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Bulletin for W/C  22/11/21 – Please read me! Contains important dates

Thursday Club Night Leaders

  • 7 min – Mark West
  • 8 min – Hannah Hamilton
  • 9 min – Mike Bennewitz
  • 10 min – Steve Dimond
  • 12 min(5k) – Carol Mosses
  • Walking – tbc (All our good wishes to Val who is having a hip replacement this week)

For your safety, please wear a Hi-Viz top. Head torches are highly recommended and the majority of people are now using them and we would like to see everyone following this safety code.

Tea Rota

  • 25/11 – Adam Culverhouse
  • 02/12 – Annette Abbott

Thanks to Val for doing the tea last Thursday and missing her walk. The person down for Tea did not turn up or arrange a replacement. Please check for your name on the rota sent out recently (28/10). If you are unable to make that date please arrange for somebody to take your place.

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  1. Club Xmas Lights Run & Food – Thursday 16th December

Could everyone planning to come to the ‘Xmas Lights Run & Food’ please complete the poll by Fri 3rd December. We have 35 replies so far. The event is always very popular and this number is lower than a regular Thursday. Please complete the poll to let us know you are coming and about your dietary needs / food allergies so we get the catering right. Xmas Lights Food  The food is provided free to club members. For those new to the club the traditional ‘Xmas Lights Run’ is where everyone runs from Thornbury Cricket Club to see the Xmas lights. When we get back to the club house there are showers before food is served.   FAQ:s

Q1: I want to go a bit further / faster than the main group. A: This is what normally happens and smaller groups do loops to re-join the main group. We need to arrive back at the same time to get showered.

Q2: I cannot make the run but would like to join for the food. A: That’s fine, this is a club social event we’d love to see you there.

  1. Riverbank Rollick – Sunday 16th January

Thank you to those who have already volunteered to help. We have 29 volunteers and need at least 60 to deliver the event successfully. From the three club events we make a profit which allows us to fund ‘Run & Rehydrate’, ‘Xmas Light Run’ food, pay individuals cross country entry fees, % on T-shirts, EA membership subsidy etc. We ask members not to enter the event but to join in as marshals. There may be roles that can be completed in advance, allowing some people to enter. Please let us know your availability to marshal by completing the poll at  Riverbank Rollick Please complete the poll by Friday 3rd December at the latest. Thank you. No need to complete if you have already e-mailed or messaged Jo previously. We will be organising a Sunday run over (most of) the course on a date close to the event for those who want the mud experience and to see where their Marshal points are.

  1. parkrun of the Month – last of the year!

Last Club parkrun for 2021 is on 4th December at Severn Bridge. Hope to see you all there resplendent in club colours.

  1. Cross Country – Gloucester League December

Further changes in the Gloucester Cross Country League. The rearranged event that was moved from 19th to 12th December has now been cancelled and the race series reduced to 3 races. There will however be a short course event on 19th Dec (also date of Pete Mainstone Challenge Chippenham Shortest Day 10k). The short course event will not count towards the Club’s Cross Country championship. If you require a refund from the Club for the last XC event, please submit an e-mail request to Mike mikeben@blueyonder.co.uk by 26th Nov please. All details will be on the TRC Cross Country WhatsApp group.

  1. Pete Mainstone Challenge

Two events to go in the 2021-22 Pete Mainstone Challenge.

  • 19th December Chippenham Shortest Day 10k
  • 27th Feb – Challenge Finale – Pontypool Park 10k (Pete’s personal pick!)

Full results to date can be found on the TRC website: https://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk/racing/members-results/rr-champs-results-2010-2/results-2021/

  1. EA Run Coaching Programme –  Session #3 30th November

We are still hoping to be able to hold the third of our EA supported coaching sessions with Kerry Newell on 30th November. We have a possible venue and trying to get confirmation. If we don’t hear by Monday 22nd we will postpone. Will send update on the two coaching WhatsApp group (Aztec and TLC) once the date and venue are confirmed.

  1. Other Dates for your Diary
  • Sunday 12th December – Traditional Christmas Wotton-Under-Edge run
  • Thursday 16th December – Xmas lights run and food. If you want to join in please click here Xmas Lights Food  
  • Monday 20th December – Lunch at the Anchor Morton. See Richard Illingworth if interested
  • Saturday 8th January – Glos County XC Champs at Cotswold Farm Park
  1. Club Nights

Please don’t attend if you have any COVID symptoms or are self-isolating. For the latest list of COVID symptoms please see:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/main-symptoms/#symptoms

If you have tested positive for COVID please follow Government guidelines regarding isolation, which is currently 10 days, and do not attend the Club. Once your isolation period is completed we would kindly ask you to take a lateral flow test which returns a negative result before attending Club.

