Track Hour triumph for Josh.

The start of this year's track hour Shakespeare Race The week started off with the final and my favourite Shakespeare Race of the year - the track hour. 52 senior members took part, clocking up over 400 miles between them. The race was won by Josh Newman who completed just over 41 laps (16.68k) in the allotted hour at an average pace of 5.47 per mile. He was closely followed by Matt Burdus-Cook, who also completed 41 laps (16.53k) The full results are here : https://drive.google.com/file/d/16xLSEx73qOjej2NnGpiDXl7w6ByY4W1d/view There was lots of activity at the weekend, with James Coy, Cara Reynolds, Richard Hartwell and Victoria Jeffs completing the Loch Ness marathon and Ian Greaves, Rachel Green and Kim Lee running the Chester Marathon. There were some fabulous performances from our junior tri club members in the Warwickshire Junior Triathlon and a big thank you to Georgia Pridham for her superb report of this event. We had 19 members taking part in the local Alcester 10k and 4 competing in the final race of this season's Warwickshire Road Race League - the Rugby 10. Lesley Kirk did what she does and decided to spend the last day of her holiday running a marathon in the 55 mph winds of Storm Lorenzo, on Day 1 of the Atlantic Coast Challenge. Go figure! Finally, word reaches me that Phil Brennan has been selected to represent England as a member of England Masters XC team on 19th November. Congratulations Phil. Best Wishes David Jones Cara Reynolds and Victoria Jeffs. Loch Ness Marathon. Report - Phil Brennan. Four club members competed in the Loch Ness Marathon, possibility one of the most spectacular in the world. After some solid training James Coy had a fine run. He found the conditions horrible to start with but they improved in the later stages and he was pleased to finish just outside the top 300 in a time of 3:32:43. Cara Reynolds who was close behind in 3:43:54, had a great run and commented "I thought it was truly beautiful, I just ran how I felt as I had no idea how my foot tendonitis would cope. I definitely ran from my heart and head as my wee body hurt. My aspirational goal prior to injury was 3.45, so to run 3.43 I am super chuffed and wee bit surprised!!" The Scottish westher was fun!!" Richard Hartwell, 5:17:51, and Victoria Jeffs, 5:56:29, both did well to overcome a distance they are not greatly familiar with. Ian Greaves. Chester Marathon. Report - Phil Brennan and Ian Greaves. Chester has recently been voted the UK’s best small Marathon (less than 5000 entrants), but despite it’s size, it is extremely well organised, and follows quite an interesting course, out of Chester, briefly into Wales, and back. The start and finish had to be moved from the waterlogged racecourse, with the final 400 metres running adjacent to the riverside. The weather was kind to the runners, with sunny intervals, despite the forecast of persistent heavy…