Notfast Running Club
15 members completed Parkruns this week, at Parke, Hastings and Newark, with a new PB for Jonathan Van-Tam.
This week was all about The Conti Thunder Run, a 24-hour endurance race in Catton Park, Derbyshire. There were members of NOTFAST taking part either relay teams of 5, 8 or running solo around the 10K cross country course, completing as many laps as possible in the 24-hour time period. The event started at noon on Saturday in bright sunshine, but there had been some rain the night before, making the course a little slippery. Around 3pm, the heavens opened, and they didn’t stop until around 7am the next morning, and quickly the course became treacherous, with some runners in other teams taking serious injuries. Luckily for NOTFAST, despite many falls on the boggy trails, there were no serious injuries.
In the Ladies Solo, Caroline Upton completed 11 laps, running for 21:27:25 of the 24 hours, and coming in in an excellent 9th place. In the Mens solo, Jim Lovett completed 5 laps in 11:05:55, coming in in 59th place, followed by Adrian Mumby (3 laps in 5:22:14, but retired hurt), and Bob Oakham (2 laps in 4:33:36).
In the Mens Teams, “NOTFAST Notfantastic 5” came 17th, completing 22 laps overall (Adrian Dix – 6 laps, Andrew Rowlands – 5 laps, Darren Wilkinson– 4 laps, Cliff Robinson – 4 laps, and Paul Zemontas – 3 laps)
In the Ladies Teams, “NOTFAST Thunderbirds” came 10th, completing 18 laps overall (Amy Borrill – 4 laps, Angela Brown – 4 laps, Annette Taylor – 4 laps, Faye Hemingway – 4 laps, and Kirsty Jackson – 2 laps)
In the Mixed 3-5 teams, “NOTFAST enough to win, too daft to quit” came in 39th overall with 21 laps (Damian Davies – 5 laps, Kate Fisher – 4 laps, Simon Lock – 4 laps, Rachel Sheldrake – 4 laps, Colin Green – 4 laps). “NOTFAST we thought they said rum” came in 47th place with 20 laps (Claire Wood – 5 laps, Emily Betty – 5 laps, Anna Fisher- 4 laps, Darren Noyland – 4 laps, and Tom Simpson – 2 laps). “NOTFAST Big Red Bus” came in 49th, also with 20 laps (Stuart Hawkes – 4 laps, Janet Davies – 4 laps, Adam Jackson – 4 laps, Richard Borrill – 4 laps, and Andy Pritchett – 4 laps)
In the mixed 8 teams, “NOTFAST, Not Last” came 136th with 20 laps (Jeremy Reichelt – 3 laps, Joanna Gray – 3 laps, Breeze Rowlands – 3 laps, Kimberley Etherington-Bates – 2 laps, Jacqui Walton – 2 laps, Cheryl Kempster – 2 laps, Nikki Dales – 2 laps, and Fay Paterson – 2 laps). “NOTFAST Enough” came 156th with 19 laps (Pete Middleton – 3 laps, Chris Redhead – 3 laps, Peter Lane – 3 laps, Emily Baker-Gaunt – 2 laps, Verity Gale – 2 laps, Claire Simmonds – 2 laps, Zoe Smith – 2 laps, and Maria Brambles – 2 laps). “NOTFAST Beauties and the Beast” were 172nd, completing 18 laps (Diana Wakefield – 3 laps, Andy Floyd – 3 laps, Kirstie Watson – 3 laps, Kerry Robinson – 2 laps, Karen Borrill – 2 laps, Sam Moyses – 2 laps, Gill Goode – 2 laps, and Beth Webster – 1 lap).
Away from the Conti Thunder Run, Kira Green competed in the Outlaw Long distance triathalon in a relay team. This consisted of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycle, and 26.2-mile run. Kira completed the running section of the race in very humid conditions. Kira completed her marathon section