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Rob Thornton | February 15, 2015
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Valentines 5 Mile Fun Run – ‘a sloths view’

Due to missing the Club entry date and not wishing to mess about early trying to find out how to make a late entry, I decided to go and watch! No life-threatening injuries, no abductions by alien spacecraft, no other excuses, just plain idleness!

(To see the START – which Rob missed’ you can view a video on YouTube here.)

I spectated at the 400m point and first along was Andy, looking hardly out of breath. After a while, the rest of the crew gradually

Emma looking demure

Emma looking demure

showed up but it was obviously turning out to be a tough one. Quite a few runners came through sporting various degrees of ‘battle damage’ ranging from blood-soaked legs hanging off to a head-to-foot coating of mud! Talking of feet, why did some of our girl runners want me to take pictures of their feet?!

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Paul working very hard!

I must say, the HJ ‘school uniform’ makes our runners easy to spot and it also helps that it is fairly unique amongst the other clubs so that inadvertently cheering on the ‘enemy’ is easily avoided! I’m afraid I managed to miss those not wearing the kit as I naively thought all of our fun-run people were thus kitted out – I found out at the finish that that is not the case. Cough up you lot before the Head Mistress gets her hands on you!

It was great to see the massive improvements in some of our runners. First of these was Nikki, running really well. Sue and then Amanda followed interspersed by a lot more club members including a mud-splattered male wreck gasping in a northern accent – answers on a postcard please! Danielle was far too smiley and

Nearly everyone at the end!

Nearly everyone at the end!

cheerful thus obviously not putting enough effort into her running! Joking aside, it demonstrates just how much improvement can be made to both running and general fitness by determination and ‘sticking with it’. This is where the Club ‘spirit’ comes in and the ‘working as a team’ ethos really pays off.

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A murder of Joggers????

At the finish, THE ONLY CLUB WITHOUT EXCEPTION to have all it’s runners collecting in a mob to cheer in all it’s members was HENFIELD JOGGERS. No one moved off until everyone was in. This speaks volumes about the Club and those who are working hard to build up the team spirit, from designing and ordering kit, arranging social events to encouraging/coaching newcomers and much more besides. The example set by those hanging around in rather uncomfortably damp kit today makes ours a club to be proud to be a member of.

All in all, an excellent turnout and an event that was enjoyed by all despite the mud and generally tough course. Following a poll of runners last year, one of the changes implemented by the organising club, Horsham Joggers, was to increase the course to 5

Don't worry, Lorna was ok! Bloodied legs being treated gives a chance to sit down....

Don’t worry, Lorna was ok! Bloodied legs being treated gives a chance to sit down….

miles so you know who to thank! Apparently, one of the endearing features of this run is the mud and there were pleas to ensure it remains, the organisers advising entrants to avoid wearing white socks! Tea and cakes were merrily consumed under the puzzled gaze of the smartly-attired church-goers and the sun continued to shine, not just on the righteous! No one could have asked for anything more and I missed it due to being an idle sloth!

The Sloth

PROVISIONAL RESULTS>

5 34:10 320 Andy Massingale M 5 10
23 37:57 324 Tom Brown M 22 10
50 41:23 325 Ben Brown M 48 8
73 43:18 334 Mark Friend-James M 68 7
98 45:27 336 Kaelin Fabian M 88 7
113 47:14 322 Dave Razzell M 97 6
117 47:18 335 Keiran Lewer M 101 6
150 50:36 321 Peter Robinson M 121 5
159 51:14 329 Nikki Hargrave F 33 9
205 54:38 318 Malcolm Wild M 151 4
214 55:44 337 Danielle Kaelin F 57 7
227 57:15 330 Paul Crowe M 167 3
251 59:52 327 Gill Hamilton-Orr F 70 7
281 1:03:09 313 Rachel Larking F 91 6
284 1:03:12 323 Andy Ralph M 191 2
291 1:03:50 328 Alison Turner F 99 5
294 1:04:19 333 Louise Lewer F 102 5
295 1:04:53 332 Emma Smith F 103 5
300 1:05:24 326 Liz Pamment F 107 5
313 1:07:26 319 Amanda Kianfor F 116 4
323 1:08:56 331 Sue Spiers F 122 4
330 1:10:05 316 Helen Puxley F 127 4
333 1:10:27 317 Joyce Blundell F 130 3
335 1:10:54 312 Lorna Winter F 132 3
393 1:24:42 315 Alexandra Hart F 174 1
394 1:24:56 314 Katie Palmer F 175 1

 

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5 comments

  1. Danielle says:
    February 15, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    Fantastic write up Rob! It was so so nice to see you as we came up to the finish. Thanks so much!

  2. Fabian says:
    February 15, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    Great race report Rob! Sorry I missed the group photo, I was already heading towards the cakes. Hope to see you at the next fun run!

  3. smoggypaul says:
    February 15, 2015 at 8:08 pm

    Foxtrot 5 next month Rob, though the cake will be missing! Sign up now while the going is good – great write up though!

  4. Gill Hamilton-Orr says:
    February 16, 2015 at 10:09 pm

    Great humorous read Rob.
    Well done again to Danielle for recruiting so many HJs to take part and brilliant to have so many from a range of our different running groups. The staying together at the end to cheer each and every HJs runner home made for an excellent team spirit – a nice boost as the finish line loomed nearer! Plus earned the team the title of noisiest support crew!

  5. Dave Razzell says:
    February 19, 2015 at 8:29 pm

    More great pics here. https://www.flickr.com/photos/98625629@N05/sets/72157648499130654/page9/

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