There were some great performances at the weekend in some very tough muddy conditions. In the Ouse Valley Way Marathon Andy Barber came 18th overall and he was 3rd MV50! Shirley Fowler found the going tough but still finished in 5:00:22, after running 5.76 miles in the Round Norfolk Relay, and running a marathon the week before. Michelle Brazier Gardner also ran a marathon the week before and was about 7 minutes quicker this week (5:21:32)!
A great time was had by all at the Round Norfolk Relay, and the team finished in 27th place out of 61 teams. Bryan Rootes had an excellent run, he was 10th fastest on his stage and 5th fastest in his age category. He also had the best age performance score from Haverhill. Trev Bunch was 15th fastest on his stage and also 5th in his age category. Alex Smith was 21st fastest on his stage and 1st in his age category! Karen Martin was 4th fastest in her age category.
Sarah Stuppell was the only runner to move up the PB league this week. She got a PB at the Gorleston parkrun, taking 1min 4seconds off her previous best!
The Hatfield Forest Half Marathon was like a 13.1 mile cross country run, which Grace Judge and Cherilyn Lane thoroughly enjoyed as can be seen in the photo below.
Ross Arnold completed the Harvest Trail Half Marathon in 2:22:13. He’s planning on getting a PB on an easier course in Ipswich next week.
Maria Reed was first Haverhill runner in the Shelford 5K fun run. Josh Iron did well after cycling 21 miles to the race and missing the start by 10 minutes!
John Nevin impressively competed in the World Triathlon Championships in Rotterdam. He finished 36th out of 46 starters in his age category.

Check out all the results here:

http://www.roundnorfolkrelay.com/results_main_page.htm
http://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2017_itu_world_triathlon_grand_final_rotterdam/318931
https://haverhillrunningclub.com/results-2017-2/
https://haverhillrunningclub.com/pb-league-2017/

The next Beginner’s course with Haverhill Running Club will be starting in…

28 September 2017

About the Course

The 10-week course has been put together with the aim of introducing you to running in a safe and enjoyable way. It will start with some gentle walk/jog sessions, and hopefully by the end you will be able to run 5 kilometres (just over 3 miles). Along the way you’ll be given advice on footwear and clothing and shown some stretches to help you stay injury free.

The course lasts for 10-weeks. We’ll meet each week at the Sport Centre at 19:30 every Thursday. The course costs £30 including Run England membership, and a HRC gift.

What do I need?

You don’t need lots of kit to start running, but it’s important that you’re comfortable in what you’re wearing. If it’s raining you may want a shower-proof jacket (about £10 from JJB or Sports Direct). You can buy perfectly good running clothing quite cheaply from big chains like JJB or Sports Direct (Cambridge Retail Park). You don’t need special trainers to get started, you won’t be running long distances just yet. A running shoe is best but cross-trainers like you would wear to the gym would also be fine to get you started. If you want to spend a bit more there are some very good specialist stores in Cambridge where they will assess your foot type by getting you to run on a treadmill (Sweatshop, Up & Running and Advance Performance all offer this service).

Who leads the course?

The course will be led by qualified coaches from Haverhill Running Club. They’re all experienced runners now, but they were beginners themselves once upon a time.

What happens after the course?

At the end of the 10-week course you’ll have the chance to take part in a 5K challenge event. This will be an opportunity for you to see what a difference 10 weeks can make! The running club has groups for all abilities and you can continue your running in one of those groups after the course. If you wanted to take up this option you would need to join the club as a full member, currently £25 per year.

“So a year ago today my sister suggested we sign up for the HRC beginners course. I thought she was mental and I think my exact response began with an f and ended with an off. However I could see it was something she really wanted to do so I felt my big sister obligation kick in. So I signed up, expecting to hate every minute. It certainly wasn’t something I was going to continue with once the course was completed. Little did I know I would actually turn out to love it! Best thing I ever did. Perhaps I should listen to my sister more often lol.”

Gemma Evans 2015 beginner

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Have you any other questions…

When: Tuesday 6:30pm
Where: Castle Manor
Who: Carol Le Roy-Tickner​
What: Accelerated hills – a really great twist on standard hill reps. Your pace increases periodically throughout the rep to increase stamina and strength. It also is great for helping with speed when your legs are tiring towards the top of those pesky hills!

When: Tuesday 7:30pm
Where: meet at Leisure Centre
Who: Yusuf Firat​ and team
What:Pyramid session – see Yusufs post for the full run-down (no pun intended)

When: Thursday 7pm
Where: meet at Leisure Centre
Who: Run leaders please comment here or message me if you can lead a group as Nigel is away this week. So far Dave Greenham​ has kindly volunteered for the 12 min mile group, Mark White – 8 min mile
What: Club run

Races this week:
23rd – Clare Parkrun trial run – there are a few people going so it should be a good event!
24th: Great East Run – Ipswich Half Marathon
Maldon Half
Pleshey and Essex Half
Kings Forest trail marathon and half marathon

Enjoy!!

