Leighton Buzzard Athletic Club

In clearing out his cupboards before moving house recently, long standing member Dave Crawley came across some old records, one of which was the the Hatch End 5 results from 1982!

In that race LBAC had six people running under 28 minutes, including club vice president Geoff Roe and former club captain, secretary, chairman and now triathlon club member Steve Goodlad. However, the most notable point was that first home for the club was Dave Walsh, whose 24:52 is actually a club record. These days there are not many people in the club who can run one 4:58 mile, let alone 5 back to back! read more

Last Tuesday night saw six LBAC members make their way over to the stadium at Bedford for the third race in the East Midlands Grand Prix Series and the Bedford 6.

It is a slightly unusual distance, being just short of 10K but the race is very long standing and was supported this year by 324 runners on a glorious warm evening. The route goes around Priory Park and is extremely flat, with the one hill being a bridge over the A421, which is done both on the way out and back.

The ever improving Helen Crossland has a very good run, despite a fall in the first 100m. She was too busy reading the sign that said "Careful! Hump in Road" and fell over the hump! Despite this incident she completed the course in just over 56 minutes, which means that she was nearer to 9 minute miling than 10. read more

We are holding a 6-week “Introduction to Running” course beginning Wednesday 23rd May, meeting at the entrance of Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre at 7.15pm.

If you've never run before, or not for a long time, our beginner course is just for you. It is designed for those of you who would like to learn to run, for fun and fitness. No experience is necessary, just a sense of humour, and a willingness to have a go! We don’t put any pressure on anybody and never judge anyone by their level of fitness. If we can get a few more men and women jogging than walking then the course will have been a success! read more

This Wednesday saw the first of the East Midlands Grand Prix races take place at Silverstone with two laps of the track making up the 10K route. Six club members went up to the circuit on the Northants and Bucks border.

It was a muggy night, despite the strong breeze and steady drizzle and the order of the day was to tuck in and try to keep an even pace all the way. In her first ever 10K Bianca Inchley did exactly that as she aimed for running six minute kilometres all the way and tracked Helen Crossland who has already achieved consecutive personal bests over the distance this year. read more