Back in the old routine.

Niamh Hillard, Olivia Robinson and Charly Marshall in action at The Pingles last Sunday. They're not remotely competitive ! This week's newsletter sees us gradually getting back to something like normal. We had a season's opener T&F competition at The Pingles Stadium in Nuneaton at the weekend, with 17 members competing. John Peacock won his age group in the Bedford Autodrome Duathlon, while in the Tempo Events Spring Duathlon we had 5 members taking part. The results of the Virtual English Schools Cross Country Championships saw 7 of our Junior XC squad do the club proud. From a personal point of view it was great to be back at the track with the Senior members on Monday evening and the previous day it was the Welcombe Hills with our junior endurance group. I know there is another Winter Series event at Illmington this weekend and it would be wonderful if someone competing could let me have a report for the newsletter. Enjoy the weekend. Best wishes David Jones. Taylor Stubbins on his way to a hugely impressive 4:17.12 in the 1500m. I believe he will be competing again this weekend. Good luck Taylor. Dave Wilson looks like he's got a bit left in the tank as he crosses the finish line. Track and Field - Season Opener. The Pingles Stadium - Nuneaton. Sunday 11th April Report - David Jones The 17 club members who took part in the opening T&F event of the year at The Pingles Stadium in Nuneaton certainly hit the ground running ( or jumping Seb ! ) proving that their commitment to training over the winter months, in far from ideal circumstances, has certainly paid dividends. 10 of them achieved PBs, a couple of who were running the distances for the first time. In the blue riband 1500m event, Olivia Robinson and Taylor Stubbins smashed their PBs. Olivia’s time of 5:02.21 was some 8 seconds quicker than her previous best time, achieved at the same venue in September. Taylor lowered his best performance by 10 seconds. His previous best time having been achieved last August. He completed the race in 4:17.12. These performances rank them 13th and 8th, respectively, in the UK rankings in their age groups, albeit early in the year. The strength of our junior endurance runners over 1500m, was further illustrated by Maisie-Joy Spriggs’ first time effort at this distance, completed in a time of just 5:09.90, a time that places her in the top 20 in the UK for her age. There’s more to come from this talented athlete. Other impressive performances from our female junior 1500m runners were Charlotte Marshall in a PB time of 5:10.22, Niamh Hillard (5:18.79) and Ellie Deaner (5:23.68). It’s wonderful to see Ellie back competing after a long period of injury and I’m sure we’ll see some great performances from her in her favoured triathlon events in the not too distant future. Super talented Alex Adams ran 4:23.64. What a shame he couldn’t have run in…