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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 221 19 July 2006
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: steverowland@ranelagh-harriers.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* AGM - Frances Ratchford becomes Ranelagh's first female President
* Club 125th Anniversary programme of events
* Coad Cup win for John Keep
* Jo Ronaldson wins JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge
* Phil Killingley and Sam Perkins 2nd and 3rd in this week's BPTT
* Clare King and Rachel Rowan 2nd and 3rd women in last week's BPTT
* North Devon training weekend in September
* 18.45 5km at age 75 by Ed Whitlock
SEE HERE
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ANNA'S E-MAIL
Our women's Captain Anna McLaughlin left ITV last Friday, so her old e-mail
address will no longer find her. For the time being please please use
mailto:anna.mclaughlin@talk21.com.
RATCHFORD RELAY
Frances Ratchford writes:
"The Ratchford Relay takes place on Tuesday 25th July at 7.15pm with a party
afterwards. It is a fun event for teams of three women: a fast runner, who
has to run 3 laps, a medium runner who runs 2 laps and a newcomer or
improver who only has to run 1 lap. Lots of cheering and great fun. There
is also a party afterwards so please bring food and drink to share!!"
ELMBRIDGE 10km Sunday 23rd July starting at 10.30am at Walton
This is the fourth race in the Surrey Road League and the seventh race in
our own road Grand Prix.
WEDDING DAY 7km Friday 28th July starting at 7.30pm in Bushy Park
This is a nice low-key event on a flat course in Bushy Park and is suitable
for all standards. It's race eight in our road Grand Prix. There are 42
Ranelagh Harriers in the list of entries at the time of writing, which is a
few down on last year's total of 47 RH finishers. That proved sufficient for
us to win the "Father Onn" trophy for the club with the greatest number of
finishers - so we might need a few more taking part if we are to retain the
trophy. Entries are still open but the entry limit is being approached, so
don't delay!
RANELAGH 125th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
Our new President Frances Ratchford writes:
"To celebrate our anniversary there are going to be two months of
celebrations, including we hope something for everyone.
The Opening Run starts everything off on Saturday 2nd September with a 125th
Anniversary photo and Thomas Cup handicap race, then tea followed by a
barbecue. What we would like is for everyone to bring something to barbecue
and a little extra to share plus a salad or sweet. Carol Barnshaw will
co-ordinate it all but we are looking for two men (men are better at
barbecues) to keep an eye on the fire!! Everyone welcome including juniors
and their families.
On Friday 29th September will be the Gala Dinner at York House, £45 per
person, which includes wine. Guest speakers include Hugh Jones, winner of
the London Marathon and over 20 other marathons world-wide plus two other
special guests. See below for booking details.
Saturday 30th September: a Junior Anniversary Race with special medals for
all U18 participants. It will take place before the Page Cup at 3pm. Tea
for all in the club house afterwards.
Sunday 29th October is the actual 125th birthday. There will be an
Anniversary Run from the Green Man on Putney Heath, the club's original
home. We will follow the route of the club's first run to the Windmill on
Wimbledon Common and back, about two miles. If you can dress up in running
kit as worn in 1881 then please do and run or even just stroll the distance.
Starting time will be announced soon, but it will be an afternoon event and
a late lunch or early tea at the pub will follow it. Everyone is welcome
including juniors.
Saturday 4th November: Mass Mob Match against Orion, Blackheath, South
London and Thames Hare & Hounds.
A special anniversary glass will be presented to all participants and
helpers. Mob Match supper in the evening: more details to follow.
Lots to enjoy but if we have forgotten anything or you want to organise any
other events please contact Joanne, Marina or Frances".
RANELAGH 125th ANNIVERSARY DINNER Friday 29th September at York House
Marina Quayle writes:
"The tickets for the 125th anniversary dinner are now on sale. The price per
head is £45 and includes a three course dinner followed by guest speakers.
The venue is York House in Twickenham on Friday 29th September".
Contact Marina for more info: mailto:marina_quayle@hotmail.com, or send a
cheque (payable to Ranelagh Harriers) to her at 101 Sheen Road, Richmond TW9
1YJ. Please specify if you will require a vegetarian meal.
