Watford Chiltern League

The club had a good turnout for Watford, for a race in ideal conditions around Cassiobury Park. Of note was the huge increase in ladies running this week for the club. They almost matched the men’s numbers with ten competing over the undulating course. Three runners making their club debut in the league were Kelly Paine, Janet Dashwood and Lorraine Mclean who will all undoubtedly learn how to run cross-country as the winter season goes on.

 

The juniors were down on team members from the first event, but those that ran had excellent races to help the points tally. The under 13 boys contested the first race featuring Leighton runners and Owen Drabwell and Sam Nicholas had a fantastic battle all the way round with Owen reversing the order from Luton and that continues a great competition going into the next round between these two. They finished 12th and 14th respectively, backed up by Patrick Clay and Henry Mead who both improved their league standing by at least 10 places to bring the team home in 6th place overall. read more

Raising Club Funds

Mark Sammons has secured a fantastic opportunity for us to raise funds for LBAC by nominating us as one of the local clubs at Waitrose in Leighton Buzzard. Every time you purchase something from Waitrose (no minimum spend) you are given a green token and can choose to place it in one of three local organisations. We are up against the Fun Runners and Crusaders swimming clubs. So support the club, start your Christmas Shopping early at Waitrose and let your friends and families know!

Lightning Strikes Twice!

As we drove into Mansfield early in the afternoon this Saturday at the beginning of November, the heavens opened. Last season, we had lots of cold races, but managed to stay dry through all of them. This was not going to be the case today. Seven intrepid runners from Leighton had made the trip up to Berry Hill Park for what is an excellent event attracting a wide range of athletes from all over the country. For the second year running, Leighton had pulled together both a men's and ladies team for the event. read more

November Stag Trophy

The second Stag Trophy race of the season took place on a very mild night in Parsons Close this week. Eighteen club members took part this month with 9 senior men, 5 ladies and 4 juniors making up the field.

After the three laps the first person over the line by some distance was Chris Large who smashed his PB of two years ago by nearly two minutes to come home in 21:06. Second home was October's winner, Rod Lopez with another significant PB and he was chased home by Chris Norman in a very rare appearance on the Stag circuit. read more

Beachy Head Marathon

By Tom May 

Saturday 22nd October saw dry and bright and sunny weather conditions in Eastbourne ahead of the Beachy Head Marathon 2011. At 8 degrees it was also ideal temperature for marathon running so normally this would result in fast times. However the Beachy Head event is different in a number of ways compared to most other marathons, it is still the standard distance of 26.2 miles like London or New York however it is off road and very hilly as the course takes in many of the challenging gradients the South Downs has to offer. read more

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