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Frostbite Race 5
The next Frostbite is almost upon us, Bourne AC host possibly the best race of the series on Sunday the 5th Feb at Bourne Woods, Lincs. Please find the PDF with directions, maps and details. Inclusiong satnav details. Any issues please contact myself or Carla. Lift sharing would be good for this one!
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Folksworth 15
The Folksworth 15 is the traditional start of the long-distance season in these parts, and a good way to see if you survived Christmas intact. Our female endurance squad certainly did, taking three of the top eight places on a cruelly windy day, and on a horribly-familiarly hill-studded route. Katie Sherwood led the way, with fourth place in a big PB of 1:43, but Caz Pritchard and Tracey Patmore weren't far behind, clocking 1:46 for seventh and eighth. There were PBs for Dave Yeneralski and Jen Richardson too - anyone else? The prolonged self-punishment tour continues at Stamford in three weeks.
Neil Carrington's brilliant pics and commentary are up in the gallery.
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Marathon Schedule
A few people have asked about a training schedule for the Spring marathons. I've attached one to the road running group page of the main web site. Link. There are lots of ways to train for marathons. This is one which has worked for me and people I've coached - have a look to see if you fancy it. The training sessions on Tuesdays and (sometimes) Thursdays should be broadly compatible with it. If you have a go, I'll be interested to hear how you get on.
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South of England Cross Country Championships (Southerns)
Full details have been emailed out to all those that requested a club paid entry. If you have not receive this please contact Helen ASAP.
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Frostbite League - March AC
Results from the, um, January March Frostbite are now up - thanks to whoever did that (again). Once again we won both the senior and junior contests - hopefully someone can post a nice report? Anyway, from the stats, Sullivan Smith was again outstanding, finishing second by just six seconds, with Al Pritchard, Jonathan EP and John Oakes all going top-20. Amongst the women, Katie Sherwood was third, with Caz Pritchard sixth.
There was a huge team in the juniors, surely the best turnout ever, including many new runners. Top of the pile were male and female race winners Tim Cobden and Charlotte Murphy, with Diana and Amy Chalmers taking the other girls' podium spots and Kieran Wood and Dan Cade fourth and fifth boys.
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Cross Country Results
A busy and successful weekend for C & C with the Frostbite, Ryston GP & Hertfordshire Sunday League all hosting their fourth event of the season on Sunday. Race reports for all three events & links to the results can be found here. The cumulative results for the Frostbite & Ryston GP will be added to this link as soon as practicable.
Good news for next month - there are no clashes - so you can run them all! Hills, hills and more hills! It's all good fun and very good training.
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Lift to March Frostbite
I can offer 3 people lifts to March on Sunday. I will pick up from the Uni running track and leave at 09:30. I'll be wearing a pink carnation and driving a white VW camper. Email or call for confirmation.
Kris
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Cross Country Races this weekend.
See the C & C XC webpage for more details of the three events this Sunday and the cumulative results for members who have run previous Frostbite Series and Ryston Grand Prix events this season. Details of this Sunday's Hertforshire League have now been posted.
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Cambridgeshire Cross Country Championships
A fantastic start to the year for C & C. A race report by Mark Vile & Noel Moss including the positions of everyone who ran can be found here.
FULL RESULTS NOW POSTED - click the link above & scroll to the bottom of the race report.
If you enjoyed your run or missed out why not try one of three cross country events next Sunday.
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Next Frostbite race...
Well its almost time for the 4th race in the series, this time its March AC's turn to host this new course.
The race is run from just outside Whitemoor Prison, the date is Sunday the 15th January, times are 10.15 for the juniors and 11.00am for the senior race.
Further details and directions below, postcode for the race is PE15 0PR. The venue is just outside March. I suggest a good chance to car share, so post on here if you can offer a lift or require transport.
We are currently leading the series and we need a strong turnout to continue our push for the league title. As always the race is free, just turn up wearing your C&C vest. By the looks of the course its an all off road affair. Look out for my usual PDF with all details.
Carla and Al
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On-line membership system
The new membership system is now live and everyone has been sent an email with log-in details. If you haven't received an email, please check spam folders and junkmail boxes. If you can't find it, please get in touch with me at membership@cambridgeandcoleridge.org.uk. Thanks.
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London Marathon Bus
Happy New Year to you all.
A reminder to all about the London Marathon Bus which i am organising for runners and spectators. This give runners a stress free travel to the start line and an opportunity for spectators to watch and soak up the atmosphere.
All runners will be dropped off at Black Heath at appox 7:30am then spectators will be dropped off near tower bridge.
Everyone will then meet at the Walk about pub on the embankment and be picked up at 4:30 to head back home.
The cost is £15 per person and we already have 15 people with a reserved place. It is on a first come first served basis but get in quick as the seats are filling up.
Could you please let me have cheques for the bus either at the track on Tuesday's or drop me an email and i will give you my address - tpatmore@camre.ac.uk.
This year there is a fantastic line up of female elite runners so should be a good year to spectate.
Tracey
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Grand Prix 2011
Following the final Grand Prix race of the year at Ely, congratulations to the 2011 champion, Maddy Boardman, whose five wins in a best-four-results format pipped Kye Liddle's four wins in a tiebreaker, with Giacomo Capetti also on the podium. Maddy joins past champs Karin Jordansen, Mike Salt and Caz Pritchard on the roll of honour.
