Footnotes. GWR Towpath Series 2008 Entries now open

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1 Great Footnotes Western Runners Magazine Jan 2008 No. 255 In this issue: Updates on the latest cross country meets, a runners profile and a recipe for marmalade and sultana cake ideal for fueling those winter runs. Hello and welcome to issue number 2555 of Footnotes! Firstly Happy New Year, may 2008 be healthy and prosperous for you all. This issue sees a variety of information and articles and I hope gives a flavour of what we are trying do with Footnotes. We have had some great contributions this month so please continue to send in your articles, information, ideas etc. Whilst we are happy to re-type your contributions where required, it would be great, and is of most use, if items can be submitted electronically via l as this speeds up the process of putting Footnotes together. We also particularly welcome pictures of you all. We know the pictures have been a big hit but they do take a while to gather together so if we had a library of mug-shots it would aid the process! The address is footnotes@greatwesternrunners.org.uk. Nic Oughton Dec 2007 Club Committee 2007 to 2008 Chairman: Mike Willcox For phone Gloucester League Manager etc Vice Chairman: Paul Glennie numbers and Secretary: Nigel Barker other contact Webmaster Treasurer: Mike Bull details please Club kit vests, reflective bibs etc. Non Executive: Martin Church see your printed Moya Church copy of Footnotes Hilary Coe Club archives (storage only) Arthur Dagger Paul Marshall Emma Oughton Footnotes editor Club Training Bristol Lawn Tennis and Squash Club, Redland Green, Redland, Bristol BS6 7HF tel: Club mobile (in use on XC race days): Mondays: 18:45 Choice of informal training runs between 4 and 7 miles or rep speed session meet at BLTSC, Redland Green GWR Towpath Series 2008 Entries now open To enter visit and click on the link Wednesdays: Main Club Night meet from 18:30 at BLTSC, Redland Green Club notices at 19:00 prior to group runs over routes of 4, 6, 8, 10 miles and upwards. Routes vary from summer to winter. Sundays: 09:30 Meet near Nova Scotia pub, Cumberland Basin. Weekly long run, usually about 10 miles. Contact Brian Stramer: [see printed copy]

2 Letter from an Honorary Member Twenty one years ago I set out for my final long run (19 miles) in preparation for the London marathon. My chosen route was the cycle path from Mangotsfield to Bath and back. That was well before the introduction of the Ring Road, so the path was very narrow in places and unsurfaced. ( Much more attractive than it is now and liable to get worse if South Gloucestershire turns it into a bus route as they appear to be planning.) Fortunately I had an arrangement with my wife (Pam) who followed my progress by road in her little Mini, meeting me at convenient places to act as a sort of watering station. Well, everything went well at first but just beyond Bitton Station I was overtaken by a young cyclist. I don t know why but for some reason he kept stopping in front of me, waiting for me to catch up, then after a short interval chase after me again and overtake. Initially this was no problem as the path was quite wide. But close to Saltford the path narrowed considerably and he became a real nuisance. Eventually he must have tired of this game and decided to go back, but he made that decision immediately after passing me on a particularly narrow section of the path, stopping abruptly and swinging his bike around hitting me with it at the same time. After giving vent to my feelings and thinking that I had got away with that without injury I continued running. However, before I had covered another mile I suddenly became aware of the fact that I had not, after all, escaped injury. My back hurt so much that I was reduced to walking, the pain in my lumbar region getting steadily more intense. My next meeting point with Pam was not until the outskirts of Bath, which I eventually reached after walking that last section in shear agony. Pam was also concerned about my late arrival as I was well behind schedule. The journey home in the Mini was not very comfortable either. Needless to say I missed the London marathon but was allowed to run the following year. It took 6 months of physiotherapy and special exercises before I was able to resume light training. I ran my last race (Bath Half) shortly after my 60 th birthday and continued running occasionally for a few more years but eventually stopped after being attacked by a Jack Russell which rather viciously sank its fangs into my right calf muscle. Now I m almost 74 years old and because of that old back injury, just walking is very uncomfortable, sometimes very painful. However, I m still very much involved with athletics as a Level 4 Track & Field official and a Level 3 Endurance official, as well as being the Officials Secretary for Avon AA. Despite the number of incidents with dogs, one actually put me in the BRI for a while, I really have enjoyed the many years of running, particularly after I joined the Great Western Runners. I have many happy memories of running with those members who will remember me and I hope you will forgive me for not calling in on a club night to see you, or attending the AGM. However, keep running for as long as you can still enjoy doing so and I would like to wish you all a very happy New Year. Ray Gooding. 