21/11/21

 

Events, Members, Results

race reports w/e 7th and 14th November

Saturday 6th November meant it was time for the club’s parkrun of the month – held on this occasion at Berkeley Green.   Even if the grounds of a discontinued nuclear power station stretches the definition of ‘park’ to breaking point, it is still a great venue with a fast and flat course. 

Berkeley Green also attracts some fast runners chasing PBs, but none could top TRC’s dynamic duo of Taryn Roberts and Sean Leadbetter.    Taryn was first female finisher, and 9th overall in 21:06.    Her age-adjusted time was 0.06% better than Sean’s which is a fact that absolutely nobody will be interested in, but it does amuse the inner-Stato in me.   Sean was runaway first finisher in 18:43, and the only man under 19 minutes- all the more impressive after the gruelling cross-country race of the week before.   

There was a fine turnout from TRC members, and it was lovely to see the team photo posted up on Facebook.  There’s not enough room to list everyone, but special mention to Jonathan Hall in 15th place, and 22:40; Kevin Arnold in a fine top-20 finish in a shade over 23 minutes; Chris Studley in a high 60% plus age-graded time; plus Tom Witherbed, glad to be back on terra firma after the mud of Ciren, with a new course PB of 26:34.    For the women, Ashleigh Ferris missed her course PB by fractions (27:30); Emma Pritchard ran a strong 28:38.   Well done also to Karen Carr and Kathy Willott who both recorded age-grade scores in the high 60s.

Last Saturday saw a rare running of the Thornbury parkrun in November.   The Mundy playing fields is a wonderful location, but sadly it drains as slowly as the kitchen sink in Withnail and I, meaning winter cancellations are pretty frequent.   So TRC members took advantage of a dry week of weather, perhaps mindful that this could be it until the Spring.

It’s always exciting to see new members improve week by week.   However Asten Haynes seems to be the sort of runner who somehow gets fitter during a run.  His progress is extraordinary, and he coasted to a first place finish in 18:56 – the sort of the time you usually only see on the hard ground of the summer, and even then rarely.   Ben Bohane was close by in third place in 19:12.  Ben seems to be racing each weekend which is remarkable, and has shown his flexibility in marathons, 10ks, cross-country and parkruns in the last two months alone.  I don’t know where he gets his remarkable endurance from, although he does have young children, so it is possible that he expends less energy racing at 6-min mile pace than he does chasing after excited children on a weekend morning.  It was also great to see Carol Mosses back racing after an injury lay-off.  She ran alongside Karen Broadbent, finishing just outside 40 minutes.

Simon Pinnington went over to Wotton to try out the cross-country course ahead of the (now sadly cancelled) second Glos League race.   Wotton is also hilly, muddy and uneven, so his time of 20:19 is an excellent one.   Proof of that was his second place overall, and I hope he will forgive me for pointing out that it is extremely rare for a V50 to finish in second place in any parkrun given the quality of the local running scene.  Fantastic run, Simon.

However even Asten and Simon might need to doff their Timberland trail caps to Hannah Hamilton who stormed to a first place finish, plus an incredible 8th overall at Chipping Sodbury in a shade over 21 minutes.   Chipping Sodbury regularly gets 250-300 runners, so to win her race is a fantastic achievement.

Notwithstanding these heroic parkrun efforts, the club’s DNA is really out on the trails.    Nick Williams was the winner of the CTS Gower Ultra, a 32 mile race including large parts of the Welsh coastal path, and nearly 4000 ft of climbing.   Nick completed that race at an average speed of under 8 and a half minutes per mile, a pace many of us would be happy to hit on a flat road run a fifth of the distance.  

Finally the Sodbury Slog returned, complete with mud, mud, glorious mud!   There was yet another strong turnout from TRC members.   Sean Leadbetter led the way with a 12th place finish in a high-quality men’s race.   He finished in 1 hr and 8 mins, and anything under the 80 minute mark is very fast on that brute of a route.  Ian Evans also made it home under that time, and just missed out on a top 20 age-category finish.   Melanie Wilson was 24th in her age category, running 1hr 35.    Kevin Cundy ran 1hr 43.    Ian Hoffman beat the 2hr mark by 20 seconds; Hugh Mcpherson missed it by 20 seconds, but he was consoled by a top-25 age category finish.   Judy Mills was in her element on those trails and was the only TRC runner to get on the virtual podium, recording a brilliant third place overall in her age category.

