M25 Audi Team

Rain held off for The Herts 10K on Sunday morning for what turned out to be a beautiful autumnal morning. Almost 2,500 runners started the race at 10am to help raise £200,000 or The The Grove House Hospice. After a brief pep talk from team organisor, Sarah, the M25 Audi team joined the warm up in our respective dealership teams and rivalry commenced!

Despite being cross country, the ground under foot was surprisingly firm and the 2,000 white Grove House event T Shirts, puffing and wheezing around the course, were only mildly in need of some washing machine action by the finish. Representing Finchley Road, I’m pleased to have been the first of M25 Audi team over the line, shortly followed by

1st of M25 Audi team over the line!

Anthony from Watford who pipped one of my technicians by seconds. The competition continued as more of our team tried to out sprint each other for the finishing line! A fantastic time was had by all, and in aid of such a good cause, Finchley Road Audi were delighted to be involved.

Justin Howard
Head of Business
Finchley Road Audi

Darren Guiver

Hi, I’m Darren Guiver and welcome to my blog. I took the decision to use this forum with a view to give you my personal perspective on what’s happening here on planet M25 Audi & within the Spire Automotive Group. The art of blogging is a whole new experience for me, so please… be patient!

This week the centres are getting geared up towards the official centre launch of the A5 Sportback (the latest addition to the A5 range), on the 17th & 18th October. We’re holding launch events across the sites which include a fashion show and children’s theatre production. These events are very ambitious and somewhat different from what we have showcased in the past but I’m quietly confident that they will be a great success. There are also opportunities for a sneaky peak at our preview evenings at Whetstone Audi on the 14th October and on the 15th October at the Goldfish Restaurant in Hampstead, North London. If you would like an exclusive invite please email us.

On a personal note, I’m getting geared up for the release of the new R8 Spyder. What a beautiful car, and that’s not my Audi bias coming through! Think I’ll put one on as my new company demonstrator. Despite the long hours and paperwork there are some perks to this job!

I want to take this opportunity to send my support to all my staff taking part in the Herts Charity 10k Run this Sunday (11th October). You’re bonkers… all of you!! Seriously though, M25 are delighted to be involved in sponsoring this event & supporting the Grove House Hospice. Good luck to all of you… hope you’re work fit for Monday!

That’s it for me so far, thanks for reading. I’ll be updating my blog on a regular basis with news & stories, however if there’s anything you’d like to know or any suggestions you want to make, then I’m all ears.

Regards
DG

Justin Howard

Having competed in my 35-39 age group category with good results in triathlon since 2005, you could say I have an unfair advantage for this weekend’s Herts 10K Run. However, from past experience, I know its pretty undulating and heads across country which drains the leg muscles of all power… and as a I look out of the window writing this and note the rain cascading down… its going to be a bit muddy.. oh!

I usually train 6 times a week, mixing swimming, cycling and running, mindful that each session must be specific to the race approaching. So runs have been longer and slower since August, building up to the recent Half Ironman race I completed in September, which finishes with a half marathon after swimming for 2km and cycling for 90. However, a 10k run such as this weekend’s requires a bit more speedwork, so one of my 3 weekly runs has focused on short but fast paced sprints, so as to prepare the legs for what will inevitably be a grueling, 40minute, lung busting, sprint… but with a bit of mud and sweat (and hopefully no tears) thrown in.