katie Pearce !
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| Gosport Half Marathon Sunday 21st November 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MichaelMacClancy reports
Gosport Half Marathon, Sunday 21st November 2004
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| LORDSHILL 10 - Sunday 7th November 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Dave Ricards reports
LORDSHILL 10 – Sunday November 7th 2004
(or, Saunders & Ricards hit Hampshire for Ten – Again!!) The marketing says: “It is an undulating course, with a sharp rise at about 7 miles, but many have achieved a pb on this course.” Well, I agree with the first two parts of that statement – but a PB – only if it is your first ten miler!! We were perfecting our Training Strategy, it had worked two weeks ago at the Fordingbridge 10 – lovely course, too good to miss – could it work again and what is this mystical plan – read on listeners, read on! The Strategy – don’t run very far, for month’s, then no exercise for two weeks, then ZAP-POW, run a Ten Mile race – and it works!! That plan worked for at Fordingbridge and strangely enough, after a two-week rest, we ran Lordshill – and loved it! We had long since developed the ONE-STOP Strategy: ten minutes into the race we find somewhere to stretch out the legs, draw breath, discuss the weather, then away again. On this occasion, it meant that we were last – and the Sweep (on a bike) patiently waited for us. Being at the back had one main disadvantage, having to listen to the diesel engine of the Meat Wagon a few yards behind us. It provided however, quite an incentive to speed up and pass that joy onto someone else, which we did soon enough. Having passed a few people, Sara pressed on through the field at a quicker rate than the author could. The route trundled along country roads, through villages and past leafy glades, until about seven miles, and then THE hill kicked in. As the climb intensified, I noticed that a queue of cars were developing ahead of me, thanks largely to one sparrow-like lady who favoured the centre running line on the narrow road – and would not move over. Sara, amongst others, had to endure the fumes, until the traffic found a way around the said person. Once the hill peaked, the route continued to “undulate”, with one or two flat stretches, put in just to make it feel a little easier. Clever ploy – which worked! Race Verdict: Brill-yant, excellent Marshalling, lots of banter where req’d! Next Year: You bet! Thanks to: Lordshill Road Runners.
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| Marlow Half Marathon - Sunday 7th November 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Chris Dent reports
Marlow Half Marathon : Sunday 7th November 2004
On a damp and miserable November morning 6
Windles braved the conditions for what is
not the easiest of HMs on the circuit. Why I chose this one as my comeback Half (my first for 4 years) I do not know !.
With 984 finishers this event is getting more
popular year on year.
Taking into account the poor conditions I think we all were pleased with our performances. Perhaps next year we can entice more from the Club to enter this challenging but well organised race.
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| Cabbage Patch 10 - Sunday 17th October 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Chris Dent reports Cabbage Patch 10 mile : Sunday 17th October 10:00am
8 members from the club braved the cool
conditions in Twickenham supported by Chris Peppiatt on 2 wheels.
With a field of nearly 1200 runners it took
myself Kerrie, Colin and myself 30 seconds to get through the start.
Considerably less by our quicker trio.
I felt reasonably comfortable at an even pace of
8.00min/mile but dropped 2 minutes over the last
two miles-(Lack of fitness!!!), but still quite pleased with the time.
Congratulations to Geoff who improved on his PB.
Results as below
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| Legoland 10k - Sunday 17th October 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Nick Cook reports I ran the Legoland 10k last week (17th October) which was my first ever 10k! I was hoping to include it as my 10k for the club championship, but unfortunately, it hadn’t been measured properly and it was short. The website has just been updated, and they say it was 9.5k. I finished 360th and my time was 51:21 minutes, We had a nice day for it, the rain stayed off and it was a very picturesque course. There were a few hills with a real killer at the end, coming back into Legoland from the forest at the top of the hill, going all the way to the bottom and then back up again!! Although it didn’t rain during the run, it had rained a lot beforehand, and the tracks through the forest were very muddy with loads of puddles – it was more like a cross country run! I took my wife and daughter and we spent the rest of the day in Legoland using discounted tickets available to runners and their families. So all in all we had a good day! |
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| Tough Ten - Sunday 3rd October 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Tough Ten Sunday 3rd October 2004 Pam Berriman reports: Despite
the prediction of rain , rain , rain for this mornings run not one drop fell
until we were safely in Having not
completed this run for at least 5years I had forgotten just how tough it gets
!! Anyway it
was a well marshalled course , thanks to our Michael (one of the marshals ) for
his support on So ‘Team
WVR’ came through in this order
Instead of the usual medal we were given a neat little silver coaster and of course the luvverly Mars Bar. Well Done
folks see you at the Gosport Half – hope its as sunny as last year !
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| Windsor Half Marathon - Sunday 25th September 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The sun shone to give ideal
weather for the enthusiastic crowds who lined the Long Walk for as far as the
eye could see.
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