So, after a full month of ‘real’ training in January, I was looking forward to building on those foundations in the short month of February. As my fitness has increased, it’s been fun to go out and choose my pace. I do follow the plan like it’s my new religion, however, there is some flexibility between the top end and low end of the training paces so when I’m feeling fresh, I’m naturally running easier and faster. A total of 113.6 miles done in February and my parkrun time has dropped to mid 27 minutes.
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Feb
Feb
It has been another strong PECO cross country season for Vale of York Athletic Community, and at the forefront for the juniors has been Archie Hadfield.
Archie finished 1st U13 boy in the league, with a string of consistent podium performances that never saw him finish outside the top three across all five races in the series.
His commitment to completing all five races mattered. Our junior squad of forty athletes were all chasing the “merch that money can’t buy” for completing every race in the series. Not everyone can win their age category, but everyone can do their very best to take part and earn their own reward as a result.
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Nov
Nov
Vale of York trustee, Neil Musgrove, loves a hilly trail run and Leeds has more hills than Selby with some spectacular scenery to boot. Last month Neil took on the 7 mile Calverley Chaos organised by Great Owl Running.
The event really was chaos because the runners were set off in alternating directions according to their race number which provided an opportunity to say hello and well done to all the runners taking the opposite direction about half way round. After some decent climbs in the first half, the second was quite fast and Neil passed a few people in the last few miles to finish second in his direction and sixth overall.
A well earned beer from Kirkstall Brewery for all finishers ensured a nice end to the day.