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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 172 6 MARCH 2005
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: steverowland@ranelagh-harriers.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
* Another world record for Ed Whitlock
* Jordan Mungovan 4th scorer for Surrey in Inter-Counties Cross Country
* John Ricketts wins Clutton Cup
* Repeat individual and team wins in Ranelagh Cup schools race
* Junior Points Prize wins for Nadia Fidler, Alex McKenna and Luke Wilson
* Inter-club wins for Marcus Gohar and Ranelagh
* Junior race wins for Amelie Hunton
WHAT'S COMING...
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The fixture list for the 2004/05 winter season, can be found on our web site.
More details of the following from
Andy Bickerstaff (07966 552302 / mailto: andy@norris-hobs.co.uk ) or
Phil Aiken (07739 035189 / mailto: phil.aiken@rnid.org.uk ) or
Anna McLaughlin (07971 606521 / mailto: anna.mclaughlin@itv.com ).
Saturday March 12th Ranelagh Bushy Park Time Trial 5km. 9am
start
Sunday March 13th Finchley 20 miles at Ruislip. See below.
Hastings Half Marathon including
Surrey championships. See below.
Saturday March 19th Ranelagh Bushy Park Time Trial 5km. 9am
start
Junior Points Prize Race 4 2km
in Richmond Park. 2.30pm start, all under 17s welcome.
Sunday March 20th Worthing 20 miles. The other "pre-London"
20. Details: http://www.worthingharriers.co.uk/worthing20.htm.
Adidas "Breakfast Runs" 8 or 16
miles at Kingston. Details: http://humanrace.co.uk/breakfast/index.html.
FINCHLEY 20 MILES ROAD RACE including the Spendlove Cup club championship
Sunday 13th March
This is the club 20 championship for the Spendlove Cup. Entry forms are in
the clubhouse or can be downloaded at www.hillingdonac.co.uk.
HASTINGS HALF MARATHON incl Surrey Championships Sunday 13th March
Information and entry form at http://www.hastings-half.co.uk.
2005 RANELAGH ROAD RUNNING GRAND PRIX
The full list of events is yet to be confirmed but will probably begin as
usual with the Thames Towpath 10 at Chiswick on Sunday April 3rd. Details
and an entry form can be obtained at http://www.west4harriers.org.
GREEN BELT RELAY
This is to be held this year on Saturday and Sunday May 21st and 22nd. For
those of you new to the event you can get all the information at
www.greenbeltrelay.org. In brief, it's a relay taking a very scenic route
around the outskirts of London, comprising 20 stages with an average length
of about 10 miles. Teams comprise ten runners and each runner has to run one
stage on Saturday and another on Sunday. We usually put in at least three
teams and there's room for all standards - indeed there's a trophy for the
last team to finish which is currently the jealously guarded property of Bev
Ali's Ranelagh Bloodhounds! We'll have a women's team, a men's team and
possibly another mixed team, so we need up to 40 runners in all. If you're
interested please contact me or Anna McLaughlin (details above) or Bev Ali
(mailto:bev.ali@blueyonder.co.uk) as soon as possible.
WHAT'S HAPPENED...
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WORLD RECORD!
Ed Whitlock writes from Toronto:
"The Ranelagh vest carried me to a M70 world record last Saturday, 10:52.4
for 3000 metres, about 4 secs better than the previous mark". Ed sent a
photo taken during the race, which we'll try to get up on our web site.
INTER-COUNTIES CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 5th March at Wollaton
Park, Nottingham
Jordan Mungovan was our only county representative this year, finishing as
fourth scorer for Surrey in the Under 20s race.
1 A Vernon (Hants) 26.33
126 Jordan Mungovan 31.24
CLUTTON CUP 10 MILES HANDICAP Saturday 26th February in Richmond Park
A new slimline John Ricketts had the best part of a mile to spare. Bev Ali
reports:
"It was cold, wet, cold, muddy and cold! John Ricketts won the handicap by
slightly over six minutes. Peter Weir, who finished in fourth place, was
the fastest man, followed very, very closely by Andy Bickerstaff. Kathy
Mallett was the fastest woman. Michele Gibson, who literally flew over the
mud, improving her previous time by eight minutes, was second fastest woman,
and third finisher, just barely behind Rob Stillwell at the line. Sandra
Foot struggled for the last lap with extremely low bloodsugar and was near
collapse at the finish as the third fastest woman. Pat Hewlett (who, for
reasons of an outstanding run in the Cabbage Patch, started ten minutes
behind me) had a personal best for the course - you can't keep the Irish
down!! And, although I achieved a personal worst due to being as cold as I
have ever been for the last 45 minutes of the race, I still did not finish
last - three cheers for the honourable handicapper! The water never heated
up in the women's showers but thankfully was hot in the kitchen so I managed
to get warmed up by keeping my hands in hot soapy water........ The tea was
up to Carol's usual high standards, with chocolate cake and smoked salmon
rolls, among other delicacies".
RANELAGH CUP SCHOOLS RACE Saturday 26th February 6 km in Richmond Park
There was a second consecutive win for Cranleigh's Daniel Sheppard, though
he had to run half a minute faster this year. With Hampton boys second and
third it looked as if Charterhouse might struggle to retain their trophy but
it turned out that Hampton were one short of a full team. So Charterhouse
were left clear to register their third win in a row by a clear margin of 25
points. Ranelagh's Ben Gateley ran well for 23rd place in a field of 136
boys and one brave girl!
