Sarah runs her first marathon

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Morning all. So I ran my first marathon yesterday! It was the Bewl Water Trail Marathon, (near Tunbridge Wells) which is a very beautiful two loops around the lake, mainly through lovely forest. Re my time, Louisa says I should just say that I had a lovely time, thanks! But I’m going to tell you because I think it’ll add some balance and illustrate that you can be an Arrow and run marathons even if your time is not under 4 hours!

I did it in 5 hours 25 minutes, which I’m extremely proud of :)

It was about 12 degrees with drizzle and no wind, so quite amazing conditions really, thankfully!

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Arrows and FONL

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Harpenden Arrows is the First Corporate Member of Friends of the Nickey Line

FONL welcome Harpenden Arrows running club as our first corporate member 

Link to FONL article

This is a great site to have a look at when you get a chance and find out all about a little bit of local history, wildlife and lots more. Make your Nickey Line running even more enjoyable!

http://www.nickeyline.org/home/

Report on the Friends of the Nickey Line Meeting 10th May 2018 

Well attended with around 40 people at the Park Hall, membership now 284 households. 

The Chairman Dave Abernethy gave a comprehensive account of the work to control the trees and hedgerows and general maintenance and improvement works, This year in co-operation with the CMS of Herts County Council opened up the canopy near Five Ways giving views of the Ver valley and encouraging wild flowers and butterflies from neighbouring fields,. 

They have good working relationships with St Albans and Dacorum councils to clear fallen trees. and repair vandalism SADC also cleared back the vegetation on the Luton Road bridge to help prevent root damage. The Redbourn Road crossing is a major traffic issue, the bollards in the car park widened to allow easier car parking access, but still deter fly tipping. A long term project to resurface the line, would require substantial funding. 
I was very impressed by their organisation and achievement with little funding! 
They have just set up a Facebook group - please join them and show our support! 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/363326034099616 

Report by Michael Birtles 11.05.2018

Mara Yamauchi trains Arrows

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Mara puts us through our paces

(Aug 2018)

Over sixty Harpenden Arrows members of all running abilities were delighted to welcome Mara Yamauchi for an evening of endurance running coaching this week.

Mara, a two-time GB Olympian and the UK’s second fastest female marathon runner of all time (2hrs 23mins 12 secs), shared the benefit of her many years of training and competing as an elite athlete through a range of exercises over the evening.

Before getting to the running, Mara stressed the importance of good running form and led a number of drills to ‘train the brain’ for running efficiently and effectively, which she recommended runners should practice regularly.

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