Fornham Circular Run Suffolk

10am 7.5 miles in 59 minutes 25 seconds.

Week to date mileage 25

Month to date mileage 54

Average weekly rate 33.3

Average Monthly rate 145

Weather: grey and milder than recent

The course - head out of Bury on the Beetons Way past Tollgate and through the village of Fornham St Martin.
Return to Bury through Fornham All Saints along the A11101 Mildenhall Road , back to Tollgate and return up Beetons Way hill and home.


An ok run. I haven't felt that my breathing has been quite right for my last couple of runs.
I have been slightly breathless as if I am trying to force the pace a bit too much. I eventually settled into the run after half an hour and was ok.

My times over the last year are as follows

1.14 jan 06 60.05
2.17 Dec 59.29
3.29 Oct 59.52
4.3 Oct 60.19
5.11 Sep 60.14
6.28 Aug 57.42
7.19 Aug 59.36
8.22 Jul 58.24
9.10 Jul 59.48
10.1 Jul 59.42
11.23 Jun 64.01
12.8 Jun 62.18
13.23 May 59.38
14.5 Apr 62.41
15.1 Apr 60.26
16.19 Mar 59.01
17.2 Mar 60.43
18.5 Mar 62.16
19.26 Feb 62.16
20.6 Feb 61 .23
21.28 Jan 61.02
22.16 Jan 61.14

So todays run was my 4th best over this course in 23 timings.

From the Bury Free Press on Friday was this report on last weeks Lakenheath 5 mile XC.

Lakenheath XC Suffolk 5

11am 5 miles in 41 minutes 11 seconds.

Week to date mileage 29

Month to date mileage 29

Average weekly rate 33.9

Average Monthly rate 147

Weather: Cold and grey

I decided to run the Lakenheath cross country five miler although I hadn't tapered my mileage in fact I have upped my mileage at the end of this
week.

I was also a bit in two minds whether to do the race as it coincided with the East Anglian derby Norwich City v Ipswich Town which had the odd kick off time of 11.15am!

I reckon there was roughly 140 starters for the 5 miler and a good number for the fun run. The race start is from the Lakenheath Cricket Ground.

The weather was misty which meant little could be seen of the landscape in the distance.

Before the start the race organiser informed us to be careful out on the course as at the far end there were a number of badger setts with some pot holes to avoid.

The course was all of road and was mostly over farm track, sometimes over fields and up and down embankments. What I remember most was the fields of dead sweet corn. Whether this was a failed crop or had been picked but the plants left standing and not ploughed who knows?

This was an enjoyable run but I personally ran poorly my time was disappointing. I expected to get well under 40 minutes whether this was because it was across country or I simply ran slower I don't know a bit of both I expect.

Well done to the organisers for putting the event on. The pot holes were well marked with sand and low branches with tape.

When I finished the race I was back to the car for the football score and I found out that Ipswich were drawing 1-1 at half time.

On the drive back to Bury I listened to the match on Suffolk Radio and it was clear Ipswich were on top. I caught the end of the match on Sky just in time to see Ipswich score a deserved winner and the East Anglian bragging rights until next season.

I will post some more photos of the event on my flickr site when I get time during the week.