Events, Members, News

TRC Bulletin for W/C Monday 15th November

Thursday Club Night Leaders

  •   7 min – Rob Watkins
  •  8 min – Jo Emerson
  •  9 min – Jerry Clothier
  •  10 min – Arthur Renshaw
  • 12 min(5k) – Amel
  • Walking – Val James

For your safety, please wear a Hi-Viz top. Head torches are highly recommended and the majority of people are now using them and we would like to see everyone following this safety code.

Tea Rota

  • 18/11 – Andrew Darton
  • 18/11 – Adam Culverhouse

Please check for your name on the rota sent out recently (28/10). If you are unable to make that date please arrange for somebody to take your place.

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  1. Club Xmas Lights Run & Food – Thursday 16th December

Those new to the club may not be aware of the Club traditional ‘Xmas Lights Run’, where all groups run together to see the Xmas lights followed by food at Thornbury Cricket Club. We meet at Thornbury Cricket Club and run at 7:00 pm on a route Steve Dimond has designed around Alveston. When we get back to the club house there are showers before food is served. The food is provided free to club members, but we need to know if you will be attending and about any dietary needs or food allergies. The clubhouse also has a cash bar.

Please complete the following poll to let us know you are coming and about your dietary needs or food allergies. Xmas Lights Food   Please complete this poll by Friday 3rd December at the latest.

  1. parkrun of the Month – last of the year!

Excellent turnout at the November Club parkrun of the month at Berkeley Green with about 20 runners (see Facebook post). Last Club parkrun of 2021 is on 4th December! This time let’s all run Severn Bridge. Hope to see you all there resplendent in club colours.

  1. Cross Country – Gloucester League December

The scheduled event at Wotton PARC (KLB school) on Sunday 12th December has been cancelled and replaced by Stroud Leisure Centre on Sunday 19th December. There are no on the day entries and entries close 5 days before a race.  Everyone needs to individually enter using the link below. Please make sure you include Thornbury RC as your club in your profile:  https://entrycentral.com/glos-xc-league  For details of all the events see : https://www.athletics4u.co.uk/cross-country/

Note this new date also clashes with the South West XC Champs at Bath Uni, The Weston Xmas Cracker and the Chippenham Shortest Day 10k (Pete Mainstone Challenge event)

For travel details see the TRC Cross Country WhatsApp group.

  1. Pete Mainstone Challenge

Two events to go in the 2021-22 Pete Mainstone Challenge.

  • 19th December Chippenham Shortest Day 10k
  • 27th Feb – Challenge Finale – Pontypool Park 10k (Pete’s personal pick!)

Full results to date can be found on the TRC website: https://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk/racing/members-results/rr-champs-results-2010-2/results-2021/

  1. EA Run Coaching Programme –  Session #3 30th November

We hope to be able to hold the third of our EA supported coaching sessions with Kerry Newell soon, tentative date 30th November. We are looking for a venue for this session and still awaiting a response. I hope to be able to announcement something as soon as possible. Will put out an update on the two coaching WhatsApp group (Aztec and TLC) once the date and venue are confirmed.

  1. Riverbank Rollick – Sunday 16th January

The Riverbank Rollick is back! From the three club events we make a profit which allows us to fund ‘Run & Rehydrate’, ‘Xmas Light Run’ food, discount on T-shirts etc. To organise these events successfully we need a lot of club members to step forward to help on the day. We ask members not to enter the event but there may be roles that can be completed in advance, allowing some people to enter. In the meantime please let Jo Plumbley, Race Director, know your availably to help.  joplumbley@gmail.com. You also get a ringside seat for the action and it’s a fun day. Race HQ is at the Castle School and we expect 500 runners. We will be organising a Sunday run over (most of) the course on a date close to the event for those who want the mud experience and to see where their Marshal points are.

  1. Other Dates for your Diary
  • Monday 22 November – TRC Committee Meeting 20.00 (Zoom)
  • Sunday 12th December – Traditional Christmas Wotton-Under-Edge run (Note date changed due to XC clash)
  • Monday 20th December – Lunch at the Anchor Morton. See Richard Illingworth if interested
  • Saturday 8th January. Glos County XC Champs at Cotswold Farm Park
  1. Club Nights

Please don’t attend if you have any COVID symptoms or are self-isolating. For the latest list of COVID symptoms please see:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/main-symptoms/#symptoms

If you have tested positive for COVID please follow Government guidelines regarding isolation, which is currently 10 days, and do not attend the Club. Once your isolation period is completed we would kindly ask you to take a lateral flow test which returns a negative result before attending Club.

