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Extra, Extra ….. Hold the front page …..Read all about it, December 8th Andy Vernon will be attending Fareham Crusaders Training as well as a Q&A session after. Really looking forward to hearing his thoughts. We all know Andy as a GB athlete but he was also a local Stubbington Green runner in his early days.

After 4 marathons in 6 months it’s December and time to start thinking about what’s next. I’m looking at doing something different for a few weeks so the Victory 5 mile race, December 6th, may be 5 tarmac miles but it gives me a chance to run with 40 or 50 of my Fareham Crusader club mates.

Next, in a change to my normal routine I’m going to run with the 5.45 club on Wednesday. This run is a free community based event for anyone, once a week, organised by Nick from Absolute Running, a sports shop in Gosport. After hearing great reports from runners who belong to other clubs I’m keen to join them for a week. The offer is open to runners of all abilities in the local #community. I look forward to Blogging about it too.

What about 2016, well here a sample of the type of runs I’m considering, along will links to the sites for more information.

The Steyning Stinger : March 6th

A cross-country hilly marathon run through the South Downs between Worthing and Shoreham-by-Sea, with 4 stings (hills) Steyning Stinger website

New Forest Festival of Running 75K : March 20^th

Rural tracks with some undulations and possibly ponies. I did the 50K ultra in 2014 New Forest 75K website

Three Forts Challenge : May 1st

Devil’s Dyke – Chanctonbury Ring – Cissbury Ring : 27 miles of mixed terrain and climbs of 3,450 feet 3 Forts Challenge website

Giants Head Marathon : June 25^th

A challenging and beautiful course running through the Sydling and Cerne Dorest valleys Giants Head website

Updates on races entered and other possible runs will follow.