Nottingham City Harriers 2018- Training for road, cross country running, fell racing

Training and Racing 3 October - 10 October 2004 Sunday 3 October - 9:00am - TENNIS CENTRE, University Boulevard The long one, we will head out to Holme Pierrepont and return along the river to Chilwell. Toni & Craig are starting early to do 5 miles extra. Tuesday 5 October - 6:30pm - Tennis Centre, University Boulevard 10 miles+ at a strong pace, possibly with efforts on the Chilwell route, see below (click on picture for larger map.) STAPLEFORD 10 mile route only, due to a lack of turn offs From TC, west along Uni B'vard, then left at Queens Rd East. Follow this road for about 3.5 miles to the Manor pub, turn right. Follow this road all the way to Stapleford, crossing the A52 on the way. Turn right, up to the Bramcote Island, then continue down the A52 to the Priory Island, turning right onto Woodside Rd, then back along Uni B'vard. Wednesday 6 October - 6pm - Tennis Centre, University Boulevard The Ken Allen-endorsed midweek longish run. An out-and-back to ...

The dinner at Yod Siam Thai Restaurant was great, Carmel received a leaving present of an elongated pear(?) It was a celebrity event as you can see.

RESULTS: Retford Half Marathon Paul Archer 4th overall, County Gold medal(vet), County Bronze (overall), 1st Vet, personal best in 1:17:20. Well done Paul, not a bad day out! Neil Kirk 1:19:50 a personal best, well done Neil. Gary McMahon 1:28:(a lot) a 'bench-mark' time (get a move on!) A great day out was had by all - well done lads.

As with the fastest group (see blog below) this also starts at 6 .30 pm from the Tennis Centre This will be a 9 miles fartlek. For those not in the know about the two groups; as a rough rule of thumb the main group doing the 10 miles at strong pace are for those whose times are below 37 -38 mins for 10k, 62 for 10 miles 85 mins half marathon or kick s**t out of assorted fells. Geoff's group is for slower paced runners down to very roughly 50 mins 10K ,70 mins for 10m 105 mins half marathon and who would like to improve. If any slower paced runners feel this is still to fast for them then a vacancy exists for anyone who will lead slower runners on a regular basis starting at the same time as the rest of us. If any one volunteers we will shout it from the rooftops as well as circulate by electronic means.