13/11/21

 

Members, News

TRC Bulletin for W/C Monday 8th November

Thursday Club Night Leaders

  •  7 min – Rob Watkins
  • 8 min – Hannah Hamilton
  • 9 min – Hugh McPherson
  • 10 min – Jon Walsh
  • 12 min(5k) – Carol Mosses
  • Walking – Val James

Please wear a Hi-Viz top for your safety and head torches are recommended

Tea Rota

11/11 – Angela Hague

18/11 – Andrew Darton

A separate e-mail was sent to everyone 28/10 with a new tea rota for the next 6 months, please check for your name and a date. If it is your week to be on tea duty and you cannot make it then you are responsible for finding a replacement.

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  1. parkrun of the Month – last of the year

Last Club parkrun of 2021 is on 4th December. This time it is the Severn Bridge parkrun – see you all there in Club kit!.

  1. Cross Country – Gloucester League

Next event Wotton PARC (KLB school) Sunday 12th December. There are no on the day entries this year and entries close 5 days before a race.  Everyone needs to individually enter using the link below. Please make sure you include Thornbury RC as your club in your profile:  https://entrycentral.com/glos-xc-league  For details of all the events see : https://www.athletics4u.co.uk/cross-country/

  1. Pete Mainstone Challenge

Two events to go in the 2021-22 Pete Mainstone Challenge.

  • 19th December Chippenham Shortest Day 10k
  • 27th Feb – Challenge Finale – Pontypool Park 10k (Pete’s personal pick!)

Full results to date can be found on the TRC website:

https://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk/racing/members-results/rr-champs-results-2010-2/results-2021/

  1. EA Run Coaching Programme –  Session #3

We hope to be able to hold the third of our EA supported coaching sessions with Kerry Newell soon. We are looking for a venue for this session and hope to be able to announcement something as soon as possible.

  1. Dates for your Diary

Monday 22 November – TRC Committee Meeting 20.00 (zoom)

Thursday 16th December – Xmas lights run and after-party at Thornbury CC (to be confirmed)

Sunday 19th December – Traditional Christmas Wotton-Under-Edge run

Monday 20th December – Lunch at the Anchor Morton. See Richard Illingworth if interested

Sunday 16th January – Please mark in your Diary to help with our Riverbank Rollick event – we need a lot of marshals and other helpers on the day.

  1. Club Nights

Please don’t attend if you have any COVID symptoms or are self-isolating. For the latest list of COVID symptoms please see:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/main-symptoms/#symptoms

07/11/21

 

Members, News

TRC Bulletin for W/C Monday 1st November

Please wear a Hi-Viz top for your safety and head torches are recommended

Before the Thursday run you can store your kit and meet in the Fitness Suite if you wish or you can go straight to your Groups in the car park for the 19:00 run start. The Fitness Suite room will also be open after the run for tea and biscuits and chat.

Thursday Club Night Leaders

  •   7 min – Jim Godden
  •  8 min – Kevin Woo
  • 9 min – Jim Williams
  • 10 min – Emma Pritchard
  • 12 min(5k) – Kathy Willott
  • Walking – Val James

Tea Rota

  • 04/11 – Nick Langridge
  • 11/11 – Angela Hague

A separate e-mail was sent to everyone 28/10 with a new tea rota for the next 6 months, please check for your name and a date. If it is your week to be on tea duty and you cannot make it then you are responsible for finding a replacement. Thank you for your help in making this important part of club life work smoothly.

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  1. Club Kit

A BIG thank you to Kev Cundy who has been managing the club kit for many years now and is in the process of handing the role over to Carol Mosses. Thank you to Carol for agreeing to take on the role too. If you want any kit please contact kit@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk and let us know what you want (short sleeved T-shirt or vest), size (a sizing guide is available and sent to everyone in their Welcome e-mail) and when you are available to collect. And , of course, make the payment on-line. We are about to do a restocking order so please let us know what you need. Also remember we have branded TRC kit (hoodies, jackets etc.) available directly from Linela (not Carol) in Olveston which is made to order. For more info on the branded kit see: https://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk/about/club-kit/

  1. parkrun of the Month – this Saturday 6th November.  

The parkrun of the month for November 6th will be Berkeley Green. Please wear Club colours. Be great to see a really big turn out on this fast course. As Thornbury’s parkrun last Saturday was cancelled, Sat 13th November will now be Thornbury parkrun’s 99th birthday. Time to celebrate!

