Read All About It – Weekly Update 21/7/24. 

 

Weekly forecast 

Last Sunday there was no mention of the 2 hot days we were to have. This week the forecast is for the wind direction to remain westerly initially moderate but falling to gentle with sun or sunny intervals. The wind will strengthen to moderate again on Thursday to accompany a belt of rain before becoming sunny again. Max 20 to 22 with min 11 to 14. There is the promise of a possible more general warming and longer period of settled warm weather from the end of this week.

 

Road race results

There are no road results that we are aware of this week, but 8 Weston members turned the clock back quite a number of years to fly the flag for Weston at a track event again. Report below from correspondent Lou Davison.

A great day was had by 8 WAC members at the Masters track meeting at Yate on Sunday 21st.

In the 5000m Nia Davies bravely led the mixed heat from the halfway point only to be outkicked at the death but finishing 1st female overall in 20.05.10.

Sheryl Selway and Katie Gormley were next up in the 1500m. Katie set out to beat her longstanding schooldays PB, after a great battle with the pack she finished strongly for a PB of 5.48.98 for 4th place. Sheryl Selway raced well in a big field for 12th place in 6.48.18. Sheryl then doubled up by taking on the 800m, a well-judged race gave her 4th in her heat and just fractionally outside her PB with 3.21.82.

Lou Davison made her track debut taking on three events. The highlight was her victory in her 100m heat recording a speedy 15.32. The sprinting continued with 4th place in her 200m heat in 32.78. Lou then finished the day with a great 800m debut, 6th place, just missing the 3-minute barrier in 3.03.81.

Darren Stacey competed well in a high quality 1500m, recording 4.40.83 for 7th place. He then went on to race a great tactical 5000m event finishing second overall in 17.30.14, he was followed in 8th place by Matt Wheeler who battled hard in the wind for his 18.23.56.

Ian Connock set his sights on breaking the 10 min barrier for 3000m. A superbly paced race, holding on to the leading pack for as long as he could rewarded him with 9.54.78 and 4th place.

The race of the day for the Weston AC fans on the side-lines was David Hall in his 800m heat. Using his tactical experience, he tucked in behind the leader and then unleashed a devastating sprint to take the victory in 2.36.54.

 

Off-Road race results

Wednesday saw the Championship race the Pawlett Plod 10k organised by Burnham Harriers.

This is on off-road race but this year the grass was so long many runners were heard to mention never again but that did not stop the 6 Weston runners coming back with some excellent results. Julian Forbes was 3rd overall and 1st V40 in 38.42, followed by Susan Duncan who was 2nd lady and 1st V35 in 42.57, Stuart Diamond 3rd V50 in 46.16, Rob Osment in 52.57, Niki Fulstow in 53.11 and Rachael Vincent 1st V55 in 54.12.

 

Thursday night saw Marc Bostock take part in the TACH organised Purdown Pursuit finishing the 10k off-road race in 55.44.

 

Saturday saw 2 WAC members take part in the International Snowdon Mountain race. This race is 15.35k with 994m of climb with 7.16k up, 7.16k down and 1k flat. Emma Barker finished in 2.32.01 and Alex Barker in 2.27.55.

 

Many of you will have seen that White Star Running/Keep Running Rural have ceased organising races with their last event the Cider Frolic and Piggy Plod taking place this past weekend. No results are available, but Ian Regan and Mel Trego took part in the 12hr Frolic on Saturday. Mel completed 12 laps for 40 miles in the 12 hours with Ian competing 16 laps for 56.3 miles. On Sunday Mel and Lindsey Clifford took part in the 10k Plod with Mel finishing in 61mins.

 

Multi Event Results 

Sunday saw the Great Weston ride take place with various distances covered by the entrants. Congratulations to all WAC members who took part.

 

Information and help needed.

 

Club Clothing Shop

The club clothing shop is now open. Please see more detail on the Weston Social fb page and follow the link to Weston Athletics Club Archives – Karuta Sportswear (karuta-sportswear.com) The first orders have now been delivered so lead times to delivery will now be much shorter.

