Week Starting 12th May

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Another bumper week of racing – and some outstanding performances along the way.


First things first: Happy Birthday to the absolute star Paul Clarke. 50 years old - new age cat for you lad x








Too many to list in full, but here are a few standouts:

  • Big shout out to Joe Marples, who I believe has now raced three times for Wolves & Bilston AC, chasing down the legend that is Paul Rogers – which, speaking from experience, is no easy task. The man is tough as nails.

  • Tom “Tom” Pryor kicked off his season with a blistering 800m opener in 2:02, bagging a Staffordshire County silver. On track for a 1:5X this summer!

  • Andy Horton ran a fantastic 3:08 marathon in Prague.

  • Dan Turner smashed out a 2:37 in Copenhagen in his first elite international marathon – a seriously tough race.

  • A week ago, Steve Newman clocked a storming 1:19 and Derek ran 1:20 at the Great Birmingham Run.

  • And of course, who could forget the Dad’s Army turnout at the Masters League in Telford – brilliant stuff all round.

    • Paul Clarke stormed into the UK top 15 for M45 over 400m.

    • Jon Hart is now top 5 in the country for M45 over 1500m.

Plenty more top performances – and a few not-so-top ones by yours truly – but a brilliant week for the club overall. Huge thanks to Greg and Sab for making the league happen. Please continue to show them your support.


The masters also turnout at Malory park for the British MAsters relays. Great day out and some excellent running by the old farts. 

Looking ahead:
This weekend is the Midlands Track League. I believe Lloyd Hudson-Smith is managing the team – give him your backing and get involved if you can. Not sure how to contact him? He’s usually down at the track on Tuesday evenings.


Tuesday 26th June Tettenhall 5k. 

Sorry if I’ve missed anyone – definitely not on purpose!




This weeks training:

Tuesday:
Warmed up and ready to go for 6:50pm.
Session: 4 minutes tempo, then a pyramid session – 3 sets of:
200m, 400m, 600m, 400m, 200m
– all off 75 seconds recovery, with a jog lap between sets.
Aim to run these reps at faster than 5K pace.

Saturday:
Compton Park – warmed up and ready to go for 9:30am.
Session: 5 minutes tempo followed by 10 x 2-minute reps off 1 min floats.

Sunday:
Group run from Cupcake Lane – 10:00am start.
All welcome. We'll loop runners back for various distances.
Pace: roughly 8:30–9:00 min/mile


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