  1. Cross Country – Gloucester League

First cross country event of the Gloucester league took place on Saturday 30th October at Cirencester and 20 TRC Members took part – race report will follow soon. If you are not already on the TRC Cross Country WhatsApp group please ask XC-Captains Hannah Hamilton or Jim Godden to add you.

Next event Wotton PARC (KLB school) Sunday 12th December. There are no on the day entries this year and entries close 5 days before a race.  Everyone needs to individually enter using the link below. Please make sure you include Thornbury RC as your club in your profile:  https://entrycentral.com/glos-xc-league  For details of all the events see : https://www.athletics4u.co.uk/cross-country/

  1. Pete Mainstone Challenge

Two events to go in the 2021-22 Pete Mainstone Challenge.

  • 19th December Chippenham Shortest Day 10k
  • 27th Feb – Challenge Finale – Pontypool Park 10k (Pete’s personal pick!)

Full results to date can be found on the TRC website:

https://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk/racing/members-results/rr-champs-results-2010-2/results-2021/

  1. The Case for Doing Tuesday Efforts!

‘Vigorous Exercise Could Add Years to Your Life’, study suggests https://getpocket.com/explore/item/vigorous-exercise-could-add-years-to-your-life-study-suggests?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

  1. Discounted Offers to TRC Members

Sports Massage: Jason has been used by several Club Members and until the end of November he is offering 50% off to TRC members. Jason provides a mobile service and can be contacted on 0797 4181049

Running Gait Analysis at Thornbury Clinic: Thornbury Clinic at the Leisure Centre now offer a full running gait analysis service. Get rid of those niggles and improve your run technique. For more information check the link below and don’t forget TRC Members get a 10% discount. https://thethornburyclinic.co.uk/our-therapies/running-gait-analys/

  1. EA Run Coaching Programme –  Session #2 The Marathon

If you missed the EA Run Coaching session on the Marathon or if you want to listen again then a recording of the Kerry Newell led session can be found here…  use Passcode Passcode: L1L5Vw#$

https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/lcU-VfukB4qo1N0R8nnJdHhFyq0y8iWwjw4P1ja18M_TbS64ESDfGpHMKP72CfeZ.82BwyHurkpw5OZ04

  1. Dates for your Diary
  • Monday 22 November – TRC Committee Meeting 20.00 (Zoom)
  • Thursday 16th December – Xmas lights run and after-party at Thornbury CC
  • Sunday 19th December – Traditional Christmas Wotton-Under-Edge run
  • Monday 20th December – ‘Oldies’ Lunch at the Anchor Morton. See Richard Illingworth if interested
  1. Club Nights

Please don’t attend if you have any COVID symptoms or are self-isolating. For the latest list of COVID symptoms please see:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/main-symptoms/#symptoms

31/10/21

Members, News, Thornbury Running Club

TRC Tea Rota from November 2021

Many club members value the opportunity for tea and biscuits and a chat after the run on a Thursday. This only works if we have somebody willing to make the tea and unfortunately, we have had very few volunteers since we resumed meeting inside. To solve this we propose to go back to publishing a ‘Tea Rota’ on a six monthly basis.

This is an opportunity to give something back to the club and you will only have to do Tea on a Thursday once every two years!

If it is your week to be on tea duty and you cannot make it then you are responsible for finding a replacement. The initial Tea Rota for the next 6 months November through to May 2022 is accessible through the link to the Tea Rota -1 from Nov 2021 to May 2022 . The Tea Rota excel file attached has two tables – one sorted by Date and one by Name.

We have full use of the Fitness Suite situated downstairs in the Leisure Centre for Tea. This is a large room with double opening doors onto the path at the back of the Centre. Usually on a Thursday Val James will be at Club early to set up the Tea. We keep all the Tea stuff and biscuits in a cupboard in the Leisure Centre and Val and Arthur have keys to the cupboard. We have a Tea Urn in the room which is usually refilled each week by the Centre staff.

All you need to do is turn up at 18.50 with a litre of milk (may need to be 2 litres if we get more runners staying for tea) You will be responsible for the room security whilst the others are out running as people tend leave stuff such as their car keys etc in the room. Suggest you bring along something to read before everybody returns from about 20.10 then help clear up and you should be free to go by 20.30

Any questions on the Tea Rota or if you need the e-mail addresses of others on the list please contact Arthur Renshaw 07810 300025 / rensh1@hotmail.com

Any questions about what to do if you are on Tea please speak to Val James.

Thank You for your co-operation.

