April 2016

 

 

 

 

Represented Northbrook in an event recently?

Mail your results to results@northbrookac.org.uk

 

 

Featured events this month:

• Thames Path 100
• London Marathon
• Stratford Marathon
• Stratford Half-Marathon
• Flitwick 10k
• Brighton Marathon
• Regency 10k
• Antwerp Marathon
• Manchester Marathon
• A Coventry Way 40 Miles Trail Run
• Warwick Half-Marathon
• Paris Marathon
• Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile
• Midland 6-stage Women's Road Relays
• Midland 12-stage Road Relays
• Bath Beat Marathon

Thames Path 100 - 30 April

100 miles from Richmond, London to Oxford following the Thames river through Windsor, Henley & Reading among other places. The organisation by Centurion Running was excellent as usual. Conditions were good for the most part though temperatures dropped to near freezing in the night with a thick mist reducing visibility to only a couple of metres at times. Although the cut-off to finish was 28 hours, we both received the sought after "100 miles in one day" buckle for bringing it in under 24 hours - Tony

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London Marathon - 24 April

Sarah was going for a world record
for the fastest female elf.

Waiting for it to be verified.

 

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Stratford Marathon - 24 April

Four Northbrookers out in Stratford with good conditions for both the half-and the full Marathon races. The full Marathonwas two laps, with the second slightly extended. A very well organised event and a slightly lumpy course gave two of us PB's - Spencer

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Flitwick 10k - 17 April

84

Simon Jones

42:37

PB

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Brighton Marathon - 17 April

Once again the weather gods were on our side and we were due a sunny day with a light breeze, perfect weather conditions for the 17 Northbrookers and friends to run this very popular marathon, which seems to be establishing itself as a firm favourite among many of us.
The route was lined with thousands of cheering crowds, along with the Northbrook support crew doing their best to keep us motivated at every opportunity. For Clare, Simon and Allison it was their debut at the marathon distance and they certainly showed some of us how it should be done.  For others, it was our umpteenth attempt at the distance but still we ran as best we could.  PB's were taken by storm and even an 'age group' win was clocked up.  The run itself seemed to pass quite quickly before we all met up on the beach to dunk our legs in the sea to ease our weary muscles (or just topple over completely like Adrian decided to do). And then we moved on for the usual celebratory drink and debrief. In short, a great run with great running buddies who all put in impressive times and efforts.  Roll on next year - Sarah

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Regency 10k - 17 April

An early start and a very sunny day met the 19 Northbrookers at Leamington Spa for the Regency 10K. Conditions underfoot were not the same as the weather above, as the first 4km felt more like a cross-country race than the Regency.
Once past the golf course the gaps opened up on the roads and left us all to finish in style - Spencer

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Antwerp Marathon - 17 April

702

Robert Barry

3:39:37

PB

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Manchester Marathon - 10 April

2126	Mark Baker		3:35:02
	Helen Wyatt		3:46:51	PB
4520	Andrew Pitt		4:02:27
4814	Cliff Evans		4:07:11
6296	Joanne Stacey		4:28:33
6556	Julie Liggett		4:32:05	PB
6944	Rachel Liggett		4:39:28

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A Coventry Way 40 Miles Trail Run - 3 April

30	Amy Burdis		8:15:00
44	Claudie Combelas		8:39:00
51	Paul Robbins		8:52:00
65	David Storer		9:18:00
154	Gavin Lambers		13:33:00
155	Tara Lambert		13:33:00

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Warwick Half-Marathon - 3 April

99	James Joyce		1:32:47
138	Andrew McConville		1:35:25

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Paris Marathon - 3 April

 

 

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Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile - 3 April

This was the last race in the series and it was a warm one. Only 3 Northbrookers (and one supporting Northbrooker and one supporting crew) made it over to Chelmsley Wood this month. Other events (local and international) had an impact on every club's attendance this month. It was a sunny morning which suited the supporters rather than the runners. For me, my relay legs kicked in half way round and took away everything I had going for me. Tony just got stronger and kept pulling away. One to look forward to next winter - Spencer

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Midland 6-stage Women's Road Relays - 2 April

Ten ladies raced at the Sutton relays. There were many good individual performances, which led to a final position of 34th for our complete team. Thanks to all who raced, especially Claudie and Amy who used this race as part of their tapering, ahead of running the Coventry Way the following day - Clare

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Midland 12-stage Road Relays - 2 April

Spring Relays were anxiously met as my first club event as Men's Captain. The weather in the morning was rainy, making me dread turning on the phone to see the latest batch of withdrawals. I was pleasantly met with one guy out and one guy wanting to run ... result. So two full teams entered and turned up with one reserve on the day (Paul Robbins) who was more than happy to be a non-runner. We did use the event to showcase Northbrook to some new faces and hopefully encourage them to come back and carry on running for us. Overall the club had 5 new faces running for the men and 2 new faces running for the ladies. The weather turned glorious and we all went about our stage runs as and when required. It was more hilly than I remembered, and the long leg certainly felt longer than remembered. The mass start at 4:15 gave us 7 members out at once so competition between them was certainly visible with our latest 2 recruits (Seb and Dale) putting in some fantastic efforts.

Overall, two complete teams finished for Northbrook and with all the last minute changes I was very proud of every one of our runners - well done  and thank you guys.

We will be back for the autumn relays but, more importantly, don't forget to sign up now for THE HILLY 100 - Spencer

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Bath Beat Marathon - 2 April

Tony Bowe

5:59:00