In what was one of the biggest turn outs from Bella at the George Cummings Relay Races, four men’s teams and three women’s teams from Bella RR helped to make up the 48 men’s teams of 4 and 27 women’s teams of 3 in a 2.7 mile race in dreich conditions. New women’s Captain Carla got of to a winning start as the women’s vet team team won 1st prize. Full results at the Kilbarchan AAC website (PDF), and individual club results available on the forum. Photos here (facebook, courtesy of Greig) and here (Ian), and course map here. Thanks to Ian for the write-up.
Monthly archives: September 2008
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John Milligan sent in this report about a jog in the country he took part in yesterday: This is the story of 7 brave Bellas who entered the 19 mile race through hell known as the Two Breweries. Of the 7 who entered only 6 made the start, death intervened for the 7th (un)lucky runner – not his own. Of the 6 who started 2 ran the race finishing in the first 20 Kenny 16th 3.07 Mark J 17th 3.09. The other 4 barely survived their journey to the battlefields of Peebles. I was next Bella in 4.25 closely followed by Alan S in 4.28. Dave Boyle made it home in 4.33 with John S dipping the line inside the 5hr cut off. Big thanks to the support crew/drivers Nikki, Sally, Sandra & Tracy without whose support, Lucozade and freshly peeled Mars Bars etc we would never have survived. Bring on the Man or Mouse I might be able to move again by then!
Huge congratulations from the club to member Gavin, who completed the UK Ironman. Gavin wrote a superb summary of his experience: First of all, thanks for all the support over the last few months. I managed to complete my first triathlon in 13:53:29. I took 1:32:59 to cover the 2.4 mile swim; 7:22:30 for the 112 mile bike and 4:32:19 for the marathon, with the other few minutes in transition changing and sorting myself out! The swim start was delayed unitl 6:30 due to the overcast and dark conditions, visability above water was very low and underwater you could see about 6 inches. So the mass start of 1500 swimmers all thrashing about and jockeying for position means that you get punched, kicked, pushed and prodded a fair bit for the first mile or so. I had planned to take it easy on the swim and expected to come out the water at the back of the crowd. Safely through the swim it was onto the bike for 3 laps of a undulating and windy course. The feed stations every 12 miles never came quick enough, there were 3 big hills on each loop, and a fun fast downhill section reaching speed of upto 48mph!!. After 112 miles of physical and mental highs and lows it was a quick descent back to the transition area. After another changes of clothes and liberal application of vaseline I was on the run course. This was a very hilly figure of 8 loop that you ran three times. The first mile was a surprisingly easy 9 min/mile which set the pace for the first loop. On the second loop, things where getting tough, so I took full advantage of the aid stations, positioned every 1.5-2 miles. Which had Gatorade, power gels, pretzels, water, bananas and flat coke, I stuffed myself with everything except the coke and walked through them. By the 3rd and last lap my speed was getting seriously slow and I figured that unless I puled my finger out I would be over the 14 hour mark. So now I took onboard the flat coke and my last 4 miles was done in under 32 minutes (fast for me!). So running along the final 100m in my ancient Bella vest in the dark towards the finishing chute was a proud moment.
We’re today launching a brand new website for the club. We hope you like it, and find the revamp refreshing, and the new setup easier and more informative. Please feel free to feedback to Linda, Scott and Richard about anything – typos, suggestions or ideas for new content. Some of the highlights include: New look and feel. Nice and shiny, we hope you’ll agree. Template based system, so much easier to make changes and add new sections. News page for announcements, big club results, training schedules. Note you can subscribe using your RSS reader (or click here), and we’ll have an e-mail subscription soon too. Photo gallery, powered by flickr. If you’re a flickr user, just join the ‘bellarr‘ group and submit photos to it and they’ll appear (in a few hours) on the Gallery page. Forum integration. The latest posts to the forum are summarised on the News page. Fully up to date club records so you know what targets to aim for 🙂 Online back issues of The Bella Blether, so you can complete your collection if you missed any. Pages can be bookmarked. No more frames. Woo!
