Remember Coasters we are dining out on Thursday 31st May at the Welcome Inn and there will be a special presentation for the most improved runners of the year (male and female). This time last year the awards went to Nathan Fisher and Tamsie Duffin but unfortunately neither are expected to be in the running this year due to recent injuries. Nathan, luckily has managed to get going again and he is slowly coming back to form but Tamsie sadly is still waiting for her knees to be operated on. There are several likely contenders this year in the both men’s and ladies award and the votes have now been cast but who will win? You need to be there to find out first.

Skegness Coasters took part in a five a side football competition  at the Welcome Inn on Sunday 6th May. Our aim was to improve on last years performance of losing every game. Our first match against Wrates ended as a 2-2 draw so progress was made already, but after losing the next 3 games 6-0, 3-0 and 7-1 things were looking grim but fortunately our last game was against the Welcome Fairies. This match ended as a 1-1 draw so progress  has been made, but if the truth was to be told, the Coasters really should stick to running.

(Thanks to Sarah Dempsey for some great photos)

 

 

 

 

 

Rachael join the Coasters in 2010

2011 Best Times

Timed Mile (January) 8min 12sec

5K (Race for Life Lincoln) 26min 17sec

10K (Woodhall Spa) 57min 53sec

2012 Best Times

10K (Lincoln) 1 hr 16min 24sec

Sarah joined the Coasters in 2012

Mablethorpe R C is putting on the second informal HANDICAP 10K TEAM EVENT (3 runners per team) on Friday 29th June 2012.
The race will be held on the full course used for the Mablethorpe 10K event in September and is an out and back route on the promenade that offers great potential for fast times.
Each runner will be handicapped on their best 10K race time (or equivalent) over the past year or so.
The slowest runners will set off first and effectively every runner and team should have an equal chance and potentially there should be some close finishes.
Teams may be all men, all women or mixed.
We would have timekeepers and the finishing positions would count to the team score. For example if team “A” finished in 4th place, 8th place and 20th place then they would score 4 points plus 8 points plus 20 points for a team score of 32 points. The teams with the lowest points total would be the winners.
With it being handicapped then every team should be in with an equal chance and all runners will run the full distance and get an accurate 10k time.
The first runners will set off at 7.15 pm and as we need to have all runners back by 8.35 then unfortunately we have to exclude anyone who has a slower time than 80 minutes for 10K.
The race headquarters will be at the Athletic Club on Sherwood Fields, Mablethorpe (parking at the club house off Sherwood Road which can be accessed off Wellington Road from the High Street – same venue as for the September 10k race) and changing and shower facilities will be available.

The entry fee is £12 per team or £4 per individual and cash prizes will be paid to the winning teams and individuals and the presentation will be at the club house. The number of team and individual prizes will be determined by the number of entries.

In order to calculate the handicaps and therefore starting times then we do require details of the intended runners and teams in advance.

Please email Mick Casey at mcasey854@btinternet.com with:-

TEAM NAME
3 Individuals names with their best 10k time over last 12months or equivalent race or your predicted time.
The entry fees will be collected on the night and would appreciate you arriving early to register and get your numbers – but you will be able to amend the runners in your teams up to Thurs 28th June by emailing as above.

A great day with great times on a great course.  Annabel Bradley finally smashes the hour with a great new PB and Helena Shelton knocks 2 min off her PB too.

Times were;

 

It was a very wet Tuplip 10K but our girls did us proud. PB’s for both Michelle and Tracey and a very good time from Annabel too.

Michelle Howard 59min 22 sec

Annabel Bradley 1 hr min33sec

Tracey Gill 1hr 0min 25sec

It was fun in the sun at Hawkshead. A truly stunning course over steep hills, through forestland and meadows, past tarns and by the side of Lake Windermere and with the famous challenge of the Coffin Trail climb late on.

