Blisworth 5

Friday 24th May saw an eager posse of 4 runners venture out to Blisworth for the annual 5 mile race on an undulating figure of 8 route deep in the Northamptonshire countryside. Jordan Clay, Charlie Mead, Aaron Carr and Chris Williams piled into the car and on the drive up encountered torrential rain and hail with the temperature dropping to 4 degrees; perfect summer series running weather!

 

Thankfully the rain had stopped with 2 minutes to spare before the start, the clouds cleared and the temperature rose slightly to give near perfect running conditions. Only the wind remained as a slight bugbear. read more

Round MK Relay

On Sunday, 24 intrepid members of LBAC braved the wilds around the edge of Milton Keynes to take on the Round MK relay. This is a four leg relay starting and finishing in Stony Stratford with 32 miles of variable terrain in between. Our six LBAC teams were split into approximately even teams so that ther could be some sort of race without it really mattering too much.

 A warm start to the day meant that those on legs one and two had the most heat to contend with, but that did balance out as they also had the best under foot conditions, with most of legs 3 and 4 being off road. read more

Silverstone 10K

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

Spring Marathon Review

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

London Marathon – 2014 Ballot

London Marathon – General Ballot
So after yesterday's London Marathon, the focus already turns to next year's race!

The general online ballot opens on Monday 29th April. We're not sure what time the ballot opens, they deliberately don't advertise it. Last year it opened at midnight!! It always fills up VERY quickly so if you intend to enter you have to do it early. Once you're in the ballot, it's fingers crossed!

Next year's race is on 13th April. Expect more details to emerge on the website during this week. (http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/) read more

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