The summer edition of the bella blether is out now. Available to pick up at a great running club near you now, or click here to view it online! Past issues are available on the newsletter page.
Here’s new schedule major change is Monday will now be the Run night not Wednesday as in previous years. Where possible i have put estimated milage for the runs. Any queries speak to myself or one of the other coaches. Week 1 15/9/08 Mon Newlands Run(Pink) (8.5miles). Route here (courtesy of Colin). Wed Meadow Session Week 2 22/9/08 Mon Crookston Road(white)- l (8 miles). Route here (courtesy of Richard) Wed Pollok Park bike trails 2-3 reps on either side ran at 3 to 5k pace – as fast as people dare basically. 1min recovery between reps. Option of Track session with Group A (schedule here) Week 3 29/9/08 Mon 29/9/08 Silverburn run(blue?) (7miles) Wed Meadow Session. Week 4 6/10/08 Mon – Eastwood Toll (red) Wed – hill reps front of Pollok Park – progressive hill sets to be decided on footing/light softer terrain less reps or 1k reps at Festival Park 6-8 reps 10k pace. Last Pollok session of the year 🙁 Week 5 13/10/08 Mon Green Run – New Route (9.5miles) Wed Track session – 300’s with 100m jog recovery 14max ran at 1m pace. Week 6 20/10/08 Mon Queen’s Park(blue)(7miles) Wed Gower St short hills 5 sets of 5 reps with 1min recovery. week 7 27/10/08 Easy Week Use this to run new routes again if necessary. John
Mon 15/09/2008 (Week 1) Hills – 10 x continuous Meadow loops (Pollok Park) Wed 17/09/2008 10 x 650 @ 5k pace with 75secs recs. (Bella Park) Weekend of 20-21/09/2008 12-14 miles steady (road) or Millport social run Mon 22/09/2008 (Week 2) 5 x 1 mile @ 10k pace with 75secs recs. (Bella Park) Wed 24/09/2008 Track session: 3 x (800 / 1min rec. / 400 / 30secs rec. / 400 / 1min rec.) @ 3k pace Sat 27/09/2008 12-14 miles steady (road) Mon 29/09/2008 (Week 3) 10 miles inc. 6 x 5mins with 75secs jog recs. Wed 01/10/2008 3 x (120 / 90 / 60 / 30secs brisk) with equal jog recs. (Festival Park) Sat 04/10/2008 12-14 miles steady (off-road if possible) Mon 06/10/2008 (Week 4) Hills – 4 x Sherbrooke loop (continuous pace) Wed 08/10/2008 8-10 x 600 @ 5k pace with 75secs recs. (Science Centre) Weekend of 11-12/10/2008 West District XC Relays and/or 2hr hill run Mon 13/10/2008 (Week 5) 7 x 1200 @ 10k pace with 75secs jog recs. (Festival Park) Wed 15/10/2008 20mins ‘out and back’ tempo plus 6 x strides (Haggs Road) Sat 18/10/2008 12-14 miles steady (road) Mon 20/10/2008 (Week 6) 10 miles inc. 4 x 8mins with 90secs jog recs. Wed 22/10/2008 Track session: Pace pyramid (1 x 800 / 2 x 600 / 4 x 400 / 2 x 600 / 1 x 800) with 1min recs @ 3k-5k pace) Weekend of 25-26/10/2008 National XC Relays and/or 12-14 miles steady (off-road if possible) Mon 27/10/2008 (Week 7) 8 miles easy Wed 29/10/2008 8 miles easy (optional 4 / 3 / 2 / 1min brisk with half jog recs.) Sat 01/11/2008 1hr 30mins-2hr hill run The detailed sessions should be supplemented with easy/steady runs and longer weekend runs as appropriate to upcoming racing targets. The long run options detailed above provide a mix of road, trail and hill running, with a view to removing reliance on pace for a period of time and allowing for strengthening of many muscles not often used in ‘straightforward’ road running. See the message board for details of any organised weekend group runs.