John O’Callaghan 5

On Friday evening four LBAC members went down to Luton for the first race in the Luton AC road race series, which was the John O'Callaghan 5. Jane Sauer intended to use the race as a gentle warm-up for the relay on the following day, but after going 1:30 minutes quicker than planned for the first mile just decided to race around. This was a pretty good idea in the end as she completed the course in 37:43 and earned herself a new PB.

Behind Jane, Dave Adams snuck out for his second race of the year and is clearly developing some serious pace off the back of all his day time training as he completed the course in 41:03, which is 8:12mpm. If we're not careful, he'll be out to win the Stag this year! read more

Weedon 10K

By Chris Williams

For the penultimate race of the East Midlands grand prix series, the three musketeers ventured off to Weedon, and arguably the most feared and daunting of all the series races. A 10k consisting of 8km of uphill and the last 2km of serious downhill!

It was always going to be Pat's race, having won his age category at Harborough last week, even his warm up this week took in some of hills of the course! In fact the only thing that caused him concern was where to hide the car key; at one point both he and Richard were underneath the front of the car looking for a suitable hiding place! read more

Cross Country Dates

The dates for all of this winter's cross-country fixtures have been released. Please put them in your diaries now! All of these are team events and we had great success last year by getting as many runners attending as we possibly could. They are also pretty good fun and are the main occasions in the year where we compete alongside the junior athletes in the club.

The December date is even more important than usual as five of the regular scoring team will be missing the event due to the club trip to Lanzarote. Sorry! read more

Marston Forest 5K

Last Friday night saw the running of the Marston Forest 5K around the forest that is located between Milton Keynes and Bedford. The club only had two entries in the race organised by Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers.

Whilst many people will not know Helen Crossland, she has been out representing the club at quite a few races this year and on this occasion made her way around the 3.1 mile course in 33:35 and made the top 300.

Simon Coombes has been focusing in recent months on the shorter races that are around and is getting quicker and quicker, despite approaching veteran status! On this cool damp night, the conditions suited Simon perfectly and he took the lead very early on and never looked back. Throughout the race Simon gradually pulled away from the rest of the field crossed the finishing line in a fantastic 15:57, nearly 30 seconds ahead ahead of his nearest challenger. read more

Greensand Ridge Relay

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

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