Parkrun MK - 13.10.12

A bright but cold morning in Milton Keynes didn't stop a record 374 parkrunners turning out for the weekly run. Of those 4 were members on FlitwickTri although 2 of those were saving themselves for the Blenheim 10K on Sunday. Despite this Chloe managed another PB.

Congratulations to Pete on his 50th Parkrun!

Times were:

Chloe Potts       31.17 (new PB)
Les Potts           31.18
Jason Murphy     31.51
Pete Jones        45.42 (as tail runner).

Well done all of you.

Alternative training?

An interesting take on a brick session:

Standalone 10K - 07.10.12

Along with 1,400 other runners I took part in this road race organised by the North Herts Road Runners.

Starting and finishing at Standalone Farm in Letchworth Garden City it was a well organised event with lots of supportive marshals as well as many spectators on much of the course. About 9km of the route was on roads that had been closed to vehicles.

I bettered last week’s PB by 71 seconds coming in on 54m 18s and was placed 676^th out of approximately 1,400 runners.

Les

Parkrun MK - 06.10.12

A lovely Autumn moring greeted runners at the MK Parkrun this weekend. 4 runners took part with Chloe getting another PB. Times were as follows:

Fiona Jones     29.42
Chloe Potts     32.04
Sian Jones      38.48
Les Potts        44.45 (as Tail Runner).

Well done all of you.

Tri-crazy Sprint Triathlon 07.09.12

Race day this morning dawned misty and cold and it didn't improve during the race with the bike route very misty in places. 

Pete and I were not racing together but the splits show a ding dong battle taking place against the clock. In the end my bike time gave me just enough margin to make up for the Monster's quicker swim, run and transitions. (I confess to having faffed about putting on socks, longer cycling shorts and a cycling top in T1).

In the end I finished in 243rd in 1.34.02 and Pete finished in 247th in 1.34.31.

Unfortunately due to Penny's knee injury and Jon's recent heavy work commitments they weren't able to take part.

Chris.

Moor Park 10K - 30.09.12

On 30th September I took part in the Moor Park 10k race. A spectacular traffic free course starting in Merchant Taylors’School sports fields before passing through the Moor Park estate (where Jags, Range Rovers & Aston Martins seemed commonplace for most residents) and then over Rickmansworth and Moor Park Golf courses. This race is a fund raiser for the Lynda Jackson MacMillan Centre.

The event was really well organised with lots of supportive marshals.

The course was superb except for a 1km stretch that was a continuous incline raising 64 meters. You can see from my split times that it really slowed me down.

1^st Km 4:53.9

2^nd Km 5:14.7

3 5:22.3

4 5:32.9

5 7:00.0

6 5:19.3

7 5:36.1

8 5:38.1

9 5:34.1

10 5:13.0

Despite the hill I managed a 10k PB of 55m 29s - a 40 seconds improvement against last week’s Bourn 10k PB, and I was placed 389th out of 799 finishers.

Les

Lois's new toy.

Lois has finally given in to all my nagging and has gone with the "if you can't beat them, join them" philosophy. She now has a new bike to train on over the winter and has already entered the Cycletta at Woburn for next June.

(I'll keep working on her for triathlons)

Here's a pic of the new addition to our garage (or should that be bike store). Yet another Trek, I've been outnumbered. Maybe we should be called Flitwick Trek.