Well according to the Strava flybys we had 25 people who attempted to claim some Crowns and Trophies for the club last night (probably more but they haven’t uploaded their watches yet).
So much to my surprise there was only 1 Crown, which goes to Craig Chapman for the Clockwork uphill segment, he managed to smash this 5 year old record by 4 seconds! However on the podium we also had Dillon in second on Royal Chase down, only 4 seconds off the lead!
My turn with the bus tonight (seems I have avoided it for 6 years). Anyway to follow on from the theme from the last few weeks of the Royal and Firsts runs I thought we had better award some Crowns and Trophies. These are of course going to come in the shape of achievements over Strava segments, therefore it helps if you are on Strava.
I thought I would also do my bit to promote the TW Running Challenge by re-running one of the segments from last year. For those of you who are not aware of this, it is a monthly challenge in and around Tunbridge Wells of around 4km. In addition to the monthly challenge there is also a GC race over the year and a handicap challenge. I think all who took part last year really enjoyed the new variety of routes, new annual challenge starts in November, so join. https://www.strava.com/clubs/TWRunChallenge
Presentation after the run
[UPDATED October 17th, 2018 at 05:46 pm]
A repeat of last years’ failed attempt to find the route in Ashdown forest!
As I have mentioned in the clubnight announcements for the last couple of weeks, this Sunday I’ll be giving you all another chance to run round the route of last year’s Christmas Hash on Ashdown Forest. For those of you new to the club, a hash is a cross country run marked with flour on the ground, often with fiendish false trails. For those of you who aren’t new to the club, I’d recommend following the flour on the ground this time. And I’ll probably leave out the false trails to give you a fighting chance
Presentation after the run
I am the routemaster for tomorrow. As setting a route is a first for me, and we have a number of causes for celebration, tomorrow’s (somewhat tenuous) theme is firsts and celebrations! Apologies for all the recent achievements not reflected in the route…
I have been handed the baton this week, well actually Mike was but he’s fobbed it off on to me!
A “Royal” themed route for you this week.
For those that were unable to attend the track evening last Wednesday, James Sarre and Pru Clements wanted to make the presentation available to everyone so new and existing harriers know about the many benefits the track can provide.
5km – 7 pubs – 3.5 pints – £14 (oh and a favour on behalf of Asics)
You may have missed it but this weekend is the inaugural Tunbridge Wells Beer Weekend where numerous of our beery venues around Tunbridge Wells are hosting tap takeovers, beer talks, meet the brewers, quizzes and brewery open days to celebrate those finest of hoppy beverages, BEER!