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I came to running late in life, only taking
it up at the age of 30. It was a milestone age therefore it was time to
work at returning my body to its svelte former self. After running for a
year or so I joined Les Croupiers Running Club and have competed regularly
ever since.
In recent months my times have been improving no end and with the recent addition to my arsenal of a Respiratory Muscle Trainer (RMT) I hope to improve yet more. Here are the results of the RMT study after a full 8 week programme, 3 times a week. To maintain these attained levels the training must continue but only twice a week. After Rotterdam marathon 2003 I developed an injury to my right knee, strengthening exercises prescribed by my physiotherapist have corrected the muscle weakness and helped build my core stability. Weight training now forms a part of my training programme twice a week. Most recently I have started including swimming in my training schedule, my swimming coach; Leon Vaughan, has improved my technique by leaps and bounds, I cannot praise him enough. Despite all of my training and the advice from my Les Croupiers Running Club team mates; especially Dave Coles & Bill Fear I still manage to cock it up. |
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| Road races | ||||
| Distance | Where | When |
Time |
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| Marathon | Stratford upon Avon | 25th April 2004 | *3:22:32 | |
| 15 miles | Bourton-on-the-Water | 29th June 2002 | 1:46:48 | |
| Half Marathon | Islwyn | 20th March 2005 | 1:21:51 | |
| 10 miles | Les Croupiers Club Handicap 10 | 19th January 2004 | 1:00:53 | |
| 10k | Atlantic College | 11th April 2005 | 36:18 | |
| 5 miles | Great Welsh Run | 2nd May 2005 | 28:20 | |
| 5k | SSAFA Series | 26th May 2005 | 17:11 | |
| * 37th on what was a very hot day with a 1pm start. | ||||
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Off road races |
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| Event | When | Position |
Time |
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| Dursley Dozen | 10th February 2002 | 151/384 | 1:45:52 | |
| Chedworth Roman Trail 10 | 30th March 2003 | 26/369 | 1:11:33 | |
| Pentyrch Hill Race | 26th April 2005 | 21/102 | 51:50 | |
| KIMM 'A' | 30th-31st October 2004 | 75/115 | 17:56:52 | |
| KIMM 'B' | 25th-26th October 2003 | 57/224 | 15:24:36 | |
| KIMM 'C' | 26th-27th October 2002 | 19/274 | 9:17:58 | |
| Sodbury Slog | 7th November 2003 | 45/779 | 1:08:32 | |
| RNLI Reindeer Run | 1st December 2002 | 12/428 | 43:13 | |
| Forest of Dean Xmas Pudding | 8th December 2002 | 9/172 | 38:1 | |
| Merthyr Mawr Xmas Pudding | 21st December 2003 | 33/482 | 40:02 | |