Hawkshead 17K Challenge                            

166 Andy Shelton 1 hr 53min 1 sec

184 Nathan Fisher 1 hr 54 min 51 sec

408 Helena Shelton 2 hrs 47 min 57 sec

409 Fiona Fisher 2 hrs 47min 58 sec

413 Finishers

Hawkshead 17K Race                            

112 Neil Mitchell 1 hr 31min 15sec

274 Finishers

Mablethorpe RC organised an imformal 10k team handicap race using the official 10K route of the September 10K race. 5 teams involved, 3 from mablethorpe, Skegness Coasters, Kingstone (Barnsley) and 2 individuals from Barnsley AC. It was a wet cold and windy night but we all enjoyed it and many thanks to the runners, marshalls and supporters who gave up their time. Nice to catch up and meet runners from other clubs in the club afterwards where a few drinks were consumed.

Details are as follows :

FINISHING RESULTS AND TIMES

TIME       NAME        TEAM                                   Estimated Time    Handicap   Time

1 69.08 Ben Peel Skegness Coasters                  51.45           18.45             50.23
2 70.02 Mark Collingwood Mablethorpe “A”          40.45            29.45            40.17
3 70.34 Paul Marriott Mablethorpe “B”                    45.30            25.00            45.34
4 70.38 Guy Willey Mablethorpe “B”                         50.30           20.00            50.38
5 70.44 Oliver Lammiman Mablethorpe “B”           46.30           24.00            46.44
6 70.54 Julie Hawksford Skegness Coasters       57.00           13.30            57.24
7 70.58 Lee Mitchell Kingstone Runners               41.30            29.00            41.58
8 71.02 James McNamee Mablethorpe “A”            39.30            31.00           40.02
9 71.06 Gavin Felton Barnsley AC – INDIV             33.45            36.45            34.21
10 71.27 Mick Casey Mablethorpe “C”                     40.45           29.45            41.42
11 71.34 Andy Chalkley Kingstone Runners          39.15            31.15           40.19
12 71.47 Mike Hawksford Skegness Coasters      53.15           17.15            54.32
13 71.58 Ian Micklethwaite Kingstone Runners     41.30           29.00            42.58
14 72.06 Elaine Wilson Mablethorpe “C”                 58.30            12.00           60.06
15 72.09 Nigel Booth Mablethorpe “A”                     39.30            31.00           41.09
16 74.06 David Thompson Barnsley AC IND          34.30           36.00           38.06
17 74.55 Jane Lammiman Mablethorpe “C”           70.30            0.00            74.55

1 Mablethorpe “B”         12 POINTS
2 Skegness Coasters    19 POINTS
3 Mablethorpe “A”       25 POINTS
4 Kingstone Runners  31 POINTS
5 Mablethorpe “C”        41 POINTS

Well done to Carol Silverwood, Brian Laud and Jen Laud for completing the 2012 London Marathon.

Times were:

Carol 5 hrs 20 min 28 sec

The new standings for our Handicap Sprints

Total points after two races. (Second race points in brackets)     
1. Mike 20pts (+12)
2. Annabel 13 (+10)
3. Carol 12 (+5)
3. Andy 12 (+7)
5. Richard 11 (+11)
6. Julie 10 (+6)
6. Nathan R 10 (+4)
8. Tracey 9 (+9)
8. Barbara 9
10. Craig 8 (+8)
11. Helena 3 (+3)
12. Sandy 3 (+2)
13. Neil 2
14. Nathan F 1 (+1)

When Adharanand Finn runs a 10K personal best he contemplates how much a better a runner he could be if he trained seriously. To that end he uproots his family to Kenya to see if he can learn the secret of how that nation has become predominant in distance running.

However Finn soon discovers that a combination of factors play a part such as being conditioned to run barefoot from an early age meaning they continue to run in that much more efficient style when competing, pooling resources and training, better diet and overall exercise than in the West despite having a much poorer economy.

Kenyan children have to run to school as there are no buses and they do this bare foot so their bodies are used to this type of running from a very early age. So when they do compete in races wearing ordinary running shoes not necessarily ‘flats’ they are used to running on the front foot rather than the heel which shortens the stride and maximizes energy. They also pool their resources and training and help each other and are usually very modest about their achievements. The Kenyan economy is such that running is seen as a way of improving your lot and runners are accorded a great respect and status. Also the lack of distractions such as shopping, the internet, cinema and all the paraphernalia that Westerners can get caught up in means that when they are not running then they are genuinely resting, i.e. sleeping or not doing anything much at all.

