Thu 28th February - Street Orienteering (Macc)

Another great evening of night-time street orienteering followed by beer & curry.

Team Run England had a few people out ...

Oliver 25th (470 points)
Nina & Neil 26th (470 points)
Gemma and Jenny 34th (440 points)
Louise and family 51st (150 points)

There will be more events in the summer and spring - watch this space....

Neil

Saturday 23rd February

The start

This week 19 group members including a new member, Gemma, met in Langley for a 5k run around the quiet lanes and into Macc Forest to try out some of the forest trails.

It was a hilly route and everyone found the steepest hill tough going. But we got there... with quite a lot of grit and determination!

A well-earned coffee was taken at Macc Garden Centre afterwards.

Well done everyone. I really enjoyed leading the group today, although I think I've got a lot of learning to do. I hope you enjoyed it too and it hasn't put any of you off running in the hills. If enough people want to do it, we can organise other off-road and hilly routes in the future.

Alison

The briefing

More briefing

Top of the hill

Macc Forest

Macc Forest

Macc Forest

Macc Forest

Macc Forest

Macc Forest - frosty path!

Last Hill

Loop Back

Nearly home..

Last 100m

Last 100m

Just a blur...

Last 100m

Route

Saturday 16th February

The start

Today 18 Run England Group members met at the Bollin Valley Car Park for a 'hill and speed' session.

The hill session was a 'pyramid' of 15-30-45-30-15 seconds up the hill towards Bollinbrook. The speed session was a pyramid of 15-30-45-60-30 seconds along the main Bollin Valley track. We then did a 'race pace' out-and-back session along the valley track followed by a 'loop around the valley.

There was some hard effort put in by group members and it has hopefully helped us all to know what it feels like to be running at a faster pace. There were some tired legs and 'glutes' at the end.

Well done - the coffee/tea afterwards was very welcome.

Next week - Langley & Macc Forest. Alison is group leader.


Neil

Up the hill then down the hill...

Speed session - who is leading?

Focus on speed...

Gemma - still not warmed up!

Gemma .. getting warmer

Heather C wins the out & back session

Wendy & Mel

Jen & Savitri

Who is taking a short cut?

Finished at alst

Tired ...

Hill Reps

Hill Reps

Good technique

... and down again

Jo working hard!