Leighton Buzzard Athletic Club

So Tom has announced the teams for Greensand Ridge relay. There are four teams taking part in the cross Bedfordshire race on the 25th June. The route goes from the Waterside Park in Leighton Buzzard to the lovely village of Northill near Sandy and more specifically the Crown Inn.

Following the race all the competitors gather for a pint and a barbeque in the pub where the presentations are also done. On that basis, the more people who stick with the race to the finish the better the atmosphere at the end. read more

Four members of LBAC dusted off their passports on Tuesday evening for the sixth race in the East Midlands Grand Prix Series as they made their way right up to rural Leicestershire for the Harborough 5.

Last week's trio of Richard Inchley, Pat Neilan & Chris Williams were joined for this race by Andy Inchley for his second race of the series. With Richard and Pat competing for the leading series places in the V65 category, Chris and Andy were just out to improve on times from other races and take in a different part of the world at the same time. read more

Tuesday 7th June saw the fifth event of eight in the East Midlands Grand Prix Series take place in Banbury with their long running five mile race. On what is a reasonably fast course in rural Oxfordshire the race was won in just under 25 minutes.

Leighton had three people taking part on this occasion, with the Pat Neilan once again setting a new club record in the V65 category. This was much to the frustration of Richard Inchley who also beat John Adam's mark of 40:10 by fifteen seconds and was pleased with completing the course at under 8 minute mile pace, despite his claimed lack of training, although a week at Club La Santa always helps! read more

This Sunday saw the running of the Whipsnade 10K and Fun Run around the grounds the zoo in South Bedfordshire. The race also doubled as the county championships for this year.

There were four senior members taking part in the 10K and four juniors in the fun run. On the Fun Run front, eight year old Owen Lindars finished 12^th in 9:38 with nobody under the age of 9 in front of him and on this occasion took the family honours as sister Jade finished 29^th in 10:13. Only just behind Jade were Fiona's children Sadie and Scott Towell who finished together in 40^th & 41^st out of 189, in a time of 10:35. read more