28 th December 2007 Runners Profile : Mike Hockett How long have you been running? I started as a young man in the marines and then returned to it in 2000 after a long spell just doing body building. A total of about 20 years. How long have you been a GWR member? I joined in April What made you take up running? The marines at first, then years later after seeing the Bristol Half Marathon advertised in 2000 in a free paper. It evoked some great memories; I did it, loved it and never looked back. What s your favourite race? The Bristol Half Marathon. Favourite race distance? Half Marathon. How many times a week do you run? Six times a week. What other training do you do? Weight training, Martial Arts and badminton. What s the one thing you wished you known when you started running? How to train properly in the military it was just hard sessions all the time, I now know the benefits of recovery, plus how much wives nag about all the extra washing. Do you have a race day routine? Yes I take race prep very seriously. I eat three hours before and then focus on the task ahead. How do you cope if you can t run? I ve been injured for a few months now and it has really affected my overall well being a great deal. Running makes me happy. Best running moment? Breaking sub 1.30 for a half marathon. Favourite pre race meal? Scrambled eggs on toast. Favourite kit brands? Addidas clothing and Mizuno shoes.

3 What s your goal for the next twelve months? To train very hard for Bristol Half Marathon 2008 and to start coaching at GWR. What s your favourite training run? Wednesday club night, the 8 mile route. Do you run with music? No but I must start, it works for Vito, Clive B and Martyn Church who only looks 21 years old. Worst running moment? Doing the Sodbury Slog Sunday morning after finishing work at in the morning. Best thing about the running world? Having a hard run on Wednesday night, then a sauna, shower and a drink with all the regular stay behind crew at BLT. Coaching at GWR Many of you may be aware that I have been coaching at Westbury Harriers on a Monday night for a period of time. I am a UK Athletics level 2 coach and I am looking at starting coaching at GWR. I would ask you to see either myself or Mike Wilcox if you would be interested in attending some coaching sessions; I am looking at starting sessions one day a week. These will be interval sessions at local venues and some track training at the Wise Campus. I am looking to start sessions in February at some local venues on a week night possibly Fridays kicking off at about 7pm. Finally I am available on Wednesday club nights for anything you think I may be able to help with including training advice or setting personal programmes. Mike Hockett UK Athletics Coach level 2 Endurance Canicross For anyone interested in running with dogs there is a local event in February visit for more details Marmalade and Sultana Loaf This is one of my favourite pre-training run snacks. I prefer it un-iced and like to have it mid afternoon with a cup of tea! Serves 8-10 Prep time 25 minutes, plus 30 minutes soaking Cook time 45 minutes If you prefer leave un-iced and serve with butter. 200g (7oz) sultanas 7 tablespoons marmalade (or 3 if not icing) 150ml (5fl oz) hot tea 125g (4½oz) soft butter 2 large eggs 200g (7oz) plain flour 1½ teaspoons baking powder 50g (2oz) walnut halves, roughly chopped 5 tablespoons icing sugar (only required if icing) 2 teaspoons lemon juice (only required if icing) 900g (2lb) loaf tin, buttered the base lined with parchment paper Preheat the oven to 180 C, fan 170 C, gas 4. Put the sultanas into a small bowl, add 3 tablespoons of marmalade, cover with the hot tea and stir together. Leave to soak for 30 minutes. Put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt into a large bowl and whisk together until combined. Using a large metal spoon, stir in the soaked fruit mixture and walnuts then pour into the loaf tin. Smooth the surface, and then bake on the centre shelf for minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin. When the loaf is cold, turn it out on to a rack. Mix the remaining 4 tablespoons of marmalade with the icing sugar and lemon juice. Spread over the cake. Leave to set before slicing and serving. Per serving (if iced)(serves 10) 377 cals; 15.5g fat of which 7.3g saturated fat; 57.9g carbohydrate; 5g protein;27.9g added sugar; 0.5g salt; 1.3g fibre Emma Oughton Yum!

