Sick, lame and lazy

This is the last "official photo" of Mltby Running Club in the old kit. It was taken at the Tickhill 10mile Race in My.

Anyway,we are in the middle of summer and we should all be fighting fit, but what do i hear. Bad knee, shin splints, eye ache, metatarsal, bad back, stiff shoulder, hamstring, calf, elbow strain. And that's only Brian "The Running Miracle" Lowndes. Most of us have suffered in the last six months through some sort of injury mostly from running (take a bow Mick Barber). Jim's had an ankle injury, Dave a knee job, Ray, broken toe, Karen a hamstring, Alice fell off a bridge! It's enough to make you think about retirement. But where would we be without running? In one piece I hear you say

Anyway, I think most of us are getting through the pain barrier now and some of us are looking forward to the Conway Half in November. speaking of that particular month, and thoughts inevitably start to meander towards the dreaded Ball Inn runs. But before that we have the little matter of the magnificent Bawtry Forest event in September. Its a really good event and once again it's down to the hard work from the club members who work extremely hard to get the race on. Another thing I do like about the race is that we always go up and run round a few times before the day of the race to check out the course.

Anyway, I think that that's for it now. keep visiting and reading and take care.

Keep tuned for exiting news of an overseas run!

Bob

Edinburgh Marathon - The LOST POST

This post is alittle late and was originally scheduled for the end of May. However it got lost and i have only just found it. A new blog will follow in days.


UNBELIVABLE! Red hot last year and red hot this year. Great last year cos I was only doing the hairy haggis relay and not hanging around in 23degrees for 4 hours and ONE second.



Talking of red hot take a bow Barbara Rusling and Lindsay Rust clocking PB's at 3.21.09 and 3.46.10 respecively. Babs finished as 7th best runner in her age group which was fantastic. This is no mean feet, although all our feet felt pretty mean at the end of 26 miles and none went faster than Brian Lowndes in the half marathon finishing 6th best runner in his age group in 1.38.49.



Well done also to Jim, Mickeylove, Dave, Tony, Laura, Nigel, Dave, Ray and Lynne for doing great in the heat and Gav and Chris for flying round the half.



As for moi, I have promised Mrs H that I will never do a marathon again (4th time It think), but this time I mean it (3rd Time). After all pale white face and purple lips is not a good look. Not that I ever really have a good look you understand.



Anyway it was a great weekend and Edinburgh really is a fab event, apart from the daft b#g#@rs starting the event at 10.00. Too late I hear you say. Too right I reply.



Anyway TTFN



Bobster

Here we go into the future

This is me and my "twin brother" Big Tony with Mrs Oz at the Dambusters Challenge event a couple of weeks ago. an absolute cracker, but tough.

Anyway, absolutely everything is happening at the moment, marathon training, new kit, website working, races galore, but most importantly, "Sandra's Gate" erected after what seems a long struggle.

Thanks to Jim, Dave T, Ben Slade and Paul Leonard at RMBC for making this happen.

We now have a lasting memorial to a very special person, who is and will continue to be sorely missed but never forgotten.

Ray of the Desert

No thats not me, but club member Ray Matthews who last month completed the Del Sahara 100 kilometre Race. Now there's a clue in there somewhere if you can spot it. OK I will make this simple.

Ray, who it has to be said was born at a time when A Hitler was dropping bombs on England, COMPLETED the 65 mile race over 4 days in the Sahara Desert despite a broken toe. The Race was actually 108 kilometres and consisted of 4 legs of 18, 25, 44 and 21k.

I did question Ray's sanity before the race, but there was no need. He is MAD! However, for guts, never say die attitude and sheer ebullience he is a shining light to us all. I even think that he threatened the Doctor with death if he pulled him out of the race when he broke his toe after 5 kilometres. For Ray it was merely a case of Dune but not out!

So well done mate and good luck in that sprint coming up this weekend -The London Marathon!

Those long run blues!

It doesn't seem 5 mins since a few of us were up in the Scottish capital city last year. But here we are again, Jim,Lynne, Big T, Laura, Dave, Jan, Nigel, Judith, Sheila and this time about 20 others!

Yes I am talking about the Edinburgh Marathon and hopefully we won't be frying in 80degrees heat this time. Mind you it was OK for us doing the tichy relay event, but for Jim, Nige and Big T it wasn't funny. Well I didn't see em laugh anyway.

Quite a few of us are doing the marathon so I'll keep you posted.

It's been mentioned before but we had a fantastic time in France (that's me finishing the race)and we really have made friends for life.

anyway as the say in russia musgow! Ouch!

The Revenge of….

Well I was thinking it’s about time I bored everyone senseless yet again, so here goes for the second instalment of a (very) occasional blog.

We at MRC are just recovering from a frantic few months in which members seem to be racing weekends and midweek. Since the Prague sojourn in March, members have raced in Scotland (Edinburgh & Skye), Northumberland (Coastal Run) and are due to take part in race the Train in Wales with a final trip in September to Budapest. There have been midweek races in various events and last but certainly not least there was the visit from ACPI St Quentin who came over to run the Abbey Dash in July.

Lat year we completed a race in St Quentin, Rotherham’s twin town and had such a great time that we invited our French friends over this year. The weekend was brilliant with Ray (Van Gogh)Matthews presenting our friends with an oil painting of Roche Abbey on behalf of the club (see photo).

I think it’s fair to say that we have made real friends and broken down any barriers existing between our respective countries. They are, in my opinion, top people and we hope to continue the friendship for as long as we can.

Anyway, that’s it for now. Keep happy, Keep fit, and KEEP ON RUNNING

Yours in sport

Bob

Welcome to new and old readers

The first Bob Blog!

Well, this my first blog and is probably a bit of a dogs dinner. I have been giving some thought as to what this "thing" called Maltby Running Club is. Well, I think that the best description is that its a family. (I'll leave it for you dear reader to decide, which one of us is wicked uncle Lazarus, flirty Aunt Annie, or the prodigal son).

The family began in 1983, and has seen among other things, the miners strike come and go, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Twin Towers. Now you may be thinking what has any of these got to do with MRC. Well perhaps more thatn would first appear:-

• Brian will tell you that he was never as fit as when he was on strike in 1984 -not sure whether the running helped him stay one step ahead opf the police, or vice versa.
  
• We have just done a race in Prague, which would have been inconceivable in the first few years of the clubs existance -the fall of the eastern block has made this possible, and
  
• Members of the club entered the New York Marathon in 2000, and have clear memories of standing atop the World Trade Centre just 10 short months before the planes came.
  

Like all families, we have gone through hard times and have lost treasured members (Les, Luke, Malc- gone but never forgotten), but like all families we have pulled together when times have got tough and come through the other side stronger than before. And, like all families we have distant relatives -ex members live in Australia, and there's also the Shropshire link -See Steve's Blog.

So if you are new to the site, or just revisiting for the first time since the site has been revitalised, it's welcome to the family.

Yours in Sport

Bob16.04.09