When Finn pushes someone to put one reason above all others it is simply ‘a hunger to succeed.’

reviewed by Ben Peel

In 1928 the first of the so called Trans-Continental Road Races was held starting in Los Angeles and finishing in New York (it was reversed the following year). which meant that the competitors were running every day and covering on average about 50 miles a day in 1920s running gear! The promoter in order to make the race more interesting at the finish would persuade the leaders to slow down as he needed a large audience at the stadium finish but in the second race he went bankrupt before it even finished without telling the runners.

Taking part were Arthur Newton and Peter Gavuzzi, whose largely forgotten life stories Mark Whittaker explores in fascinating detail.

Newton and Gavuzzi came from very different backgrounds yet through their running experiences forged a lifelong friendship. Whitaker also covers the reasons they fell into obscurity, which is largely due to the clash of amateurism and professionalism with the governing body refusing to countenance giving either man a coaching role. Whitaker ably explores what drove them on in their endeavors which is, as he convincingly argues, feeling ‘fully alive when running, ideally alone, over very great distances’.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chirunning-Revolutionary-Approach-Effortless-Injury-Free/dp/1847392784/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331216875&sr=1-1

I wonder if this worth investigating?

Chirunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running

www.amazon.co.uk

Now in paperback, author and ultramarathoner Danny Dreyer explains the running technique he created to heal and prevent injuries that enabled him to be a nationally ranked runner

It was icy, it was cold,
We were gathered young and old.
With a spring in our step we started our run,
Across an icy field – oh my what fun.
Beware of the Bull is what the sign said,
Next came a hill and Neil left us for dead
Carol and Julie ran down the main road,
Turn left at the bottom it what they were told.
Within a short while Fordington loomed,
With the ice on the road we could have been doomed!!!
But we battled on slipping and sliding,
Fiona even managed a little bit of gliding.
The next adventure was a field full of mud,
Come on Fiona they said, “This’ll do you good!”
After a while we were on the homeward straight,
Neil suggested Brinkhill, er no thanks mate!!!!
Within no time at all we were back at the car,
Out came the tea c/o Eddie the star.
I took some more pictures as the sun shone,
Sandy ran three and home she had gone.
We waited and looked at the fields full of frost,
Fearing Carol and Julie had gone and got lost!!!!
Ten minutes later over the crest of the hill,
they had completed 10 miles, oh what a thrill!!!
Fiona and Nathan, Mike and Ben,
almost completed the magic ten!!!
Helena, Eddie, Tracy and Jo ran eight,
Neil did eleven – oh aren’t we all great.
All gathered together back at cars,
Skegness Coasters Lincs running stars!!

It was a cold dark winters night, at Ulceby Village in the Moonlight.
Sat Navs are ready, headlights are bright,Our friends from Mabo also with us tonight.
with Gary and Mark and both Nathans too, We ran down to Claxby like we usually do
Up a few hills and down country lanes, We battled the wind and the driving rain,
Through Skendleby and up the long hill, Down into Fordington, That next hill will kill.
Look up to the lights in the windows so high, That farm at the top could be in the sky.
Dig in Coasters we’ll battle this together,we’re hard core, us turning out this weather
We battled hard till we’re ready to drop, but eventually reached that farm at the top.
Thank god for that the hard works done, We can see our cars its the end of our run.

It is half past six on a Tuesday night
at the Welcome Inn with Hi Viz and headlight,
Skegness Coasters training, it’s so much fun,
We meet up with our friends and go out for a run.
We start with the warm up with Sandy and Neil
Knees up first, then kick your bums with your heal
We listen and learn with our coach’s handy hints
“What we doing tonight ? 7 mile + some sprints”
Now Mark has been away in the USA for quite a while
and he lost his record to me on last weeks time mile
Now he’s back with a vengeance and feels the need
to prove to me, he is still the “King of Speed”
Well he beat me time and time again,
but competition is good and we will all gain,
So we’re back to the Welcome for a drink and chat,
and the talks about injuries, bad backs and all that.
So I recommend Deep Heat to Tamsie my chum,
and I couldn’t believe Sandy said “smell my bum!”
The Coaster’s are great, a true delight,
Can’t wait till again for next Tuesday night.