Running Week That Was…..
Cross Country – On a very cold Saturday lunch time, 9 enthusiastic individuals laced up their trail/spike shoes and stood on the very slanted start line in Hyndburn! For the ladies – Captain Sue Jones, Caroline McLaughlan, Sarah Wetherill, Daisy Seville and Sarah Scott. For the men – Captain Andy Fairbairn, Martin Boswell, Alex Ingham and David Barras. Mud, snow and water awaited and a change of course from last year! First lady home was Caroline, followed by Sarah W, Daisy, Sarah S and Sue! (Times will be in the next report). Unfortunately Andy and David both withdrew after starting the race, which left Martin and Alex to run hard in the snow. Martin came home first and was followed a little later by Alex! Well done Team TCRC! A hard run in not great conditions!
Cumbria Grand Day Out – Saturday also saw 8 awesome members of TCRC take part in the 10 mile trail race in Cumbria to raise funds for the Cumbria Flood Appeal. The run started and ended in Askham and included checkpoints along the scenic wintery course. Well done to John Laird, Lesley Grey, Malc Sherwood, Julie Sherwood, Christine Burgess, Steve Burgess, Kirsty Waywell and Pete Waywell. (Times to follow in the next report). At this time the event raised an amazing £20,450!
Running Week Ahead
Tuesday – Club run meeting at the YMCA Thornton at 6.45pm, ready to run at 7pm. Please make sure you have a group to run with, prior to leaving the YMCA.
Thursday – Speed Training. Slight change this week from previously detailed! Meeting at the YMCA Thornton at 6.45pm, warm up down to the speed point at 7pm. This week’s session will be ¼ mile speed loops.
Sunday – Sunday 24th is the first road championship race of the season – Hunters 10K.
TCRC Message to all runners:
Club Championship
A full list of the Club Championships for both road and trail, are now on the Website. This year we have changed how the championship works.
- Last year – 3 short, 3 medium and 2 long races needed to be completed to qualify for the road championship and 4 races for the trail championship
- This year – A total of 8 races from the list of published road races needs to be completed. The choice of race distance is totally up to the individual, with only a requirement to complete 8 races! There are free races on the club championship – Park Run, Club Handicap and the Interclub Series!
- The trail championship has not changed! 4 races and you qualify!
The points system will work in the same way! Each participating individual will be awarded points against the position that they finish.
Please can you let Roy and myself know if you have taken part in any club race, as we have a few members that are also part of Fylde Coast Running and we would only filter on TCRC results. Don’t forget that if you are England Athletics registered you run as an affiliated member.
Each month there will be an update of the championship in the weekly report!
Members Update
Club Presentation Night
Don’t forget to vote for the Fairclough Trophy 2016. Voting will close on the 31st January 2016. Presentation night is on Friday the 5th February and is free to all members, guests will be £5. All raffle prizes are welcome! We are starting to collect those this week! If you are new to TCRC, please come along and get to know everyone! It is a great night, with fabulous awards and in the words of our Chairman Julie Sherwood… “You never know, next year it could be you”
Club Handicap
To ensure that you qualify for the club handicap trophy, you have until May to qualify! The next club handicap is next Tuesday the 26th January. If you are unable to run and are able to marshal, can you please let me know.
Beginners Group
TCRC will be holding a Beginners Group from Thursday 28th January, which will run for 12 weeks. We currently have 6 Run Leaders and a Coach, but we need people to assist on each of the nights. Can you please contact Julie Sherwood if you’re able to help? Please keep promoting the group on Facebook, at your workplace and with your friends. We have a great opportunity to grow our club!
If you are not getting any notifications by email, please let me know. We will be sending lots of important information out over the coming weeks, we don’t want you to miss out!
Racing Results
It you race, tell me about it! We cannot celebrate your success if you don’t tell anyone! Send your results and pictures to me! These do not have to just be club races! All results will be celebrated!
Weekend Training Runs
If you are running on a weekend, why not post it on Facebook? This weekend again saw lots of groups running varying distances. Running with Friends! Well done to all those racing, training or just enjoying the outdoors this weekend!