For those of the RntS who wanted more than just rain, there was Only The Brave this weekend, held at Elveden Estate near Thetford. Two difference routes were available a 6 mile and a 10 mile.
As well as the rain, there was mud. And by the looks of the pictures, lots of it!
The event was held to raise money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance and it looks like it was very successful at doing so.
Well done guys, a well earned bath was needed after that!
Official Times: Angie (6 mile) – 1:57:55 Marie (10 mile) – 2:50:38
‘Do the Norwich Half’ they said! ‘The weather will be mild and clear’ they said!
Well, they fibbed! After a foggy drive to Norwich, that’s where the weather similarities to the 2018 Norwich HM ended. All was OK, not great, but OK until just after 10:15 (the allotted ‘get into your finish time start positions’ time). That’s when it started, just a few drops, and then it rained. Not heavy rain, but that annoying rain which just soaks you. This didn’t stop until about 12:00 which was enough time to make sure everyone was wet through and there wasn’t enough time to dry off before the end.
Even though the weather wasn’t great, the route was, as usual, scenic (when we could see it) and the hills still come as a surprise (I’m sure the ones at about 13km have grown since last year!).
A good turnout by the RntS with a couple of super PBs (Hayley W and Chris P). Well done guys.
Official Times: Hayley W – 2:03:26 Mark – 2:12:22 Chris P – 2:27:09 Ceri – 2:27:57 Michelle – 2:39:25
A squadron of RntS landed at ex RAF Coltishall this morning to take part in the first of 3 trio of runs organised by the Jolly Jaguars. This year, the three medals all join up to make a BBMF grouping.
The runners taxied their way around the perimeter track and technical site before taking off as they hurtled towards the finish line.
Great running by everyone today included a couple of runners who were taking part in their first official 10k event.
As always, very well organised but as the runs get bigger, so do the queues for everything (see picture below!).
Official Results: Paula – 49:08.3 Chris P – 57:01.2 Lucy Mc – 57:29.3 Chris L – 57:43.7 Kirsty – 59:21.9 Ceri – 59:37.4 Tasha – 1:01:05.6 Laura – 1:07:04.5 Marie – 1:09:23.0 Claire – 1:13:09.8 Angie – 1:13:26 Denise – 1:17:02.5 Shirley – 1:17:02.9 Teresa – 1:17:06.3 Lucy – 1:23:30.2 Gail – 1:23:31.0
More pictures to follow once Truprint get their act together…..
So, apparently this is a true conversation overheard at the Hunny Bell X Country today:
“What’s that noise? Is it thunder?” “No, that’s a heard of RntS galloping across the Stody Estate!”
Well, maybe that didn’t actually happen, but I think the run today is bordering on being the most well attended event by RntS so far!
With three juniors and an amazing 23 seniors (we’re not all that old are we?!) taking part there were more white shirts on show than at Fakenham laundry! Also, from what I can tell, that was more representation than any other club there today!
Not the greatest of conditions due to heavy rain over night and rain during the event, but good (muddy) fun nonetheless. With the reward of cake and coffee in the village hall at the end, it was a very well organised run for a worthwhile charity.
Well done everyone. Same time next year?
Official Times (Juniors): Cam – 16:36.9 Ambie – 16:37.3 – 3rd in category Jazz – 20:04.0
Official Times (Seniors): Ant – 31:35.1 Kevin – 36:23.0 Glyn – 36:35.8 Paul – 37:54.0 Amanda – 38:01.7 Cat – 41:16.1 Roland – 41:54.2 Bunny – 41:58.2 Mark – 43:53.9 Hayley W – 44:04.0 Chris L – 44:19.7 Lucy Mc – 45:13.2 Nat – 45:35.9 Evette – 45:55.3 Libby – 46:35.2 Sophie – 50:31.3 Robert – 50:39.1 Hayley J – 51:26.8 Janice* – 52:03.0 Vikki – 53:29.0 Jim – 57:29.8 Lynne – 58:00.4 Claire – 1:01.3 Gill – 1:07:09.4 * RntS Mum & Nan
A fine turnout of RntS for the inaugural Ringland Half Marathon held at Roarr! (the dinosaur park) in Lenwade.
A great location for a race HQ and very well organised. Something really nice was the different running clubs manning the water-stations along the route (maybe something RntS could help with at an event?)
If anyone knows Ringland and the area, they’ll know it’s not completely flat and there were a couple of lovely earth wrinkles along the way.
A couple of PBs were gained in the rain and a few runners were taking part in their first ever HM event. Well done to everyone.
Official Results: Ant – 1:28:29.9 Hayley M – 1:52:53.9 Cat – 2:04:49.0 Mark – 2:05:20.6 Lucy Mc – 2:07:52.5 Vikki – 2:14:31.0 Hayley J – 2:19:10.1 Kerrie – 2:21:09.1 Ceri – 2:27:43.2 Claire – 2:39:05.7
A bit of a journey for David and Kirsty who headed to Cambridge to be among the amost 8500 or so other runners taking part in the Cambridge Half Marathon.
It looks like the worst of the rain held off and both RntS have very good runs.
Bi big kudos to Glyn who completed the Belvoir Challenge XC Marathon yesterday.
Not wanting to make it easy for himself, he did it in boots and with a 35lb bergen!
In his words “Belvoir Challenge XC Marathon. EXO Mountain Gear Bergan with 35lb plus boots just to challenge myself a bit. Not a great time as there were a lot of bottlenecks with 1200+ people taking part but pleased I did it. “
