Taunton, Manchester, Penselwood and Crewkerne

Taunton Half and Full Marathon

Taunton Marathon had a few Green and Whites in Taunton today with a new better route and lovely running weather for a sun tan. In the half, we had Leyton Green first over the line and Nikki Guiver our first lady. 

The full results for the Half can be seen here.

In the full we had some bloke called Guy taking first place for the Club with a PB whoopie, with JC take the second spot. It was a great day out and good to see this local race in its 34th year. The full results for the Full can be seen here

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Wakefield 10k

Bryn was at Wakefield for the 10k and had a great run with a pb as well. He posted:

A good morning at the office came in 6th and gained a new PB, finally a sub 34 10k. A good out and back hilly route so really pleased with the time. Safe to say I think I was the only YTRRC runner in this one.

Nice one Bryn 

Manchester Marathon

Today saw the Manchester Marathon with Tim, Pete and Georgina pounding the streets. Tim managed a 2:40 with Pete a 3:23 and Georgina 4:50. Well done all great running.

Penselwood 10k

A Championship race so a few Green and Whites at this race. 

From Adam:

Ten YTRRC members took on the very 'undulating' Penselwood 10k - beautiful scenery - lovely weather - bacon rolls and cakes, and a drink in the Hunters Arms afterwards.

What more could you want!

Congratulations to Orlando Brook - 2nd -36.40 despite a little diversion!

and Jo Henley - 3rd Female - 50.12

Matt Driver was the 2nd YTRRC over the line with Kevin Doherty not far behind. Rob Adams finished 2 seconds in front of Jo!

Good to see Aubrey Wood back running in races again. The full results can be seen here.

ALSO

Many thanks to YTRRC members who assisted with the Yeovil Primary Schools Cross Country this week - setting out the course, marshalling etc.

462 children age 6 - 11, from 25 local schools, finished in the four races!!

Thanks Adam

Crewkerne Training 

Sounds like it was a good training session organised by Crewkerne in prep for up and coming marathons.

Some of the posts from Facebook:

Frances Swatridge I really enjoyed that today; great company and weather. Thanks Lynne, Anita and Martin. Thanks to Crewkerne for drinks etc.


Lynne Thumpston Lovely run , great company, you were in our thoughts Kimberly , get better soon x

Martin Alderman Was a lovely run & great company with nice snacks

Emily Wharton

Super chuffed with today's 22 mile run organised by Crewkerne Running Club, nice route with lovely people aiding the water stations and really surprised myself with the time we got round in! A massive thank you to Louise Ward for running with me!! Now ready for the taper :)#3weekstogo 🏃🏼🏃🏼🏃🏼

Well done all lovely weather for it as well.

Bristol Half

BRISTOL HALF MARATHON - Sunday 17/09/17
I am happy to arrange this as a club trip again. It's a good course for a pb and with approx 10,000 runners, theres lots of supporters around the course to cheer you on.
We need 20+ club members to get the discounted places at £31.20p. I will collect the payments and manage the booking.
You do need to be a paid up YTRRC club member to qualify for the place.
In recent years the club have provided a coach for the journey so it makes for a great day out :)
Please let me know if you are interested asap.

Marks Runs

SUPPORTED LONG TRAINING RUN
I enjoyed this excellant 22 mile supported training run put on by Crewkerne Running club today. It started cool just after 8:30, and by my finish at just after 12:30 it was very warm. The run was very well organised and supported with frequent refreshment stations along the way. It was a big clockwise loop covering Shepton Beauchamp, Barrington, Puckington, Isle Brewers, Hambridge, Drayton, Muchelney, Muchelney Ham, Stapleton, Martock, and the Parrett Works. Starting and finishing in South Petherton. There is definitely a wall to get through at around 20 miles. The refreshments just outside of Muchelney had blue sky sunshine and great views across the levels, and of the nearby church tower. I enjoyed this great training run, and running with the other runners from YTRRC. Thanks all.

PUB RUN - NEAR WEST CAMEL
The first summer time pub run of the year was from Wayne's Bar. We split into 3 or possibly 4 groups tonight. J.C. led four of us at a fairly fast pace round a 7.93 mile route. We left the bar and ran down to West Camel, then onto Queen Camel. We continued along lanes towards Sutton Montis with mountains straight ahead. We crossed the railway line and passed Windsor farm before turning right to go off-road. The cows in the field were small and friendly. We followed the path across the fields and made one correction by going through a hedge, over a ditch, and over a fence. The path came out at Easton Farm. It felt really good to be off-road in day light for more than a mile. It was then back onto lanes, over the railway line to Marston Magna. The lanes continued westwards and northwards untill we got to Chantry Lane. It was then back to the bar past Sunnydene Farm. Thanks to J.C. Phil and all.

A couple years ago, we got lost, and were late getting back to the pub at Marston, attempting this same bit of off-road.

Club Events

1. Tuesday Club Night is at  YTFC 6:15 pm 4th April.

2. Thursday Pub run is at Royal Oak Stowford at 6:30 pm 6th April. 

3.  Track night on Friday at 6:15 pm  

4.  The Sunday Run will be at Montacute at 9:00 am 2nd April 

5. The next Championship race is Fri14th 7 ml Kilmington Kanter 11.00 am