Month: March 2018

It was a great XC season for Rachel C this winter, finishing with a strong 3rd place in the masters division and helping the team take the top spot! The final race of the season was a mud fest but Rachel put in another fantastic performance, finishing higher than ever before in the Inter-counties XC. Now the focus switches to finding a fast 10K before starting an attack on the summer track season! We can’t wait to see Rachel smashing some PB’s over the shorter distances.

@lydjar – “Every week when I check my track session I think “there’s no way I can do that”, but every week I do. BELIEVE.”

#tracktuesday #runningmadeeasy#project1843 #whatwouldlydiado#tryharder #5krunner #5k #willpower

46 parkruns and 3.5 years later, Rachel C put in a brilliant performance to break her longstanding Parkrun PB. It’s not been an easy few years for Rachel after breaking her ankle but since joining us at Running Made Easy a few months ago she has come on leaps and bounds! Clocking 19:35, we have no doubt that she’ll be getting closer to the 19 minute barrier over the summer.

Finally back to full health again, Rachel B managed to get a last minute entry to the Surrey Half. With a longstanding half marathon PB of 1.42.50 – she managed to match it… to the SECOND! After so many disrupted weeks with illness, this was a brilliant performance. We don’t think that PB will be standing for much longer!

With her sights set on a PB, Lauren headed into Benidorm Half in fantastic shape. But sometimes it’s not always about the time! A tough, hilly course and rainy conditions denied her of a PB race this time around but Lauren put in a brilliant performance to take 2nd place – finishing behind professional New Balance athlete Eli Kirk!

1.27.05 was a brilliant run. Congrats Lauren!

“Intervals done, nice easier session after Sunday 🏃‍♀️

📸 Warming down afterwards, my coach at my junior running club always told us to cool down in lane 8 running the opposite way round. Old habits die hard.” – @thelongrunback_rachel

Backing up a fine performance over the 10K with a 3rd place finish a few weeks previously – Lydia went one better to finish 2nd lady at the Surrey Half 5K clocking a fine 19:30!

“2nd lady at the Surrey Half 5K🥈 One of those weird races where I was convinced I still had another 10 women in front of me but it turns out only one, and she was only 15 seconds ahead. Damn it. 🙈 Quite pleased with 19:30.0 on the dot as I’ve got so much going on life-wise at the moment that training hasn’t been too consistent. Faster than my last 5K but not quite sure I deserve it. Onwards to the track season!”