British Masters 5k Road Relays

Update - submitting results - once you have recorded your 5k (anytime between 14th and 20th June inclusive) you need to get your Garmin Connect embed code link (not from the Garmin Connect app but from the Web version of Garmin Connect, using exactly the same procedure you would have used to get the link for the Scottish Athletics virtual events) and email that link to me as only the "team manager" who entered the teams can upload the results. My email is w.alan.derrick@gmail.com 

Hope you have all got nice flat routes planned on windless days! 

Alan

As a celebration of the club's success at the Scottish Athletics 30 minute distance challenge the other week and using that as a "retrospective virtual trial", I would like us to enter our fastest ladies' team and our fastest men's team in the British Masters 5k Road Relay Championship. This is also a virtual event requiring us each to run a 5k following similar rules to other virtual events (i.e. no point-to-point courses). It is many years since we sent our fastest men's and ladies team down to the British Masters XC Relay Championships, so now is a chance for us to do something similar but without having to drive to Sutton Park in Birmingham!

The event runs from 14th June to 20th June but probably best if we get the 5k's done over the first few days of the window (14th/15th) to leave adequate recovery before our Scottish Athletics vertical ascent challenge the following weekend.

There are 4 to count in each team but I suggest entering the fastest 6 to allow for off-days. Only the fastest 4 times submitted will then count. Our fastest eligible runners (35 and over) fit into the following team categories:

Ladies (W35 to W44 team)
J Beveridge
K Allen
A Lessells
F Ferguson (drops down in age category)
J Thomson

Men (M45 to M54)
A Derrick (drops down an age category)
G McParland
I Hughes
G Lindsay
M Howell
S Phimister

As you can see above, individuals are allowed to drop down age categories. Unless you know of an even flatter route, I would use the same route that you used for your 30 minute challenge but turn at 2.5k rather than 15 minutes!!

If all the above named agree, then I can enter the teams. Results are to be submitted via a similar process to the Scottish Athletics virtual challenges from either Garmin Connect or Strava.
Alan