This past week saw the final race of the Yorkshire Vets Athletic Association Grand Prix Series. A series of 10 races held in the county for runners 35 and over. Rachel Howard has taken part in the series and after finishing her 9th race of the series ( only missing one race while she was in Finland). Rachel flew the SRC flag well not only coming 3rd female F45 in the series but also finished 3rd female overall in the series. This is a fantastic achievement. As again this means every event the YVAA has hosted that a member of the club has entered someone from the club has won something. The 5K champs last October, the Cross Country Championship and Track and Field Championship earlier this year and now the Grand Prix Series.
In other news parkrun celebrated their 20th birthday at the weekend with 5 members at the club taking part, Andy Gosling, Victoria Patterson and Colin Mansell ran Millhouses, Nick Wright ran Peel and David Napier did Wakefield Thornes.
Saturday evening saw Molly and Richard Hayes head over the hill to take part in the Tameside 5K series. Molly ran a new personal best and new female club record of 21:51 and Richard ran another solid sub 18 in 17:36, despite being deep in training for his A race later in the month.
Sunday also saw Rachel Vernon head up the M1 to Leeds to do the Roundhay Park HM as part of her build up to the Amsterdam Marathon.