1 D Sheppard (Cranleigh) 21.40
2 J Redshaw (Hampton) 21.48
3 D Perkins (Hampton) 22.11
23 Ben Gateley (Wellington) 23.50
Teams (4 to score)
1 Charterhouse 33
2 Westminster 58
3 RGS Guildford 87
JUNIOR POINTS PRIZE RACE 3 Saturday 26th February 2km in Richmond Park
The weather and other events kept the numbers down a bit for the third event
in this four-race series, especially amongst the boys. But there was a great
scrap at the front, with the leading six girls crossing the line in a little
over half a minute. Nadia Fidler got the better of Alex McKenna for the
first time and set a new Under 13s course record of 8.52 in the process. But
Alex also ran well to retain her 100% record in the Under 15s section,
though she was hard pressed by Victoria Elbourne, newcomer Lucy Edmonds and
Rebecca Clayden. Nadia also registered her third straight win in the Under
13s, with Georgia Miansarow runner-up each time. Luke Wilson's win in the
Under 13 Boys took him into the overall lead but it was disappointing to see
no starters in the older age groups.
Frances Ratchford adds:
"The final race for the juniors is on Saturday March 19th at 2.30. After
the race the trophies will be presented to the winners of the series at the
clubhouse. There will also be silver & bronze medals for 2nd & third places
in each age group. Everyone who runs will get a prize and everyone who has
run two races or more will get a medal. Carol has offered to make tea & cake
for parents & runners while we get the results together".
INTER-CLUB 3.8 MILES Saturday 5th March in Richmond Park
Well, we won the final cross-country race of the season, even if it was
about as low-key as they come. There were only 29 runners and 19 of them
were from Ranelagh. We had seven of the top nine home, including the first
three Marcus Gohar, Peter Weir and James Corbett. A special mention for
10-year-old Amelie Hunton who got round in an excellent 32.09 - accompanied
by dad Chris who had earlier run the Bushy Park 5km with son Sam!
BUSHY PARK TIME TRIAL 5km Saturday 26th February
The snow had turned to slush making it heavy going for the 23 runners who
turned out this week. Times were accordingly slower but West Waterford's
Dermot Cummins scored his fourth consecutive victory.
1 D Cummins (Waterford) 17.19
5 Stephen Instone 19.53
6 Darren Wood 20.57
9 Sam Hunton 23.04
10 Chris Hunton 23.04
14 Karen Broadbent 24.00
15 Steve McClune 24.01
19 Gill Wilson 24.48
22 John Hanscomb 27.04
BUSHY PARK TRAIL RUN 7km Sunday 27th February
We had a good crowd in the main event but the star performer was certainly
Amelie Hunton who won the Under 11 Girls' section of the junior race by over
a minute and was only 25 seconds behind the leading Under 11 Boy!
1 G Clews (Unatt) 26.15
46 Chris Hunton 31.48
112 Anna Maria Plaza 37.57
115 Carol Barnshaw 38.14
119 Wally Garrod 38.30
133 Teresa Segovia 39.55
141 Janet Turnes 40.46
172 Lynne Barber 45.49
173 Jane Wyatt 45.49
174 Hazel Carr 45.50
187 Deborah Blakemore 49.44
188 Ann Murray 49.52
190 Louise Hanscomb 49.59
Juniors (3.4 km)
Girls Under 11
1 Amelie Hunton 15.34
Boys Under 11
1 T Atkins (King & Poly) 15.09
6 Luke Wilson 17.24
BUSHY PARK TIME TRIAL 5km Saturday 5th March
Win number five for Dermot Cummins and a new course record too.
1 D Cummins (Waterford) 15.54
4 Nick Wright 18.04
7 Stephen Instone 19.48
12 Darren Wood 20.39
17 Sam Hunton 22.12
18 Chris Hunton 22.13
RON WHEELER 2.8 miles Wednesday 23rd February at Wapping
1 S Fraser 14.20
11 Andy Hayward 17.01
THAMES TURBO JUNIOR SPRING FUN RUNS Saturday 4th March in Bushy Park
Another category win for Amelie Hunton. The remaining races are on Saturday
16th April and Saturday 7th May - register at 8.30am at the Hampton Hill
Cricket Club in Bushy Park for a 9am start.
10 and Under Mixed
1 Amelie Hunton 8.33
6 Holly Wilson 10.00
12 and Under Mixed
1 J Stanhope (Thames T) 11.12
3 Luke Wilson 11.29
7 Rhiannon Lewis 16.42
TRAINING
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Tough Tuesdays continue as normal, with speed work for various groups and
Wally's beginners' club, at 7pm from the clubhouse. Full details are on our
web site, the next few sessions are shown below.
Robin Drummond's "Improvers Sessions" continue on Thursday nights at 7pm
from the clubhouse, concentrating on speed and technique. Details of the
session below.
As an alternative on Thursday nights, Margaret Auerback and Frances
Ratchford are holding Strength and Conditioning coaching sessions at 7.30pm
in the free-weights room at the gym at St Mary's College, Waldegrave Road.
Coaching at the gym on other days is negotiable. For more information
contact Frances at mailto:grapevineproductions@compuserve.com.
Also Wednesdays at 6.30pm and Sundays at 10am at the clubhouse for a steady
run in the Park.
Tuesday sessions. Each also includes a steady run warm up and warm down.
Mar 8th 4 x 5 mins efforts plus 6 x 30 secs
Mar 15th Pyramid 1/2/3/4/5/4/3/2/1 min efforts
Mar 22nd 3 x 4 x Ham Cross hill plus 5 x 1 min efforts
Mar 29th 12 x 2 mins efforts
Thursday sessions. Each also includes a steady run warm up and warm down.
Mar 10th 3 x Nightingale Lane (bottom), 3 x Nightingale Lane (top), 3 x
Nightingale Lane (top + 50 metres)
FINALLY
Former page 3 and Playboy cover girl and official Lara Croft model Nell
McAndrew is becoming a more than useful runner! Representing Thames Valley
Harriers she recently finished 6th woman in the Roding Valley Half Marathon
in 91.23...