west mids events thread

Hi Lurker, it was me.

What a great idea for a thread. Keep up the good work.

Hi Road-Kill. I think Rob from the club is thinking of doing the Pitchcroft race - you should have his email.

oh, here is a little low key event  on Sept 13th with a 5k and 10k

It's out at the business park by the M42 (near notcuts) . They also have a 500m run for little 'uns which I usually do with my daughter. Unfortunately, I'll be off to Lake Vrynwy  for the half that day.

Hey all. Back again!

So, I am doing the Brum half at the end of October, and the Nantwich sprint tri on 20th September. I could probably do with a nice informal 10K to do at the end of August time to keep my motivation up (as I've not raced since the Muller 10K in May). Any suggestions?

nick - i suspect your club people might think iw as taking the p*ss since they are already sending up a massive posse for the jw (not that that is BvH race)

but i will do it anyway

i managed to bump into yeti out running today (we both switched our watches off before actually talking to each other cos we is serious runners!!)

and birmingham owl in the swimming pool

i am a social butterfly

Basil Brush Mk II, there is a good  five miler in Coventry on 4th September

see here

It's on a friday night which I always think that makes for better racing.

... and nice to see you again Lurker.

Just back from up north (Yorks Wolds Half - eeh, it were reet gradely, sithee) so Pitchcroft was the one of those three suggestions I wasn't going to be doing. Rowheath 5k depends on when I head up to the Lakes, while Lichfield 10k remains a likelihood.

No suggestions for you I'm afraid, BB II.

Lurker, does that mean it is pub time

Spence - actually yes it is, every week!

 Seems the devisor of the RW Ultimate schedule is in the RoadKill school of thinking - not sure how I will fit that into the BVH club nite!

Eh? Oh, yeah - Monday rest days. Makes sense if you do lots of races on Sundays (to me, anyway).

You should be able to shift the schedule, or parts of it, along by one day, or just swap days around - it's not cast in stone.

It's rather harder to fit it around a load of other races of varying lengths. In my case at least a 5k, a 10k, a 7M and a full mara, with probably another two 10ks and possibly a 5M... flexibility is, as in so many things, key!