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Results (swimming): Barnet Copthall 1500m (26th November 2006) - Alan Slade
Well it was a good meet at Barnet on Saturday.It started with the 5 of us travelling together and listening to the fate of Andy Robinson with South Africa beating England at Twickenham.
No, putting that aside the evening started with Joanne in Heat 2 setting a PB of 23:13, which also included an additional 2 lengths as she was feeling that strong and needing them to slow down. Louise was in Heat 3 who also set a PB of 24:48. Both girls swam very effortless and had good strokes. Then there was Heat 4, with Richard in Lane 1(26:30), me in Lane 3(24:54 PB) and Peter in Lane 5(24:39). Unable to comment on how we were stroking but did feel that I went out too quickly but did manage to get into a rhythm and was very pleased with my efforts. I also managed 59 tumble turns as that is something that I have not been able to do but with the thought that they are able to gain one a whole minute over the distance we practiced these. Practicing was not easy as there were lots of errors like landing up in Lane 3 and also coming up under the ropes etc.
Full results and splits for the Barnet 1500m in 2006 are already available (PDF).
The evening was rounded off with the traditional curry stop at Baldock.
Alan Posted by: litsl (27.11.06)
Collier recovery complete - half marathon prove it
Back to work for Paula she's just proved herself back on form with a time of 2:06:06 in the St Neots half-marathon. Nice work Paula. Ironman here we come... Posted by: litsl (21.11.06)Results (running): The Chariots of Fire - September 2006 - by Charles Mead
On the 24th September 2006 it was time for the annual Chariots of Fire racearound Cambridge. For those who are not familiar with the format - it
involves teams of 6 - each person running 1.7 miles in a loop around central
Cambridge before returning to the start to hand their baton over to the next
team mate. It's all in aid of the Cambridge Air Ambulance. This year the aim
of all the fund raising by all the teams was to pay for the cost of building
a heli-pad on Addenbrooke's hospital roof. Currently the helicopter lands
nearby and patients are transported from there to the hospital - which takes
10 minutes - so much time can be saved with a heli-pad.
So 6 Impington Swimmers had an early night on saturday and awoke refreshed
for an early race start of 09:30. As "team captain" I suggested we all
meet-up in our designated meeting zone at 09:00 (this detail is important
for later on in the report). The team this year consisted of:-
Me, Louise, Leighton, Jo, Tim, Panda (Paula)
5 team members turned up around 9a.m and we were missing Panda Paula. We
sorted out our numbers and race order and decided to put panda last. Jo was
first up in the order, so she went to the starting line.
Panda Paula arrived just before 9:30a.m (mascarra in place) - she thought
the start time was 10! We confirmed her place as last - however panda used
her immense negotiation skills to not go last ("I don't want to go last") -
so some number swapping was required.
The race soon started and the large pack of runners went past us - and we
spotted Jo as she went past.
We were soon joined by chief performance coach "Mr Nick" and team physio
Judith for support - and watched both Mary and Jeffrey Archer run past us
for their respective teams.
I was in position 4 for racing and went to the start line. Panda soon came
into sight and handed over to me and I was off. I soon settled into my race
pace around the route - and passed several bemused tourists and sunday
shoppers on the course. There were also quite a few spectators along the
course cheering every runner on which was nice. My racing strategy was to
over take as many other competitors as I could manage on the route to give
us the best possible position overall. Pretty soon I was back approaching
the start line and handing over to Louise for her run and collecting my
medal and much earned bottle of water.
After we had all finished we went for some refreshments from Costa Coffee
conveniently located opposite Kings College - so we sat on the wall in front
of it with our drinks. I gave a few team members a massage with my popular
nukkles (www.nukkles.com - before anyone accuses me of some violent act!) -
and then we all went our separate ways to enjoy the rest of our sunday.
As a team we finished 158th overall in a time of 1:16:08. Looking at the
times if we could all get 20-30 seconds quicker by next year we would easily
be in the top 100 by then - so whilst I/we all enjoy swimming keep the
running going! Posted by: litsl (15.11.06)
Travelling Swimmers
We always get the nicest welcome when we come back to Impington Swimming Club but it doesn't stop some of us travelling a bit.Panda is travelling across Asia and has a nice blog and some photos...
Paul's Asian Blog
Carl is still living at Lake Tahoe and now has a pad with 2 spare rooms at Heavenly Ski Resort about half a mile from the chair lift. Visitors welcome! Carl's little adventures are sometimes decribed here...
Carl's Nevada Blog Posted by: litsl (1.11.06)