Weekly Report #3

It was a busy week for members, with members in action around the country but also in Europe! Last Thursday Valerie Vernon raced the Run Through Chase the Sun 5K in Tatton Park and in doing so set a new club record for F60 at 5K in 33:09.

Saturday it was the weekly parkrun and 5 members take part in events around the region. Steve Watts lowered his own club record for M65 by running 23:24 at Concord. Nick Wright travelled over to Glossop running 23:10. Andy Gosling visited Lyme Park in 30:16 and David Downs and Colin Mansell headed up to Weatherby completing the course in 34:09 and 26:06 respectively.

Yesterday Amy Hutchinson took part in the latest Steel City Trail 10 race this time at Wincobank Hillfort, finished 5th female and 24th overall. Heather Lindley took to the fells by taking on the Crowden Horseshoe fell race a category BM over 8 miles with 1699ft of climbing finishing in 2:33:57.

Over in Copenhagen two members of the club took part in the Ironman triathlon. Rachel Vernon and Garry Harding for those unfamiliar to Ironman did a 3.8km open water swim, then a 180km bike ride and finished the day by running a marathon. Epic stuff indeed. Rachel completed in a time of 12:06:59 and Garry in 12:24:41.