HRRL Lordshill 10K

3 Jul

Flash results from the Lordshill 10k.....Tamsin Anderson wins again as do our ladies A team Age Cat wins for Tamsin, Sarah Gurney, Joy Radford & Martyn West Tom Stephenson and Paul Horler complete all 12 events and bag "12 out of 12" awards.

There was something of an end of term feeling to the Lordshill 10k, of course it is the end of the 2023/24 race season but there was a large WADAC contingent there and it all felt a bit more emotional than that.

It's not the prettiest of courses but apart from the long drag up to the finish it is reasonably flat and the weather was perfect....a good day for fast times. It's another out and back course so we all had chance to see the sharp end and to wave to our teammates down the field.

The ladies race was a real thrill with our Tamsin Anderson and Emma Jolley of Portsmouth locked in a real mano a mano battle every step of the way....Tamsin prevailed by perhaps 50m (10s) at the end. Tamsin was supported as ever by Karla Borland, Sarah Gurney and Sarah Shedden so with that strong squad our "A-team" was never really under any threat.

With the league title already sewn up a few of our top names were missing this one but we still had David Mills making his annual HRRL appearance and finishing 5th in 33'32. Despite good supporting performances from Lloyd Dickson, Nicolas Rooms and Tom Stephenson our men's "A" team probably won't have won this one.

It takes a while for the full season results to be calculated by the league admins but it looks like our men might have completed a clean sweep winning A, B and C leagues and our ladies might have won their A league and come very close in their B and C leagues too. Fantastic performances from our endurance athletes.

Last but not least Paul Horler and Tom Stephenson have both competed in all 12 of the HRRL league events....fantastic commitment and admirable diary and fitness management.

It all starts again for 2023/24 with the Overton 5miles event on 3rd September 2023, entries are already open!

Finally a special thank-you to our HRRL Team manager, Sarah Gurney, picking up the baton that Saul Duck has carried with distinction for many years. A fantastic motivator and always leading from the front.

Steve Oliver

Steve leads the Thursday "SOS" training sessions & does a bit of Team Management.
He's a decent marathon runner and an active older bloke.

Disciplines: Endurance running

Ages: Seniors Days Tuesday & Thursday evenings

My coaching background: At a CC6 race in late 2011 we were chatting about how difficult it was for a “medium paced” runner to find the right training group once they had progressed beyond their first “beginner” experiences but still felt a bit intimidated by the “fast” groups.

Some “friends” – including my wife – suggested I might enjoy filling that medium paced gap and the rest is history. I am now qualified as a Leader in Running Fitness and take an all comers medium paced running group on a Thursday evening.

Why I enjoy coaching: It is fun. Not just the sessions themselves (I generally train alongside the athletes in my sessions) but also I get a buzz from seeing runners developing into athletes who are competing in the Black & Gold and scoring for our teams.

My sporting history: I have always enjoyed running as a way of trying to keep fit and enjoy some personal time whilst away on business and trying to combat aeroplane food and/or jetlag. I enjoyed a number of mass participation fun runs, half marathons and marathons over the years before trying club running as a mid-life novice with WADAC back in the noughties. Since then I have tried my hand (or rather my feet/legs/breathing) at most of the events that WADAC compete in and managed to enjoy most of them. The best advice I was given Rest that niggle before it becomes an injury.

HRRL Lordshill 10K

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