Bedford Parkrun - 09.08.14

I went to Bedford Parkrun on Saturday. Liam was there as well, I thought I saw him ahead of me just after the start and I looked for him when I finished but surprisingly I finished before him (he was probably taking it easy for a marathon the next day). 

The results were:

52nd             Steve Clough               22.46
59th             Liam Ko                       23.15

Steve

Buckingham Parkrun - 09.08.14

Yesterday 4 of us decided to go over and check out the Buckingham Parkrun which started a few months ago. The event is run over an undulating course that for much of its route is next to or close to the River Great Ouse. This week there were 104 people taking part.

The weather was cooler and dry but still warm enough when you started running.

With none of us knowing the course it was hard to know what to expect but the small undulations did make a difference despite there being no significant hills. I know I went off too fast and was with the leading group for the first half mile until I realised how fast we were going. Sadly I paid for this in the later stages.

Times were:

16th               Chris Wright                       22.09
38th               Les Potts                            24.41
46th               Pete Jones                         26.04
63rd               Fiona Jones                        28.34 

Chris

Bedford Parkrun - 02.08.14

There was a good turnout of FlitwickTri members at this week's Bedford Parkrun with 7 runners taking part. The conditions were very pleasant but initial impressions that it was not that warm were dispelled once the race got underway.

241 people in all took part in the run and our results were:

24th          Chris Wright               21.43
45th          Liam Ko                      22.47
86th          Les Potts                     25.05
108th        Pete Jones                   26.13
141st         Fiona Jones                  28.21
186th        Sarah Eke                     32.21
222nd        Sian Jones                    38.37

Well done everyone.

Chris 

Ironman Zurich - 27.07.14

After 6 months of training and a mere 13 hours 21 minutes of racing on Sunday, it’s finally all over!!

It was a day where the massive highs outweighed the occasional psychological lows - incredible support from Penny and the other halves in our group (the self-named “Ironman Widows”!) kept spirits high and the shear scale of the event was mind-blowing enough to distract from the pain. It was definitely (and will hopefully forever be) the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but all of your messages of support and generous donations were a great help to keep me going.

So one final thank you for all of the donations, your money is going to a very worthy cause! If you’d still like to donate and wanted to see if I’d make it first, the page will stay open for another month. :-)

https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/zurichironman

Thanks again,

Jon

Bedford Parkrun - 26.07.14

Les, Liam & Sarah were the FlitwickTri representatives at this week's Bedford Parkrun event.

As has become normal now the weather was warm and sunny and lovely to run in.

Out of 223 finishers our results were:

Liam Ko            29th in 22:49

Les Potts         67th in 24:55

Sarah Eke      184th in 32:32

Les

Challenge Roth - 20.07.14

Well at the weekend I travelled to Roth in southern Germany for what was the first Ironman race in Europe until the challenge group bought it a few years back and have continued to grow this into one of the largest triathlon races in the world. To add to all this is was very sunny and very warm at around 33 degrees or 90 degrees depending on where you come from!  

It was an amazing venue, and some of the biggest crowds I have ever seen. The 2.5 mile swim was lovely with crowds along the whole of the river bank, the 112 mile bike was on the best surface I have ever ridden a bike on so I know what the German government spends its money on!  The run which was a single lap marathon which makes a change from the loops you run in Ironman, and went through some very scenic German towns with great support. All the way round German supporters were shouting ‘Hup Hup Hup’ to me so I would love someone to tell me what exactly that means!!!???

So in short I had a great finish time, a great day in a fantastic part of the world and I would recommend a visit there for any reason.

I’ve attached my finisher certificate which I don’t look to happy on, but that was nearly the finish and it tells the story of my times!!!!

Garry

Wycombe 10K - 20.07.14

Liam & I tackled this 10k race last Sunday. Fortunately it was an early 9.30am start and the temperature was not too warm with cloud cover and importantly decent for running.

The Wycombe 10k is really about 2 hills - the first at the start sees you rise  a gentle 28 feet in the first half mile followed by 264 feet in the next 1mile. More than a few runners resorted to walking on this hill but many were reduced to a very slow run by the time they were reaching the peak.

1.5miles to 3.3miles were generally a gentle downhill section and a good opportunity to recover. 

The second mentionable hill came over the following half mile which was a 217 feet drop. Too steep to run fast and effort was wasted holding back. Thereafter it was a mainly downhill until the finish.

A well organised event with a decent goody bag at the end.

There were 286 finishers with Liam coming 61st in 49m56s, and I came 96th in 53m47s (a massive 29 seconds faster then last year!!). 

  

Les