16 brave souls gathered for the first Omnicom time trial of 2012. In mild temperatures (for Jan!) 10 degrees and a winter sun on their backs some impressive times were achieved with some long standing PB's finally broken, others with some near misses and a host of debutantes'.

It's only January but Omnicom look like putting up a strong defense of their LGN Wellbeing 5K team Prize.

Please note With Road works on the course Conservative estimates predict that times are 4-5secs down!!!!!

Times Below:

Tom B 3mins 46secs (very close to his previous best)
Becky Mc 4mins 43secs (oh so very close to a PB was it the road works)
Estelle R 5mins 7secs (A massive 29% improvement from her pervious effort!)
Brain O'F 6mins 27secs (Debut)
Matthew W 5mins 25secs (Debut)
Fred B 4mins 35secs (A great Debut)
Daniel R 4mins 20secs (Wonderful debut)
Ingrid W 4mins 23secs (A captains run made light work of the road works to get so close to a PB)
Oli R 3mins 49secs (Oh so close to a PB anything under 4mins is excellent running)
Rachel T 3mins 58secs (Another sub 4mins clocking great consistency)
George B 3mins 48secs (A Sub 4mins debut!!!)
Rob F 3mins 30secs (Mr consistent Has run within 2 secs of this time 4 times! What will happen when the road works are finished?)
Matt R 3mins 16secs (oh so fast first time out)
Alex K 3mins 12secs ( A 1 secs PB)
David W 3mins 48secs (A sub 4 debut)
James W 3mins 4 secs (Super fast James just missed out on another sub 3mins clocking. He is in rare territory)

Well done to all the runners.

Ben

On Wednesday the 23rd November with mild weather conditions ten of Omnicom Run Club members headed out to test themselves at the monthly time trial. Each participant was able to gauge their current running fitness over the 1km distance and they can now set a goal for steady improvement over the coming months.

Johanne J 3:35 Debut run
Rachel Taylor just 7” slower than p.b.
Ingrid W 4:38 solid run
Rebecca M 4:46 determined to get faster again
Oli R 3:40 1% improvement
Alex K 3:36 fast time despite football aches and pains!
Onder D 3:25 4% improvement
Rob F 3:28 equals p.b.
James W 3:06 fast run and has to go under 3’ again!
David K 4:20 very close to p.b. time (4”)

Well done to everyone who took part!

The latest Omnicom 1k time trial took place on Wednesday October 28th and despite the distractions of work and unpredicatble weather seven of our run club regulars embraced the challenge of another time trial.

Results:
Tom B 3-38 A good first run
Becky M 4-20 A big 6% Improvement
Rachel T 4-04 A good return to Run Club
Oli R 3-42 Oh so close to a new PB
James W 3-09 always running around that 3mins
Alex K 3-13 2% Improvement
Rob F 3-30 so close to a new PB

Well done to all the runners.

As the winter fast approaches and the dark evenings roll in Vizeum took to Regent's Park in far from ideal conditions. That being said some great performances achieved by everyone!

Laura R /3.50/ equal best time
Iwona L /3.55
Sam B / 3.38
Leela C / 5.10
Laura N / 4.23/ 1%
Claire E / 4.04/ 2%
Cormac L / 3.48/ debut

Well done everyone!

quite a few of the regulars out of office to day, twinned with the gorgeous weather meant slightly lower numbers than usual, nevertheless some great effort put in by everyone on what was a very hot lunchtime;

Alek K/3:10/3%
Ingrid W/4:30/-8%
Onder D/3:25/4%
Sophie D/5:37/6%
Tom B/3:38/0.5%
Richard/3:52/-2%
Chris R/3:33/debut

Vizeum took to Regent's park this month after a solid 5th place in the 5k a few weeks earlier! A number of new debut performances, i'm looking forward to watching those times tumble in the coming weeks!

Faysal D 4.03 Debut
Rachael R 5.06 Debut
Laura R 3.50
Iwona L /3.54/8%
Ben H /3.54/4%
Ian E /3.34/1%
Ben N 3.25
George H 3.39 Debut
Claire B 4.02 Debut
Laura N /4.24/1%
Claire E /4.08/4%
William L /3.26
Mike M 3.50 Debut.

