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Leamington Courier 18/09/2009
Contributed by Sean Lonergan
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
This week saw Stuart Mead setting a new club record of 2:47:09 to finish in 3rd place in the inaugural Fleetwood Marathon in Lancashire. Over the Roses border, Mike Ellis finished a creditable 6th place in 1:47:20 at the Yorkshireman Half Fell Race with Dawn Clark coming home in 2:19:44. Meanwhile 9 Striders made the trip over to Nottingham for the Robin Hood Half with Esther Wollaston 1st back in 1:42:21 followed by Jo Hawkins 1:43:18, Neil Butcher 1:43:24, Pete Schofield 1:49:00, Richard King 1:49:07, Clare Hinton 1:57:49, Naemi Kilbey 2:02:42, Sean Lonergan 2:02:43 and Terry Bright 2:04:02. In the Humber Duathlon, Rich Sykes completed the 10K run/ 40K cycle / 5K run splits in 2:13:11 for 8th place including a 42:56 PB on the 1st 10K. Moving up to Triathlons, Liam Godbert-Brown claimed 3rd place in the West Midlands Youth League with a solid 1:02:21 in the Wombourne Sprint Tri. Nearer to home, Vicki Smith, in 1:17:02 got 1st FV spot and 24th overall in the Southam Triathlon with Richard Bicknell finishing in 1:21:27. Finally, at Bala Lake in Wales, Steve Hilton took on the full Olympic distance (1500m swim, 40k bike, 10k run) to finish in an excellent 2:25:16.
Thursday Track March 11, 2010 (18:30) New runners always very welcome. Choose from a Bronze (4,000 +), Silver (6,000+), Gold (7,000+) or Platinum (8,000+) interval session at Edmondscote running track. Virtual medals issued every week. Warm-up (or) dynamic stretches at 6.30pm, session start...
Club Night March 12, 2010 (18:00) An easy paced run led as usual by Terry
Club Night March 15, 2010 (19:30) Monday night club 'muster' run from the club house. There will be groups going off at various paces, no-one left behind, but expect to run between 5 and 9 miles. **Route 2** See the 'Our Winter Routes' section for more details.
