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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 218 18 June 2006
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: steverowland@ranelagh-harriers.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Dysart Dash 10km next Sunday - last chance to enter!
* Chris Brasher Ponds Run this Tuesday
* AGM and Coad Cup handicap on Tuesday 11th July
* Nadia Fidler wins Middlesex Schools 1500m
SEE HERE
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CHRIS BRASHER MEMORIAL PONDS RUN Tuesday 20th June in Richmond Park
Normal Tuesday evening training is cancelled for the day in favour of our
annual commemoration of our fellow club member and London Marathon founder
Chris Brasher. Starting at 7pm we'll divide into a few different groups and
the aim is to visit each of the 20 ponds that can be found in the Park. This
entails covering about eight miles in all, so some groups opt for a shorter
route visiting just a few of the ponds. See parts of the Park you never
normally visit!
NOTE England v Sweden footie is on the same evening, kicking off at
8pm...which some may think is an excellent reason to spend the evening in
the Park! But apparently others want to see the game and so there may be a
group setting off for the Ponds Run earlier at 6.30pm so that they can be
back in good time.
DYSART DASH 10km Sunday 25th June at 10am.
Our 10km race takes place next Sunday. At the time of writing we are very
close to our entry limit of 500, so if you want to run do not delay in
getting your entry in.
Bev Ali adds: "We need more helpers to hand out water near the finish - no
skills or club membership required - ideal way to keep family members
occupied while waiting for you to finish! Please contact me at
bev.ali@blueyonder.co.uk or Alan Hedger (01372 740626) if you can help".
COAD CUP SUMMER HANDICAP 5 miles Tuesday 11th July in Richmond Park. 7.15pm
start, followed by...
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday 11th July starting at 8.30pm in the
clubhouse.
The date originally set for our AGM clashed with a semi-final of some
football tournament or other, so we have put it back a week to Tuesday 11th
July. This is the same evening as the Coad Cup summer five miles handicap in
the Park, which starts at 7.15pm. The meeting will commence as soon as
everyone is back from the run and showered/changed, hopefully at about
8.30pm. All members are invited and encouraged to attend both!
RANELAGH ROAD GRAND PRIX
This is our own summer Grand Prix series. It usually includes ten races of
varying distances but this year it looks like there will be only nine. The
best eight scores will count. Four events have already taken place - the
Thames Towpath 10m, the London Marathon, the Richmond Half Marathon and the
Dorking 10m. All the longer races are out of the way! The remaining ones are
the Dysart 10km (June 25th), the Harry Hawkes 8m (July 2nd), the Elmbridge
10km (July 23rd), the Wedding Day 7km (July 28th) and the Belgrave 5km
(August 13th). 83 members already appear on the scoreboard. Current leaders are:
Open Trevor Maguire 28, Phil Killingley 24, Tim Woods 22, Paul Doyle 22,
Mick Lane 22, Steve Whitehead 19
M40 Trevor Maguire 18, Mick Lane 12, Colin Frew 9, Marcus Gohar 6
M50 Tim Woods 12, Mike Peace 10, John Hanscomb 7, Tom Reay 7
Women Marie Synnott-Wells 12, Fari Shams 6, Sara Grosvenor 6, six
runners with 5 points
W40 Marie Synnott-Wells 12, Michele Gibson 9, Anje Lanting 6, Deborah
Blakemore 5
W50 Jane Wyatt 6, Beverley Ali 5
SURREY ROAD LEAGUE
This is a team and individual competition open to all Surrey clubs based on
five road races over the summer season. This year there are 25 clubs taking
part in the men's competition and 22 in the women's. We are the current
holders of the women's title and finished runners-up to Belgrave last year
in the men's. The best four results from the five races are counted. Two
events - the Sutton 10km and the Dorking 10m - have already taken place and
the remaining races are the Dysart 10km on June 25th, the Elmbridge 10km on
July 23rd and the Belgrave 5km on August 13th.
After the first two races, Stragglers hold a one point lead over Ranelagh in
the men's competition, 49 to 48. SLH, Dorking and Sutton Runners follow on
with 46, 44 and 42. In the women's event there is a three-way tie at the top
with SLH, Sutton Runners and Stragglers all on 41 points. We are back in
11th place with only 20 points, but that is largely because we had no
runners in the opening race and therefore scored zero. Good results in the
remaining three races will bring us back into contention.
Scoring in the team competiton is (men) 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd etc and
(women) 22 for 1st, 21 for 2nd etc. In the individual competitions it's the
other way up - 1 point for 1st, 2 for 2nd etc. Our top contenders at the
moment are Phil Killingley and Paul Doyle in the senior men category. They
are 2nd and 3rd respectively with 5 and 7 points behind Stuart Major of SLH
on 3 points. Mick Lane, Liz Kipling and Marie Synnott-Wells have all scored
well in one race but need to run all the remaining three to be in at the
kill in their sections.
CONGRATULATIONS...
...to Clare Gutch who recently became Mrs King.
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WHAT'S COMING...
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More details of the following from
Andy Bickerstaff ( 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@talk21.com ).
Tuesday 20th June Chris Brasher Memorial Ponds Run in Richmond Park.
See above.
Sunday 25th June Dysart Dash 10km. See above.
Sunday 2nd July Harry Hawkes 8 miles at Thames Ditton. 10am start.