Dress code has been advertised as black tie but I am reliably informed that
lounge suits won't be turned away!
CROYDE ON - RANELAGH TRAINING CAMP IN NORTH DEVON - 15-18 SEPTEMBER
Phil Killingley writes:
"Sam Perkins and I are planning a training camp in Croyde, North Devon, in
September to do a spot of limbering up before the mud and hills set in next
winter. Absolutely all standards are welcome to join, the more the merrier,
and there will be NO obligation to do any training. It will be on a 'sort
your own accommodation out' basis, but some helpful links are below. We're
travelling down on Friday 15 September morning, back Monday afternoon, but
people will be welcome to stay for more or less.
Croyde is a beautiful village on the coast, and has a 5 mile long sandy
beach (barefoot running possible), grassy and scenic coastal paths for
steady/easy runs, and some seriously steep and entirely optional dunes for
strength work. It probably has some lovely pubs (there - got your attention
Mr Bickerstaff) and restaurants also.
We are thinking of staying here:
http://www.parkdeanholidays.co.uk/ruda-holiday-park.htm
but for those on a higher budget a list of alternative accommodation and
some info about the village is here:
http://www.croydedevon.co.uk/page1.html
Advice is to book early, as the weekend is towards the back of the surfing
season.
If there's interest, we may also run some mini seminars/workshops on
important aspects of running such as: mental strength; stretching;
nutrition; style; putting together a training programme; how to turn into a
Kenyan etc. If anyone would be interested in leading on any of these
topics, please drop us a line. If no-one is interested, we can spend the
evenings/afternoons in the pub instead... (cheer from Bickerstaff).
Any suggestions or questions, please don't hesitate to ask. It should be a
really good weekend away.
mailto:philipkillingley@hotmail.com
mailto:srwperkins@hotmail.com
Phil & Sam"
BRIGHTON 10km
Our local resident Neil Walford sends on the following from the organisers
of this very popular flat fast race:
"Entry for the Brook Brighton 10k on Sunday 19th November is now open on
www.activeeurope.com. The entry limit this year is 3,000 and as of tonight
there are only 2,972 places left! Everything is similar to last year except
there is a new sponsor and they appear to be more generous that the old
sponsor! The race is also the 2006 South of England Championship".
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT THE OLYMPIC MEDICAL INSTITUTE
The Olympic Medical Institute in collaboration with Polar ® is conducting a
study to validate a novel wrist-based running computer. Over the last 20
years, heart rate monitors (HRMs) have become widely used as a training aid
for a variety of sports. HRMs have recently evolved and have become a
training companion for athletes of different levels of expertise due to the
improved capabilities of not only monitoring heart rate during exercise, but
also performing more advanced analyses of HR variability, and other
physiological and biomechanical parameters able to provide biofeedback-type
of information. Polar has recently produced a novel running computer that
provides real time feedback to the user and suggests training programs based
upon the individual responses to training and recovery.
Researchers at the OMI are looking for volunteers to study how novel running
computers can affect training routines of runners training at least 4 times
per week. For this research project male and female volunteers, actively
involved in running are needed. The volunteers will be asked to perform
their running training wearing a running computer and a chest belt to
measure their physiological responses for 8 weeks.
The volunteers we are looking for should have the following characteristics:
Must be 25 to 45 years old
Must run at least 4 times a week for the past three months.
Must be free of any running related injuries such as stress fractures,
plantar fasciitis, shin splints, ilio-tibial band syndrome and peri-patellar
pain, etc.
Must not be diagnosed with diabetes
Must not have history of heart problems
Must be able to come to the Olympic Medical Institute on 5 occasions.
For more information, contact the Olympic Medical Institute, Northwick Park
Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow HA13UJ
Tel: 020 8423 7200
Email: Anna.Jackson@boa.org.uk.
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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 ).
Sunday 23rd July Elmbridge 10km at Walton. 10.30am start. See
above.
Surrey Slog Half Marathon. 10am start at
Peaslake. Details: www.mabac.org.uk.
Tuesday 25th July Ratchford Relay in Richmond Park. 7.15pm start.
See above.
Friday 28th July Wedding Day 7km. 7.30pm start in Bushy Park.
