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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 395 22 February 2013
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: steverowland@ranelagh-harriers.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Phil Killingley leads our men's team to 4th in the Surrey League and 5th
overall.
* Becky Hall leads our women's team to 11th in the Surrey League and 13th
overall
* Ranelagh wins the Pelling-Ratcliff Cup mob match v Blackheath and Bromley
* Chris Illman retains the F B Thompson medal for the individual winner
* Estelle Damant finishes 45th in the South of England Championships
* PBs at Brighton and Bramley
* parkrun placings for Jackson Creegan, Duncan Mallison, Michelle Davies,
Cathy Jones, David Bell and Kevin Kearey
* Colin Brett completes 66 miles on the Pilgrims Way
* Captains' 10km challenge announced
* Book for free running technique workshop with Karen Weir on Monday 15th
April
ATTENTION PLEASE
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QUIZ NIGHT
Unfortunately the Quiz Night originally scheduled for March 2nd has had to
be cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience.
IMPROVE YOUR RUNNING TECHNIQUE - FREE EVENING WORKSHOP WITH KAREN WEIR
Ranelagh and full-time running coach - Karen Weir (Run with Karen) - are
putting on a free evening workshop for club members only on the subject of
Running Technique and how you can improve your running. She'll cover the key
elements that are essential for good technique, to make you a more efficient
runner and reduce injury risk. She'll also dispel some of the myths
surrounding the current trend of barefoot running. Places are strictly
limited to 15, so please contact Karen as soon as possible to book your
place. karen@runwithkaren.com. This workshop is being supported by Ranelagh
Harriers so there is no charge to members.
Workshop Date: Monday 15th April, 7.30 - 9.30pm in the clubhouse.
IN MEMORY OF MIKE...
Vikki Rowland is the daughter of our former club handicapper Mike Rowland,
who so sadly died from cancer just after Christmas. Vikki has managed to
obtain a late place in this year's London Marathon with the Cancer Research
UK team and is now frantically trying to put in the necessary training!
Obviously it's a cause close to her heart and she'd love to raise a good sum
in her dad's memory. So, if you ever received a decent handicap from Mike
perhaps you'd like to consider sponsoring Vikki. Her Justgiving page is
here:
BAKER CUP SUPPER and PRIZE PRESENTATION
This will be held as usual at the Roebuck on Saturday 6th April, starting at
7pm. Reserve the date, more details to follow.
CAPTAINS' 10km CHALLENGE
Marc Snaith writes:
"To give you an extra incentive to train harder and run some fast times this
summer we are going to reward the three runners who shave the most time from
their 10k PBs. Don't worry if you set your 10k PB 20 years ago, we'll use
your fastest time since 1 March 2011.
There are three categories organised according to your fastest time since 1
March 2011. The most improved runner in each of the following three
categories will win a £50 voucher.
1. Men sub 40 minutes, women sub 45 minutes.
2. Men 40 minutes - 49.59, women 45 minutes - 54.59.
3. Men 50 minutes plus, women 55 minutes plus.
Only times run between 1 March and 30 September 2013 will count. To enter,
email ranelagh.men@gmail.com and we'll take your fastest 10k time shown on
the powerof10 or runbritain websites, or reported in the e-news, since 1
March 2011. We'll try to keep tabs on improvers but if you beat your best
time it will help if you send another e-mail with your new PB.
Happy training!"
RICHMOND HALF MARATHON and RICHMOND 13.1
Our own Half Marathon to be held on May 5th has once again been a victim of
its own success with the entry limit reached before Christmas. If you missed
out on entering, there will be a small number of additional club places
available - reply to this e-news if you're interested. Our friend Richard
Xerri of the Perseverance Clinic in Richmond is organising another Richmond
Half Marathon - which he is calling the Richmond 13.1 to avoid confusion -
to be held on Easter Sunday 31st March. Details:.
MORE RICHMOND HALF MARATHON
As usual on this complex course we need plenty of marshals and people to man
the water stations, ride the lead bikes etc. If you can spare only a few
minutes we can still use you. If you have two or three hours so much the
better. Please contact ranelaghhalfhelpers@hotmail.co.uk to volunteer.
