County Champs

Sarah Plummer, battled hard in the U13s race and achieved an excellent 5th place in only her second race for the club. Owen Drabwell and Henry Mead ran well to achieve 14th and 23rd places respectively.

The U15 boys fielded a strong team lead by Jordan Clay in 5th, with a closely fought battle between the 3 other boys with Lloyd Milliken 10th, Joe 11th and Charlie 12th.

This result meant that they won the team silver medals. Billy Mead and Brian Foulger had a good race with Billy finishing in 9th, just ahead of Brian in 11th. Well done to all our runners for doing LBAC proud. read more

Other Running Events

This time of year also sees an increase in Road running and fun runs for juniors.We will advertise these on our notice board at training and include:

15th April Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers (see their website) have a free junior fun run following their 10K race starting around 12.00

7th May Watford: 3K for 10-14yrs, 10K for 15yrs+ See www.watford10k.org.uk

 

See our website, "Upcoming races" for details of all races in the coming months.

Presentation Night

We would like to thank all of you that attended the presentation and quiz evening on the 18th March it was a resounding success and all had a good time. There is a longer report in the main "News" section. Photos of the evening are in the "Gallery". Those of you that want copies of you receiving your awards with our very own European champion, please contact Mark Sammons.

A New British Record

Over the weekend our resident world number one, Gail went to the Masters National Championships at Lee Valley in North London. Having spent all winter traipsing through mud of various cross-country courses, it was a relief for her to be running fast around a track again.

On Saturday Gail ran in the 1500m which she considers a little too short but still won the W55 title by 14 seconds in 5.18 which equates to about a 5.50 mile. She claims she ran "like a headless chicken" but if that gets you national titles…..! On Sunday, 15 laps of 200m at 3.40mpk was the order of the day, but having burnt off all the opposition early on, Gail just missed out on her target time of 11.00 minutes for the 3000m. The 11.04 she actually clocked was still a British indoor record so not a bad day's work really! read more

Gade Valley 17

Every year, Gade Valley Harriers from hemel Mempstead put on three training runs in the lead up to the London marathon, of 12, 17 and 20 miles. The idea is that you get to run in a decent group with lots of people, aiming for the same target. They are not races as there is no number, timing or results, but you do get tea and cake for your £5!

Of the seven people who went along this weekend for the 17 miles, only Pete, Fred and Amy are building up to a Spring marathon but it was ideal to get out and about with company. The route is generally rural after the first 3 miles along the canal towpath and involves a few nasty hills that really make you work hard, but as far as a training run goes it is ideal. If anyone is considering a marathon next spring then these runs are certainly worth considering and very well organised despite the deliberate informality. read more

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