Perfect timing for this evenings running club in Warsash. After a deluge of constant rain all day the sun broke through for the hour we were running this evening. This was the 2nd week working on peoples fitness levels in preparation for the Great South Run which is now 9 weeks away!! The idea was to push yourself hard up the hills to raise your anaerobic threshold with an active recovery on the following downhill section. One person who openly detests hills in Greg, but he has been working hard on this part of his running and tonight it really showed. He was even spotted sprinting up Heath Road North! Awesome. His final time was an 61 seconds faster than the same route last week. Great improvement. It wasn’t the biggest improvement of the night though. That was reserved for Alistair who had an amazing run, pushing himself right to the limit this evening, he beat last weeks time by an amazing 2m 55s to record his fastest run since June, and that was a 4mile flat run!!! Well done Alistair, your fitness levels are markedly better than this time last year!!
We had Sharon and Kat back this week and both had a great run together. They had managed a run together mid-week as well which really helped. Kat found this week easier, a sure sign that your fitness level is improving! Well done!! Jo was a little slower this week after her PB run last week, but still had a great performance.
It was also a big welcome back to Bruce and George this evening. Neither have managed to get to running club for a few weeks and decided to run together on the slightly shorter but still taxing 4mile route. A good return to the running club as neither stopped on the route and managed a very respectable 45mins.
Next week is the last attempt on this route, so make sure you book in to work your fitness levels before we move on to speed work!!
| Name | 25/08/2014 | Speed | |
| Bruce | 4.00 | 00:45:28 | 00:11:22 |
| Mark | 5.40 | 00:47:05 | 00:08:43 |
| Jo F | 5.40 | 00:49:49 | 00:09:14 |
| Alistair | 5.40 | 00:47:03 | 00:08:43 |
| Greg | 5.40 | 00:52:40 | 00:09:45 |
| Georgina | 4.00 | 00:45:28 | 00:11:22 |
| Cat | 5.40 | 00:54:40 | 00:10:07 |
| Sharon | 5.40 | 00:54:40 | 00:10:07 |