Well done to you all. Keep up the good work!

Mat

The Omnicom crew warmed up for the LGN 5K with some impressive 1k times over the inner loop in Regents Park.

Please find times below

Ingrid W 4mins 10secs (14% improvement captain leading from the front)
Estelle R 7:14 (debut)
Alex C 3:46 (13% improvement)
Kat Lincoln 4:10 (4% improvement)
Richard S 3:48 (almost a PB)
Rob F 3:29 (oh so close to a PB!)
Onder D 3:34 (2% improvement)

Well done everyone.

Karl

On a rain soaked evening the Vizeum Team once again took to the inner loop of Regents Park to tackle the 1k time trial. Not to be downbeat after the lower attendance everyone performed fantastically to record some very impressive times. Big shout out must go to Leela who recorded a massive 48 second improvement, congratulations you fully deserve that time after all your hard work!

Chris L /4.09/7% improvement
Ben N /3.04/2% improvement
Sam B /3.20/
Stuart N /3.18/3% improvement
Laura N /4.29/
Alexander B /3.18/3% improvement
Leela C /4.54/14% improvement

Well done everyone!

Mat

The Vizeum team took on this months time trial slightly down on numbers but not in general enthusiasm. As always some great results where produced and also some solid debut performance to add to the group.

Name/Time/% improvement:

Ben N 3.08/ 2%
Chris L 4.29
Ben H 4.03
Claire E 4.37/ 3%
Iwona L 4.33/ 5%
Tania K 4.59 debut
Nina T 6.17 debut
Leela C 5.42 debut
Jubhair K 3.24/ 4%

Ben N once again led home the group with a Vizeum group record and if pushed i'm sure could go much quicker. Some great times posted by the ladies, come the advertising 5k i'm sure Vizeum could be in the mix.

Well done and keep up the good work!

Theo no changes in 3.53
Ahmed no change in 3.43
Rich 1% idown in 3.25
Lisa 1% improvement in 6 on the nose!

Well done.... Next month WE WILL BE BACK!!!!

Great to see so many fast times at Regents Park. This will clearly be the hub for some intriguing battles in July and August between the speed stars at McCann, Vizeum and Omnicom.

This round (June) clearly goes to Alistair at McCann with the first sub 3mins clocking. It will be interesting to see how James W (previous record holder)at Omnicom responds and I am sure the boys at Vizeum will not take this lying down? I look forward to seeing your efforts in July.

Of course this is only the first course the main event will come on September 8th for the LGN Inter-Agency 5K where bragging rights will be earned!

Keep up the good work

Ben
Operations Manager

After a 1 month hiatus McCann runnners ventured back to Regents Park to have a crack at the 1k loop.

Alastair MC smashed the current LGN course record with a sub 3min effort- coming home in 2.56..

Looks like Alastair is looking strong for September's 5k challenge. Can anyone can take down his 1k time?

The intense heat and humidity did not encourage many runners out last night... but the two gents that put their fitness before their fan made improvements on their 1k times.

What would have been possible in more friendly conditions????

Ahmad S, 3.42, 5% improvement.
Richard S, 3.22, 4% improvement.

Good work, LA was well and truly sweated out!

A time followed by a (W) would usually be associated with the 'celebrity in a reasonably priced car' board on Topgear, however this week the Omnicom Run Club members performed their time trial in somewhat damp conditions and can definately put a (W) against their name. However, they should all get bonus seconds just for turning up if you ask me, our meet time of 1pm was greeted with a torrential downpour, but this didn't deter three 1k debutants, and James W equalling his LGN Regent's park loop record;

name/time/% improvement

Sophie D/5:58/debut
James H/3:51/debut
Andrew/3:38/debut
Tom B/3:39/+3%
James W/3:04/0%
Becky Mc/4:37/+2%
Onder D/3:41/-1%
Olly R/3:48/-4%
Rob F/3:28/-2%

If Carlsberg did 1k time trials they would recruit Vizeum!

