This was a busy weekend for team Madness 4 Mike! We even have a keen swimmer on the team - seeing as swimming the distances is much harder than doing it on foot and there is no equipment used to complete the KM (body only) we are now welcoming swimmers to the team!
- Saturday 3rd May:
Camilla Edwards completed her first 5K swim of the season on Saturday 3rd May in Bedford. She performed amazingly well and completed the swim in a time of 01:22:22. She was placed 5th Female, only 2 minutes off 3rd place! This was in the face of extremely cold conditions causing numb feet - Camilla only realised she had cut her foot badly an hour after finishing when the feeling came back to her feet! This was a hugely popular national ranking series race so the team is very proud of Camilla's achievement and contribution - and look forward to following her races throughout the year as part of our challenge.
- Sunday 4th May:
Sam & Gill from Cromwell Vet Group entered the Dry Drayton 10K event. Amanda Jakins and her family rounded up other CVG families to take part in the 2.2 KM Fun Run. It was the first time Amanda & Chris Jakins' children Francesca & Eliza had ever taken part in a run being just 5 and 3 years old respectively. They completed it all on their own with just company from mum and dad - and still had energy for the bouncey castle afterwards! Rachel, Esther and Hannah Moore made another appearance for Madness 4 Mike and performed amazingly well in the run both winning awards - Esther for taking their Labrador Daisy around the course and enabling her to be the first dog to finish, and Hannah for "outstanding effort". Rachel this time also took part and ran the fun run with her daughters! It was a great effort by all and we appreciated the support from other CVG staff on the day too.
Before the Race Start: Families ready!
Even Daisy was getting into the spirit of it!
Firstly Gill & I finishing the 10K event on a beautiful but very hot day!
Then the real stars of the day - the Fun Run was 2.2KM long - 1.4 miles! This was first time for mums, dads and kids running at all and I was very proud of all of them!
Chris & Francesca
Amanda & Eliza
Chris & Francesca (running well ahead of Daddy)
Hannah the first one of the team to finish! Mum Rachel surprised herself by running it too!
Esther shortly followed with Daisy in tow making Daisy the 1st dog to finish!
Some very proud finishers with their medals and awards!
Just a note to say also the youngest team member 3yr old Eliza - completed this huge distance all by herself and it is clear she is an athlete in the making - she has already mastered a couple of necessary skills!
Waving to the crowd!
Kissing the Medal!
Well done to all and thank you for the support CVG :-)
- Monday 5th May
Bank Holiday Monday - while most were resting and recovering from the weekend, 2 of our team members David Baker & Mark Lumb entered the Milton Keynes Half Marathon! The longest run of the weekend and they did in style! It was Dave's first ever half marathon and he completed the distance in an incredible time of 1:43:56 - not a time I will ever be competing with! Well done boys the training paid off and we are all very proud of you both!
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