In the age-graded standings, no-one will be surprised to hear that John Oakes took the honours again, his best four races averaging a whacking 88.05%. Giulio Cinque's outstanding 2011 put him in second, just ahead of Giacomo. It's John's second title, other past winners being Simon Bowen and Bob Watson.
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Ely 10k piccies
I've just received the following link from the Ely People:
'Please find the Ely People coverage of the Ely New Year's Eve 10k Race at the below link, including over 200 pictures from the race. Please share with anyone who might be interested...
Link
Well done to the C&C army - very impressive. Happy New Year to all.
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Cambridgeshire Cross Country Championships
The first cross country race of the year is traditionally the county champs. An email has been sent out to all those that requested a club paid entry to this event on Sunday. If you haven't received an email with the age group teams, start times & distances to be run please drop me a line ASAP. All runners should make their own way there and meet at the C & C flag to collect their number. The numbers will be picked up from registration by the team manager of the day. I suggest you make car pooling arrangement via this website. There's limited parking. With 42 juniors and 33 seniors entered it should be a great day for the club. Supporters are always welcome. More details here.
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Wymondham New Year's Eve 10K
Our annual all-too-fleeting trip to the top of the C&C 10K rankings - it's the New Year's Day 10K at Wymondham. Carmel had to fight off Deb to be quickest female of 2012 with 48:31, but I stand alone with a 46:06. Go on then - beat that!
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Fetcheveryone.com Member of the Month
Users of the Fetcheveryone.com website will be pleased to see that C & C's John Oakes is a very worthy contender for the December 2011 Member of the Month. He needs your votes now! Thanks. :-)
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Amsterdam Marathon 2012
Entries for this year's Amsterdam Marathon opened this morning. Click for more details. Cambridge & Coleridge & Clogs. :-)
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Bedford parkrun
Just 24 hours after his heroics at Ely, Jonathan Escalante-Phillips won the Bedford parkrun in 17:22. Congratulations, JEP!
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Ely New Year's Eve 10K
Almost every C&C member seems to have turned out at Ely for the traditional end-of-year burn-up, and there were plenty of fine results to round off 2011. Quickest of all was Kye Liddle in 34:22 and ninth place, but Jonathan Escalante-Phillips wasn't far behind in a brilliant PB 35:11 for 14th place, just holding off Al Pritchard (35:42 and 18th). However, the only silverware went to John Oakes, the customary V50 prize won in 36:45. Next C&C chap was Paul Makowski, clocking a fine PB of 37:23.
In the women's race, our star performer was Katie Sherwood, seventh in 40:02, with Caz Pritchard (12th in 42:31) and the battle between PB-ing Diane Potter and Karin Jordansen (24th and 25th in 44:20-odd) next.
Other category podium positions were taken by Giulio Cinque, with a (probable) PB for third V50, Karin Jordansen with second V40 and Diana Braverman, second V60. A PB too for Chris Hurcomb (47:47) - any others?
Superb work, team. More in 2012, please!
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Buntingford 10
There were a couple of stand out performances at the hilly Buntingford 10 earlier in the week that I think are worthy of mention. Both Benvenuto Baldelli and Victoria Knight had excellent runs on a challenging course, Ben placed 3rd in 56:51 and Vicky finishing 2nd female in an equally impressive 1:01:21. Well done to those two and the other C&C runners who took part.
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Albert parkrun
Go half-way round the world to join a small field at a brand-new parkrun and what's the first sight to greet us? Cambridge Tri Club, of course! Christmas Eve fun for Poms and returning Aussies at the Albert parkrun in Melbourne.
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C&C Boxing Day 4 Mile Race
Full results have been posted for our annual Boxing Day race, won by Ian Williamson (20:12) and Carla Brown (25:24). Merry Christmas!
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2011
Nearly the end of 2011 and we just wanted to say what a cracking year it’s been. Just to follow on from Noel’s email yesterday thanks to EVERYONE for making the club what it is! We have had some amazing individual successes as well as some fantastic team performances. We have continued to have a great presence at local (and not so local) races across a range of distances, parkrun, Frostbite, Hereward, Round Norfolk Relay...to name a few. We can continue to enjoy all of these fixtures in 2012, as well as another round of an improved Kevin Henry league, XC fun, road relays....plus much more!
The Christmas party was a great way to round off 2011 thanks to all those that came along and to those that supported the raffle - £162.50 was raised for the charity EACH. Hope everyone has a great Christmas and all the best to those racing over the next few weeks!
Carla & AL
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Xmas Eve Cambridge ParkRun tomorrow
Right, here's the challenge: Who will be the fastest man in a dress on Saturday? Who's man (in a dress) enough to take the challenge on?! Al, I know you are a big girl, but have you got the bottle?!
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National Cross Country Championships
Last call for entries to this event held at Parliament Hill, N. London on Saturday 25th February. This is an All Comer event. Your opportunity to see many of the best athletes in the country in action. At the moment we have 33 juniors and 15 seniors planning to run but no representatives from the U20 women and U20 men age groups. If you would like to be part of this National event please submit your entry request form by email ASAP. More details here.
Note: Parking is limited. There will not be a club bus. The recommended route is to take the train or park at Walthamstow Railway Station and take the London Overground to Gospel Oak Station - a few minutes walk from the start.
I would like to submit the final list of entries before Christmas.
Thanks.
