North Dorset Villages Marathon Week

Hi All

Its NDVM week, I am sure all of you out there doing the race have trained well, enjoy and savour. Always respect the distance, if you do you will enjoy, never under estimate and most important… Have fun.

Don't forget the Ash Tree Race on Wednesday, details on the web site and in previous posts..

Friday's training is going to be a different this week with permission from Time and the Pete's.

We are going to do 'Wyvern Circuits' Wyvern Circuits

Plan is to start at 6.30pm as usual but please allow a little bit of extra time for a 7.45 finish. Promise you will be proper tired afterwards. Adrian

Details from Runners World of events in the South West

Runners World South West

This in from Kevin Stenner - Thanks Kevin and well done

Corsham St Georges day 10k Report

Fantastic rain free race at the Corsham 10k on Sunday

All on road in and around Corsham- flat for the first k then gently rising to the 4k point, downhill for next k another gentle rise to the 6k mark,

Then flat downhill to the finish- oh yes nearly forgot a killer hill at around the 9k point.

Got home in 40 43

And now a word from me… My thoughts

You see a lot about Ultra’s and Marathons and hear a lot about them. Some would claim that the Marathon is the ‘Classic’ distance, and it is a great feeling to complete a Marathon, it is a classic distance and IF that is what you want to do…

To me a 10km road run is as much a ‘classic’ distance as any other, in fact it is the cornerstone of road running. The sense of achievement in running ANY distance is just as big, if that distance is 1 mile, 5km, 5 miles, 10km, 10 miles, half marathon, marathon or ultra!

My son recently run his first 5km, he did not have to stop, his sense of achievement and my pride was just as big as when I ran my first marathon..

What I am saying is, you set a goal, you work for it, you train hard and you achieve it, that is FANTASTIC, it does not matter if it is one mile, 5 miles, 10 miles, 26.2 miles or even 50 miles, you did it, you achieved it and you should be very proud.

Some never run a marathon, they are just as much runners as those who do.

We are a Running Club, we are the BEST running Club, and all running achievements are applauded and celebrated.  We are all part of that success!

So whatever distance you are running this weekend, the NDVM or a 3 mile training run, enjoy the achievement and celebrate you success, you only compete against yourself!

Captain Matt said

So...test ran Leg 1 of the Wessex Ridgeway tonight. It started to rain as I parked the car. Ten minutes in a downpour & then very nice. Deer, Hare, Squirrels, Robin, Pheasants, Bluebells, Primroses, Oooh, it were luvly! I've washed my socks twice and they're still black with mud though!

And Andrew has been seen in Majorca

Reports on all the weekends events after the weekend.

See you all at club night, news of Double 7, a Day at the Seaside, coming soon