July’s Member of the Month Award is presented to Bridget Gregory.

Until enrolling in the Beginner’s Group 3 years ago, Bridget had done no running at all.  Since then, she has been committed, attended training and accomplished amazing things.

She has run Endure24 as part of a team the last 3 years, and for the past 18 months has run a half marathon, mostly on trail courses, virtually every month, including the Resolution Run, Batty Bimble, Winter Festive Frolic and Larmer 20.

She also comes along to cheer other members on when they’re racing or running even when she’s not, and she often
stays to the end of a race to support the slower runners, something that is highly appreciated! 

Congratulations on your amazing achievement Bridget!

June’s Member of the Month Award is presented to Helen Borrett.

Helen has absolutely smashed her PBs in all distances from 5k up to marathon over the last 6 to 7 months.  Recently, her focus and determination has seen her knock over 4 minutes off her half marathon PB at the Southampton Half Marathon and 3 minutes off her 10k PB at Eastleigh 10k.  She has represented the club over the winter at the x-country races and has also achieved her furthest distance running by completing her first ultra-marathon at the Pony Express in September last year.

She is also an active member of the club and regularly takes on the role of run leader on a Thursday night where she is great at encouraging members to step out of their comfort zone and push themselves to see what they can achieve.

Many congratulations Helen, and thank you for your enthusiasm and encouragement to other members.

May’s Member of the Month Award is presented to Nigel Lee.

Nigel is a very supportive member of the club.  He regularly encourages and cheers on other members of the club, and is very good at noticing when someone is struggling and quietly encourages and runs alongside them without being pushy.  At Alton 10 in May, he sacrificed his own time to run alongside another Hedgie and keep them going when they felt like giving up.

He has also been exceptionally supportive of other members of the club in their preparations for races, going out of his way to deliver specialist running fuel that he thought would be useful to another member.
Nigel also recently completed a marathon distance at On the Whistle 'Revenge of the fifth' without planning to complete that distance

Congratulations Nigel, and thank you for embodying so many of the values that are a part of HERC.

April’s Member of the Month Award is presented to James Kinley

James has regularly supported HERC in league races for many years, but juggled running training with cycling and swimming training in order to complete Ironman Triathlons.

He has always given 100% in training; to quote the person who nominated him “I have never been in the gym without James being there, and I’ve been a member for 12 years.”

Last year he decided to focus more on running, and has seen significant improvements in his performances; in particular running a sub-3 hour marathon at Berlin in September last year.  His hard work and dedication continued over the winter, and resulted in him running 2:52:08 at the Manchester Marathon in April, the second fastest marathon by a Hedgie.

Many congratulations James.