FLASHBACK for @scott_boardman93 – Started my 2018 Road season with a 90 second PB at a Baltic and windy Inskip Half Marathon this morning!
The last 4 weeks of training have been solid, but this week has been far from ideal, working 60 hours with Ofsted in… Attacked today but there is definitely more to come!
Rachel attacked the cross country season with some brilliant results.
In her own words, “The best XC race I’ve ever done. 5th in the County Champs, and knocked a whole minute off same course last year. Dead pleased, so with my 10k, it’s proving to me that the new training is really starting to work, so thankyou both, just the boost I needed.”
That was following on from a cracking 10K PB by 11 seconds in horribly bitter weather conditions. Certainly a sub 40 beckoning!
What a start to 2018! 🎉🎉🎉
Cracking 10K PB from Alison, racing in freezing conditions (-1° with 18mph winds!! ⛄) over in Houston, USA! 🇺🇸🏃
42.33!
Claiming 2nd place on the podium & knocking off a nice chunk from her previous best. Lots more to come we are sure!!
From @scott_boardman93 –
“What a year 2017 has been, definitely my best running wise out of the 3, ran personal bests at every distance from 5k to half, knocking 6 minutes off my half time!
Not confirmed my goals yet for 2018 yet, but I have a few ideas… One simple one is to have a positive mindset about everything thrown at me!
Finished 2017 with a 10 mile run with a friend this morning. 2650km ran this year, which is 450km more than I ran in 2016.”
Someone who certainly knows how to push their limits is Chris W! He attacked the winter season with a mixture of distances over the road and cross.
After setting a PB over the Half Marathon in November in 1:16:38, he went on to end the year with a fanatic 10 miler PB by a couple of minutes over a tough course – just breaking the hour barrier with a 59:59 clocking!
The cross country season also brought about some good training runs, with one in particular being 20s faster than last years efforts.
Great running from Chris – the hard slog is done now.. leading into what will be an exciting indoor racing season!
Having only started with us a few months ago, Stuart is continuing to go from strength to strength and seems to be the king of running negative splits!
First up was his ParkRun back in November where he ran an impressive 21.25 – over 1minute and 49 seconds faster than his previous effort over the same course! But he didn’t stop there! With another month of training behind him, Stuart went on to record a 21.15 – his fastest time in over 3.5 years!
Negative splits of 7.12, 7.15 and a very speedy 6.52 shows there is certainly a sub 21minute and big PB on the horizon. Well done Stuart! Great running!!
Another runner who is continuing their top form into 2018 is Gavin E!
After clocking a 10km PB over a tough course at Percy Pud in early December – 43.07, he was ready to attack the 5K. Like a few of our other runners, Gavin gave up his Christmas morning lie in for some Christmas miles!
For his brilliant efforts, he was rewarded a brand new spanking 5K PB of 23.05. We’re now on the hunt for a flat 5K course for a sub 23 clocking in 2018!
Now that’s what you call dedication! Christmas Eve racing for @jayclarke17 
🎖(Even Tom Bosworth was asking for a picture! 
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Dedicated or crazy? Another of Team Running Made Easy sacrificing a Christmas morning lie in, in exchange for a park run! Lydia getting in some #christmasmiles 
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After a cracking summer of running, Emma continued her fine form taking a 4th place over 1500m indoors at the LUCA meet. In a slow tactical race, she only just missed 3rd by a few seconds. We are looking forward to seeing what she can do throughout 2018!
@thelongrunback_rachel – “Tuesday interval session of 800m repeats 🏃♀️ This felt really good. Really good. Like possibly one of the best sessions since pre-teenage injury good. Met or exceeded my time goal on every rep, and didn’t let the uphill gradient get the better of me on the last one. Hoping this is a sign of things to come… Ran this evening so using a photo from a run a few weeks ago”
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