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Tour de Gogs Stage 5
OVERALL RESULTS NOW POSTED here. Long live the Tour!
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Ryston XC Grand Prix on Sunday
There is one place left in my car for traveling up to Shouldham Warren on Sunday morning. Drop me a line or see me at Cambridge parkrun or the Tour de Gogs on Saturday if you want to snaffle it.
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London Marathon
Hi All
Now that the club places have been allocated and everyone who is in London 2012 should no they are in i thought it a good time to let people know that a London bus is going to be organised. This is a good opportunity for runners to get to Blachk Heath stress free and spectators to get also travel in comfort and suport family and club members.
This is going to be offered on a first come first serve basis at a cost of £15 per person. This is open to runners as well as spectators and i will be collecting the money from people after the Xmas break.
There will be more information to follow. I am at the track on Tuesday's or you could email me at tpatmore@camre.ac.uk if you want more information.
Regards
Tracey
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County Cross Country Championships
Last call for entries for this event on Sunday 8th January at Priory Park, St. Neots. If you enjoyed the off road events in the Frostbite Series try this one. Men 10K and women 5.8K. Plus there are master age group competitions for men V40/50/60 and women V35/45/55.
Email or pass your completed entry request form to Helen before Tuesday training.
Thanks
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New Year's Eve
I see from the Parkrun website that there will be no usual 5K run that day to avoid a clash with another local event. If you've entered the Ely New's Year Eve 10K and now can't run consider letting the organisers know as there's a waiting list of runners who didn't sign up in time. It would be a shame for them to miss out now there's no Parkrun alternative.
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Boxing Day 4
Whilst everybody is feeling exhilirated by the Hinchingbrooke Frostbite, here's another event to look forward to if you're around on Boxing Day. It's a traditional C&C event; just turn up, guests welcome. Survival is often the name of the game. 11.00 am at the Barton Road end of Fen Causway. Noel will be giving out numbers from about 10.40. The race record is a bit special - set by Will Clarke - if you're interested in running hard. I won't be there for the first time in about 20 years so that gives most people a bit of a chance :-)
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C&C romp to victory at Hinchingbrooke!
Another awesome performance by the blue and whites at Hunts AC this morning. Once again the juniors raced to victory with the first 5 places! Including Charlotte Murphy taking an impressive 5th place and 12 C&C juniors in the top 20, a bright future for the club, again a large slice of praise to Mark Vile for nuturing such talent! This lead nicely onto the seniors and for once it was the boys steeling the show with all 7 counters inside the top 16! Of course the girls never let us down and we scored a total of 328 points which could be our best performance to date, so well done to all that ran today, what a great achievement. Very strong performances from all the team today! Roll on the 15th January. Full results now online. http://www.frostbiteleague.org.uk/
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Frostbite
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Cross Country
There are four opportunities for running/racing off road during the next 10 days. Check out the C & C cross country webpages for events, results and overall positions within the leagues. One of the most hotly contested competitions maybe between Simon Brightwell, Peter Haynes & Paul Nelson in the final stage of Tour de Gogs. All three are within 0.5% WAVA age grade of each other after two events. Even if you don't want to attempt a re-run of this "Mountain Stage" it should be fun to watch. Consider volunteering your time to make sure those that do stay on course. If you like running in forests consider the Ryston Grand Prix 6.5K the following day.
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Autumn Marathon Abroad
Suggestions please for an overseas marathon in Autumn 2012. We are thinking about an officially unofficial club trip. Unfortunately, Berlin has closed already but Amsterdam might be a good alternative. Venice is also a possibility. I'm not sure that Scotland counts as overseas - yet - but Loch Ness is a popular race and Inverness is further from Cambridge than Amsterdam.
We would like to have a common goal race at the tail end of the year and have group training sessions. As I said, suggestions please.
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Christmas Raffle on Friday....
All those coming to the xmas party on Friday PLEASE remember to bring some extra cash for raffle tickets. Prizes include, massages, running stuff, vino. Only £1.50 a ticket, or £5 for a strip of tickets. If you can't make the party but want a chance to win a great gift and can get the money to me - just give me a shout!!
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Nene Valley 10
A big shout out for Katie S who did it again on NVH territory this time! A 4th place in a very high quality field and an awesome time to boot! A very good result for Glyn too.... well done both!
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Frostbite Race 3
Ok, so its almost time to don the C&C vest for possibly its last outing of 2011, the Frostbite league rolls into Huntingdon on Sunday the 11th of December at Hitchingbrooke Park. This is one of the better races as its a good mix of surfaces and has that 'proper' cross country feel to it.
As usual I've made up a PDF with all the information you need. C&C are currently league leaders in both the juniors and the senior events. A good strong turnout will help us stay top of the league!
The club needs each and everyone of you to run, lets get a big 'festive' turn out here!
See you in tinsel, santa hats and christmas attire! Club captains will be accessorising :-)
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More Cambridge parkrun #95
I was playing around with the results from Saturday's parkrun and noticed that Mary Holmes easily topped the age gradings this week. She ran a parkrun PB of 27:57 for an age grading of 86.76%. Frankly, I'm in awe. Well done, Mary.
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Tour de Gogs Stage 4
The Tour is getting faster. Check out the results here. The overall standings will be posted shortly.
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Just a click...
If anybody frequents the website/forum www.fetcheveryone.com, our very own Diane Potter has been nominated for 'Member of the Month'. She deserves your votes!
