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BRJ Road Running Club are Huntingdon's original England Athletics affiliated running club. We are a small, friendly club of around 80 catering for runners and joggers of all ages and standards. Regular club runs take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A Ladies run is held on Mondays.

Training plan updated 4th July 09.

Club Guesstimate Run - 16th July

Bring a picnic and own drinks or buy Fish n Chips locally to make it a family evening. The race is whose actual time is closest to their estimated finish time, which is not necessarily the fastest. No watches/ipods to be worn and no phones to be carried.

Seniors £2 entry - Run starts at 7pm. Approximately 4.5 miles
Junior £1 entry – Run starts at 6.30pm Approximately 1.5 miles

Venue - The recreation ground Godmanchester, parking in Mill Yard or the Chinese Bridge Car Parks. Please arrive in plenty of time to register and estimate your time. The routes will be displayed on the evening. For more info please contact a member of the Running Club sub-committee.

Night at the Dogs

Tickets are now available for the annual 'Night at the Dogs'. This years racing takes place on the 1st August - first race 7.30pm. Tickets are available from Nykki or Anita and cost £19. This includes; entry to the stadium, transport, meal, 2 bets 2 drinks and a programme.
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Pathfinder March 12th June

On Saturday 20 June, John and Nigel successfully completed the 46 mile Pathfinder March around the WW2 airbases of Wyton, Graveley, Oakington and Warboys. Despite walking an extra couple of miles due to a minor navigational hiccup, they completed the walk in under 18 hours as darkness fell. A superb achievement. Sue Dougan of Radio Cambridgeshire, who walked with John and Nigel, is doing a feature her radio show and John was specially selected (?) to provide a running commentary. The Duracell batteries in her recorder needed regular replacement!!! The feature is on her show on Monday 22 June from about 3pm. Don’t miss it! It should be on iPlayer later as well.
View Keith's photos
Sue Dougan's Monday Show  Wind on to 1h 20m 50s to hear the BRJ Stars!!

Peterborough 5k (Thorney)

Strong gusting winds ensured that finish times in both the 3K & 5K races were a bit slower than the last race 2 weeks ago. There was a Club 5k debut for newcomer Sue Duley and, perhaps suprisingly, Sue Yendley. Tony, still feeling the effects of the Abbey 10k in his legs run on Sunday, missed out of the 1st MV70 prize by about 45 secs. 5k Result  3k Fun Run Result

Abbey 10k

In form Tony Cotton was in the prizes again scooping the top honors in the MV70 category at this years Abbey 10k. Debut road runs for BRJ came from Ian Drylie and Sam Mayo with Mike Graham also a first timer at the 10k distance. Congratulation too to Bob Lee and Steve Burton who both recorded new personal bests.

In the 3k Fun run BRJ claimed the the first two spots in the over 16 category thanks to electric performances from Sam Brown and Anita Girvan. PB's were recorded by Harry Gray and Harry Moore while Sam Webber also made an impressive debut for the Club. Abbey 10k Result  Abbey 3k Fun Run and 200m Result

Ferry Meadows 5k

Blenheim Tri

A drastic change in the weather meant that this race (and the Junior 3K) was run in cold and gusting wind conditions. The wind was always in your face in the 3 long stretches of the course. Perhaps expecting bettter conditions, there was a record number of finishers in the senior race. For BRJ there were a number of debuts, including those of 2 new members - Allan Shutt and Rebecca Jones. It was particuarly good to see John Webber back after a prolonged abscence from running because of various injuries.
Result

Another weather affected event as the rain threatened to washout the whole Blenheim weekend. However, the difficult conditions didn't deter John Wright and Ryan Woolf from dipping their toes in the triathlon waters for the first time. Also competing were Laura Galpin, Deborah Rostant, Andrea Lucken, Gillian Peck, Maureen Wickson and Barry Wickson.
View Keith's photos

Swashbuckler Triathlon

After months of hard training the BRJ trio of Andy Matson, Pete and Laura Galpin faced their first real test on route to Ironman Austria. The Swashbuckler Triathlon run over the Half Ironnman distance was set in the beautiful New Forest countryside. The wires were buzzing with pride up north in Edinburgh as news came through on marathon morning that Pete had secured his first major triathlon victory completing the gruelling event in just over 4 hours. Additionally the performances recorded by Laura and Andy demonstrated the great shape they are in ahead of the big event in July. Chapeau!

Edinburgh Marathon

After months of training, eighteen runners together with their supporters, traveled up to Edinburgh to join the record number of runners competing in this years Albert Bartlett Edinburgh Marathon which was run on 31 May 09.

The weather on the day was hot and sunny and there was little shelter from the sun anywhere along the course, which is reputed to be the fastest marathon course in the UK. The relentless heat made for very difficult running conditions, however, the runners were cheered on all the way by the crowds along the route and the flagging runners were further buoyed up at the end by the thousands of spectators who had gathered at the finish at Musselburgh Race Course.

Brendan Vaughan, in 996th position, was the first home for the club with a new personal best time of 3hrs 33mins 59secs. He was follow home by Steve Dockerill in 1719th position in 3hrs 47mins 46secs and Gillian Peck, the first lady home for the club in 2082nd position in 3hrs 53mins 38secs.

Also of special note were the performances Paul Salmon, Nykki Webber, Deborah Rostant and Maureen Wickson all of whom recorded new personal best times the event. Additionally, Carolina Casado, Lesley McFarlane, Rachel Real and Andrea Sandells chose the race to make there debut marathon runs. Full Result  View Bren's photos  View Stan's photos

Brandon Forest Half

BUPA London 10k

BRJ runner Nono Mbemba made his debut run for the club at the Brandon Forest Half Marathon on 25 May.

Additionally, Mike Graham made his club debut half marathon run at the same event

Club runner Kristine Cornelius made her debut run for the club at the BUPA London 10k on Monday 25 May.

There were 8305 finishers in all categories at the event.

The Fortnight Ahead

Club Run Details available on the Training Page

29/06/08

30/06/08

01/07/08

02/07/09

03/07/09

04/07/09

05/07/09

Beginners Run Leave Hinchingbrooke Pk 7pm

Grafham Invitation Run Meet Wheatsheaf 7.00pm

Ferry Meadows 5k

Club Run Leave BRJ 7.30pm

Nothing Planned

Nothing Planned

Thurlby 10k and 3k Fun Run

06/07/09

07/07/09

08/07/09

09/07/09

10/07/09

11/07/09

12/07/09

Beginners Run Leave Hinchingbrooke Pk 7pm

Club Run Leave BRJ 7.30pm

Nothing Planned

Club Run Leave BRJ 7.30pm

Nothing Planned

Nothing Planned

Bushy 10k