29 April run

April continues to be kind – another bright evening. 3 out on short, 2 on long and 1 on a hybrid course. 3 returning in just under 30 mins.

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We’re back!

After a hiatus of over a year, 4 came out this evening (22 Apr 2021) – 2 on a hybrid course and 2 on long. A beautiful sunny evening. It looks like we’ve at least maintained our fitness!

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An interruption

The current lockdown means no group runs for the time being. We’re still going out for out once-a-day exercise though, modifying routes and times as necessary:

21 Mar: Hodson’s out on a lovely sunny Saturday morning 1 on short and one doing summer long variation. Times 30.31 and 40.4 respectively.

24 Mar: [HC] Solo run starting and ending at home, earlier on Tuesday evening. Not many people around. 29m23s for Short, though only 4.93km against usual 5.06km.

26 Mar: [DD] The usual long loop but starting and ending at home – 29:34 time.

28 Mar: [VH] Early morning, short starting and finishing at Reddings and including Woodlands Rise -31.33

29 Mar: [DHx2] Alternative long winter run from our front door via town and Digswell road. 7.5km in 35.1

31 Mar: [DD] Clock change and a lovely sunny afternoon/evening, so back to the summer long green run – 34:32

31 Mar: [VH] No extra loops tonight. Finding it a lot harder without the incentive of a stop at Campus West post run – 29.6

31 Mar: [HC] A bit of extra distance to get the short above 5km (actually 5.12km). Had to do a final sprint to deliver a time of 30m00s precisely.
Psychologically difficult to get close to Campus West with the long Guessens Road / Handside Lane loop in prospect rather than a half of cider.

4th Apr: [VH & DH] Who needs parkrun, early morning summer short and long routes 29.1 at 5km and 38.5 for long

7th Apr: [DD] – Another early long green run, and warm enough for shorts… 34:05 – so a bit faster than last week.

8 Apr: [HC] Tried out a new route involving the long drag up Valley Road. Still managing to keep below 6mins/km.

9 Apr: [DHx2] Uplands long and hilly 34.75 slightly quicker than previous week

12 Apr: [VH] Regular short with one extra loop 31.3 Quite pleased with that post Easter egg!

14 Apr: [DD] Just the short course run this afternoon – probably overdid it over the long weekend! 22:58, starting/finishing at the bottom of the road.

15 Apr: [HC] Joint outing with Jill. She briskly walked the core route while I ran a similar route, but with extra loops in the style of the Long course. I beat her by 4 minutes and only met once, so a tweak to my route is needed.

16 Apr: [DD] Back to the long, green run and another small improvement – 33:50.

18 Apr: [DH & VH] Summer green run long with extra loop around north lake 8km in 39.8 and short 5km in 29.1

21 Apr: [DD] Something a bit different tonight – visiting all the local postboxes. Surprisingly similar to the usual Tuesday loop. 15 postboxes, 8.35k, 41:43.

23 Apr: [VH] Summer Green Short 29.0. Also did Postbox challenge on Monday and loved it, shall be trying it again next week.

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17 March run

The first run after the Covid-19 restrictions and the suspension of the O-events programme. We kept at least a metre apart. Dead heat for the Long and Short courses.

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10 March run

3 on long and 4 on short. Very mild, but windy. No records

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3 March run

Just 3 out tonight – 1 on long, 2 on short, and all definitely still recovering from Sunday’s exertions…

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25 February run

A cool but dry evening. A good crowd tonight – 4 on the short course (although only 1 managed to stick to the correct route!) and 4 on the long.

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18 February run

Avoided the rain tonight, so only wet under-foot. Four out, 2 on long and 2 on short, with everybody doing the Reddings Loop!

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11 February run

6 out tonight on a cool, breezy but starry evening. 3 on long, 3 on short.

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4 February run

A fine but cool evening. 3 on short (with 2 doing variations) and 3 on long (1 doing a modified route).

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