HRC News Archive
Christmas Lights Run
The club met at Honiton Sports Centre for the last time as we gathered before the annual Christmas Lights run. Then it was off to Pete and Suzanne's for mulled wine and mince pies, going via a lights hotspot in Livermore Road. Then a jog round looking at other displays before finishing back at John & Judy's for more mulled wine and snacks.
Next year we will be meeting at Honiton Community College.
Next year we will be meeting at Honiton Community College.
Olivia Wins The Club Handicap
Olivia ran superbly last night to secure the 2011 Handicap Trophy. She was first away and sprinted off showing everyone that she was going to fight all the way to the finish. Champing at the bit waiting their chance to go off in pursuit were Brent and Steve, but sadly not Graham and Tracey, both of whom were confined to stables. This took some icing off the cake as both of these were in with a real chance of winning. As the laps unfolded the gaps were closing and you could see that Olivia, Brent and Steve were all going very well. Greg (clothes horse) and I waited with mounting excitement to see who would come into sight first. It was Olivia but Brent was only a few yards behind her. Would he play the gentleman and allow the lady over the line first – not likely! Olivia sprinted for all she was worth but Brent charged past 10m from the line. So Brent won on the night but Olivia deservedly won this year’s series.
Here is Olivia’s list of times over the year. She started with 5 PB’s and finished with another 2 – an amazing achievement. But Steve and Brent also recorded PB’s with Brent getting under 22 mins for the first time, so congratulations to them both for giving it a really good go. Congratulations also to Sam Birch for a PB on his second run.
Previous PB 27:01 Jan 26:43 25:42 25:39 25:18 25:06 No race 26:28 26:08
Oct 24:29 24:23
It was good to have Pippa and Richard joining in the fun for the first time this year and we also welcomed two new runners Rod Inglis (Hash runner from OVH3) and George Young who is getting himself fit before joining the army.
Final Results
Here is Olivia’s list of times over the year. She started with 5 PB’s and finished with another 2 – an amazing achievement. But Steve and Brent also recorded PB’s with Brent getting under 22 mins for the first time, so congratulations to them both for giving it a really good go. Congratulations also to Sam Birch for a PB on his second run.
Previous PB 27:01 Jan 26:43 25:42 25:39 25:18 25:06 No race 26:28 26:08
Oct 24:29 24:23
It was good to have Pippa and Richard joining in the fun for the first time this year and we also welcomed two new runners Rod Inglis (Hash runner from OVH3) and George Young who is getting himself fit before joining the army.
Final Results
Dec 2011 Juniors Run Well at Exeter 3K - Iain gets his SILVER
Despite some of our juniors resting after their exertions at the Devon X-Country Championships we still had a good turnout for the December round of the Exeter 3K Series. There were some good performances as usual but Iain Ross had most reason to celebrate. He set out to run under 12 mins for the first time and was well paced round the course by Jake Harvey. Then he came home with and with a great sprint finish and clocked 11:55, so gaining the club SILVER MEDAL. Full report and results on the Junior's website
Dec 2011 Reindeer and Fairies race each other at Otterton
To recover from the excesses of the Honiton running Club Xmas meal the night before several club members woke up and decided to head for Otterton in the rain to tackle a muddy 10K described as the ‘Reindeer Run’ last Saturday. Luckily as Roger the weatherman turned up they knew the weather was going to improve and it did though there is a very slippery muddy stretch on this run. Richard Harris turned up sporting a huge pair of golden antlers complete with jingling bells and was the first Honiton runner home in 33rd place in a time of 45:58. Roger Saunders finished in a time of 49:17 closely followed by Pippa Westall in 49:42 who almost caught him. John Burgess made a great effort to come home in 51:31 almost a minute ahead of Nick Bradley Carter in 52:23. Olivia Higginson sporting a lovely pair of fairy wings to assist her finished in 56:44. Finally Sarah Walker who is back running again got tangled up with a Christmas tree and fairy but recovered and came in at 1:06:16. Mulled wine eased the tired legs at the finish. The race was won by Laurence Bollam of Sidmouth RC in 31:04 and there were 177 finishers. The 3K fun run had an impressive 134 mostly junior runners, the sole Honiton runner was Rowan Westall who came in a very good 4th in 14:41. Thanks to Sidmouth Running Club for putting on the events.
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HRC GET IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT 3-12-11Nikki and Julian try not to laugh as they get involved with one of Mickie and Brent's mad party games at the club Christmas Meal, and Ceri is triumphant having stacked 8 small nuts. Nick has to keep his mouth shut for once as Sarah stacks sugar cubes on the end of his tongue - sorry ruler. Mickie is smooching up to Brent while trying to pass him a polo mint If you were hoping for a quiet relaxing evening you were in for a shock. Most of the happy throng staggered out of The Tumbling Weir through exhaustion rather than from too much booze. An excellent time was had by all and grateful thanks to Mickie for making all the arrangements. More photos on photo page. |
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