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Cambridge parkrun's Fastest Couple
Nice to see Caz and Al get "Fastest Couple" award in today's parkrun and to see C&C fill six of the top ten positions. Well done, everyone.
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Christmas Party Fri 9 Dec
Last call for tickets for the Christmas Party. You can buy a ticket (for a mere £12, cash or cheque payable to 'Cambridge & Coleridge AC') from John Ferguson, Caz Pritchard or Carla Brown at Training on Tuesday 29 November. But be quick as we have to confirm numbers to the venue by this Friday 2 Dec. Entertainment includes a themed quiz, raffle, tonnes of delicious food, the ballot for the C&C entries to the London Marathon* and road running presentations – what more could you ask for?!
*To be eligible you must have been rejected in the VLM ballot and have been a member of C&C at the time you entered the Virgin London Marathon ballot. Contact Andrew if you would like your name included in the draw.
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Training venue closures for Christmas
The last date at the track before Christmas is Tuesday 20th December, reopening on Tuesday 10th January.
Chesterton closes on Thursday 22nd December, reopening on 5th January (until 29th March, after which we go back to the track).
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The flow goes on the Flo Mo...
Seems the Fergwellshield marathon bus stopped in Florence last weekend. All 3 ran very nicely, Fergie top honours in 3:04:53, (although this time he didn't have a pacer like at London!) Simon B ran 3:07:46 and Andrew S ran 3:11:25.
Also sneaking under the radar was Andrea Hill in 3:20:25.
Great work all!
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Cross Country
Eastern AA CC Championships - Lots of great individual and team results for C & C.
South of England CC Championships - One more senior lady required to make a scoring team. Contact Helen asap if you're interested in running 8K (5mi) cross country. Your entry fee will be paid by the club.
Tour de Gogs Stage 4 - Free to all members & great practice for 5mi at Hinchingbrooke Park the following weekend.
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Photos
Don't forget to take a look at this weekend's photos - Neil C and John O have uploaded their Hereward pics (anyone got more?), and I've added my Riverside Half pics to Alan B's.
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Hereward cont....
To echo what fellow skipper said....C&C had a sound presence out there in the depths of the fens today - & we all managed to come out in one piece too! A blustery and muddy run was had by most (some more than others) along the way from Peterborough to Ely. The stars of the day were by far the super speedy guys who managed to smash it into 2nd place!!! Well done to everyone and massive thanks to those that drove, especially Rich and Jonathan's mum for taxi-ing. An ULTRA big mention must go to Dave who made his way round the 38 miler single handedly - you deserve a beer (or 6!) now....enjoy!
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Hereward Relay Early News
Some news before full results are publish. Men's teams finished 2nd (and came very close to winning the event), 9th and 10th, with some very exciting inter-club battles. The girls team finished 3rd, other news on the mixed teams and the vets as we get itto follow with a better write up and images later...but a very successful and enjoyable day for C&C! Great work by all runners but special thanks have to go to Carla for organising 6 teams!
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City of Norwich Half Marathon
Results just in from the City of Norwich half marathon... star performer was Duncan Coombs, with a stunning HM debut (AFAIK) of 75:45 despite the cruel headwind stretch on each lap, and a cash prize for his 9th place. Morag Macniven was well up in the rankings too with a sterling 18th place in a total field of well over 2000. I (Charlie) was glad just to be back racing after a couple of months on the injury bench, though a bit miffed to miss 80 mins by 2 sec despite shamelessly slipstreaming the leading woman. I didn't see you others, but do chip in with your stories (and tick those PB boxes in the results if appropriate).
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Lost Ventolin?
Did anyone lose a small Ventolin inhaler at training on Tuesday? I seem to have picked one up inadvertently and brought it home. Julian Hardyman
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St Neots Half Marathon
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Last call for the South of England Cross Country Championships
If you'd like to run this event in Brighton, on Saturday 28th January, please get in contact with Helen by Friday.
No need to be selected. Open to all club members. An ideal opportunity to support our up and coming junior teams and watch some of the fastest runners in the region in action.
More details of this event and the other cross country championships can be found here.
The more the merrier.
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Anyone free this Sunday?
If anyone is free this Sunday and wants to take part in a WICKED team relay event please contact me asap. I will be at training on Tuesday if you want any more info.
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Les Marathons de France
News of an superb marathon début by Istvan Jacso in the Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes, also known as the French Riviera Marathon - a 2:57. Awesome to break 3 on a first attempt - congratulations Istvan! Keeping it French, Simon Redfern chose the Marathon du Beaujolais for his latest exploit (wonder why...?), clocking a very handy 3:48. Well done both.
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Crimbo party tickets
Tickets for the Xmas Party on 9 Dec will be on sale at training on Tuesday from Carla, JohnF or AndrewS. Please bring your £12 cash/cheque payable to 'Cambridge and Coleridge AC"!!
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10K, ok :-)
A little birdy informs me that although whilst awaiting the 'official results' I'd like to post my fellow captains rather glorious time at the Chelmsford 10K. 39.35 to be exact (time sponsored by timex no less). All I can say is good work Carla, all that hard work has paid off!
