My first Club Championship

Week 4 of my fundraising challenge
Monday 6th May and I ran the Pednor 5 mile -http://www.chiltern-harriers.org.uk/pednor5/results2013.html

This race started in the sunny town of Chesham and wasn't a long drive there from the Burnham area. Parking was free due to it being a Bank Holiday and a few people from the club arrived at same time so didn't have to worry about finding the start place.
My name was already on the list due to having registered a couple of weeks ago so I grabbed my race number 126 and joined Darren, Tamsin, Adam and James (Quincey) for a nice warm up.

Jo had company in the form of work colleague Craig, whose girlfriend Liz runs with the club and is in the faster paced group in social club training. 

The race started at 7pm and I was in the front section alongside Darren, Tamsin and a guy called Chris who runs for the BJ's but I haven't seen him at training before. When the klaxon sounded it was a rush to get a decent place but I managed to steady myself in around 20th place.

The 1st mile was quite gentle but as soon as the route veered to the left I saw a steep hill  that led to the 2nd mile and I was glad hill training around the Burnham Beeches and Cliveden had taken place helping me with getting used to the inclines.
Getting to the 3rd mile the route was kinder to me due to being at top of the ridge but I didnt realise that getting to the 4th mile was going to include a few more up and downs. The good thing was I could start to see the finish area and knew a sharp descent was going to appear.

Throughout the race two people ahead dropped behind whilst Chris and Tam used their experience to push on ahead of me. Darren had managed to find an incredible burst of energy and getting to the final 5th mile I turned a sharp corner to the finish.

Gender position 15th, overall position 16th
Club position 4th
Team position 2nd - top 4 male runners from each club with lowest placing scores added.

Being my first Burnham Joggers Club Championship run I am very pleased with my result and now have 4pts on the league.

NIKE APP RESULTS
My nike+ app now shows I have completed 18.4/129 km of a personal 28 day challenge and 23.4km so far in May with an average time of 4'13''/km

Just in case people are unaware that running has featured a lot in my life (although not as heavily as it is now) I am going to list as many previous runs and times that I have achieved as I can recollect and find online.

2006: Clapham Common 10k 39:21
2007: Silverstone Half Marathon 1:36:34
           London Marathon 4:21:05
           New York Marathon 4:53:49
           Wimbledon Park Run 5k 20:24
           Wimbledon Park Run 5k 19:27
2008 Wimbledon Park Run 5k 20:17
          Wimbledon Park Run 5k 19:43
          Dunstable 10k 43:03 
2009 Silverstone Half Marathon 1:33:34
          London Marathon 4:33:08
2010 Silverstone Half Marathon 1:39:03
          Great North Run (Half Marathon) 1:57:01
2011 Reading Half Marathon 1:32:03
          London Marathon 3:50:57
          Royal Parks Half Marathon 1:39:02
2012  Great Birmingham Run (Half Marathon) 1:32:42
2013  Silverstone Half Marathon 1:29:39
           Reading Half Marathon 1:30:06
           Great Ireland 10k 41:26
           
FUTURE RACES
Next week I am running the Wargrave 5k which is also part of the Club Championships and the first in the 5k Summer Series which takes place across 6 clubs over the next few months.

The BUPA London 10k http://www.london10000.co.uk/ on Monday 27th May

Lord Mayors Mile on Sat 22nd June
Maidenhead 5k - TBC
Dorney Dash on 20th July

MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS BLOG
Remember guys and girls I am doing this blog to raise awareness and money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and have set up and fundraising page on the virgin money giving site http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/BenjaminSchiffer-Harte

I have £60 plus £15 Gift Aid now on the site and would like to see it increase.