Arthur Renshaw 28/10/21

Members, News, Thornbury Running Club

TRC Bulletin for W/C Monday 25th October

• Please wear a Hi-Viz top for your safety when running around the streets.
• Head torches are recommended when running away from well light areas.
• Before the Thursday run you can meet inside the Leisure Centre in the Fitness Suite if you wish or go straight to your Groups in the car park for the 19:00 run start. The Fitness Suite room will also be open after the run for tea and biscuits.

Thursday Club Night Leaders
• 7 min – Mark West
• 8 min – Ashleigh
• 9 min – Chris Pritchard
• 10 min – Steve Dimond
• 12 min(5k) – Amel
• Walking – Val James

Tea Rota
28/10 – Pete Mainstone
04/11 – Nick Langridge

Many club members value the opportunity for tea & biscuits and a chat after the run on a Thursday. This only works if we have somebody willing to make the tea and we have had very few volunteers since we resumed meeting inside. To solve this we propose to go back to publishing a ‘Tea Rota’. This is an opportunity to give something back to the club. If it is your week to be on tea duty and you cannot make it then you are responsible for finding a replacement. The initial Tea Rota will be sent out separately to all Members by e-mail.
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1. EA Run Coaching Programme – Session #2 The Marathon
If you missed last Monday’s EA Run Coaching session on the Marathon or if you want to listen again then a recording of the Kerry Newell led session can be found here… use Passcode Passcode: L1L5Vw#$
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/lcU-VfukB4qo1N0R8nnJdHhFyq0y8iWwjw4P1ja18M_TbS64ESDfGpHMKP72CfeZ.82BwyHurkpw5OZ04

2. Cross Country – Gloucester League Saturday 30th October.
First cross country event of the Gloucester league is on Saturday 30th October at Cirencester. See details of all the Glos League events here: https://www.athletics4u.co.uk/cross-country/
There will be no on-the-day entries this year and entries close 5 days before the race ie tomorrow Monday 25th. Everyone needs to individually enter using the link below. You have to register with Entry Central first and enter your name & address, dob and Club (Thornbury Running Club) and then register for the race once your profile has been set-up: https://entrycentral.com/glos-xc-league
For full details and arrangements for the day you need to be on the TRC Cross Country WhatsApp group. If you need adding to the Group contact the XC-Captains Hannah Hamilton or Jim Godden.

3. Pete Mainstone Challenge
Two events to go in the 2021-22 Pete Mainstone Challenge.
• 19th December Chippenham Shortest Day 10k
• 27th Feb – Challenge Finale – Pontypool Park 10k (Pete’s personal pick!)
Full results to date can be found on the TRC website:
https://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk/racing/members-results/rr-champs-results-2010-2/results-2021/

4. parkrun of the Month – 6th November.
The parkrun of the month for November 6th will be Berkeley Green. Please wear Club colours.
Sat 13th November is Thornbury parkrun’s 100th birthday. Time to celebrate!

5. Discounted Offers to TRC Members

Sports Massage: Jason has been used by several Club Members and until the end of November he is offering 50% off to TRC members. Jason provides a mobile service and can be contacted on 0797 4181049

Running Gait Analysis at Thornbury Clinic: Thornbury Clinic at the Leisure Centre now offer a full running gait analysis service. Get rid of those niggles and improve your run technique. For more information check the link below and don’t forget TRC Members get a 10% discount. https://thethornburyclinic.co.uk/our-therapies/running-gait-analys/

6. Club Nights
Please don’t attend if you have any COVID symptoms or are self-isolating. For the latest list of COVID symptoms please see:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/main-symptoms/#symptoms

24/10/21

Members, News

CHASING POLDARK: JO AND ROS’ CORNISH ADVENTURE

By Joanne Plumbley

As September is for me the official start of Winter, and Cornish cliff running decidedly too cold for comfort, I wonder how Ros ever talked me into entering the 80 mile 3 day Atlantic Coast Challenge? However, she did, and efficiently ordered in some late summer sun and some stunning scenery to make for a magical trio of trail marathons from Padstow to Lands End.

On day 1, a panoramic Padstow to Perranporth path was bathed in sunshine and there was no rain in the forecast to endanger Ros’ immaculate make-up efforts. So after about 20 minutes delay whilst I turned embarrassingly and frustratingly in ever decreasing circles under the unattainable aspiration of calibrating my watch compass, we got going. Adopting a sensible (honest!) pace from the start, we set about the 42 kilometre route along the coastal path. Despite the chastisement of silent seal watchers who were less than impressed with our exuberant exclamations of delight, we successfully progressed along the cliffs and beaches thoroughly enjoying stunning sunshine and seascapes along the way.