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Hadleigh 10
Team Carrwood travelled to Suffolk for this 10miler. The Hadleigh Hares had described it as undulating. What was pretty much 5m uphill to kick off with, to us flatland dwellers, seemed rather hilly?! So a good challenge. Neil played pick off the Ipswich Jaffas until he ran out of them (or rather out ran them) to finish in a stonking 63minutes. I came in 4th lady in 68 minutes so a good day out had by all. A really friendly well organised race and a nice Hadleigh Hares towel to take home!
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Ely 10k place wanted
Hi guys, I stupidly forgot to get my name down for the Ely New Years Eve 10k! If there is anyone who has a place, but cant make it, I will gladly swap some loot for it! Cheers, Makka
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Tour de Gogs Stage 3
The race report and results can be found here.
For those of you who were unable to make it there will be another opportunity to run the course on Saturday 17th December "The Christmas Magog Mountain Challenge". The final stage of the Tour.
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St Neots Half Marathon
Well done to everyone who ran yesterday. Some really fantastic results and lots of PB's. Well done to Victoria on being first lady home and for giving Al a run for his money. Well done to Al, Makka and Diane for PB's
Tracey
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Cheap running shoes
Caz has 2 pairs of hardly worn ladies trainers as my gait has dramatically changed, and I've been running in completely the wrong shoes for me! Adidas Sequence 3 in pink and white and Asics 1150 in red and white, both size 7. Both done about 10-20 miles and bought in the last month. £25 each. Give me a shout if you are interested!
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St Neots Half Marathon Massage Discount
Here is the discount massage offer for those that are doing the St Neots Half marathon and contact details for all those that want the option of having their massages done at home.
Tracey
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South of England Cross Country Championships
If you would like to run in this event on Saturday 28th January in Brighton, please submit an entry request form to Helen (by email or post) by Friday 25th November. Senior men 15K, senior women 8K and a full programme of junior events. If you are thinking of having a go at the Nationals - this would give you a good introduction as to what to expect.
Please note it is important that you include your England Athletics Competition License No. (URN). This is the number found on the bottom right hand corner of the plastic white card which you should have received when you joined the club. If you don't have a card I suggest you ask Neil Costello who currently handles membership.
If we get a good turn out we may be able to arrange a bus.
More details here.
Thanks
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St Neots Half Marathon
Hi All
A message for anyone who is doing the St Neots Half at the weekend. The person who does my massages for me will be there and is giving out vouchers for £25 per massgae. Well recommended and she comes to your home to do them. She will be at the finish line and will be wearing a Pink jumper - look out for her and get a bargain massage for whenever you like.
Or if you are not doing the St Neots Half but would like her details just ask am happy to pass on.
Tracey
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Cross country
Next weekend you have two options:
Saturday Tour de Gogs Stage 3 (The Mountain Stage) - more details
Sunday Hertfordshire Sunday League - more details
Both are free to C & C members
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Ryston GP
The senior and junior race reports and results can be found here.
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Cambridge Cambourne 10k
Entries are now open for the club's 10k. It raises money for the club and we'll need lots of help to marshal etc.. It fills up quickly so if you want to run, make sure you get your entry in, in the next two or three weeks. http://register.cambridgefestivalofrunning.com/
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Cambridge parkrun
A strong group of 25 runners from C&C turned out for the Cambridge parkrun on Saturday. A bit slippery in parts but a great morning for a quick 5K. Well done all - a fair few PBs too I hear! Post any other results if you managed to tackle another parkrun outside of Cambs...
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Stebbing 10
A short trip down to The Stebbing 10 today, held on a nice, but undulating country lane course. I had a solid run, and after a steady start worked my way through the field to finish 5th in 59:27, and for a change I was given the prize for 1st V40 as I finished ahead of all the V40’s and the V50 prize went to someone else.
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Cambridge Fun Run
There is a Children In Need Relay Event next Friday, Cambridge Science Park, 11:55AM. Its a 4x1.1 mile relay around the Science Park and I'm keen to run this. Tracey P is in, but we need (2) extras for a team, either mixed (2 x boys) or female. Or if anyone needs extras for an existing team or if anyone wants to make a team with me and TP, give me a shout... cazwrightuk@yahoo.co.uk Its £60 per team so £15 each but for Children in Need... (I might be able to do something about discounting this) If vaguely interested, just shout!!! ta.
http://www.camfunrun.org/home/
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Christmas Party Fri 9 Dec
The Christmas Party is on Fri 9 Dec, 7pm at the Castle Inn (Castle Street). Entertainment includes a running themed quiz, a raffle, the draw for the club places in the London Marathon and presentation of the 2010/11 Road Running trophies. Tickets cost £12 which includes a hot/cold buffet. Tickets will be available for sale, on a first come first served basis (numbers are limited!), at training on a Tuesday evening or by contacting Al , Carla or Andrew. Please bring cash for the correct amount or cheque payable to 'Cambridge and Coleridge Athletic Club'.
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MET league this saturday
MET league race this saturday at Stevenage, I'm told we can run as guests according to Mike Salt, just find the serpentine banner and ask for Malcolm French and he'll sort you out. Get there before 1.30 with the main race starting at 2.30pm.
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Bonfire Burn 10K
Results are up for the Bonfire Burn 10K, but not listed by club, so have a look at this link. I've spotted a few familiar names - well done all who took part.
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New York City Marathon
A season's best marathon performance from Simon Redfern, if I'm not mistaken - 3:51 in New York. Nice one, Simon!
