Massive thanks to Amy and well done to everyone!
April is a big month in the running calendar for anyone club, but it was especially big for our Kestrels!
*Sheffield Half – The Kestrels survived the windy conditions of this year’s Sheffield half and was completed by – Amy C, Gem B, Adam D, John W, Stephen M, Phill C, Rochie J, Ian W, Simon and Paul S. Well done to all for conquering that hill again. ⛰
*Monsal trail half – Laura B smashed another PB on the Monsal Trail! Big congratulations 🏅
*Manchester Marathon – Paul U and Chris W smashed their 3 hour target times, finishing in 02:56:39 and 02:58:16 respectively. Perfect pacing from this pair whose eyes are set on London next year. 💂♂️💂♂️
James H floored us all when we found out that he has gone from a C25K graduate to a marathon in about 20 months. Incredible training and commitment to the sport. He finished in 04:39:25. ⭐
*London Marathon
Natalie N took up her Championship place, coming 60th in her category with a time of 03:22:56. She is currently having a well deserved holiday but assures us she’ll be back with her second claim Kestrels soon. 🏆
Jess P flew around in a sub 4 time of 03:46. Big congratulations. 🏅
Rochie J completed in 04:19:06 and is clocking up a few marathons now, Manchester, Berlin. 🏅
Andy P and Julie V ran in the V70-74 category and secured times of 05:36:04 and 05:36:05 respectively. An incredible achievement and fantastic category positions achieved. 🏅🏅
The amount of time, mental and physical commitment and fatigue that goes into running a marathon of huge.
*Trunce – Two events have been held so far and apparently that river crossing is still quite high! Well done to King Kev, Louise, Annie, Sam, John W and Greg S
*Cat Lane Canter – King of Fells Kev continues to wrangle Kestrels into taking on big hills. Kev, Louise and Steve completed the Cat Lane Canter summed up as being ‘A 6 mile, 2 laps of ankle deep mud, 900 feet of climb ‘Urban Fell Race’. Enjoyably tough’
*Dronfield 10K Braving the Sunday morning rain was Louise and Steve GP, Laura B, Paul U, Chris M, Phill C, Stephen M, Jasper and Gemma P. Chris M picked up a trophy for M30-39 winner (also 4th overall) and several PBs were achieved.
*The Longhorn half marathon – first place going to Maisy 🐶🐾 and her human runner Stephen C. Well done both!
*Parkrun – The PBs continue to roll in from parkrun events, well done to Abby H and Ian W at Rother Valley and Andy HM at Millhouses. We also have Kestrels ticking off local and farflung locations. Parkrun tourism location shared on Whatsapp. 🌳☀️
Kudos for all runners and all those on the recovery back to running with us! 💛🖤
Other news
*Kestrels Social – 11th May around venues in Killamarsh and then finishing at Akhtars for an Indian. No running required. Normal clothes! Please let Sam / the committee know if you want a place booking for food. All timings will be shared.
*Rother Valley Relays – A fantastic team event to be held on Tuesday 14th May. Currently 46 Kestrels are signed up. Please speak to Kev or a committee member if you’d like to be involved.
*KMR race series – begins on the 8th May in Maltby. See https://www.kmrseries.co.uk/ for more detail and speak to a Kestrel for more info.
*The Three Lakes – thedate is set for 22nd of June. Volunteers are needed. Please also continue to promote the event. Speak to Rachel or Paul for more details.
*Kestrels Kit – can be purchased via Sara.
*PB league – continues. Please enter events as a Kestrel if you would like to be involved in this and then report your PB to kestrelspbleague@gmail.com
*Committee – Just a reminder that your committee members are Chris, Rachel, Sara, Sam, Alicia, Steve C, Abby, Paul, Phil, Jon C and Amy. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
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