Worcester Parkrun 29.12.12

Saturday morning saw 3 Flitwick Tri’ers (i.e. the Jones family) attempt the Worcester Parkrun.

It had been raining all night, it was raining when we started and it became torrential as we were running!

I lost one shoe in the opening field and had to run back to rescue it, Fiona loved splashing through the many LARGE puddles in the woodland area and Sian nearly sank out of sight....but we all managed to finish. Not PB’s for 5k but PB’s at Worcester. Thanks to Sian’s brother Harvey for inviting us??

Times were:

Pete JONES           26:44

Fiona JONES         32:31

Sian JONES           43:26

Fun but very slippery and quite an endurance test for Sian..... Role on the Summer, hopefully with less rain!

Pete

Bedford Parkrun 29.12.12

Les and I braved a windy and rather damp Bedford Parkrun for the last one of 2012. With MK Parkrun cancelled quite a few of the MK regulars also put in an appearance.

Times were:

Chris Wright          22.51
Les Potts               25.58

Bedford Parkrun - 22.12.12

Bedford's pre-Christmas Parkrun today was a soggy affair both in terms of the rain and the extensive puddles that dotted the course. Not that either stopped Les getting a very good new PB, it did however result in a smaller than usual turnout.

Times were:

Chris Wright          22.39

Les Potts               25.42

The Hub Christmas Ride - 16.12.12

Well today I headed over to Redbourne to The Hub a very nice little cafe/bike shop on Redbourne High Street. One of my friends had told me he was doing their "gentle" Christmas ride which was to be a gentle 40 miles round the Hertfordshire countryside.

We got there and I realised my friend Brian and his friend Rick were very strong cyclists. I also soon discovered that the route had been set by someone with a masocistic streak. We seemed to take in all the serious hills of Hertfordshire. We went over Dunstable Downs, over Ivinghoe Beacon, over the hill at Mentmore, up the legendary Tom's Hill at Ashridge (complete with hairpin) and then over the hill at Whipsnade. Just to pile on the pain on the way back to Redbourne I was doing 23 mph on the flat and getting dropped! Oh and the route was 45.5 miles. The ride profile on my Garmin Connect page looks like an ECG printout.

All in all a beautiful ride, great weather for mid-December and a very tough workout. 15.7mph average despite the hills and some very achy legs.

Chris

Correct priorities?

You have to look after the important things in life.

Parkrun MK - 15.12.12

A breezy morning greeted 5 FlitwickTri members at the Milton Keynes Parkrun this morning. The wind made PBs difficult to achieve and in my case heavy legs also didn't help.

Times were

Chris Wright          22.50
Les Potts               26.45
Fiona Jones           29.33
Pete Jones            29.33
Sian Jones            38.15

Next week is fancy dress week and people are encouraged to run as Santa or their favourite superhero.

Well done all.

Chris

Andy Reading 10K - Bicester - 09.12.12

A cool and windy Bicester welcomed 419 runners to the annual commemerative Andy Reading 10K race. Pete, Les and I braved the conditions to take part and special mention goes to Pete who knocked nearly 1 minute off his PB.

The course includes a 4K lap around an airfield and the wind made the last part of the lap into the wind challenging, for Les and I at least.

Times were:

Chris Wright        47.37
Pete Jones          49.17
Les Potts             54.55

Chris