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Frostbite Bushfield
Another good day for the blue and whites over at Bushfield, a massive all round team performance brought us home in top spot for both juniors and seniors, the juniors kicked off the day with some rather impressive performances as always watched and supported by Mark Vile, great work Mark.
Then the seniors *smashed* there way into top spot, over 250 points separated us from 2nd place. Sullivan Smith’s 25 min 5 mile was rather a nice way to start your career at C&C, he was backed up by Miguel and John Oakes all having rather good runs. And a big well done to Fergie who snuck in as all 7 male counters ran well inside 30 mins. It was of course the ladies as always that made the difference and we are blessed with some great ladies, Maddy then Carla and then followed in by new girl Anke.
Great work to them but really great work to the whole team.
Next race is at Hinchingbrooke Park, Hunts always a good event, see you all there!
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Great East Run
After last year's horizontal sleet and hypothermia, only two C&Cs made it to the first autumn incarnation of the excellent 20K Great East Run at far-away Bungay. Tim Long's returning nicely from hammy troubles, but all I can say is don't bet on my Hereward team...
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National Cross Country Relays
U15 Girls strike bronze again. And less than 2 seconds off silver. A great day for junior cross country running in C & C. A full race report by Mark Vile can be found here.
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Ballot for the C&C London Marathon places
The club is allocated a number of places in the London Marathon, which we will draw at the Christmas Party at the Castle on 9 December. Applicants must have been rejected from the VLM ballot and must have been a member of C&C when they entered the VLM ballot.
Let me or another member of the endurance committee know if you would like to be entered in the draw.
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Parkrun
Great C&C presence at the Milton parkrun today - 23 runners, including some really strong performances! You all did a great job at dodging all those puddles!
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Come to the party
Please buy your tickets for the 50th Anniversary party on 19th November in the next few days. We have to give final numbers to the venue next week. The party is subsidised by the club. For 20 pounds you get excellent food, a main course and pudding plus a glass of wine. There will be a bar and plenty of opportunity to chat, plus a ceilidh band for those who want to join in more actively. You don't have to stay until midnight if you're running in the St Neots half the next day (or any other event!) but what better way to relax before the run. Or alternatively run the Tour de Gogs on Saturday afternoon, and them chat about how hard it was at the party. Guests, partners, friends.... all welcome.
You can buy a ticket from me at Tuesday night training or send in the reply slip at http://www.cambridgeandcoleridge.org.uk/images/stories/files/return slip 50th anniversary party.pdf.
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Frostbite Lifts
If you require a lift to Frostbite let me or Carla know and we'll try and arrange it for you.
We need a big turn out at this one, you all count, every single runner makes up the team so c'mon...
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Frostbite Race Two, Bushfield, 6th November 2011
It's almost time for the second race of the 6 race series. This time we travel to Bushy for a fast 5 miles road/mixed terrain race.
A good event that attracts a lot of runners, last year 533. As you may well know we are leading the series, so we need to again make sure we have a big turn out of runners of all abilities to keep up the pressure on NVH.
So grab your C&C vest and come and make a difference.
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Eastern Athletics Association Cross Country Championships
Sunday 27th November, at Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, nr Ipswich. I know this date clashes with the Hereward Relay. If you're not running the relay and would like a club paid entry to this championship please submit the C & C form by Saturday 5th November. Senior men (12K) U20 men (8K) senior women (6K) plus junior events. More details here.
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Pub Night Tues 1 November
You'll be glad to know that the new Endurance Committee have made their first important decision. Pub night returns on the first Tuesday of every month after training starting on 1 November. The venue is the Granta on Newnham Rd, which offers good food and (thankfully) no quiz on a Tues night. We'd like to encourage the new members of the club to come along as well as the regulars. Hope to see you there.
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Fenland 10
Well done to all that did the Fenland 10 on a very windy Sunday morning.
Results are in http://www.fenlandrunners.org.uk/2011_Fen10_results.txt
A great run from Dianne who knocked 4 mins off her 10 mile PB.
Tracey
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Cambridge parkrun
Latest C&C triumph at parkrun - well done Diana Chalmers!
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Tour de Gogs
The results from the second stage can be found here.
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Sunday League Cross Country Match 1
Only two representatives this month probably due to the clash with the Ampthill Trophy. More details and results can be found here.
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Christmas Party 9 Dec
The Road Runners Christmas Party is on Friday 9 Dec at the Castle Inn on Castle Street. Doors open 7pm. A fun packed evening is anticipated. Watch this space for further details.
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Thurlow 10
The first-ever Thurlow 10 was run on Sunday over a challenging but lovely course either side of the Suffolk village (attracting just a handful of C&Cs, but that needs to change next year). We had another classy performance from John Oakes, who finished fifth in a field which, though small, boasted a number of top local runners. Hats off to Carmel McEniery for matching John with fifth place in the female race. Well done too to our chums at Haverhill Running Club for putting on a superb and immaculately-marshalled and organised race.
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Norwich park run
A message for all of those parkrunners out there.....if you are looking to get a PB on a 5k I thoroughly recommend Norwich park run held at Eaton Park. I did it yesterday and had a great run. It is not as nice as Milton Country Park but it is all tarmac, flat and a pretty fast course. It is made up of 3 loops round the park, path is fairly narrow in places but has a slight downhill at the start. It's in pretty surroundings and is perfectly located for a spot of brunch afterwards (great if you are anything like me and crave breakfast at any opportunity!)
