April Highlights

The first weekend in April had Nathalie Hooper and Kevin Long running half marathons in different countries. Nathalie ran the Prague Half Marathon as the first race in her SuperHalf journey. This is a collection of six races held in six different countries with a chance to get the SuperMedal at the end of all six. These races attract thousands of runners including the elites and are a good excuse to explore new cities. The out of the ordinary warm weather hindered her race, but she still came in with a good time.

Meanwhile, Kevin was having the most amazing experience at the London Landmarks Half Marathon. With just under 24,000 runners taking part and crowds cheering everyone on for the whole 13.1 miles there was a great atmosphere. The brilliant route with lots of twists and turns took him through all the major sights of London. He finished with a chip time of 1:19:00 which gave him personal best of which he is very proud and he finished in an amazing 64th place!

Adam Chamberlin decided to try his hand at the Can But Tri Spring Enduro Duathlon which is a 3 hour endurance event at Thetford forest of running and cycling. The idea is to complete as many laps as you can in 3 hours starting with a run then cycle, rinse and repeat for the 3 hours or until you want to finish. Men’s was a strong field of 15. Adam was true to his word and didn’t go out to hot straight away and kept his runs and cycle laps quite consistent and slowly made ground of those that went out the front early to get a good start. The clear winner won with 12 laps. Adam and 5 others completed 11 laps so it was then decided on how long over the 3 hours the 11th lap was completed. Adam was 26 seconds over the hour and was awarded a fantastic second place.

As always on Good Friday, the Sudbury Fun Run was held taking runners around the town and raising money for local charities.  The term ‘fun’ is always questionable as it has some wicked hills on its course but at least this year the race finished in Belle Vue Park (last year the course was diverted to a carpark). A few Hares completed the course all putting in great efforts. Well done to Andrew Turner, Ben Roper, Nathalie Hooper, Joanne Sargent and John Turnbull.