Please remember that the club colours that must be used in all races where you have entered as Weston remain the yellow Vest and T-shirt. New versions of theses yellow tops have been given to all members who requested one. The new range of club clothing based on blue, and red is for social and training purposes but must not be worn in races. Wearing colours other than the club yellow can lead to disqualification from the race which would also lead to any team that you were part of being DQ’d.

 

2024 Championship

Details of the 2024 championship structure and races have previously been announced and are shown on the website under members/2024 Championship.

The races for July and August are:

28/7             Whites 2x2x2           Off Road

14/8             Crook Peak              Off Road

26/8             Baltonsborough 5     Short Road

 

The Whites 2x2x2 event is a club only race and there is still time for you to enter. An event has been set up on fb so that you can show your intention to take part to help us with numbers and planning. Breakfast roll and drink will be provided free to all club members who take part in Shipham afterwards. There is a survey on WAC Social fb asking those taking part what they wish for their breakfast roll so please take a minute to complete it.

 

Relay events.

There is still time to sign up for the 2 relay events coming up in August and September, the Avon 5k relay from Cleeve on Sunday the 25th of August and the Mendip Way relay from Uphill to Wells on Saturday 21st of September.

Nia Davies will be looking for those interested in the Cleeve 5K with teams of 3 or 4 to take part depending on category. The Uphill to Wells race is teams of 5. Sheryl will be taking notes of interested members with a fb set up so that recce runs can be arranged for those who may want it.

 

FB requests for interest in these relays are now on Weston AC Social. If you do not use fb, please send a mail to Sheryl and or Nia. The club will be paying relay race entry fees.

 

TWAC 

Evening session for Monday the 22nd of July is the Hell Steps Fell Race

How many reps can you complete in 60 minutes….???

Bring a drink to leave at the bottom it is a very short walk from meet point to the start.

Meet point and time – 6.50pm at Black Rock, Cheddar Gorge ///tutorial.bath.suffix

Things to bring – Trail shoes, appropriate clothing for the weather.

This is for all abilities, or paces and Twalkers.

Will need a couple of people to record reps like BH race.

 

See TWAC fb for more detail.

 

Tuesday Reps/Intervals  

 

On the field at Hutton Moor or Worlebury Woods

 

There will be two organised interval sessions this Tuesday 23/7/24 taken by Nick and Jim.

Session 1 on field at HM

12 x 2min rpe 7/8 with rolling recovery

Cool down.

Second session

Hill reps

Meet at the car park entrance to Worlebury woods at 6.50 pm.

 

The Wednesday swim sessions at Burnham-on-Sea pool are taking the summer break. Sessions will start again from 4/9/24.

The sessions are suitable for beginners to seasoned triathletes, injured runners – develop your aerobic capacity and muscles you didn’t know existed

Sessions starting from 4/9 can be booked now in blocks of five (£32.50) or ten (£55.00) ad hoc PAY as you GO (£6.50) sessions occasionally available, for PAYG – please ask if there’s space prior to session
Contact Margaret Sills, Rachael Vincent or Nick Cook for further information.

You need to be a fully paid-up WAC member to access sessions.

 

 

We have the July 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.

 

This week’s schedule:

 

Monday – TWAC evening session this week from – 6.50pm at Black Rock, Cheddar Gorge ///tutorial.bath.suffix see above.

 

Tuesday Rep/interval session. Meet 6.50 on the far side of the field at Hutton Moor – see above for session detail.

Note Nicks Hill session meet in car park at entrance to Worlebury Woods

 

Wednesday – Next swimming session 4/9 – See above.

 

Thursday – Group runs from Hutton Moor – meet inside HM upstairs at 6.20 for 6.30 start – This week is the Club Circuit.

 

Saturday 8AM session – See WAC social for confirmation of meeting place and time later in the week.