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April 2021

• Shepperdine Marathon
• The Worcester Ring Trail Run
• The Longhorn Trail 50k Ultra
• The Longhorn Trail Half-Marathon
• Ilmington 10k – Race 3
• Oundle 10k
• Leicestershire Half-Marathon
• Tempo Spring Duathlon
• Ilmington 10k – Race 2
• The Holly Challenge
• Dorney Lake Marathon
• Enigma Good Friday Marathon

Shepperdine Marathon – 25 April M

Brilliant day for running and an interesting course. 5(ish) miles out, 3 loops of 5(ish) miles and then back in to finish off the race. The sun shone a bit brighter than expected so there’s the odd bit of sunburn on us both but big PB’s for both of us and Kyle smashing the 4 hour barrier for the first time – Sean

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The Worcester Ring Trail Run – 22.7 Miles, Droitwich – 25 April OTH

46

Claudie Combelas

4:00:57

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The Longhorn Trail 50k Ultra – 18 April OTH

35	Tim Hughes	5:55:27
41	Caroline Parkinson	6:10:45	3rd FV35

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The Longhorn Trail Half-Marathon – 18 April HM

204	Verity Crichton	2:51:15
205	Graeme Brannen	2:51:43

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Ilmington 10k, Tempo Winter Series Race 3 – 18 April 10K

Another excellent addition to the Tempo Winter series for 2020/21 with 13 Northbrook AC representatives sporting the sunburst. Natasha White led the way to come home as first female with Cath Fenn coming in as 3rd female. I propped up the field after my 14 mile efforts in the Holly Challenge, while Claudie Combelas didn’t seem to slow down at all having completed the Holly Challenge marathon the previous day – Chris

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Oundle 10k – 18 April 10K

Brilliant day for a first race back (both post-pandemic and post-injury). Gently undulating course (with a couple of steep climbs), very scenic and spot on weather for a fast time (proven by the fact that 6 runners beat the advertised course record). My calf held up well, now I just need to work on getting back the fitness lost over the last 2 months.

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Leicestershire Half-Marathon, Prestwold – 18 April HM

This was my first actual event in 18 months, so it was good to see other runners again. There were lots of COVID rules in place at the start with only a few runners starting every 5 or 10 seconds. The race combined a car racing track, old airfield and country lanes. Conditions were good so there were lots of great runs. For me, I’m sure it was my best half marathon time in over 5 years – Mark

A glorious day to mark a return to organised events for 7 Northbrookers. A broadly flat course taking in the grounds of Prestwold Hall and surrounding villages. The terrain was interesting taking in deep gravel, road, an old airfield, race track and makeshift mud road. Excellent organisation of the 750 strong field helped everyone achieve good times despite it being slightly over distance. PB’s for Kirstie & Chris, a half-marathon debut for Jess, and good HM times for the rest of us made for smiles at the end of the race – Terry

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The Holly Challenge Trail, Coalport – 17 AprilM OTH

Lovely to be out racing again under the watchful eye of Denzil from How Hard Can It Be events. Took in the beautiful Ironbridge gorge including the famous bridge itself. The massage at the end took away all our aches and pains ready for the Ilmington 10k the following day – Chris

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Tempo Spring Duathlon – 11 April

 

A 10k run – 36k bike – 4m run event at Warwickshire College, Moreton Morrell.

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Ilmington 10k, Tempo Winter Series Race 2 – 4 April 10K

So great to be back. Slower but such stunning views. Worth struggling up to the highest point in Warwickshire for – Claudie

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Dorney Lake Marathon – 3 April M

Robin Aston

2:52:42

PB

Great to be back to be back racing and very pleased to have run a personal best.

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Enigma Good Friday Marathon, Milton Keynes – 2 April M

First marathon since December, fantastic to get back out for some distance.