Details: http://www.sportsystems.net/hh8/Scripts/default.asp
Tuesday 11th July Coad Cup 5 miles summer handicap in Richmond Park
(7.15pm start) followed by AGM at the clubhouse.
Sunday 23rd July Elmbridge 10km at Walton. 10.30am start. Details:
www.elmbridgeroadrunners.co.uk.
Surrey Slog Half Marathon. 10am start at
Peaslake. Details: www.mabac.org.uk.
Every Saturday Bushy Park Time Trial. 9am start at the Diana
Fountain car park. See www.bptt.net for details.
WHAT'S HAPPENED...
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BUSHY PARK TIME TRIAL 5km Saturday 10th June
Numbers slipped back to "only" 159 this week, but the 200 barrier will
surely be broken soon. In the light of that, Paul Sinton-Hewitt has made
slight adjustments to the start and finish to improve safety. If the
numbers were down the quality certainly wasn't. Aussie Craig Mottram smashed
the old record by 39 seconds and failed by only a second to become the first
to beat the 14 minutes barrier. Women's course record holder Sonia
O'Sullivan was there too, though not troubling her PB on this occasion. A
minute behind O'Sullivan was Cilla Pettersson in her first BPTT, and her
18.34 puts her in 11th place on the event ranking list; and a few seconds
behind Cilla came the new Clare King. There were several PBs set, notably a
first time inside 20 minutes by Taylor Nunn and a 40 seconds improvement
from Kerrie O'Connor.
1 C Mottram (Australia) 14.00
6 S O'Sullivan (TH&H) 17.32
12 Andrew Forth 18.32
13 Cilla Pettersson 18.34
17 Clare King 18.47
19 Chris Read 19.19
23 Stephen Instone 19.33
27 Taylor Nunn 19.47
29 Andy Morris 19.53
37 Chris Camacho 20.16
40 Alan Davidson 20.19
47 Chris Wright 20.49
49 Mandy Westlake 20.52
64 Max Bridger 21.43
65 Adam Wright 21.46
74 Ray Smith 22.09
81 Jim Forrest 22.45
84 Luke Wilson 22.49
85 Karen Broadbent 22.53
86 Kerrie O'Connor 22.55
97 Alastair Sinclair 23.56
116 Gill Wilson 25.21
117 Steve McClune 25.37
122 Julie Naismith 26.13
125 John Hanscomb 26.23
127 Wally Garrod 26.49
131 Becky Withycombe 27.01
146 Elly Grant 29.20
BUSHY PARK TIME TRIAL 5km Saturday 17th June
192 runners this week, so the 200 barrier remains for another day. The big
PB today was by Chris Camacho, a 30 seconds improvement.
1 D Symons (TH&H) 16.12
6 Michael Black 17.09
18 Andrew Forth 18.25
26 Chris Read 18.59
33 Chris Camacho 19.28
46 Stephen Instone 19.54
59 Andy Morris 20.27
63 Chris Wright 20.40
65 Chris Hunton 20.42
82 Adam Wright 21.24
95 Edward Smith 22.22
99 Evelyn Joslin 22.31
102 Roger Wilson 22.33
108 Phil Aiken 22.53
112 Kerrie O'Connor 22.59
128 Alastair Sinclair 24.21
137 Steve McClune 25.10
150 Gill Wilson 26.04
152 Elly Grant 26.14
156 John Hanscomb 26.51
HARVEL 5 miles Saturday 3rd June at Meopham
Mick Lane wanted a little warm-up for the next day's Dorking 10...
1 M Boyle (Herne Hill) 25.48
6 Mick Lane 28.23
REGENTS PARK 10km Saturday 11th June
Tim Woods repeated his third place from the May race but was all of one
second slower this time!
1 M Taylor (WSEH) 34.30
3 Tim Woods 35.07
MABAC LEAGUE 5 miles Sunday 11th June at Holmwood Common
1 M Daniels (Wimb W) 29.40
107 Bev Ali 57.30
108 Juliette Chan 57.30
1 lap
1 G Bruinvels (Dorking) 15.40
3 Elly Grant 25.47
STOCKHOLM MARATHON Saturday 3rd June
Men
1 P Bandawe (Zimbabwe) 2.17.01
843 Andy Hayward 3.21.06
Women
1 A Rahm (Sweden) 2.36.37
858 Michele Gibson 4.15.36
JUNIORS ON THE TRACK
From the St Mary's Richmond AC website:
"Nadia Fidler kicked away in the last 500m to win the Middlesex Schools
1500m at the weekend. There were further pbs for Eve Edmunds in the 1200m
and, in the Surrey Schools 1500m, for Beccy Culverwell". More details at
www.smrac.org.uk.
FINALLY...
Dr John Pocari, an exercise physiologist at the University of Wisconsin,
believes the key to running faster might be all in the mind. He experimented
with two groups of subjects, each running three 5km time trials. Before each
run, one group drank a glass of plain bottled water and the other was given
what they were told was super-oxygenated water - but which in fact was
ordinary tap water. The second group ran on average 83 seconds faster. Heart
rate and blood lactate levels were the same between the groups, leading the
Doc to conclude that the mind plays a significant role in athletes'
performances. Now...where can I get some of this super-oxygenated water...