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19May/103

BMC Crawley & Rosenheim

Maddie and Ollie made the trip worthwhile as both picked up wins and pbs in the 1500. Ollie ran 4:22 and Maddie 4:49.

At the Rosenheim League in Walton Liz cut another couple of seconds from her 3k pb running under 10:10. On a night not following a big session she should be looking to challenge Tink’s 9:56 club record… Continue reading | 3 Comments

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15May/101

Weekend round up – SML and YAL

Lots of good runs despite even more poor weather – several pbs and two club records for Jivendra. Squad members were in action at the Southern Men’s League and Young Athletes League. Continue reading | 1 Comment

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8May/100

County champs – 9 Gold, 5 Silver, 7 Bronze

Far from ideal conditions this weekend, but lots of pbs and medals none the less. Great to see lots of people supporting the event. Continue reading

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3May/103

BMC PB Classic – Milfield School

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Jack and Bradley were on fire with two performances they thoroughly deserve. 8:46 and 8:47 put them right at the top of the UK rankings and well inside the English Schools National Standard. A great 1500 debut too for Jack’s sister Rebecca. Continue reading | 3 Comments

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2May/100

YAL 1 at Lee Valley

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Wind and rain met athletes at the opening YAL of the season but that didn’t stop people producing some early season pbs and us winning all but one of the middle distance races we contested. More to come for sure on a calmer day! Continue reading

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1May/100

Southern Men’s League

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Ross won his first senior 800 in a time just a fraction outside his pb. Chris ran his 2nd fastest 800 ever and Tim ran his fastest 1500 for some years. Continue reading

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25Apr/102

London Mini Marathon

Rebecca Killip - better on the flat!

Rebecca Killip won the Mini Marathon, building on a month of fantastic training. There were several other top 20 performances and it was encouraging to see those who had been stuck in Portugal put in pretty solid runs after two weeks of twice a day training – now for some speed! Continue reading | 2 Comments

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25Apr/101

Liz sets two pbs in just over an hour

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Liz Kipling got her track season off to a fantastic start running pbs over 3000 and 1500 at the SWL match at St Mary’s. Continue reading | 1 Comment

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10Apr/100

Maddie gets ES ES at first attempt

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Running solo at the Lee Valley Open Maddie sliced a couple of seconds off her pb to run 5:31.93 in the 1500m steeplechase. This time is well inside the 5:40 English Schools Entry Standard. Continue reading

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9Apr/100

County Track Championships – LAST CHANCE TO ENTER!!

All athletes in the squad need to enter these races taking place on Saturday/Sunday 8th/9th May. Read on for details of which ones to enter…. Continue reading

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