4 Gwent Cross Country League Mid Season Team Positions: Senior Ladies 14 th overall (3 rd of 10 in Div.2 of A Teams) LV35 Team 14 th,lv45 Team 5 th Senior Men A Team 20 th overall (10 th of 12 in Div.1 of A Teams) Senior Men B Team 50 th overall MV40 Team 8 th, MV50 Team 4 th Your Club Needs You! For the first time in the clubs history our Senior Men A team will be relegated to Div.2 unless we get more of our top quartile men runners taking part in the next fixture at Brecon on Saturday 9 th February We cannot rely on our normal good turnout at the final fixture (1 st March at Blaise Castle) as our rivals for relegation, primarily Westbury Harriers, will also be well represented. Likewise, more of our top quartile Male Vet 50 runners taking part at Brecon and Blaise Castle could well get the MV50 team into a top three position! Remaining Fixtures: Saturday 9 th February 2008 Brecon and Saturday 1 st March 2008 Blaise Castle, Bristol Contact our team manager John Hargreaves ([see printed copy]) if you can run for your club at either/both fixtures Gloucester Cross Country League Remaining Fixture: Saturday 2 nd February 2008 to be arranged by Severn AC (awaiting actual venue). Keep an eye on the club notice board at BLTSC and the club website ( for updated information. Contact the team manager Mike Willcox ([see printed copy]) if you can run here. Gwent Cross Country League University Campus, Bath (2 nd of 5 fixtures) Sunday 11 th November 2007 Dry, fairly mild, blustery, dry underfoot conditions of rough grassland, numerous long inclines and restricted course area. Senior Women (approx. 5,700 metres) first five for each team score for that team A Team 29 Andrea Culp 22:43 31 Holly Symons 22:46 [Deborah Youngs (2 nd claim) was 74 th in 25:06 ] 69 Jane Murphy (LV45) 24:45 [for her first claim club Gorseinon Road Runners] 113 Rita Davies (LV55) 29: Pat Parr (LV55) 32: entered / 146 finished 132 Sue Myers (LV55) 32: Audrey Butler (LV65) 35: Sue Bennett (LV55) 41:59 A team 12 th overall (4 th of 10 in Div2 of A teams) LV45 team 5 th in LV45 s (mainly with our LV55 s!) Senior Men (approx. 10,300 metres) first five for each team score for that team A Team B Team 64 Chris Newby 36: Keith Harris (MV50) 41:43 81 Jon Goodland (MV50) 38: John Hargreaves (MV50) 43:08 97 Dave Wintle (MV50) 38: Mike Willcox (MV55) 45: Ken Ham (MV40) 39: Roger Hemming (MV55) 47: Phil Chan (MV40) 39: Martin Bennett (MV55) 49: John Thorpe (MV40) 40: Pete Hawkins (MV40) 43: entered/302 finished C Team (Incomplete) Teams 285 Chris Bennett (MV50) 50:39 A team 9 th overall (8 th of 12 in Div.2 of A teams) 286 Alan Knight (MV55) 50:51 V40 team 7 th in V40 s 297 Arthur Dagger (V60) 55:00 V50 team 2 nd in V50 s [John Duncan V50 (2 nd claim) was 40 th in 35:37 for his 1 st claim club Bristol & West Athletic club]

5 Newbridge Fields, Bridgend (3 rd of 5 fixtures) Sunday 2 nd December 2007 Raining, cold and very blustery at times with severe hailstorm during ladies race. Course was water logged and very muddy underfoot. Senior Women (approx. 6,000 metres) Senior Men (approx. 10,000 metres) First five score for the team First five score for the team A Team A Team 26 Andrea Culp 29:52 95 Phil Chan (MV40) 41:43 51 Lucy Ellis 31: Chris McCarthy 42:04 54 Catriona Ambrose 32: John Thorpe (MV40) 42:54 94 Rita Davies (LV55) 37: John Hargreaves (MV50) 44: Sue Myers (LV55) 39: Pete Hawkins (MV40) 44: Pat Parr (LV55) 41: Mike Willcox (MV55) 46: Audrey Butler (LV65) 46: Sue Bennett (LV55) 52:27 B Team (incomplete) [Deborah Youngs (2 nd claim) was 47 th in 31:44 ] 211 Martin Bennett (MV55) 48:40 [for her 1 st claim club Gorseinon Road Runners] 231 Chris Bennett (MV50) 52: Alan Knight (MV55) 53: Arthur Dagger (MV60) 56: entered/121 finished 259 entered/250 finished Teams: Teams: A team 7 th overall (1 st of 10 in Div.2 of A teams) A team 20 th (10 th of 11 in Div.1 of A teams) LV45 team 9 th in LV45 s (with