We were missing one group last night, that was group 11! The leader and I believe most of Group 11 were busy recovering from an epic marathon over the weekend. Club records were broken with some brilliant running! We had marathon runners represented in most groups, the pub in the evening was going ram packed with just those that took part, let alone the rest of us that joined after evening runs!
In my group I had a couple of newbies, one of them is fresh from the beginners course! Brilliant that our beginners course has inspired them to join our club! J.J. was also back with us, I deliberately chose one of our routes that is fairly easy going, but also one that J.J. can slip off early if she couldn't manage the whole route! It's the one with the cheeky 'hill training' little hill that we do, but we did this in the opposite direction.
We all lined up at our posts after the leaders had given their planned routes. DiscoRich then suggested that half the groups go out the back gate while the others go out the main gate. Well, that would slightly alter my routes, but it's still doable, and there is still short cuts for J.J. to do if necessary. So out the back gate we went.
There were 7 of us in the group, my team members, Wendimoo, Janet and J.J. and then we had some of the newer members, Kate and then the other names have escaped me, (it is a whole day, including an evening of celebrations, since then!) We went out through the back gate and turned left to go towards Petts Wood memorial. We have missed the undulations of Hazelmere and Great Thrift but we still have the up hill of Petts Wood Road.
The three new ladies were doing well, kept up a steady pace all the way, I was in the middle keeping an eye on my running buddies behind me, making sure that they are all ok and not over doing. The up hill soon started. We all ran up there, some slower, but it don't matter. The fact we are all here doing what we do is what it's all about.
I sent the front 3 down then hill and then said to them to run up it again! By the time they got up the others had caught up with us. Now it's just the down hill back to the rec.......or was it! After we ran down the cheeky little hill and turned left, then ran down to the end. We were going to head for Birchwood Road, the nice long hill that we have always in group 1, so far, have run up it! Last night, for what seemed like ages, we ran down it! Only we were didn't turn left to go to Crossways and the rec. We carried on all the way along Hazelmere, Great Thrift! We still had to do those undulations that missed. I couldn't let the group miss out on their extra mile now could I!
Now that was a little tougher. Do this route this way around just seemed to be slightly more challenging. Having those undulations at the end of our run! Brilliant. We love a challenge, and I am sure the new members will be moving up the groups in no time!
After our run a whole bunch of us ended up at the One Inn The Wood to celebrate with the marathon runners. The place was totally packed up, and it was just brilliant! Here's a picture of just some of us.
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| One packed pub! |
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| Us lot |
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