CLUB EVENTS
Next Club Race Meeting - Thursday 10th July at 7.30 pm at The Talbot in Mells.
Sunday Training Schedule: July 2008
Here is the schedule of Sunday runs for July. As is usual, there will be 2 runs, one starting at 8-30am from the designated place, then another at 10-00am ish from the same place. The first run will be 7-8 miles, the second run 4-5 miles.
Sunday 6th July – meet at Stourhead National Trust car-park, the early run will be a mixture of road and cross country around the woods, the second run will be all on road around the village of Zeals.
Sunday 13th July – meet outside The Talbot Inn at Mells, the early run will be the route of the Mells Trail race, so a mixture of road and cross country, the second run will be along the rive to Great Elm, up to the cycle track and back to Mells, again a mixture of road and cross country.
Sunday 20th July – meet at Badcox car park, Frome. The early run will be out along Vallis towards Great Elm, up to the cycle track then return the same route, the second run will be around Frome.
Sunday 27th July – meet at the rugby club. The first run will be out via Orchardleigh to Lullington, back along up Oldford Hill. The second run will be around Berkeley.
Grand Prix Series 2008
The Grand Prix competition is formatted so that popular local races are put into a table of competition, to run from February through to December. There will be 3 categories of prizes –
1) The best performance (female and male) using the current age-graded time standard categories, with the best 8 results to count
2) The first athlete (female and male) to complete the number of qualifying races
3) The athlete (male and female) who completes the most number of races
The minimum number of races to be completed is 8. The Grand Prix series consists of the races listed below, plus one wild card race outside of the list. All results must be sent to the Club captain for inclusion. There will be a regular update on the noticeboard / website of the Grand Prix results.
Races that have been chosen for 2008 are:
Longleat 10k 10 February
Babcary 7.5 miles 24 February
Bath Half Marathon 16 March
Easter Bunny 10k 24 March
Trowbridge 10k 6 April
Keevil 10k 10 May
Cow Pat Canter 11 May
Miners 10k / Half Marathon 15 June
Warminster Forest 10 mile 22 June
Yeovilton 5k July – tbc
Battle of Sedgemoor August – tbc
Bristol Half Marathon 13 September
Shepton Mallet 10k September – 19 October
King Alfred’s Torment 7 miles 21 September
Cheddar Half Marathon 8 November (tbc)
Sodbury Slog November – 9 November
Over the Hills November – tbc
Bromham 10k December – tbc
Jingle Bell Jog December – tbc
Best club time trial result – February to June
Best club time trial result – July to December
Race Entry Forms
Coming soon!