About Jenny Layley
Swim, bike or run?
Run – if you can call my plodding running 🙂
Road or trail?
Now I have discovered trail I would always choose trail – not just because my injuries have all come from road running!
Your most precious running memory
Training for East Hanningfield, St Peters Way, SBYU and RTTK with the girls – and a particular point in time memory was halfway along St Peter’s Way ringing Sazza Naughton and singing Bon Jovi down the phone at her as she had to pull out of the race late on after doing SO MUCh training!
Biggest Achievement – Running or non-running
Non running – probably Kilimanjaro, it was the closest I came to quitting when you climb to the summit in -15 degree temp and what feels like a giant sandcastle. Running it is probably the 100km Race To The King – despite my meltdown at 95KM I finished it with the help of a fantastic team
Favourite distance
10 miles
Favourite race
The H&T remembrance run – always super poignant and the bling is the best
Favourite training session
Any pyramid session – NOT hills
Best running achievement
Either London Marathon or the first SBYU I did where I managed 33 miles with very little training – under some tough cut off times
Preferred running brand – shoes or kit
Saucony
When did you join Witham RC?
2019
Top tip for running
Run with friends
Who is your sporting hero?
Dame Kelly Holmes
Best race location (any distance)
If you like hills the location for Race to the King was stunning all round Goodwood and the South Downs
Best race to achieve a PB in (any distance)
Bromley 10k
Favourite pre-race breakfast
Protein bagel with marmite and peanut butter
Post-race recovery ideas
Stretching and Peloton
Best ever movie
The Blues Brothers
Cheesiest song, guilty pleasure song
Any and all belters but especially Erasure
Claim to fame
I am descended from Richard III – the last nobility in my family was disinherited after she ran away with a vicar to Gretna Green
Are Jaffa Cakes a cake or a biscuit?
Biscuit – and you can dunk them
Marmite – Yes or No?
YES
What goes on your chips?
Cheese, tomato ketchup or mayonnaise – but not all at the same time
Cats or Dogs?
Both
Who would play you in a film of your life?
Duffy from Casualty or Siobhan from Succession…..
Favourite sweets/crisps/drink/meal?
Marmite, Cheese and Crisps sandwiches
Which fancy dress character are you not ashamed of being passed by in a race?
Any of them – it happens all the time 😀
Best race medal?
Remembrance medals by Hare and Tortoise
Favourite holiday?
Skiing
What is your hidden talent?
I would have said stamina – but RTTK tested that. So maybe it’s my secret talent for socialising – or cake eating!!!
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