Everybody was warned, and the SweatClubbers brought home what the crowd wanted, RECORDS! Yes everyone, we now have a new 1k Regent's Park Record holder in amongst the Vizeum Crew, Ben Nicholas take a bow. Don't be fooled either, there is still plenty more to come from the whole group!

Name/Time/Improvement from last time

Gemma T/ 3.53/4%
Ben N/ 3.11/25% (New Course Record)
Stuart N/ 3.24/6%
William L/ 3.16/8%
Sam B/ 3.18/7%
Alexander B/ 3.25 (DEBUT)
Grant M/ 4.09 (DEBUT)
Stewart G/ 4.07 (DEBUT)
Farhann C/ 3.36/7%
Chris L/ 4.08/3%
Jubhair K/ 3.33 (DEBUT)
Laura N/ 4.25 (DEBUT)

Keep up the good work guys!

Mat

The Vizeum crew took Regent's Park by storm last night and firmly cemented their names in amongst LGN's finest. Excellant performances throughout the whole group, indicating potential for future course record holders.... Watch this space!

William L/ 3.34
Isabel F/ 5.17
Chris L/ 4.16
Michael K/ 4.01
Stuart N/ 3.36
Ben H/ 3.53
Claire E/ 4.26
Farhann C/ 3.52
Gemma T/ 4.03
Ian E/ 3.37
Ben N/ 3.34
Iwona L/ 4.26
Sam B/ 3.34
Katherine L/ 4.36

Keep up the good work Vizeum!

Mat

It's a record! That's right, Omnicom are now the proud holders of the Regent's park LGN 1km Loop record, thanks to the efforts of James Williams, who smashed the old record jointly held by TBWA & McCann run club members. But it wasn't just impressive times being shown at the front end, everyone excelled, as all who ran matched or improved on their previous time and two debutants came in well under 5 minutes. Great work.

name/time/% improvement

Rachel T/3:45/3%
Gemma C/4:40/début
Simon T/3:33/6.2%
Tom B/3:46/0%
Tom R/3:31/3.2%
Darren S/3:15/7.6%
Juliet DV/4:28/début
Sue V/4:38/9.7%
Oli R/3:40/3.9%
James W/3:04/9.4%
Richard S/3:36/2.7%
Rob F/3:23/6.5%
Onder D/3:38/7.6%

TBWA leggy warriors do Regents Park!

The official 1k loop times are as follows...

Andrew Bloom 3.51, the new kid on the block!
Lisa Hall 6.04, the leading Lady!
Theo Bayani 3.54 (PB3.28), King of the club!
Justin Martin 3.49 (PB3.38), he has done a marathon!
Ahmad Salim 3.53, slim Jim!
Tom Stanford 3.14, the speedy viking!
Richard Scott 3.31 (PB3.13), 1 & 3 are his favourite numbers clearly!

Tom Stanford equals the course record set by Alistair of McCann...

WELL DONE!

The McCann LGN Run Club ventured out from their usual training venue in Russell Square to take on the challenge of the 1K Loop in Regent's Park and compare themselves against some of the other LGN run clubs (Omnicomm!) The team posted some solid times and will look to consistently improve upon these times as we get closer to the LGN 5K in September. You have been warned!

Alistair 3mins 14secs (New Club Captain and Course Record for Regents Park)
Adam 3mins 57secs (Another sub 4mins clocking in a different venue)
Kashia 4mins 24secs (Another solid showing)
Louise 4mins 48secs (Continuing to make progress)

Watch out come May these times will come tumbling down now they know the course!

Ben

Gorgeous sunshine greeted the Omnicom run club on the 20th April, with 5 runners posting their second 1km marks, and 8 on their début 1km;

name/time/% improvement from last time:

Rachel T/3:52/6.1%
David K/4:16/4.5%
Katrina L/4:21/4%
Gayle R/5:01/3.2%
Richard S/3:42/0%
James W 3:23
Anna H 4:56
Rob F 3:37
Kate M 4:56
Jamie P 3:38
Lucy B 5:39
Katrin S 5:39
Sue V 5:08