February Stag Trophy

Despite the February chill hitting Leighton Buzzard this week, thirteen gallant folk made their way to Parson's Close for the fourth race of this year's Stag trophy. With Warren looking to defend his lead at the top of the table he made sure he was present and was joined by most of the people chasing him in the table.

I think it's fair to say that Dave was a little caught out by the appearance of Kate Owens on the start line as she somehow managed to convince him that she wouldn't be quicker than 20 minutes for the 2.5 miles, despite the fact that she ran that pace for a marathon in October! As a result she was first over the finish line and gained a new PB by about ten seconds. Remarkably, Kate only just pipped Bianca Inchley in her second ever stag race as she took two and half minutes off her January time. read more

Watchless 4 – Take Two

Well, the standard of time predictions has improved hugely in the last few months. Twenty-two people ran this month's second version of the Watchless 4. Of those 22, 14 were within a minute of their predicted time, but 11 were within 20 seconds which is very impressive over the distance. The full results were;

Pos. 

Name 

Prediction 

Actual 

Difference 
1= Pete Mackrell 

24:30 

24:32 

+0:02 
1= Charlie Thompson 

30:00 

30:02 

+0:02 
3=  Billy Mead 

24:32 

24:37 

+0:05 
3=  Tom May 

30:00 

30:05 

+0:05 
5  Pete Watkins 

42:00 

41:54 

-0:06 
6 

Warren Rose 

27:00 

27:07 

+0:07 
7 Tom Inchley 

27:21 

27:30 

+0:09 
8=  Fiona Towell 

35:40 

35:26 

-0:16 
8=  Richard Inchley 

38:12 

37:58 

-0:14 
10  Tam Quinn 

27:00 

27:17 

+0:17 
11  Chris Williams 

31:03 

30:43 

-0:20 
12  Jordan Clay 

26:47 

26:19 

-0:28 
13  Chris Large 

36:00 

36:40 

+0:40 
14  Steph Nash 

37:00 

37:57 

+0:57 
15  Amy Inchley 

35:40 

34:30 

-1:10 
16  Deena Bland 

36:00 

37:11 

+1:11 
17  Dan Webb 

29:00 

30:45 

+1:45 
18  John Boulder 

35:00 

37:11 

+2:11 
19  Pat Neilan 

36:00 

33:45 

-2;15 
20  Charlie Mead 

29:00 

26:42 

-2:18 
21 

Darren Tadman 

36:21 

33:38 

-2:43 
22  Lorraine Holloway-McLean 

39:15 

45:06 

+5:51 

 So the results don't really tell the story. Pete walked the last ten yards because he "knew" he'd run too quick. Charlie went the wrong way and yet was two seconds out. Hopefully everyone enjoyed the event, but if someone else would like to take the lead on another variation to our Wednesday nights, please put your idea forward. read more

Social Events

Social Events 2014

At LBAC, every Wednesday night is a social event. After training, a large number of the club get showered and head off to The Swan in the town centre. It is a Wetherspoons pub so not glamorous but the food and drink are cheap and clearly we are all wonderful company so please remember that all members are welcome to come along for a post run beverage. 

Additionally there are a number of regular events held each year so make sure you have them in your diary:

Annual Bowling Evening – Friday 20th March read more

Outstanding at Luton

It was extremely cold on top of Wigmore Hill as the wind whistled across the park that sits next to the airport. Many participants would undoubtedly have been hoping to be on the flights taking travellers off to warmer climes. However, this didn't stop the best turn-out for a cross-country in many years and possibly ever!

Over fifty runners from our club made the short trip down the motorway to one of the flatter venues on the calendar. There were some excellent performances on the day, but as ever LBAC has achieved fantastic success by getting everyone out and giving fantastic support to each other throughout the event. read more

Bedfordshire XC Champs

This year’s combined Beds/Bucks Cross Country Championships were held at Campbell Park in Milton Keynes. There is a myth that Milton Keynes is completely flat, but those who have run at Campbell Park know this is not true. The undulating course became increasingly muddy as the day progressed making this one of the more challenging cross country races. Despite being depleted by various illnesses and injuries more befitting of an episode of Casualty, the club sill had 30 representatives in all. read more

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