The next Beginner’s course with Haverhill Running Club will be starting in…

28 September 2017

About the Course

The 10-week course has been put together with the aim of introducing you to running in a safe and enjoyable way. It will start with some gentle walk/jog sessions, and hopefully by the end you will be able to run 5 kilometres (just over 3 miles). Along the way you’ll be given advice on footwear and clothing and shown some stretches to help you stay injury free.

The course lasts for 10-weeks. We’ll meet each week at the Sport Centre at 19:30 every Thursday. The course costs £30 including Run England membership, and a HRC gift.

What do I need?

You don’t need lots of kit to start running, but it’s important that you’re comfortable in what you’re wearing. If it’s raining you may want a shower-proof jacket (about £10 from JJB or Sports Direct). You can buy perfectly good running clothing quite cheaply from big chains like JJB or Sports Direct (Cambridge Retail Park). You don’t need special trainers to get started, you won’t be running long distances just yet. A running shoe is best but cross-trainers like you would wear to the gym would also be fine to get you started. If you want to spend a bit more there are some very good specialist stores in Cambridge where they will assess your foot type by getting you to run on a treadmill (Sweatshop, Up & Running and Advance Performance all offer this service).

Who leads the course?

The course will be led by qualified coaches from Haverhill Running Club. They’re all experienced runners now, but they were beginners themselves once upon a time.

What happens after the course?

At the end of the 10-week course you’ll have the chance to take part in a 5K challenge event. This will be an opportunity for you to see what a difference 10 weeks can make! The running club has groups for all abilities and you can continue your running in one of those groups after the course. If you wanted to take up this option you would need to join the club as a full member, currently £25 per year.

“So a year ago today my sister suggested we sign up for the HRC beginners course. I thought she was mental and I think my exact response began with an f and ended with an off. However I could see it was something she really wanted to do so I felt my big sister obligation kick in. So I signed up, expecting to hate every minute. It certainly wasn’t something I was going to continue with once the course was completed. Little did I know I would actually turn out to love it! Best thing I ever did. Perhaps I should listen to my sister more often lol.”

Gemma Evans 2015 beginner

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Have you any other questions…

GP Update for July and August.

There were two main GP races in July and August with 23 HRC runners competing in the Newmarket 10k and 76 runners at the Kevin Henry Cambridge and Coleridge event.

With seven races still to go, more people will start fulfilling the 7 race criteria. At the moment the leader of the men is Yusif Firat followed by Andy Barber and Michael Gilbert. The women are currently led by Teresa Franklin, followed by Cheryl Trundle and Shirley Fowler. The next races include the Ipswich half, Abbington 10k and the Great Eastern run followed by our very own Thurlow races which I am sure will see a great HRC turnout.

I have attached a full table of results so far.Please let me know via email if you think something needs correcting, andy.barber.m@gmail.com.

Andy

Current standings 15.09.17

Michael Gilbert has been breaking records again! This time it’s the club 10K record which was set 16 years ago! Michael ran 33:41 taking almost 2 minutes off his previous best! He did this in the Greater Cambridge 10K and came 3rd in the race.
Alex Smith also had a great race, he ran 35:48 PB and finished in 9th place. This time puts Alex in 7th place on the club records and moves him joint 2nd in the PB league on 10 PB’s.
Tony Bacon also got a PB running for Saffron Striders, he is now top outright in the PB league.
Jo Vickery ran her best ever 10K 59:17, as did Karina Hunt 1:05:56 taking 2:42 off her previous best!
In the Great North Run, Sil Clay was first Haverhill to finish 2:01:07. Steve Oglesby was not far behind running a PB of 2:02:33.
In the Thetford Marathon Simon Wallis ran 4:31:20, Shirley Fowler 4:44:58 and Michelle Brazier Gardner 5:28:17.
The Millers ran the Budapest Half Marathon with Peter finishing in 1:23:35 in 89th place.
Ioulian Iordanov ran his ran his first 10 mile race at Swineshead 1:20:18. Hayley Wilson ran the Felixstowe 10 mile race in 1:44:39.
Check out the rest of the results here:
https://haverhillrunningclub.com/results-2017-2/
https://haverhillrunningclub.com/club-records-2/
https://haverhillrunningclub.com/pb-league-2017/

Where: Castle Manor
When: Tuesday, 6:30
Who: Andrew Bell​
What: Reps – details to follow

Where: Leisure Centre
When: Tuesday, 7:30
Who: Yusuf Firat​ and team
What: 400m reps near the leisure centre – see Yusufs post for more info

Where: Leisure Centre
When: Thursday, 7pm
Who: Leaders to be confirmed
What: Club run

N.B there is a committee meeting on Tuesday evening. If you have anything you would like discussing please let someone know! Andrew Bell Karen Martin​ Jo Vickery​ Stephen Reyes​, Hayley Wilson​, Carol Le Roy-Tickner​, Bill Banner​, Stuart Sheppherd

Events this week:
Round Norfolk Relay!!!
Shelford 5k
Ouse valley Way Half
Hatfield Forest half