Leighton Buzzard Athletic Club

The heavens opened as the runners moved towards the start, confirming that this would be another wet race at the home of British motor racing. But a quick shower didn’t dampen the spirits of the 15 LBAC athletes who had made the journey to Silverstone for a change in their Wednesday training routine. The setting provided a good speed training session with those serious athletes keeping their trainer tread warm in the pit lane from where the race starts.

Billy Mead, on good club qualifying form, took pole position from the start. He started to run out of fuel towards the end, but still beat his PB with 36.14, a fantastic effort. Andy was in second place on the grid and also on the circuit for the majority of the race, but blames his backup team for not displaying the board to let him know another Junior was hot on his tail. Jordan ran a negative split on his final lap to overtake Andy and secured 2nd step on the club podium with a PB of 36.20. Then there was an onslaught from the Inchelys, Andy and Tom taking the next two places and closing the team of four in 56th place. This shows the high quality of this event with the club placed 8th overall. read more

Marathon running has never been so popular and 13 club members tackled the 26.2 miles this spring. Legend has it that the marathon dates back to 490BC when some Greek bloke ran the 40km from Marathon to Athens to announce victory in a battle (there were no mobile phones in those days you see). Therefore every year, thousands of runners feel compelled to commemorate this feat of endurance running by subjecting themselves to the same mix of toil, sweat, dehydration, chafing, exhaustion, tears, and sunburn. read more