Month: October 2011

Abingdon Marathon

By Ian Hosley

On Sunday three LBAC members made the trip to Oxfordshire town of Abingdon for the town’s annual marathon, Warren Rose and Ian Hosley to run and Pete Watkins to support the LBAC members and his nephew.

Sunday was cool and clear and absolutely perfect conditions for running. The Abingdon marathon had been selected not solely on account of it’s scenery or proximity to LB but also the course is one of the flattest and acknowledged fastest courses around the south of England so PB's were being sought and as a result nerves were clearly in evidence. read more

Great Start to New Season

The first Chiltern Cross Country League meeting of the new season took place last Saturday in Wigmore Park, Luton with LBAC having to face the stiff challenge of following up their best ever year in division one of the league. Whilst there were a few people around running pretty well, there were also a number of last season's regulars missing from the senior ranks and so there was a slight lack of confidence around.

Nevertheless, the juniors made a big effort for the day and had an excellent turn-out with Chloe May and Sadie Towell leading the way in the U11 girls race. The two youngsters finished in 36th and 58th place respectively and they charged around the open parkland on what was a fairly breezy day. They were followed out onto the course by Becky Mead who was making her debut at cross country and came home in 88th place in the U13 girls. Alison Gosbee also did an excellent job of representing the female side of things as she finished the U15 girls race in 75th place and pick up points for the club. read more

The Stag Begins Again

Wednesday night saw the return of our old wintery friend, the Stag Trophy. This monthly event from October to April has been going since 1976 and is one of the most prestigious awards that can be won at the end of the season. The reason for this is that is favours those who turn up regularly and most importantly, consistently improve throughout the year. Three out of the last four years, the trophy has been won by someone in their first year with the club and the exception was Gary who improved greatly as he built up for the London marathon. read more

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