Dear Clubmates
Now marathon season has concluded (and I have my life back!) I thought
it would be an ideal time to catch up on everyone’s fantastic
achievements.
Juniors
The juniors took part in an event called Quadkids on 10th May with
the second one taking place Friday 14th June. The event comprises a
sprint, a 1 lap race, a jump and a throw to earn points. The athletes of
the day were Elizabeth Booth and Caelan Saunders who both got a trophy.
Well done to both and all who took part.
The Toucan run continues to be really positive event, open to all club
members. In addition there are new milestone rewards for those taking
part. The juniors are also throwing out a challenge to the seniors at
the Nuneaton opens events. See details below in the events for your
diary for both events. Senior club member and All Sort support always
greatly welcomed.
LRRL
Since the last newsletter we have had a number of Leicestershire Road
Running league races including Kibworth 6, Desford 5, Bosworth Half and
West End 8.
We’ve had brilliant performances at the races and larger turnouts than
last year. At these races we had the following runners of the day Chris
Rawson, Jess Daly, Mike Welch, Aly Wren, Alan Morris and Penny Masser.
We’ve also seen the return of the controversial red shorts, is it a
major clash or a must have in your race kit? Get yourselves booked on
the upcoming races, these are really enjoyable local races with car
shares available to get you there.
Results for the races can be found at: https://hinckleyrunningclub.com/races/lrrl-2019/
Ashby 20
Another big HRC turnout of 21 runners at Ashby 20 this year on 24th March. In the mens race Matt Johnson was our star performer arriving back in 2:07:53. Other stand out performances include Ed Nixon who had a brilliant race setting a new PB. Vince Iliffe also set a new PB taking 21 minutes off his previous 20 mile time.
For the ladies there were stand out performances with the notable Penny Masser achieving another diamond time and Lucy Masser completing the course in a superb 2:49:29.
Marathons and Half Marathons
HRC members were running marathons all over again. In Manchester we had
Derek Gordon, Alex Papadopoulos and Vince Iliffe take part and have
great races. This was Derek’s first marathon and he completed the 26.2
miles in a super 3:36. Vince took 27 minutes out of his marathon time
setting a brilliant new PB.
At Boston we saw Leanne Byard complete the marathon with a new PB,
taking 9 minutes of her previous time. At the same event Alexis Wiggins
took part in his first half marathon and did really well.
In the big VLM event HRC runners were again a plenty. We had runners
supporting charities raising large donations with Richard Pearson,
Charlotte Sinclair, Mark Hubbard and Chris Rawson raising significant
funds for charity. In the race everyone did extremely well with many of
us tracking the runners and cheering them on.
Paris saw Ali Higgins complete yet another marathon with his daughter
also running the race. James Brown had his first marathon in Worcester
and had a fantastic race, thoroughly deserved from how hard he trained.
Elaine Barrett also took on the exceedingly tough Tissington trail
Marathon having a superb run.
Then in Liverpool Joe Langham, Richard Hayne and myself took on the full
marathon. Richard, from a beginner in All Sorts last year, did really
well and completed his first marathon. Of great significance were the
number of club members running their first half marathon with a big well
done for Louise Rawson, Sarah Dixon, Marc Stringer and Kate Jackson.
Excellent runs had by all with the saint like preparations during the
weekend no doubt helpful ?
New Club Record
Marathons aren’t the be all and end all. With that in mind a mention for
former Captain Nick Moore who has been in impressive form this year in
both league races and cross country where he is usually found near the
head of the field in all events. He also set an amazing new club record
on the track at Pingles for 1500 metres clocking an incredible 4 mins
51.36.
All Sorts
Graduations of both beginners and intermediates have been completed with
a great number now progressing through to big club. The beginners
graduated at the Leicester 5k series on 30th May and the intermediates graduating at the Chase the Sun event in Prestwold on 9th May. A massive well done to everyone. All new groups starting on 5th June at Hinckley Leisure Centre with Beginners at 6:30 pm and Intermediates at 7:30 pm.
Upcoming events for the diary
Swithland 6 Sunday 2nd June June 2019
Toucan Run Saturday 8th June 2019 https://hinckleyrunningclub.com/toucan-run/
Quadkids Friday 14th June 2019
Open Events at Pingles – Wednesday 12th June 2019
Prestwold 10k Sunday 23rd June 2019 https://www.nuneatonharriers.org.uk/open-events
Joy Cann 31st July 2019 – opening soon https://www.evententry.co.uk/joy-cann-5-2019
Happy running all!
Si Wiggins
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