Day 2 – Perranporth to St Ives was destined to be a mere 41Km but unwilling to accept such absence of challenge we opted to sand-ski through the dunes adding sufficient adventurous ascents to ensure acceptable levels of finish line exhaustion. Another beautiful day to showcase an exquisite coastline in all its finery.

Starting out in St Ives on day 3 we arrived at a blustery Lands End after 7 hours of boulders, beaches and breath-taking vistas and were welcomed to an amazing ocean sunset and the nation’s shortest lived Cornish pasties. Thank you Ros for another amazing adventure – now we just need Natalie to have serious words with a non cooperative hamstring so we can all hit the trails together again soon.

Congratulations to Ros and Jo on another amazing feat of endurance; don’t know how you do it! Hope Natalie is restored to racing fitness very soon too.

Members, News, Thornbury Running Club

TRC Bulletin for W/C Monday 18th October

• Please wear a Hi-Viz top for your safety when running around the streets.
• Head torches are recommended when running away from well light areas.
• This week meet up in your Groups outside in the car park before the run. Please be in the car park for a 19:00 run start.
• As we have no volunteer to do tea this Thursday the inside room will not be open and there will be no tea!

Thursday Club Night Leaders
• 7 min – Rob Watkins
• 8 min – Lizzie Williams
• 9 min – Mike Bennewitz
• 10 min – Arthur Renshaw
• 12 min(5k) – Jim Williams
• Walking – Val James

Tea Rota
21/10 – No volunteer, no tea.
28/10 – tba (volunteer required)

If we are to carry on offering Tea & Biscuits after Thursday night’s run we need volunteers for the Tea Rota – please see Arthur Renshaw

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1. EA Run Coaching Programme – Session #2 The Marathon Monday 18th October (by Zoom)
Kerry Newell will be leading a discussion on Monday 18th October 7:00 – 8:30pm about marathon – pacing, nutrition, time goal setting etc. If you are planning to run or thinking of running a half or full marathon then please join the call. Kerry’s current roles include England Masters Marathon Team Coach. Please join at 6:55 for 7:00 prompt start:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89049057236?pwd=cnIzY2MwQVpuRFVpRkMrV3JzYktSQT09
Meeting ID: 890 4905 7236 Passcode: 871943

2. Cross Country – Gloucester League Saturday 30th October.
First cross country event of the Gloucester league is on Saturday 30th October at Cirencester. See details of all the Glos League events here: https://www.athletics4u.co.uk/cross-country/
There will be no on-the-day entries this year and entries close 5 days before the race ie Monday 25th. Everyone needs to individually enter using the link below. You have to register with Entry Central first and enter your name & address, dob and Club (Thornbury Running Club) and then register for the race once your profile has been set-up: https://entrycentral.com/glos-xc-league
For full details and arrangements for the day you need to be on the TRC Cross Country WhatsApp group. If you need adding to the Group contact the XC-Captains Hannah Hamilton or Jim Godden.

3. Pete Mainstone Challenge
Two events to go in the 2021-22 Pete Mainstone Challenge.
• 19th December Chippenham Shortest Day 10k
• 27th Feb – Challenge Finale – Pontypool Park 10k (Pete’s personal pick!)
Full results to date can be found on the TRC website:
https://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk/racing/members-results/rr-champs-results-2010-2/results-2021/

4. parkrun of the Month – 6th November.
The parkrun of the month for November 6th will be Berkeley Green. Please wear Club colours.
Sat 13th November is Thornbury parkrun’s 100th birthday. Time to celebrate!

5. Runners Who Lunch – 20th December
‘Runners Who Lunch’ are planning a Christmas lunch on Monday 20th December. Dining at about 1:00 pm at ‘The Anchor Morton’ followed by beverages at ‘The Butchers Hook’ all welcome. Before booking Richard Illingworth is looking to collect names of those who are interested in coming along. Please contact Richard directly richard.illingworth1000@gmail.com

6. Discounted Offers to TRC Members
Sports Massage: Jason has been used by several Club Members and until the end of November he is offering 50% off to TRC members. Jason provides a mobile service and can be contacted on 0797 4181049
Running Gait Analysis at Thornbury Clinic: Thornbury Clinic at the Leisure Centre now offer a full running gait analysis service. Get rid of those niggles and improve your run technique. For more information check the link below and don’t forget TRC Members get a 10% discount. https://thethornburyclinic.co.uk/our-therapies/running-gait-analys/

7. Club Nights
Please don’t attend if you have any COVID symptoms or are self-isolating. For the latest list of COVID symptoms please see:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/main-symptoms/#symptoms

16/10/21

Members, Results, Thornbury Running Club

AWESOME ORNAS CONQUER EDEN – race report w/e 10th October

TRC has notched up a few parkrun ‘first finishers’ in recent weeks.   Last Saturday saw a hat-trick of sorts on a single day.