MABAC LEAGUE
Penny Merrett writes:
"The Ranelagh MABAC race is on 3rd March at 11am in Richmond Park. It's a 5
miles cross country course of two laps, with the option of two and a half
miles. The race starts near the Isabella Plantation and we need marshals
and runners!" For more info contact Penny penelopemerrett@yahoo.co.uk .
RANELAGH CUP SCHOOLS RACE
This will take place in the Park on Saturday 9th March starting at 2.30pm.
BANK OF ENGLAND RACE
Our annual visit to the Bank of England's course on the other side of the
Park was originally scheduled for January 19th but was cancelled after heavy
snowfalls. The Bank have now invited us to a replacement fixture on Saturday
23rd March starting at 3pm. We are hoping to run a team in the South of
England Road Relay on the Sunday, but all other members will be welcome at
the Bank - the HQ is their Sports Ground off Bank Lane a quarter mile or so
from Roehampton gate.
PARKRUN MOB MATCH
Our unofficial parkrun "mob match" against the Stragglers will be
incorporated with the Kingston parkrun on Saturday 13th April.
SUMMER ROAD GRAND PRIX
Our summer GP will consist of the same ten events as last year, starting
with the Thames Towpath 10 on Sunday 14th April. Details:. Any spring marathon will also
count, between this week's Seville and our Half Marathon on May 5th. Full
details are on our website here:.
GET HIGH!!........................... ALPINE RUNNING
THE ALETSCH HALF MARATHON in the Swiss Alps 27th June - 1st July
Peter Fordham writes:
"Here's another opportunity to be introduced to mountain running in the best
possible way. I am again taking a small group to Bettmeralp, 2000 metres up
in the Swiss Alps to run the Aletsch race in spectacular scenery that
includes fantastic views of the longest glacier in Europe and views of many
4000 metre peaks. The race is held entirely within one of only two UNESCO
World Natural Heritage Sites in the Alps. In the days before the race, we
take advantage of the amazing hiking opportunities in the area, and also
find time to relax in the traffic free village.
The trip price of £630 includes scheduled flights from Heathrow, rail and
cable car transfers, race entry and four nights with half board at the
excellent three star Hotel Alpfrieden. The only extra costs you will have to
incur are for daytime snacks and drinks. If you wish to make your own flight
arrangements I can adjust the price. All flights and rail travel arranged by
me are booked through the Swiss Travel Centre.
If you are interested please contact me as soon as possible, as I still have
some rooms held for me for a limited period. Please mail me on
peter_fordham@yahoo.com or call 07799 072307. Visit the race website here:."
RUNFAST MARATHON AND ENDURANCE RUNNING SEMINARS
Andy Hayward sends the following from the Run-Fast group:
"Marathon and endurance running is a challenge, whether you are a relative
beginner or an experienced club runner.
To help you in your quest The Run-Fast Group here: has brought together the very best
line up of world renowned coaches and Olympic athletes for two great
seminars covering a wide range of topics including training schedules,
mental preparation, injury prevention, hydration, nutrition & diet, racing
kit, tapering, pacing and race day preparation. Our guest speakers will be
world-class coaches, Bud Baldaro and Nick Anderson plus multi marathon
winner Mara Yamauchi and Richard Nerurkar MBE, three times winner of English
National XC and 2:08 marathoner.
In addition to the presentations there will be an open Q&A session when you
will be able to voice your own personal concerns and learn from the panel's
wealth of experiences. Take the time to join us and you could make your own
personal challenge that much easier. After that, the rest is up to you ...
so do not miss this unique experience to boost your performance. Reserve
your place now as numbers are limited. For more information on seminar
topics, dates, venues and our guest speakers visit our website www.run-fast-seminars.net
more: .
Tickets are limited so book now by calling into the Run-Fast shop at 50
Leadenhall Street, London EC3A 2BJ (0207 036 2300) or at the website above."
