Luton Marathon

On Sunday morning, three LBAC members travelled to Luton for the marathon and 3-stage relay. Tom May was the only runner attempting the full distance, in his 13th marathon (he thinks) with this one being only 4 weeks after his impressive run in the notoriously tough Beachy Head marathon. Tom never intended to take this one quite as seriously and on the day he decided to help pace LFR's Marion Wright around the course, helping her go sub-4 with both of them crossing the line in 3:58:04. A great effort from our gallant club captain, he's available to hire for all your marathon pacing needs! read more

Watford Chiltern League

The club had a good turnout for Watford, for a race in ideal conditions around Cassiobury Park. Of note was the huge increase in ladies running this week for the club. They almost matched the men’s numbers with ten competing over the undulating course. Three runners making their club debut in the league were Kelly Paine, Janet Dashwood and Lorraine Mclean who will all undoubtedly learn how to run cross-country as the winter season goes on.

 

The juniors were down on team members from the first event, but those that ran had excellent races to help the points tally. The under 13 boys contested the first race featuring Leighton runners and Owen Drabwell and Sam Nicholas had a fantastic battle all the way round with Owen reversing the order from Luton and that continues a great competition going into the next round between these two. They finished 12th and 14th respectively, backed up by Patrick Clay and Henry Mead who both improved their league standing by at least 10 places to bring the team home in 6th place overall. read more

Raising Club Funds

Mark Sammons has secured a fantastic opportunity for us to raise funds for LBAC by nominating us as one of the local clubs at Waitrose in Leighton Buzzard. Every time you purchase something from Waitrose (no minimum spend) you are given a green token and can choose to place it in one of three local organisations. We are up against the Fun Runners and Crusaders swimming clubs. So support the club, start your Christmas Shopping early at Waitrose and let your friends and families know!

Lightning Strikes Twice!

As we drove into Mansfield early in the afternoon this Saturday at the beginning of November, the heavens opened. Last season, we had lots of cold races, but managed to stay dry through all of them. This was not going to be the case today. Seven intrepid runners from Leighton had made the trip up to Berry Hill Park for what is an excellent event attracting a wide range of athletes from all over the country. For the second year running, Leighton had pulled together both a men's and ladies team for the event. read more

November Stag Trophy

The second Stag Trophy race of the season took place on a very mild night in Parsons Close this week. Eighteen club members took part this month with 9 senior men, 5 ladies and 4 juniors making up the field.

After the three laps the first person over the line by some distance was Chris Large who smashed his PB of two years ago by nearly two minutes to come home in 21:06. Second home was October's winner, Rod Lopez with another significant PB and he was chased home by Chris Norman in a very rare appearance on the Stag circuit. read more

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