23/08/2010 by Dick.

Members from the Tutshill area – no need to run over to the Leisure Ctre on Tuesday! We’re doing Ivan’s Windmill Hill session in the field over the road from the Castleton Home.

And Vanessa invites everyone to take their mountain bike to Chepstow Park Wood on Wednesday at 7pm for a timed ride round most of the paths we ran round a couple of weeks ago. The route has been improved by substituting an easier section for the rather technical last descent we finished on in the recce.

On Thursday we’re running the freshly cleaned-up Nun’s Walk route. If you did Mark’s Hash recently, it’s almost the same route in reverse, but without the Piercefield Inn. It goes round Barnets Woods, out along the dead-end lane that forks off right part-way up Ticken Hill, through the tunnel at Wellhead Lodge under the Usk Road, along the cleared Long Orchard, through Howick Farm round towards Rogerstone Grange, and back.

Finally a reminder that it’s the August Club Champs race next Monday the 30^th. The Machen Mountain 10k does go up and down the mountain, but it’s all runnable, and there’s a tasty buffet afterwards.

http://www.machenwelfare.com/run/run.htm tells you all you need to know.

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23/08/2010 by Vanessa.

A reminder that Wednesday is the next event in the cycling ‘training series’, the off road training ride.  Meet at 7pm at the Handicap car park in Chepstow Park Woods.  The course is not suitable for hybrids/cyclocross bikes, but there is nothing to stop you bringing them and just riding on the fire trails avoiding the technical bits. Bring mountain biking friends if you like!

It will be a mass start rather than split times.  The hills will soon spread people out.

Adjourn to local pub afterwards for a swift half (or whatever).

Any questions please ask.

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23/08/2010 by Dick.

Another good LCL season and combined cross-country/road year, and may we thank the LCL Organising Committee for a very successful and popular competition, and all the clubs for their friendly rivalry and hospitality.

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