THE EFFECT OF COMPRESSION GARMENTS ON MUSCLE RECOVERY FOLLOWING
HIGH-INTENSITY SHUTTLE RUNNING
Nick Coleman of St Mary's University College writes:
"I am a post graduate student at St Mary's in Twickenham where I am
currently completing a research project on the effects of compression
garments on recovery after exercise. I am looking for some subjects to
assist my research - they can be male or female, aged 18 - 40 and exercising
2 - 5 hours a week in predominantly running based activity. The test
involves a 90min interval running protocol designed to create fatigue, this
would be done on day 1, the participants would then have to come back to St
Mary's on day 2 and 3 for follow up measurements which would take 10-15min.
Before the actual testing we would have to measure VO2max, this may be
attractive to some of your members due to the importance of oxygen uptake in
running and I would be happy to share the results." Contact Nick by email
n_coleman@hotmail.co.uk or phone 07970 318700.
JUNIOR HANDICAP SERIES
Colin Brett writes:
"We plan to enter one or two junior teams in this handicap series organised
by Stragglers whom I've been speaking with and we will help with marshalling
time keeping etc. Here are the details:
Course
This is just over 2 km on the grass area in front of the Hawker Centre. It
consists of four laps of the perimeter of the grass area, which will be
marked out. After the end of the fourth lap the runners will cross the
finish line and go down the finish funnel in the order in which they crossed
the line. New or inexperienced runners, if they find 2 km a bit far, can run
one lap - they will be given a time, but their results will not count
towards any individual or team scores.
First Timers
First time runners are given a start time depending on their age.
Under 4 start at 0 minutes and run just one lap (500 metres)
Age 4-5 also start at 0 mins.
Age 6-8 start at 5 mins.
Age 9-11 start at 8 mins.
Age 12-14 start at 10 mins.
Age 15-17 start at 12 mins.
Dates (all Thursdays)
25TH April 2013
30TH May 2013
13TH June 2013
27TH June 2013
18TH July 2013
29TH August 2013
Start times
In April and August, Registration is from 7 pm for a 7:30 pm start.
In May, June and July, Registration is from 7:30 pm for a 8:00 pm start."
For more information contact Colin csbrett@mac.com .
BRIGHTON MARATHON
Martin Wolfson forwards the following from Emma Waggott at the Princess
Alice Hospice in Esher:
"We still have two places left in our Brighton Marathon team which we have
to fill by the end of the month. If you know anyone that is looking to run a
marathon then Brighton is a great one to do. We ask the runners to raise a
minimum of £500 and they will be given a free running vest, fundraising tips
and training advice leading up until the race day. For more information
about the Brighton Marathon please visit www.brightonmarathon.co.uk/.
£500 is not a lot to raise but to the hospice these two spaces mean £1000
which could pay for two days of care on the ward for one of our patients."
Contact Emma on 01372 461958 or see here:.
OSLO MARATHON / HALF MARATHON / 10km 21 September 2013
Elin Berstad Mortensen sends greetings from Norway:
"Dear all,
In an earlier newsletter, I invited my fellow Ranelaghs to join me for the
Oslo Marathon in September, and here is the reminder as promised. The
marathon entries are now open, and all the information you need, you'll find
here:. In addition to the full marathon, there
is a half marathon, a 10k and a 3k. I'll probably be running the 10k myself
as that is really my target race for 2013.
I hope those of you who intend to run this marathon will pass me an e-mail
because I will be pleased to share my knowledge with you about suitable
accommodation and so forth (but you'll have to make bookings yourselves),
and find us a nice post-race restaurant.
Warm greetings from Oslo in Winter!"
Contact Elin elinberstadmortensen@gmail.com .
SKIFF RACE
Owing to continued poor conditions on the Thames, the Skiff rowing race has
now been postponed until later in the year.
Follow Ranelagh on Facebook.
WHAT'S COMING
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More details of the following from Marc Snaith (07717 213035 / e-mail Marc and Chris
ranelagh.men@gmail.com or e-mail Estelle and Phil ranelagh.women@gmail.com
Saturday 23rd February National Cross-Country Championships at
Sunderland
Saturday 2nd March Inter-club 3.8 miles in Richmond Park. 3pm
start, register on the day.
