Harlow Running Club

Week 4 (25/1 - 31/1)

Weight : 12st 2.50lb

Booze : 10

Miles : 16

"Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my

family, so it must be one of them. It’s either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin.

Or my younger brother, Ho-Cha-Cho. But I think its Colin." Tommy Cooper

Tuesday : Somehow I contrived to mis-understand the instructions for the speed session

planned for this evening. I thought the session was 5 x 1600M reps, with 3 mins recovery

between each. My legs were pretty weary from the 20 miler, so I reckoned I wouldn't be 100%

full blast, so settled in gradually on the 1st rep. For the 2nd rep, I tried to keep up with Dave A

and Sharon, but they ran away from me in the closing stages.. On the 3rd rep, I kept up with

them until the last 100metres where they both broke into a sprint and I thought "bugger that,

there's still 2 more reps to complete".. However, folks started jogging off in different directions

at the end of this one - this is when I found out there were only 3 reps, not the 5 reps that

were in my mind. Would it really have made any difference to me ? Probably not.. As I said,

my legs were tired and it appeared my brain was also tired. Warm up and cool down probably

amounts to 5 miles or so..

Thursday : Bimbled my way around about 5 miles in a leisurely stroll with the club.. I'm not

really taking this running lark too seriously at times, am I ?? Still, the "early back to the club"

move allowed me to get to the pub quickly for the monthly HRC social gathering at the local

drinking den.. A respectable attendance this month but, for those who failed to appear, I'd like

to say you missed "Karen's boots" !! I wouldn't want to explain further (you had to be there). I

will attempt to find out when / if she will wear them again on our club social night - watch this

space..

Sunday : Hash run around Bramley, probably about 6 miles or so. Decent run in for last mile

with "Tea Cosy" who picked up the pace somewhat. I have to set next weeks Hash run

around Tilford - it's my first one, so I may lose some folks - apologies in advance.

Summary : It turns out I was 5th equal in last weeks 20 miler in 3:34.. There was around 50

finishers around 5hrs and below (winner was 3:07), with another 80 or so above 5 hrs, but they

would probably be mainly walkers as opposed to runners.

I've seen a cracking event for April in the Brecons.. 25 miles with around 6800ft of ascent

overall.. think I may just put this one into my calendar as hill training for SLMM.

So, here is Question 1, Clue 2 :-

From the lyrics below, who wrote the original ? (last letter of surname of artist)

"Roy Orbison singing for the lonely

Hey that's me and I want you only

Don't turn me home again

I just can't face myself alone again"

Remember, it's an anagram.. Attempts to be posted on the Forum, not on the Blog..

dg