our LV55 s!!!) V40 team 10 th in V40 s V50 team 4 th in V50 s The Power of 10 Nic Oughton The Power of Ten is a scheme run by UK athletics aimed at improving the standard of athletics, in this country, from grass roots level through to the Olympics. The idea is to set a standard across all running age groups and all distances that should be achievable by the tenth best athlete for the class and distance. The targets have been determined by examining the 10 th best performance in each event of a five year period. The purpose is to set realistic standards and then use this measure as a means of driving up performance levels in each discipline. For more information on the overall scheme visit I thought it would be interesting to see which of our fellow club members have a Power of 10 ranking for In alphabetical order (surname) our Power of 10 athletes are: Jonathon Bamber is ranked 869 th for the half marathon in 2007 for his 76:43 in Stroud Steve Duddell is ranked 475 th for the marathon after a 2:50:28 in the London Marathon Carle Green is ranked 415 th for the marathon (up from 510 in the previous year) after a 2:49:08 in the Tokyo Marathon Lucy Hamilton is ranked 692 nd for the 10K road following her 39:52 in the Frenchay 10K and 426 th for the marathon after a 3:22:36 in the Edinburgh Marathon Andrew Harrison is ranked 710 th for the half marathon for his 75:53 in the Bristol Half and 124 th for the marathon following a 2:38:35 in London this year. Chris Newby is 1270 th for the 10K on road after a 34:35 in the Frampton 10K and 130 th for the marathon after a 2:38:46 in Berlin. Peter Royle is 786 th for the marathon after a 2:56:00 in Taunton Tanya Shaw is 232 nd for the marathon (up nearly 400 places from 615 the previous year) for her 3:14:33 in this year s London Marathon. Congratulations to all these athletes for their achievements in 2007! Maybe 2008 will see even more Great Westerners hitting similar heights. Look out in the next issue of Footnotes for the winner of our Christmas competition!

6 Race Results Sodbury Slog Sunday 11 th November :58: Will Hillier SM 01:16: Andrew Kirby MV50 01:19: Piers Clascoine MV40 01:24: Jen Woolfson FV40 01:27: Nicola Lee-Browne FV40 01:29: Jonathan Bird SM 01:41: Lucien Campbell-Kemp SM 01:45: David Taylor MV40 01:46: Nicola Bird FV40 01:47: Peter Tanner MV40 02:06:41 Weston Prom 5 (3 of 9) Thursday 15 th November : Chris Ledgard SM 00: Jon Goodland MV50 00: Dave Wintle MV50 00: N Edwards MV40 00: Ken Ham MV40 00: Andrew Smith MV40 00: Aileen Brown LV35 00: Keith Harris MV50 00: Nigel Barker MV40 00: Mike Bull M MV50 00: Dante Fiebig MV50 00: Ron Wootten MV60 00: C Ambrose SL 00: M Hucker SM 00: Steve Parsons MV60 00: Nigel Andrews MV50 00: P Tanner MV40 00: R Davies LV45 00: Audrey Butler LV45 00:49.29 Audrey Butler (love what Nike have done with this seasons running gear!) Clevedon Boxing Day 4 26 th December :19:06 17 Christopher Newby MS 00:21:57 27 Carle Green MS 00:22:34 39 David Hobbs MS 00:23:16 64 John Thorpe MV40 00:24:11 65 Keith Harris MV50 00:24:12 84 Simon Richards MV40 00:24:52 97 Peter Murphy MV50 00:25: Jonathan Hurford MV50 00:25: Michael Willcox MV50 00:26: Richard Harrod MV50 00:27: Jane Murphy FV40 00:28: Andrew Kirby MV50 00:28: Peter Foreman MV50 00:28: Tony Myers MV50 00:29: William Dixon MV50 00:31: Peter Tanner MV40 00:31: Stephen Meek MV50 00:32: Roger Haynes MV60 00:32: Anthony Blacker MV40 00:32: Veronica Ford FV40 00:35: Sue Myers FV50 00:35: Graham Scorey MV60 00:37: Audrey Butler FV60 00:41:01 Keith Harris David Hobbs Ray Gooding

