Another great pub run on a perfect evening. This time from the Duke of York at Sayers Common. Well done Hugh for finding yet another scenic route. The food at the pub afterwards was excellent.
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Summer Social 2015 **HOG ROAST**
This year’s Summer Social will be held on Saturday the 4th of July and will be a Hog Roast Garden party. Tickets are £11 and can be obtained by contacting Danielle.
The event will be held near Partridge Green (Address will be given with the tickets)
The tickets are selling very fast, get in there quick>
Hedgehopper Fun Run
So currently unable to run due to injury, I decided to go along to today’s run in Portslade to cheer our runners in and discovered a whole different way to enjoy a fun run without getting out of breath! As I am never anywhere near the front finishers it was a real eye opener to see what happens after a fun run has started and just how quickly the first finishers start coming in. Our very own Andy Massingale finished in second place and as always, there were some strange looks from both Marshals and other runners as Henfield Joggers finished and then joined in very vocally to cheer their team members home. Well done to everyone who took part as it certainly looked to be a very undulating course from where I was standing!
(Position/time/race number/name)
2 31:28 333 Andy Massingale
101 40:06 321 Fabian Kaelin
121 41:33 323 Derek Turrell
145 43:20 390 Alan Barwick
153 44:00 322 Duncan Blackburn
190 46:13 339 Kieran Lewer
218 47:50 337 Andy Ralph
219 47:51 329 Malcolm Wild
220 47:53 327 Paul Crowe
238 49:16 320 Danielle Kaelin
251 50:32 334 Tammy Simpson
260 51:06 338 Gill Hamilton-Orr
274 51:39 336 Alison Turner
278 52:05 332 Emma Smith
293 54:19 335 Liz Pamment
298 54:55 340 Louise Lewer
303 56:06 341 Lorna Winter
May Handicap Results
And it’s Gill, from Suzie, and Bob in third place as we near the midway point for the 2015 Handicap – one more month to go before we take our midsummer break so there is still everything to play for! You can find the latest results here!
Grand East Anglia Run
On a very wet Bank Holiday Sunday morning, there were three Henfield Joggers vests lined up in King’s Lynn, Cynthia and Mick Dee, and myself. It is a one lap, traffic free course around King’s Lynn, which takes in the town centre, the River Ouse pathway, the award winning town centre park (The Walks) and a number of iconic, historical buildings such as the Red Mount, the Custom
House and Greyfriars Tower.
It is a very flat course, which encourages fast times, also providing 2 water stations at 5K and 7.5K and of course, at the finish.
The varied and picturesque course had musicians and dancers to 
help you enjoy your run, which we all did. Spectators always line the route to create a marvellous atmosphere. Voted the most
improved race in the country, and given an award by David Bedford.
This year was the 10th anniversary, and it was the wettest, but biggest ever.About 3,000 runners braved the rain in the 10K and the Mini Fun Run. We made a long weekend of it and and were very pleased with the lovely medal , specially done for the 10th running of this event. We were even interviewed on the commentators bus, as we had travelled a long way for the race, but well worth it.
Jenny
Saturday Morning 9th May
Some people may be practising their South Downs relay legs on Saturday, but for others I suggest the bluebell quest should continue – this time through Tottington Woods. This route is just under 10 miles and I, for one, will be taking it slowly after the ultra last weekend!
Saturday Morning 2nd May
I suggest this Saturday we continue our bluebell quest and do the route that I intended to do last Saturday! Mark won’t be there to engage me in distracting conversation, so we shouldn’t start heading up the Downs Link to Partridge Green as we did last week.
Defibrillator Training – Wednesday 29th April
We did this!!!!
Next Wednesday we’ll ALL be at HLC for Coaching/Running Sessions of various types, so it should be a full house.
But at 7:45pm there will be a Defibrillator training session inside the Centre for us, run for us by HART. There are 25 Defibrillators in Henfield alone and more people need to know how to use them in an emergency. Lisa will finish the coaching session by 7:45 to allow the session to start promptly, and the more people who attend this free and open to all session the better – please come along after your run and also feel free to bring along family and friends who may be interested – why limit the opportunity to save a life?
Bluebell 10 mile race report
So today was the Raw Energy Pursuits 10 mile and 10km Bluebell Trail run in Angmering. I foolishly went for the 10 miler although was sorely tempted to switch to the 10k when I saw weather reports a few days ago!
Pre race information and contact was great with a nice map of the route and a rather scary looking course profile….with total ascent of 875ft and overall a very undulating course.
The weather forecast the few days leading up to the race didn’t bode well, with thunderstorms and rain forecasted…but luckily it all blew away and I was left with just an overcast slightly windy morning.
Quite a small field of runners – under 300 meant the start was swift, and despite huddling in the middle of the group, before the end of the 1st mile I was at the back with only about 10 runners behind me! So…not wanting to be totally last – this did motivate me to keep lifting those legs on all the hills 😄 and minimised how often I stopped to take pictures!
It really is a beautiful course with 2 sections running through woods with bluebells and some wonderful views all around with plenty of lush green grass and pheasants just milling around.
There was one slightly scary moment….I was admiring the views and then noticed a 
herd of young cows up on a hill just above me and was thinking how cute they all looked…then suddenly the whole herd just charged down the hill and charged across the road in front of us runners. One runner was so spooked she literally threw herself over a fence to prevent getting stomped on!! No idea what spooked them, but just shows you def have to have your wits about you on the country runs 😄
I was expecting the hills to be worse than they were – except the very last very steep one right before the finish line (that’s just cruel). I think our Saturday morning runs have definitely paid off as I managed to run up all the hills – even if some were quite slow!, including the nasty climb to the finish.
Got a nice shout out from the commentator man at the finish for Henfield Joggers, although I think he prob just felt sorry for me with my dripping wet body and bright purple face staggering over the finish line 😄
Definitely a race for the calendar if you like the countryside and the bluebells. No medal, but you do get free photos and a yummy Cliff bar at the end 👍🏻
Finished in 1:51 was was far better than I expected – Lorna
Saturday Morning 25th April
Another bluebell quest run on Saturday. This is about 10 miles and only Brian knows the exact route through the woods off Spithandle Lane! We went a similar route a couple of weeks ago – there were masses of unflowered bluebells ready to go then, so it should be a sea of colour this week!
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