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Endurance Committee
Just to keep everyone up to speed: Rob Conquest has had to drop out of being chair of the committe. His work commitments have increased significantly and made it difficult. Andrew Shields was elected to the vacant chair's position last week. (Thanks Andrew!) This means Andrew will be nominated as the portfolio holder for endurance on the General Committee at the AGM.
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Alan B/Tuesday Training
I'm sad to report that Alan got knocked off his bike on Friday and has broken four ribs in his back. I've spoken to Sarah (Alan's wife) and the good news is that he's OK but has been kept in Addenbrookes to make sure his injuries aren't life threatening. He should be home tomorrow. It would be good if those of us who know Alan well could visit him at home. He's going to be very frustrated, having to sit still - not something he does very often - and a bit of company will keep his spirits up. It's probably best to phone Sarah to check it's a good time to visit. (If you don't have Sarah's number, please ask me - I don't want to post it on a public forum.)
Fergie and Maria will be taking the track session on Tuesday - see details under training.
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Cambridge parkrun
Congratulations to Miguel Branco who utterly flew around the Cambridge parkrun on Saturday morning in a lightning-quick time of 16:37, narrowly missing out on 1st! Also making the top 10 were Russell Atkinson (5th in 18:04) and Dan Cade (9th in 18:29). Giulio Cinque had a cracking run narrowly missing out on the top 10, coming home in 18:34 which was only good enough for 12th! Following on from her recent bronze medal in the U15 National Road Relays, the super-quick Charlotte Murphy ran a very, very impressive 18:44 for 16th. I shall have to draw the line there, but needless to say, there were plenty of other very decent runs by our athletes. Please do take a moment to look at the results on the results page and make a few encouraging comments to bolster this news item and your club mates.
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Milton Keynes parkrun
Superb running by Matthew Applegate in the Milton Keynes parkrun. Edging ever closer to his sub 18min PB he ran 18:04. You will get it Matthew!
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Ampthill Trophy
I don't know whether this is the place to put this kind of thing but I was just wondering if anyone else was interested in this event (approx 5 miles)which is taking place this Sunday just south of Bedford. There is an enticing £120 team prize for which we need 3 men and 3 women but more than that, it looks like a bit of fun for getting into the cross county season. There are plenty of spaces and you CAN register on the day if you so wish. Would be great to see some if you there!
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Wellingborough Series
Hi All
A great event for all you cross country mud lovers. This is a series of 3 races starting in January at Irchester country park and offers a 5k, 10k and 15k all starting at the same time. Fantastic course with a brilliant muddy hill and you can log your progress over 3 races.
interested? Weblink is: www.justracinguk.com and look for Wellingborough MT
Tracey
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Cross Country Results
Results from the Ryston GP and Tour de Gogs stage 1 can be found here.
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cambridge half marathon
Only 500 entries left!
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Wix 5 mile
Not deterred by the distance from Cambridge, four of us managed it to Wix: well-run event with a pleasant and relatively flat course. Three out of four managed to bag a PB with myself coming in at 27:59, Matthew at 30:12 (taking 39 seconds off his best!!) and Diane at 34:45 (slashing her previous best by around the mark of 2 MINUTES....do clarify that :D ). John missed out on the PB party but still won the Vet50 prize in his usual WAVAtastic style running 28:06. Race highly recommended by all. Post race pic here...
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Wibbly Wobbly Log Jog
That perpetual C&C favourite, the Wibbly Wobbly Log Jog in Brandon Forest, has moved to autumn but this version was as sunny as ever (just a tad cooler) and every bit as Wibbly. Star C&C wobbler, though plainly not jogging, was Andy Whittle, who took a superb third place. Outstanding. Many logs (though not all of them) were avoided by a big C&C squad - nice work, everyone. More reportage from Alex here.
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Amsterdam half and full marathon
Well done to Neil Carrington on a 1 hour 25 half marathon time. As for the marathon, well, congratulations to Katie Sherwood on another outstanding run, 3 hours 18, Jalanie, 3 hours 38 and Robert Conquest 3 hours 52. Amsterdam results here.
Andy I adds: Late update - Paul Makowski whizzed by all of the others, clocking a 3:01. Seriously good!
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Abingdon Marathon
Although the results aren't up yet, Dave Yeneralski completed the Abingdon Marathon in 3 hours 28. Well done Dave, and as you said it's another medal to your collection - though I have forgotten how many times you've done this marathon!
Andy I updates: Results are now in, and congratulations are due also to the speedy Tracey Patmore, who ran an awesome 3:16, and Ultra legends Katie Samuelson and Simon Redfern, 3:50 and 3:58 respectively. Outstanding running, team.
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National Road Relays
A brilliant run by the U13 and U15 girls today in the National Relays. The U13 team finished 12th and the U15 team 3rd - yes 3rd - national bronze medallists! Congatulations to Lucy, Lauren and Alice in the U13s and to Charlotte, Claire and Hollie in the U15s. You're an inspiration, girls!
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London Olympic Stadium Race
Hi All
How would you like to be one of the first to the finish line in the London Olympic Stadium? Now's your chance!!
Open to all members of the public
5 Mile race on March 31st 2012, in the Olympic Park ending at the finish line.
5000 places to be had by way of a ballot and each entry includes 2 spectator tickets - great deal.