7 Wyvern Christmas Cracker Sunday 9 th December :34:22 17 Chris Ledgard SM 00:39:22 24 Jose Vega SM 00:40:03 26 Jon Thraves MV40 00:40:10 27 David Hobbs SM 00:40:19 31 Andrew Smith MV45 00:40:55 64 Paul Glennie MV45 00:43:11 76 Peter Murphy MV50 00:43: Emma Oughton SF 00:46: Roger Hemming MV50 00:47: Richard Harrad MV50 00:47: Peter Foreman MV50 00:49: David Jarrett SM 00:50: Laura Porter SF 00:53: Bob Porter MV50 00:53: Steve Parsons MV60 00:53: Nigel Andrews MV50 00:54: John Watson MV50 00:54: Stephen Meek MV50 00:55: Terry Kemple MV50 00:56: Sarah Ackroyd FV50 00:56: Julie Munro FV40 00:58: Nic Oughton MV40 00:59: Anne Travis FV50 00:59: Moya Church FV50 00:59: Susan Morgan FV50 01:00: Anne Jenner FV45 01:05: Audrey Butler FV60 01:16: Carol Sedgwick FV60 01:18:18 Very wet and windy, then dry cold and sunny, the wet and blustery again! The most water there has been on Weston beach for years. Showers were nice and hot though! Bob Porter Resolving To Log - Nic Oughton I ve never been one for New Year s resolutions but this year is different, this year I am making a resolution that I am going to stick to. So what is it? Eat less? Drink less? Exercise more? Well yes probably all of those things should be on my list but my actual resolution is to return to logging my runs. Run logging seems to be one of those things that people either do religiously or not at all. I accept that I may be speaking to the converted here but it is something that I would (now) recommend to all runners. There are many reasons why logging your running is a good idea, in its most basic form it can provide you with a record of your mileage and maybe help identify what combination of training produces the best racing results. Add in additional information such as distance covered, weather conditions, how hard you pushed, even when and what you ate beforehand can help provide valuable data on getting the most out of when, where and how you train. For me my most valuable column of information is how I felt whilst running, and this is the reason for my New Year s resolution. When I took up running I also started logging my runs. At that point it was to help me measure my achievement. I started to run, at the age of thirty six to lose weight, I had never done any significant exercise since leaving school, I smoked fifteen a day for sixteen years and when I gave up the fags (on the 20 th Jan 2002 see not even that was a New Year s resolution!) I spent the next year eating sweets to compensate and gained stone upon stone until at the point I arrived at running I was around five and a half stone over my ideal weight. I started with a walk run program, how hard can this running lark be? The first minute of running felt like the longest minute of my life, by twenty seconds I was convinced that certain death could only be moments away. Fortunately the grim reaper was busy elsewhere and I managed to repeat the walk a minute run a minute ten times. My running log described each painful second but it also measured my achievement. Now I am not blessed with a runners body, mechanically I don t work particularly smoothly and the first couple of months read something like run a minute, walk a minute, visit the doctors as I dealt with shin splints and knee problems, but over time my body got used to be dragged around the Downs and soon my log became a record of my first half marathon training schedule and then a second half marathon and a 10K it was all there, religiously recorded and then I stopped. I don t remember why or how or when but at some point I stopped logging. Whenever that point was I had obviously decided there was no value in it any more. I knew how many weeks before a half marathon I needed to be up to ten miles, I knew how many times and what distances each week worked for me. What I didn t realize was that I had lost a record that helped me move forwards, gave me a benchmark against which I could measure myself. A record that I could use to look at what I had done, what results it had produced and then think about how that could be adjusted to make the results better. I guess I got lazy I knew how to do enough to keep off the weight I had lost but not how to improve at what had, by now, become a huge part of my life.

