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A really lovely morning, and a good number of personal bests too. Please use the comments facility to let us know if you ran a pb today.

Paul Mason reports:

Don’t know if anyone has ventured to Wimbledon for this free time trial, I’m working over there and had to go in this morning so sneaked away and had a run.

The route is gravel paths through the trees with a couple of slippery bits but the two laps go by quickly, totally flat with a few tree roots to step over.

A child who finished tenth in the national schools cross country champs last week won this mornings race.

Any frustrated parents out there note that there were quite a lot of parents and children running. So no excuses about the kids stopping you getting out.

This was a PB yesterday for me. Also this time means that my son is no longer faster than me!

There’s another caption competition as well as lots of interesting articles, so get your thinking caps on!

(don’t think too hard though, I’m quite keen on some new kit myself…) Spring 2009 newsletter

Just a reminder that tonight (Wednesday 25 March) is quiz night at the cricket club, above where we meet. The bar will open at around 7 pm and the quiz will start at 7.30. Try not to be (too) late. With competition from The Cricket Club’s own team and the Burnham Joggers we have pride at stake – the more Dashers there, the more likely the Dashers will win.

There are still tickets available at £5 per person or £25 for a complete team of 5 so please feel free to just turn up. We will allocate individuals to teams prior to the start. There are prizes for the winners and runners up along with a best team name prize and a lucky ticket draw.

Guaranteed no fartlek, no hills and no long run – enjoy a social night at the club for a change and help to support Sue Ryder Care and Aspire.

All welcome!

Simon Black reports:

Five Dashers ran Fleet on Sunday in warm conditions and an undulating course.

Andy Cooney led the way with a great sub 1:15, Paul Wooley next with a cracking PB. Kathryn got a PB by 3 minutes as well.

Chris Hunt reports:

Race statistics: 3.7 miles of ascent, 3.5 miles of descent. overall climb 994 feet

My time: 01:29:44, slowest mile 8:11, fastest 5:44, Position 180/3837

Sea temperature for post race paddle: 7 degrees C

Number of swimmers: 1 !!!!!!!!!

Beautiful spring sunshine and light winds made for perfect conditions, my most enjoyable race for a long long time.

Bella Shah reports:

It was a well organised event and a run up to the marathon. It was easy to get to and lots of parking. The race was fairly flat, around the racing track, and the weather was great- a little too warm at times! There were around 6,800 runners. This is my second time doing a half marathon, the first was Windsor last year. I did Windsor in 2hrs 23 mins so was pleased with my 2hrs 14 mins in this race.

Any other Dashers there?

This series carries on throughout the summer and is a good introduction to multi-discipline events if anyone fancies giving it a go. It makes a change to have a blast round for 25 minutes and be home well before mid-day rather than trudging around the Great Park.

Last Sunday all the action took place in the good weather before the storm. Philip won the Tristar 3 boys, Paul and Barbara were just happy to finish.

Lashing wind and hail, mostly compensated for by beautiful coastal scenery!

Well done Brent on smashing the club record for 15 miles!

Updated to add Zoe, if anyone else is lurking as “unattached”, please let me know