Last Saturday saw Rod Lopez taking part in his first road race since joining the club by heading off down to Dorney Lake in Windsor for the Maxifuel half marathon. The conditions were perfect at about eight degrees and no wind at all on a very flat course around the Olympic rowing venue. the only issue was that it was 4.5 laps!

He started conservatively as it was really a fitness tester for his upcoming half Ironman, but as the race progressed Rod decided he felt pretty good and came home just eight seconds outside his PB in 1.32.10 and in 56^th place out of 359.

 While Rod was running a long way, Stuart was off being a lunatic in Worcestershire. I am always a little reluctant to write too much about Stuart's efforts as most of us have no points of reference for the mammoth challenges he loves, however, I will give you the facts and suggest you read his very interesting blog via the blog page.

The race was 12 hours, with the challenge being to complete as many 10K cross country laps as you can in that time! Stuart's first lap of 52 minutes put him in 7^th place out of the 27 individual men that entered, but after two laps he had moved into 5^th place, which where he stayed for the remainder of the event as he completed a further 8 laps for a total distance of around 62 miles in 11 hours and 15 minutes!