See above.
Sunday 13th August Belgrave 5km. 10am start in Wimbledon. The last race
in both the Surrey Road League and our road GP. Details:
www.surreyaaa.org.uk/forms/5k_2006.pdf.
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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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday 11th July
Some forty or more members stayed on after the Coad Cup for the club's AGM.
The highlight was the election of our first-ever female President, Frances
Ratchford. Frances has already contributed a huge amount to the club in
running our beginners courses, in becoming our senior club coach and as Hon
Sec. In recognition of this, outgoing President Brian Chard awarded Frances
Life Membership. Brian also introduced a new award as his parting gift: the
President's Prize. This is designed to recognise significant contributions
made to the club and the first recipients were Carol Barnshaw, Robin
Drummond and John Hanscomb.
Simon Burrell takes over from Frances as the club's Secretary and Sandra
Foot and Clive Naish jointly take on the role of clubhouse managers
succeeding Alan Craig. All other officials remain in situ, though Bev Ali
will now join Alan Hedger as the "Race Officials Team".
COAD CUP SUMMER HANDICAP 5 miles Tuesday 11th July in Richmond Park.
Over sixty took numbers on a warm sunny evening, though not all of them made
it round the course for various reasons. John Scally and Andres Arana-Garcia
both finished a long way clear of the field, but they were competing as
guests and so were not in contention for the Cup. First who was eligible was
John Keep who passed Vicci Hollis and George Coates in the final half mile
to claim his first club trophy. Chris Wright and Simon Tyler were closing
fast on the first three but couldn't quite make it into the medals, and
behind them Marie Synnott-Wells and Cilla Pettersson put in impressive runs
through the field.
Fastest on the day was Andy Bickerstaff and he and Marcus Gohar were the
only runners to beat the half hour. Marie and Cilla were the leading women,
6th and 8th fastest overall.
BUSHY PARK TIME TRIAL 5km Saturday 8th July
There was a huge personal best by almost a minute from Rachel Rowan who
chased Clare King all the way home. Improvements also came from Phil Aiken,
Sam Hunton, Paul Bisping and Edward Smith.
1 F Kelly (Raheny) 15.58
12 Nick Wright 17.57
21 Clare King 18.47
22 Rachel Rowan 18.48
39 Chris Camacho 19.51
60 Phil Aiken 20.48
64 Adam Wright 20.58
65 Chris Hunton 20.58
66 Darren Wood 20.59
69 Chris Wright 21.08
72 Roger Wilson 21.12
73 Sam Hunton 21.12
82 Paul Bisping 21.29
85 Edward Smith 21.36
86 Yvonne Hill 21.50
105 Jo Turner 23.04
122 Alan Craig 24.29
130 Gill Wilson 25.19
133 Steve McClune 25.23
NISSAN FOUNDATION 5km Friday 14th July in Toronto
Ed Whitlock has now passed his 75th birthday but doesn't seem to be slowing
down. Here's an excerpt from the "Canada Running Series" web site:
"It was Ed Whitlock, 'The Master', who stole the show with an electrifying
18:45 performance at age 75. Gunning for Maurice Tarrant's Canadian M75
record of 20:42, Whitlock destroyed the old mark. Running a 6:02 per mile
pace, Ed placed 74th overall in a field of 1,114 finishers. That is correct
- 6:02 mile pace at age 75, on a course re-certified just last year by an
AIMS/IAAF 'Class A' measurer".
BUSHY PARK TIME TRIAL 5km Saturday 15th July
Aldershot's Matthew Ashton ran to his third BPTT win, but behind him Phil
Killingley beat 16 minutes on the course for the first time, one of only 24
runners to have done so. Sam Perkins couldn't quite stay with Phil's pace
but took 14 seconds off his previous fastest with 16.12. The only other PB
on a morning that was already hot at 9am came from Karen Broadbent.
