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So we decided to visit Copenhagen for a weekend of parkrun and a half marathon. On Saturday the 12th of September they ran at Amager Faelled parkrun in Copenhagen where they were warmly welcomed by Anne Petersen and her volunteer team. After the run many local runners were very keen to speak to the runners with a number of possible return visits promised. The following day, five of the travellers participated in the Copenhagen Half Marathon, together with about 22,000 others. A great weekend which also saw the celebration of Annette Sissons birthday, her 50th parkrun and Dan Evans’ 100th parkrun.

So what turned out to me a rather wet Target Zero ended up with 9 brave soles competing to not be the fastest, not be the slowest, but to be the closest to their estimated time, and the results are below!

Also check out a little timelapse of our BBQ below:

and there’s a few snaps below, check out the full album on our fan page here!

So another Saturday and another parkrun comes along, this time it was time for Jack to face off against Alan, in a fiercely contested 5K with Alan just managing to pull away with a time of 20:24 and Jack chasing hard to finish in a time of 20:43. This is his first parkrun for a while with minor injuries putting him out of last weeks Time Trial, I’m sure they’ll push hard over the winter months and continue to get closer to that sub-20 finish the both want at Black Park! In other news Linda also managed to take nearly 3 minutes off her time 2 weeks ago, getting ever closer to that PB that has eluded her for so long.

Plus we’d like to say that Fran and Andy’s puppy is super super cute, and thank them for bringing him along to support!

Today’s Results

So we had a few dedicated runners who decided to take on the might of the London Marathon, Steve Barrington and Kat Matharu, both completed the course in very hot conditions on Sunday.

Steve one of our veteran marathon runners, came home in just over 4 hours (27 seconds precisely) and Kal in her first ever marathon (she only started running with us 2 years ago!) after not getting through in the ballot got the club place, she then spent the beginning of 2014 preparing herself, coming home in just over 6 hours (3 minutes and 23 seconds this time) which is a fantastic achievement for both of them! We hope they’re enjoying her recovery, and will see them back at the club soon.

So after a long build up after the winter season Jack and Gary headed off to Silverstone race track to see how their legs would fair over the longer distance!

As we got closer to the race track, we noticed the sky’s were darkening and the wind was getting more blustery, this was a sure sign of things to come as the race ended up being held with gusts of up the 30 mph. The first mile started out fast, with tough conditions I couldn’t tell how fast I was running, with everyone running in slip stream behind each other, no one really wanted to push on...

So it’s come up to the final race in the season, the race in Battersea park will take place on Sunday 18th August, the race has changed from the scheduled 5 mile event to a 10K event as there’s other things going on in the park. As usual the open race will begin at 9:30am, with the other races following afterwards.

Transport:

Overland trains – Battersea Park Station (exit station to right along Battersea Park Road, walk 50m to traffic lights. Right into Queenstown Road, walk 350m). Or Queenstown Road Station(exit station to right along Queenstown Road, walk 500m).

Tube – Sloane Square is the nearest tube station.

Buses- 19, 44, 49, 137, 156, 239, 319, 344, 345 & 452.

Driving – there are a number of pay & display car parks

Another great turn out from the club at Regents Park, with a strong team lead home by Peter Furness, followed in by Steve, Paul and John, with Kal bravely representing the ladies in their race.

The final race of the season is at Battersea Park on the 18th August, we’ve got a great chance of overhauling Sudbury Court so lets get as many people there as possible and finish the

We had a great turn out to the Ealing Summer League this year, the warm weather brought them all out. With good showings from Miguel, Steve, John, Bill and Paul all racing in the mens 5 miles, and Keri our sole competitor in the womens league we finished in a respectable 7th place overall for the day, improving on the two 9th placed finished from the previous 2 meets.

After having not done the parkrun in just over 6 months, Gary Nisbet came home to show his class today, managing to hold off a challenge from Gladstone Parkrun race director, coming home in first place in a time of 17:23, with a massive 40 second pb. We hope

he’ll manage to work on that time in the future and get a few more wins under his belt.

There were also some great performances from Saturday morning runner Fran and Denise, who came round in 28:06 and 35:10 respectively.

The great (terrible) photo is courtesy of George Mardall and can be found in the photo set here.

Don’t forget we’re holding at Summer BBQ after the Parkrun on the 27/07

There was some good running from our representatives at the Summer League at Harrow last weekend, with a strong contingent in the Men’s field, Steve Barrington came home first from the club in 43:07, Paul Simpson on his way back managed a respectable 46:47 and John Shaw followed in close behind in 47:49.

In the ladies field Kal Matharu was our sole representative, with a solid showing finishing just after the hour in 1:00:16.

A great race from all of them and we look forward to seeing more people at the next

event on July 7th in Perivale Park, more details can be found here.