Off To Flying Start

CMCM Indoor Meeting, Luxembourg 13 February Club member and World indoor champion Andrew Pozzi won the 60m hurdles with 7.57 in his first meet of 2021, beating Italian Paolo dal Molin by 0.03 of a second having. Results Men's 60mH indoor Final Place Name Birth Date Nat. Mark 1. Andrew POZZI 15 MAY 1992 GBR 7.57 2. Paolo DAL MOLIN 31 JUL 1987 ITA 7.60 3. Vladimir VUKICEVIC 06 MAY 1991 NOR 7.73 4. Koen SMET 09 AUG 1992 NED 7.77 5. Hassane FOFANA 28 APR 1992 ITA 7.86 6. Georg FLEISCHHAUER 21 OCT 1988 GER 7.91 7. Tim EIKERMANN 15 FEB 2000 GER 8.08 8. Francois GRAILET 29 MAR 1994 LUX 8.16 A fairly quiet week this week. Aren't they all ! Andrew Pozzi got his year off to a flying start with victory in Luxembourg. Josh and Ben Harrison continue their efforts to run/cycle 874 miles, the equivalent of driving from Lands End to John o'Groats. There is a report on the latest virtual Shakespeare race, with many members running in sub zero temperatures and we have the current state of play in the National Round of the England Athletics virtual 5 mile relay. Currently Ben Kruze is in 17th place overall, Georgie Campbell leads in her age category with Alex Adams 2nd in his age category. Take care Best Wishes David Jones Ben and Josh Harrison Josh and Ben's Progress. A couple of weeks ago I told you about 11 year old Josh and 9 year old Ben Harrison's attempt to run/cycle 874 miles, the equivalent of driving from Lands End to John o'Groats, with the aim of both keeping fit and raising money for Multiple Sclerosis. I can now report that they are almost a quarter of the way there, having completed 210 miles and so far they have raised the superb sum of £710. Well done boys. You are an example to us all. Keep it up. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/josh-and-ben-harrison View this email in your browser Braving the sub zero temperatures. Top: Cara Reynolds and Emma Parkin. Bottom: Philipa Sian and James Cusack February Virtual Shakespeare Race 90 members competed in this month's 5k virtual Shakespeare race, many running in sub zero temperatures. That is some 50% more than used to compete back in the days when we used to run together, as a group. That's for those of you with long memories. 60 of the 90 also competed in the equivalent 5k race back in August 2020. Of these, exactly 50% improved on their times including all 7 of the juniors who competed in both races. These juniors improved their times by an average of 78 seconds. Pretty impressive. I came across some interesting facts on some of the hugely impressive times by looking at the Power of 10 rankings for last year's 5k road races. The following members would have achieved high UK rankings in their respective age groups last year. Alex Adams (16.08 ) would have been 6th, Georgie Campbell (17.33) 4th, Kate Wright…