This is Getting Silly

Tom Inchley's whinging about the Stag reached an all-time high last season when he came second in one of the races; "I've been doing this b****y race for nearly 20 years and I still never won one!".

His mood would not have been improved last night as Katie Haylock romped to her third victory of the season in only her third ever race! Over the course of those three races she has gone from 20:02 to 18:43 and now 17:53 which is an improvement that is just about impossible to match. Yesterday, she crossed the finish line just as Liz Miller and Andy Inchley were entering the park in a battle for second place. the question now is whether Katie can continue on anything like this trajectory? read more

A Debutants Perspective

By Adam & Katie Haylock 

This was the perfect January Saturday with bright sunshine, 11 degrees and very little wind to take on the rugged Parliament Hill terrain. The journey went well, parking was fine, what could go wrong? As we were walking towards the start we bumped into Charlie and Jordan who had already run, only to inform us that they were so muddy they had to be hosed down outside before being allowed in the showers! Next was a glimpse of the start line, a massively wide start line narrowing into a muddy steep hill. We gathered at the top of the hill and started to kit up – spikes out, LBAC “uniform” on, beginning to focus on the challenge ahead. read more

January Stag

Why is it that when I don't make the Stag it is packed full of PB's? In October there were 7 and in the late January version there were 8!

The only person out of the first 9 finishers who didn't get a PB was Richard, who may be a little beyond the days of all-time PB's! First home on this occasion was Katie Haylock who has now run two Stags and won two Stags. She clearly has a good opportunity win the overall title but cannot afford to miss any more, with just three left.

Following Katie over the line was Charlie Mead who got a huge PB by around 40 seconds and is now on the hunt for the family record I am sure. Despite still suffering with broken ribs, Mark Haynes finished 3rd, just three seconds ahead on Jane Sauer who beat her PB from March 2011 with 17.10. Alex Britt took 5th place in 15.40 by just sneaking past Richard. read more

Jordan Finds Great Form

Back in the dim of distant past of the 2008/09 season, our team for the Slough December fixture consisted of six men (3 Vets), one junior and one senior (V55) lady. On the day we finished 7th in division 2, which was where we finished overall that season.

 

Some of the members of that team made the trip this weekend down to Slough and came away with a slightly different experience. Uncle Pete Watkins made one of his last CCCL appearances that day and earned a crucial nine points for the club, but on this occasion was able to put his full effort into being lead support on the day along with senior Inchley. read more

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