Mallards Pike is a single-lap course through the Forest of Dean that attracts some serious cani-cross runners – of both two and four-legged varieties.  Bristol and West’s Ben Robinson holds the course record in 12:34.   Clearly he is some athlete, as you have to have incredible leg-speed to avoid face-planting into the dirt at 4-min mile pace, but after recording that time you’d think the dog would get a name-check too.

On Saturday, TRC’s Taryn Roberts was first across the line in a brilliant 20:08.  The results page says she was ‘assisted’ and while it is possible she stopped on the way to ask for directions, we can presume that she too strapped herself in behind her canine companion and set off into the woods like Boudicea astride her chariot. Taryn has set the mark: any other TRC member fancy competing for the unofficial club cani-cross record?!

At the Mundy playing fields Sean Leadbetter continued TRC’s excellent showing at our home parkrun, winning in an impressive 18:46.   The grass, hills and sharp turns mean Thornbury is not a fast course, so any male time under 19 minutes is seriously good.

Severn Bridge, by contrast, is a fast course, although running from the bottom of the bridge to the apex into a headwind is deceptively tough.   18 year old James Harrod prudently paced his effort to the half-way point, and then used the slope back to base to good effect, finishing with a sub 5-min mile, to record 16:09, the fastest time by a junior and the ninth quickest in the history of the event.

Behind our three race winners there were some other noteworthy performances.   Ashleigh Ferris missed her Thornbury parkrun PB by a handful of seconds, and ran just over 25 minutes.  Melinda Evans ran a 30:56 PB in the same race.  At Severn Bridge, Paul Harrod was still in England while son James was scanning his barcode in Wales, but still finished 6th in 18:30.   Roger Glew is in a rich vein of form at the moment, seemingly knocking off parkrun PBs each week for fun.   He’s increasingly resembling a Michelangelo sculpture that is coming into sharper relief as the marble is chiselled away.  Another 23:27 PB to add to the collection.  Catherine Dack (24:24) and Ann Green (28:06) also ran their respective Severn Bridge PBs and both comfortably exceeded a 70% age-grade score.  Congratulations too to Naomi Hibbard, for her ‘post baby PB’ of 29:44! Finally, at Cheltenham, Clare Watt ran 24:20, and recorded yet another highly impressive age-grade score of 77% plus.

Phil Blackburn joined TRC during lockdown, and has been wowing the 7-min group with the dizzying rate at which he has been improving.   Phil came from a background in football, and so for the first few weeks needed help tying his shoelaces, and had to be carried off with cramp after the first couple of miles [citation needed].   Since then he has been posting fast times at races from 5k to half-marathon.   On Sunday, he ran his debut marathon in Manchester and finished in a wonderful time of 3hrs and 5 mins.   He was on for a sub-3 until about mile 23 when he just couldn’t quite maintain the 6 min 50 mile pace he had been hitting on average right up to that point.   Old hands at the club know it takes years to build an endurance base.   Phil has achieved a phenomenal amount in 12 months, and if he can maintain his obvious enthusiasm for training, then allied with his natural talent and raw speed, he could knock 20 mins plus off that time during the next few years.

The Eden Project marathon in Cornwall sounded like a fell run that happened to be on tarmac.  The site itself is full of sharp ‘switchback’ paths that sap the hamstrings on the way up, and the quads on the way down.   Plus the rest of the route on local roads is undulating to put it mildly.  So forget the times, and focus on the finishing positions.   Ben Bohane cranked up that internal diesel engine of his and finished in a fantastic 7th position overall, in a time of 3hrs 33 mins.  A quite brilliant run for someone who hasn’t had the time to train seriously for a marathon, even if he has been ripping up the 10ks.   

Laura and Henry Orna were raising money for MIND – a fine charity, and a cause very dear to their hearts.   Laura was the 5th lady, and finished within the margin of error of 4 hours.  Husband Henry’s relentless training sessions up and down Olveston’s Vicarage Lane were put to good effect as he finished in a shade over 3hrs 50.   Henry and Laura are NHS heroes who somehow seem to combine bringing up their two lovely children, with incredibly demanding and stressful jobs, and yet still find time to train and race at a high level.  Inspirational stuff, and all your club mates salute you!

*Next race report will be w/e 30th October, covering round one of the Glos cross country league.