1 M Ashton (AF&D) 15.17
2 Phil Killingley 15.54
3 Sam Perkins 16.12
8 Duncan Bell 17.22
27 Chris Read 19.16
41 Chris Camacho 19.48
47 Darren Wood 20.05
49 Paul Murphy 20.23
59 Chris Hunton 20.51
69 Sam Hunton 21.16
70 Adam Wright 21.16
72 Chris Wright 21.20
88 Karen Broadbent 22.35
92 Amelie Hunton 23.08
140 John Hanscomb 26.37
144 Wally Garrod 26.50
JP MORGAN CHASE CORPORATE CHALLENGE Tuesday 4th July in Battersea Park
Quoting the event website
(http://www.jpmorganchasecc.com/events.php?city_id=10 where you can also see
an excellent photo of Jo breaking the tape):
"In a city where the average monthly temperature rarely exceeds 70 degrees,
there isn't much opportunity to train for hot weather races. But that didn't
seem to affect Angus Maclean or Joanne Ronaldson Tuesday evening on the
first night of the 20th annual JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge in
Battersea Park. With the mercury spiking well north of 80 at race time, the
pair turned in two of the fastest times in the entire 2006 Series.
Maclean, representing Hampshire & Dorset Health Care Trusts, earned the male
title in a speedy 17:01. Ronaldson, running for ARUP, captured the women's
title in 19:54. Maclean's time on the 3.5-mile Battersea course hard by the
River Thames was the second fastest among all men to date in the 2006
JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge Series and Ronaldson's was third best
among women.
Ronaldson had a 29-second margin over former Corporate Challenge champion
Zara Hyde-Peters of UK Athletics. "I'm thrilled," Ronaldson said. "This is a
short, fast course and I really tried to hammer it. I'm really delighted,
especially as it was so hot out there." Ronaldson has had several top five
finishes in the Corporate Challenge, both in London and at the international
Championship in New York. This is her first time breaking the tape".
Another view of the event comes from Peter Wright:
"I was hoping to do about 6:30 pace to finish in around 23 minutes but I
arrived just before the start, took six minutes to cross the start line and
spent the rest of the race weaving around long lines of walkers and joggers
to finish in 32 minutes / 26 minutes actual 'running'. This event is
tremendously popular, 25,000 people did the two events ths year, loads of
totally sedentary people from my office took part and claim to have enjoyed
it, absolutely no idea why!"
YATELEY 10km Wednesday 5th July
Mick Lane was second over 40.
1 R McCarthy (AFD) 32.22
11 Mick Lane 35.29
HIGH WYCOMBE HALF MARATHON Sunday 9th July
1 J McFarlane (TH&H) 1.10.44
431 Tom Reay 1.51.27
MAIDEN CASTLE LOOP Saturday 15th July at Dorchester
Sonia Rowland was second over 50 in this event climbing up and around the
Maiden Castle Iron Age hill fort.
1 K Hackett (Poole R) 39.18
49 Steve Rowland 50.21
102 Sonia Rowland 55.44
SOUTHERN VETS TRACK LEAGUE Monday 3rd July at Battersea Park
Julie Drummond writes:
"On a warm sunlit evening at Battersea Park track for the final women's vets
meeting our team looked to be slightly short of competitors. After a few
anxious minutes Julie and Jo were soon joined by Sonia Rowland, who turned
up with her kit (just in case), followed by Bev Walsh and Sandra Foot. So,
instead of two competitors, we were up to five!
Agreeing to cover every event that we could and determined to retain our 2nd
position, we went into action - scoring in every event. A few first places,
inc. Sandra W35 200m, Julie W50 800m, Sonia W50 3000m, Bev W50 Long Jump +
Jo Regan won the W35 in High Jump, Long Jump and Hammer!
Thanks to you all for your support this season - we ended up 2nd on the
night and 2nd overall. Roll on next year, we can do better!"
Clive Naish and Steve Rowland ran in some of the M50 events but are keeping
strangely quiet about their performances...
SKIDDAW FELL RACE Sunday 2nd July
Representing Clayton-le-Moors Harriers, Dave Taylor won the over 60s
section. "It was a first ever 'podium' finish and it was particularly
pleasing to do it on Skiddaw. Coming down off the Latrigg car park into the
wooded valley was like stepping into an oven - some people took the heat
quite badly - I passed quite a few in that last mile or so".
1 C Leigh (Trafford) 1.15.31
53 Dave Taylor 1.44.31
FINALLY...
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