8 This year has proved out the value of that record and why I resolve that 2008 will once again become the year of the log. This year had started out ok I completed the Bath Half in 1:53:25 a PB you can t ask for anymore than that. As I mentioned before I am not a natural runner, I would like to have my half times under 1:50 and have always believed that I have a 1:45 in me. My new bench mark gave me hope that maybe this would be the year. However, 2007 was also the year that I spent six months heavily involved in a major work project. For four months of the six I averaged fifteen hour days seven days a week and spent a total of two months in California over three separate trips. When my running started to go off the boil it was no real surprise. I wasn t always getting to run, I had discovered Togo s and Erik s Deli. One too many Tuesday specials and Marrakesh Expresses (pastrami and sprouts in a warm pitta pocket with Erik s secret goo yum!) were beginning to tell on the waistline, and the long hours and travelling were taking their toll. I was still training and racing I even did the Santa Cruz Half (we saw a whale in the bay during the race now you don t get that in Bristol or Stroud!) but something wasn t right. However, without recording the training I was doing there was no way of saying absolutely where the problem lay. Was it simply not enough running or not enough running over the right distance, or not at the right times. I also had no real record of how I felt or how I was actually doing, how did my current training time over 10k compare to a 10k training run from the previous year? I had no idea. Then the project finished, I caught up on my sleep, even took a vacation but my running still wasn t right. I had no energy, my legs felt empty, my breathing was odd, I was getting slower and slower and therefore not burning as many calories so I carried on gaining weight which put more strain on my knees and legs which meant they hurt more etc. vicious circle. Until after months of this downward spiral I finally realized that after every run I was getting wheezy. Not gasping for breath or anything dramatic like that but wheezy, somewhere in the background. It would last for about twelve hours and then go away. It had kind of registered a couple of times, but then it went away, I forgot about it and just complained about something different after my next training run. Then I had one really, really bad run and had a rasping wheeziness afterwards and was ready to hand over my trainers to anyone that wanted them so I took myself off to the doctors. I have asthma, not particularly badly, my Olympic dream maybe over (!), but the asthma is easily controlled and ventolin has had an almost instant impact. Having now really thought about it I have realized that this has been happening for many months, something I would have detected had I been logging. My legs have always been my weak point but I now realize that sometime over the last twelve months being able to breathe at full capacity took over as my number one issue. If I had still been logging my running I would have noticed, would have done something about it and may have already made that 1:50, and so, in 2008, I resolve to log. So what s your New Year s resolution? Forthcoming Races 01-Jan Tue Hangover 10k, Kewstoke, Weston 10km TARGET RACE 06-Jan Sun Gloucester New Year 10 10ml 13-Jan Sun Rough 'n' Tumble ml MT Marlborough 17-Jan Thu Weston Prom 5 5ml 5 of 9 TARGET RACE 26-Jan Sat pm Midland Cross Country Championships XC Marlborough 27-Jan Sun Slaughterford 9 9ml MT Corsham 29-Jan Tue Bridge Inn 5k Winter Series 5km 4 of 5 02-Feb Sat pm Gloucester League XC Venue tbc 03-Feb Sun Blackmore Vale Half Marathon 13.1ml Sherborne, Dorset 09-Feb Sat Brands Hatch 10k 10km 09-Feb Sat Brands Hatch Half Marathon 13.1ml 10-Feb Sun Longleat 10k 10km 10-Feb Sun pm Gwent League XC Blaise Castle, Bristol 17-Feb Sun Tough Ten Challenge, Weston 10ml MT TARGET RACE 20-Feb Sun 11:00 Riverbank Rollick 8.5ml MT Thornbury 21-Feb Thu Weston Prom 5 5ml 6 of 9 TARGET RACE 23-Feb Sun pm National Cross Country Championships Alton Towers 26-Feb Tue Bridge Inn 5k Winter Series 5km 5 of 5 02-Mar Sun Gloucester 20 20ml 09-Mar Sun '09.30 Castle Combe 10k 10km Also duathlon 09-Mar Sun Devizes 10k 10km 15-Mar Sat Rhayader 'Round the Lakes' 20 20ml 16-Mar Sun tbc Bath Half Marathon 13.1ml 16-Mar Sun Forest of Dean Trails Half Marathon 13.1ml Lydney 16-Mar Sun Ironwood Challenge 6ml MT Long Ashton 20-Mar Thu Weston Prom 5 5ml 7 of 9 TARGET RACE 30-Mar Sun Hogweed Hilly Half 13.1ml Horton 06-Apr Sun Chedworth Roman Trail 10 10ml MT 13-Apr Sun London Marathon 26.2ml London 17-Apr Thu Weston Prom 5 5ml 8 of 9 TARGET RACE 4-May Sun tbc Bristol 10K 10km Bristol 15-May Thu Weston Prom 5 5ml 9 of 9 TARGET RACE 8-Jun Sun Long Ashton 10k 10km 25-Jun Wed Nailsea Festival 10k 10km (more listed and regularly updated at Further details and entry forms available in the race folders at BLTSC on Wednesday evenings. If you know of any other races, which may be of interest to club members please contact Pete Hawkins on [see printed copy]. Always wanted: Race entry forms for future races. Please pass copies to Steve Parsons or Audrey Butler.Thanks!