Interested? go to www.nationallotteryrun.com open until 27th Oct.
Tracey
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Tour de Gogs
The first stage of five starts tomorrow, Saturday 15th, at Wandlebury CP car park at 2pm. This 5mi trail run is excellent practice for the Frostbite and good basic endurance training. The course is two loops of 2.5mi should you wish to only do one loop. Spikes not necessary.
Sign in before 1.45pm or arrive earlier if you have kindly volunteered to help. I'll be marking out the course from 12.30pm. Note there's £2.00 charge for parking at Wandlebury but it's free at Babraham P & R or Magog Downs Dog Park making a 5-15mins warm up.
More details: Tour de Gogs
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Good luck Marathoners!
Good luck to all our marathoners at Abingdon and Amsterdam this weekend. I think there are a few? Run well and may the nerves make you fast!!
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Perkins Great Eastern Run
Some truly excellent performances by C&C athletes at the Perkins Great Eastern Run last weekend. Kye Liddle raced to 34th position overall in a highly impressive personal best of 1:15:59. Not far behind John Oakes stormed home 3rd MV50, in a blistering time of 1:18:07 for 60th. Following suit, there were yet more excellent performances from Chris Pyle (90th in 1:21:31), Giacomo Capetti (92nd in 1:22:07), and Istvan Jacso (102nd in 1:22:30).
The sub-1:30s kept flooding in for the white & blues, with Giulio Cinque (190th in 1:26:49), Madeline Boardman (204th in 1:27:32) and John Ferguson (256th in 1:29:26) all having very strong runs. And last but not least, it is fantastic to see our very own super-vet Glyn Smith returning from injury and still running strongly (682nd in 1:41:02).
It's not been possible to do all our athletes justice in this news item, but I will sign off by saying well done to everyone who raced.
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Folksworth, Peterborough, PE7 3TY, Sunday 22nd January 2012 - 15 miles (accurate), 442 finishers.
Winner: 1:19:07 M, 1:35:24 F.
Web: http://www.yaxleyrunners.org.uk/
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Cambridge parkrun
Milton Country Park, Cambridge, Saturday 21st January 2012 - 5 km (accurate), 290 finishers; 174 male, 116 female.
Winner: 17:03 M, 19:57 F.
Web: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/cambridge/
Frostbite League - March AC
Whitemoor Prison, March, Cambs, Sunday 15th January 2012 - 5 miles, 421 finishers; 261 male, 160 female.
Winner: 26:08 M, 29:54 F.
Web: http://www.frostbiteleague.org.uk/
Cambridge parkrun
Milton Country Park, Cambridge, Saturday 14th January 2012 - 5 km (accurate), 291 finishers; 170 male, 121 female.
Winner: 17:02 M, 19:24 F.
Web: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/cambridge/
Cambridge parkrun
Milton Country Park, Cambridge, Saturday 7th January 2012 - 5 km (accurate), 299 finishers; 176 male, 123 female.
Winner: 17:18 M, 20:03 F.
Web: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/cambridge/
Wymondham New Year's Day 10K
Wymondham, Norfolk, Sunday 1st January 2012 - 10 km (accurate), 434 finishers.
Winner: 32:05 M, 36:05 F.
Web: http://www.wymondhamac.org.uk/
Bedford parkrun
Bedford Park, Bedford, Sunday 1st January 2012 - 5 km (accurate), 74 finishers.
Winner: 17:22 M, 21:41 F.
Web: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/bedford/
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Buckden, Cambridgeshire , Saturday 31st December 2011 - 5 miles, 242 finishers.
Winner: 26:08 M, 31:06 F.
Web: http://www.nicetri.co.uk/index.php?id=257
Ely New Year's Eve 10K
Little Downham, Ely, Saturday 31st December 2011 - 10 km (accurate), 579 finishers; 346 male, 233 female.
Winner: 30:40 M, 34:52 F.
Web: http://www.newyearseve10k.co.uk/
Percentages shown above are WMA age/gender gradings
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Road running at C&C
We have a big road running section which takes part in many events throughout the UK and abroad. The standard covers the full range from impressively quick to the not so quick and the age range runs from late teens to 70s. We enjoy running and competing with each other and other people. We aim to have fun as well as to run to the best of our abilities. For more specific information, please read more here:
http://www.cambridgeandcoleridge.org.uk/
If you're new to the club and would like to know more please use the contact list on the side of this site to ask a question or simply introduce yourself.
We're all runners here, and the main aim is enjoyment and to have fun!
C&C Officials
Here are some of our officials - come and grab them at a training night, whether you're a potential newcomer or an old hand. You can also use the 'Contacts' link on the left-hand menu to send them an e-mail.
Neil Costello - C&C Chairman and endurance coach - if you're new to C&C, introduce yourself to Neil at the track at 6.30pm on a Tuesday.
Andrew Shields - Endurance Running Committee Chair
Alan Baldock - Endurance Coach
James Ennis - Endurance Coach
Alan Pritchard - Male Team Captain
Carla Brown - Female Team Captain
Helen Grant - Cross Country
Endurance Running Committee
Andrew Shields (chair)
Andy Allsopp
Alan Baldock
Robert Conquest
Helen Grant (cross country contact)
Tim Long
Richard Lyle
Steve Nicholson
Tracey Patmore
Caz Pritchard
Rachel Roberts
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Frostbite Race Five.pdf (900kB)