Hi there
Hope you are enjoying your Bank Holiday weekend.
First of all, congratulations to Kate Elkington who has passed her England Athletics Coach in Running Fitness. I’m sure we will all benefit from her help and knowledge in the coming months.
Jayne Cresswell and Sally Rooke have also been doing their Leader in Running Fitness Course which is great and means that we now have more qualified Lead Runners.
Thursday Night Sessions
We had some good feedback from the participants who road-tested our training session last Thursday. It was found to be useful and enjoyable. If anyone else, from any of the groups, would like to come and join us this Thursday, 6:30pm at the Rugby Club, please let me know helen@greendawnaccounting.co.uk
Tuesday Night Runs
Please remember that if you have signed up for a run but then find you can’t make it, please take your name off the list to allow other people to sign up. Thanks.
The groups are as follows:-
- Jeffers – walk & run as the group pleases. 3 miles
- Gentle Joggers – 11 – 12 min mile pace, around 3 – 4 miles
- Easy Runners- 10 – 11 min mile pace, around 4 miles.
- Runners – 9 -10 min mile pace, around 4 – 5 miles
- Sprinters – 8 – 9 min mile pace, around 5 –6 miles
- Fast – 7 –
8 min mile pace, around 7-8 miles
The sign-up sheet for the 4th May is available here:- Sign-up Spreadsheet.
Leaders for the 4th May-
Jeffers – Catherine Every
Gentle Joggers – Nick Tyler/ Denise Wright
Easy Runners – Sally Rooke/Tony Saunders
Runners – Laura Webb
Sprinters – Sue Kirk
Meeting places are as they were previously:-
Jeffers – St Katherine’s Car Park
Gentle Joggers – Primary School Car park
Easy Runners – Swimming pool car park
Runners – Homebase
Sprinters – St Katherine’s Car Park
Fast Group – Market House.
The England Athletics guidance on returning to running can be found here:-
https://www.englandathletics.org/athletics-and-running/news/guidance-update-2021/
As soon as we are able to do so, we will get back to our full club meetings. Keep an eye on the newsletters and website for more information.
2021-22 Membership forms
If you haven’t renewed your membership for 2021/22, it is now due!
The membership form can be found on the website here:-
https://ledburyharriers.org.uk/our-club/membership/
We have held our prices for renewing again this year. It is £15 for the standard membership without England Athletics affiliation or £30 including the EA membership. England Athletics membership allows you discounts to most races (remember those?!) and other offers including discounts at a variety of sports retailers. England Athletics affiliation is only available until 31st May as we have to register all affilliated athletes by the 30th June.
Dates for your Diary
23rd May – Ross Round Relays https://howlingbullrun.wixsite.com/website/ross-round-relays
5th June – Return to parkrun!!
20th June – Round the Downs Race Bromyard https://www.entrycentral.com/round-the-downs-2021
27th June – Pendock Chicken Run https://www.runpendock.co.uk/
30th June – Malvern Joggers 10K
4th July – Leominster Triathlon http://www.herefordtriathlonclub.co.uk/
17th July – The Scrumpy Scurry – 5K run 3 laps with a cider on each lap! To be held at Mortimers Orchard
12th September – Wye Valley Tunnel run https://www.relishrunningraces.com/wye-valley-tunnel-run.php
18th September – Dymock Half Marathon and 10K
19th September – Run Hereford 2021 in aid of St Michael’s Hospice https://www.st-michaels-hospice.org.uk/run/
21st November – Newent Nine
Obviously, these all have the caveat that things might change because of Government guidance. I think it is going to be a busy Summer and Autumn of races and events. Please let me know of others that are being put on and that I have missed.
Wyedean Relay – August 14th 2021
Wyedean Relay This takes place on 14th August and is a 10 stage race starting and finishing in Chepstow. A team took part in the 2019 one and had a lot of fun doing it – both before the race – checking out the routes – and during. Kate Elkington would love to get a team or two together to do it. If you are interested, then please email Kate kate.elkington1@btinternet.com for more information.
Think that’s all for now.
Have a good week.
Helen