Open Water Swimming at Gosfield Lake Resort will start again for the 2008 season on Sunday 27th April 2008 from 0630 – 0845.
There will also be the Tuesday evening sessions running from 1830 – 2100 (over the first few weeks the Tuesday sessions are likely to finish earlier until the nights get lighter).

The sessions are attended by swimmers from a number of other running and triathlon clubs in the area. This provides an excellent opportunity for triathletes and swimmers to practice their open water swimming.

The lake is an ideal venue for novices as you can put your feet down in the majority of places as the water is not too deep. Please visit the Gosfield Lake Resort website for location details etc www.gosfieldlake.co.uk

If you need any further information please do not hesitate to have a word with Wendy or myself (or even drop us an email using the WRC website link) or speak to some of the survivors of previous sessions there – such as Alan, Stuart, Russell, Captain (Ex) Keith, David Andrews or Martyn.

Cost last year was 4 quid per session, I’m not aware of any change as yet.

We look forward to seeing you at some of the open water swim sessions this year.

Jobbers.

Great Bentley Running Club are hosting an England Athletics Road Running Training Day on Saturday 23rd February from 9.45am until 4pm.

Guest speakers will be Mel Batty former coach to Eamon Martin the last Briton to win The London Marathon and a man capable of well under 50 minutes for 10 miles. He is joined by Chris Jones of England Athletics East.

Cost is £10 and you can register by sending an email to roadrunning-east@englandathletics.org. Full details can be found on the Great Bentley website.

Martyn

A local qualified Pilates instructor is offering Witham Running Club members the chance to participate in a 6 week intensive core training course. She has put together a specific course aimed at strengthing and toning muscle groups aimed at runners. The course is due to start week commencing 18 February and group numbers will be limited.

If anyone is interested, then please see me at the club and I will be happy to provide further information.

Enjoy your running!
Rach

Found an interesting website which for those of you that wish to can view your predicted finish time based on inputting factual information around a finish time and personal data.

I had some fun based on finishing times at Stebbing and can predict that The Whippett would run a marathon in 2.44.16!!!

In Benidorm the following times would be recorded!

Alan 1.22.37
Rachel 1.40.22
Deb 1.47.39
Dave Smith 1.34.36
Phil 1.31.09

It does not factor in high alcohol consumption the night before!

The website can be found here

Martyn

England Athletics East, in association with Thrift Green Trotters, have organised another training day for the region's roadrunners - to be held at the Brentwood Centre (Doddinghurst Rd, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 9NN) o­n Saturday 29th September (10:00 - 16:00).

The day is aimed at club runners of any level who would like to get more from their running, improve their technique, avoid injury or learn about opportunities to coach or contribute more to their club.

Speakers will share their experiences of effective training programmes and will give the chance to test them out with practical sessions.

Speakers include:
Mel Batty (10 mile world record holder in the 60s, coach to Eamonn Martin - last Brit to win the London Marathon).
Liam Cain (East Region Endurance Coordinator: UKA Level 4 performance Coach, coach to several international athletes)
Mary Twitchett (ex Ireland international endurance runner, Cambridge University Blue Boat crew member, fitness coach)

This event is open to all and will cost £10 per head. If you're interested in attending, book your place by emailing roadrunning-east@englandathletics.org, providing full contact details and club name.

In view of the weather forecast for the rest of the week (could be wet or overcast), can everybody running o­n Thursday evening please meet at Bramston as normal and not go direct to Wickham Bishops. And it's probably a good idea to bring your hi-visibility bibs as well!

We will take the decision where to run o­n the night.

See you all there,
Lorraine

During the Winter months there was an Alliance between Witham and Braintree Athletics club for Braintree runners to compete for Witham at cross country and during the Summer months Witham runners can compete o­n the track for Braintree for speed development.

This arrangement is for seniors and juniors and there is no conflict of loyalty as the events are different so runners can compete at both.

The remaining meetings are as follows:
MENS LEAGUE
July 14th at Luton and August 4th at Walthamstow
WOMENS LEAGUE
July 7th at Erith and Sept 1st at Gloucester park.

The meetings are fun and all abilities take part so why not give it a try.
As part of the arrangement runners are welcome to come to Braintree o­n Tuesdays 7 till 8 for some training which will be based o­n individual needs.

It is primarily speed based but sessions can be adjusted based o­n your own requirements.

If interested o­n any of the above please contact me o­n 01376 583523 or 07905 178159 so I know numbers and the session you require.

There is a £2 fee for using the track.

Simon Mennell

There is a training day at Peterborough o­n Saturday 26th May, organised by England Athletics.

Cost is £5 and includes lunch.

The day is the same as o­ne I attended a few weeks ago and was well worth it. Guest speakers are Paul Evans and John Anderson.

The day includes track sessions either with Paul or John as coach.

If you are interested then please
send email to Alison Potts.

Peter