September Relays
September is traditionally the relay season, and we hope to get involved in two superb events.
Firstly, on Saturday 11th there is the Test Way Relay. We have competed in this for many years, and the event which starts at Inkpen Beacon in Berkshire finishes at Eling Quay close to Totton. There are 9 legs, mostly about 5 miles, the longest is 10k. They are off road, scenic, some are hilly, and they DEFINITELY need reccying. Even if you have run the leg before, I would strongly recommend running the route again, one of our male runners was comfortably leading the race on leg 1 some ten years ago and went wrong losing 15 minutes. We eventually came back to second place, only 5 mins behind the winners. I, I mean he is still reminded by those with good memories :)
It is much trickier to get lost at the Southern Road Relays. These are enclosed at the Rushmoor Arena in Aldershot on Sat 25th (Ladies) and Sun 26th (Men). The course is a two lap figure of eight, no hills as such but a few undulations. The men run approx 4 miles each, and the ladies about 2.5 miles. Teams of 6 for the senior men and 4 for the Ladies and vets.
With the Test Way numbers are limited so please let me know if you are keen to run, we will inevitably have more runners than we are allowed, so some will be disappointed, so although an early response will be favourable, high numbers mean that we will have to name teams by early August to give runners a month to reccy their leg.
Luckily, numbers at Aldershot are not restricted, so if you fancy a chance to rub shoulders with Andy Vernon and Mo Farah, then we can ensure you run here. It is a fantastic day, and although the standard is high, don't be put off, we are usually about 50th team of 80, so all standards do run here.
Please contact me if you are keen in one or both relays. Mike Harper.
theharpers12@hotmail.com or 01329 288262.