Saturday 4th October - Kerridge Loop

Well the weather was a little different this morning to the glorious sunshine we had last week but 12 runners met at Clough Bank to see if we were going up or down 'Neil's Hill'. We headed up the Middlewood and quickly onto the canal, off the canal and up forward Kerridge. We went up which meant only one thing, we were coming down 'Neil's Hill' with a few reps thrown in for good measure.

We headed back down towards the Middlewood and completed the timed 1K with excellent results - everyone coming in within the 5-6 minute range (from memory). The table below is a copy of the one I was reading from. Well done, it was good to see everyone smiling at the end of the 1K and seeing paced speed work as a positive. We then added a bit extra to the route and ran back to Clarke Lane and back up the canal and through Tinkers Clough. We arrived back in good time, as we finished stretching the heavens really opened!!

Thank you to Gemma for supporting this morning :-)

                          Already soaking at the start

                 Over the Middlewood - lots of smiles!

                              Abi looking warm 

                                 Determined Karen 

                  No avoiding the puddles this morning!

                    Georgina looking good near the front 

                      Lou, you don't look very happy.... 

                Karen has found a dry patch of the path!

                                       Up up up 

                                         Gemma 

                                 Strong hill running 

       So we did end up going up "Neil's hill a few times....

                                  Determined faces

            Abi smiling towards the end of the paced 1K!

                                      Almost there...

                                 Well done Kathryn 

                                    Extra canal loop  

                           Almost at the finish....

Speedy work this morning 8-9:40 minute mile pace