Weekly Update 18/6/23

Read All About It – Weekly Update 18/6/23.

 Weekly forecast

The forecast for this week shows that after possible thundery showers and sunny intervals Monday to Wednesday the wind will increase in strength and bring back sunny conditions for Thursday and Friday. The gentle to moderate westerly breeze will bring max temperature of 20 to 23 with night min of 12 to 15 degrees.

Road race results

 Tuesday 13/6/23 was the Clevedon 10k race with 24 Weston members taking part. On a very hot evening nearly 500 runners finished the race. Kieron Summers was 1^st WAC man in 5^th overall and 1^st v40 in 34.50, followed by Rob Mountford who was 7^th overall and 3^rd v40 in a new pb of 36.20 and Matt Huxtable 8^th overall in 36.25.

Nia Davies was 1^st v50 in 45.19 followed by Sian Roberts in 47.58 and Sheryl Selway in 49.00

Off-Road race results

 Saturday 17/6/23 saw the culmination of many months of training and planning for Shan McCarthy and Sue Dyer as they took part in the Hadrian’s Wall Rat Race – The Wall. The event covers 70 miles from Carlisle to South Shields with runners having 26 hours to complete the course which includes over 4000-ft of climb. Sue completed 34 miles finishing at Hexham with Shan taking 17 hours 6 minutes to cover the 69.4 miles to South Shields. A massive achievement by both.

Saturday also saw 4 members take part in the TEC Black mountains ultramarathon and half marathon trail events. Emma Lane and Liza French took part in the ultramarathon of 37.8 miles with 8300ft of climb finishing in 9.54. Michelle Fryer finished the half marathon in 4^th lady overall with a time of 2.32. Chris Shergold also ran the race, but no results are currently available.

Saturday saw Sophie Jones complete her first solo off-road marathon. Sophie took part in the White Star Giants Head marathon and now has a ‘special’ medal. The race includes 3030 ft of climb over the Wiltshire Downs which Sophie completed in 5.06 (full results not out yet)

Not a race but Saturday saw Cameron Cummings complete the 24k SF march in the Brecon Beacons with 35lbs loadbearing backpack.

Multi Event results

Sunday saw Sarah Weare complete the Dragon Race. Starting from Swansea the race covers ninety-eight miles with 7760ft of climbing which Sarah finished in 6hrs 47 mins.

Sunday also saw Niki Fulstow take part in her longest swimming event to date. Niki provided a report for us.

I took part in the Cotswold Big Swim yesterday at Lake 32, completing the 4km in 1:38:43. Too much daydreaming meant I drifted off on occasion adding an extra 300m to my distance – never mind! A rainy start soon changed to sunny conditions making it borderline warm for a wetsuit. My longest open water swim to date & happy with my performance.

If we have missed any results, please let us know so that we can share them and update records.

Information and help needed.

Championship 2023

A new tab has been added to the website under members/2023 Championship which shows a points summary. A link has been added on the points summary page making it easier for you to find the detailed points position and list of the 2023 championship races.

Upcoming Championship Races

29/6             Thornbury 10k

1/7               Charmouth Challenge

Nailsea Beer and Banger  

The Beer and Banger 10k will be much earlier this year than in 2022 and has been announced as taking place on Friday 30/6/23. Entries are open with plenty of places left at present, but the race is always popular so enter soon if you wish to be in it.

 TWAC

The Monday evening TWAC session this week 19/6/23 is titled ‘Cash only part 2’ Meet 6.50 at the Trotter Inn, Crickham, Wedmore BS28 4JU Group runs of approx. 90 min duration. Followed by drinks at the Trotter Inn – with cash – see TWAC fb for more detail.

Tuesday intervals this week will have 2 sessions. As well as the usual session on the field at Hutton Moor there will be a hill rep session at Uphill of 12 x 1 minutes. This session will be suitable for all abilities, meet in the boatyard at 6.55 if you wish to join this session.

The Wednesday swim sessions at Burnham-on-Sea pool re-started 12/4

The next block of Wednesday swim sessions at Burnham-on-Sea pool now need to be booked and paid for and payment for the next 10 sessions, started 12th April, becomes due. Numbers limited so please pay as soon as you can to reserve your place.

Wednesday evenings 20:20 – 21:30 Burnham on Sea pool. £55 for 10 sessions (£32.50 for 5 if work takes you away).

If you would like any further information / payment details, please DM Margaret Sills to pay for sessions/information.

You can also contact Rachael Vincent or Nick Cook for information

(NB you need to be a paid-up member of WAC)

Thursday 22/6 – No Group 6 run with Debbie this week. See Group 6 Elites fb for detail of any non-led social.

We now have the June code for the 10% discount and free postage on orders from Sportsshoes (min order value £50). This code is on the WAC members social fb page for WAC member use only. Please ask Jim, Helen, or Julia if you do not access to fb and wish to put in an order with them. (NB Now includes Brooks shoes again)

We currently have yellow club kit available in most sizes. New members can pick up their kit at training on Tuesday night at Hutton Moor. Come along at about 6.50 or 7.45/8.00 and find Jim Wotton. If you cannot get to Hutton Moor let Paul Cousins or Jim Wotton know and we will see what we can do. Ladies kit comes in sizes 8, 10, 12 etc.

This week’s schedule:

Monday –Monday evening TWAC session this week 12/6/23. Trotter Inn, Crickham, Wedmore at 6.50 – See above.

Tuesday session –Meet from 6.50pm at the rear of Hutton Moor. Rep/Interval session to be taken by Nick or Jim – see above for detail of alternative hill rep session in Uphill.

-Both sessions suitable for all abilities

Wednesday See above– Swimming sessions Burnham pool 8.20 poolside – See above.

Thursday – Meet HM car park at 6.50 for group runs – Route this week will be Club Circuit.

– No Group 6 run with Debbie this week. See Group 6 Elites fb for detail of any non-led social.

Saturday AM session – 8.00am Meet point TBC session to be taken by Jason or Sheryl – suitable for all abilities.