Sunday 3rd March MABAC League 5 miles in Richmond Park.
It's an 11am start, not as shown on our Fixtures card. Runners and marshals
needed (see above). Details:.
Sunday 17th March Clutton Cup 10 miles handicap in Richmond
Park. 10am start. All members welcome, register on the day.
Saturday 23rd March Inter-club 5 miles at the Bank of England
(Richmond Park, Roehampton Gate) 3pm start.
Saturday 6th April Baker Cup 3 miles road handicap in
Richmond Park. 3pm start. All members welcome, register on the day.
Saturday 13th April parkrun mob match v Stragglers at the
Kingston parkrun
Sunday 14th April Towpath 10 miles at Chiswick, starting at
9.30am. The first race in our summer road GP. Details:.
parkruns every Saturday at 9am
Bushy Park Diana Fountain car park
Richmond Park Richmond Gate
Wimbledon Common Windmill car park
Banstead Woods Car park off B2219 Park Lane, Chipstead
Bedfont Lakes Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Ashford,
Middlesex
Kingston The Hawker Centre
Old Deer Park Pools in the Park on the A316
Crane Park Near the Hospital Bridge Roundabout
on the A316 in Twickenham
Other venues, more details and registration at www.parkrun.com
2km junior parkruns for under 14s take place on the first Sunday of each
month from Bushy Park's Teddington Gate (11am start) and from Savill Garden
car park, Windsor Great Park (9.30am start).
WHAT'S HAPPENED
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2XU SURREY LEAGUE DIVISION 1 Saturday 9th February at Coulsdon
Marc Snaith reports:
"About two weeks before each Surrey League race I write out the names of
those who could run and estimate how many points the scoring team would
score. As the race day approaches, my list of runners gets shorter and the
estimated points increases by tens, fifties and quite often hundreds. So it
was a very fitting end to my captaincy that my list of names was far
inferior to the runners on the declared team sheet and the final points
total significantly less than the number scrawled on the piece of paper in
my back pocket.
We had thirty-two runners out which must be some kind of record on a runner
: distance travelled to race ratio. We even had a couple of spectators who
under different circumstances would expect to run so that figure could have
been higher. Our points total of 380 is our lowest since 2007 and whilst our
finishing position in the league was one place lower than last year, the new
champions, Kent AC, were also new to the division which basically means we
were consistent with last year.
Phil Killingley once again led the team finishing just ahead of Chris
Illman, making his first Surrey League appearance for a few years, followed
by Eirin McDaid, Sam Perkins, Peter Haarer, Carl Selya-Hammer and Jackson
Creegan who all made the top fifty. There was a brief interlude and then
another flurry of blue vests to complete the scoring team. Eighth was
Richard Gregory, who was testing his legs as part of his return from a
lengthy injury, just ahead of captain Marc Snaith, making his final Surrey
League appearance as captain and Darryl McDonald, with Steve Whitehead just
a few seconds behind Darryl just outside the scoring ten.
There used to be a time when everyone who ran could easily get name checked
in the race report, but such is the health of the club, those days seem long
behind us. In fact I often find that I only know who ran once the final
results are out. Well done to all who ran, the team spirit is really
infectious at the moment and our impressive turnouts in this year's Surrey
League are a testament to all of you.
Final mention goes to our President, Steve Rowland, who retained his V60
trophy. Well done Steve!"
Phil Killingley adds:
"A fitting exit for Captain Marvel and a great display of the power of the
Blue and Gold!
It won't surprise you all to learn that we easily carried the gold medal for
total number of runners participating. Having moved into the lead at the
Ham Lands, only home team SLH came anywhere near us in the participation
stakes at Coulsdon, although we still out-peopled them by 5 runners. The
final table is below. I counted 32 runners at Coulsdon - even more than at
Ham Lands. A superb result and one which we'll aim to carry into next
season."
1 2 3 4 TOTAL
Ranelagh 17 27 31 32 107
SLH 19 22 18 27 86
Herne Hill 19 27 22 15 83
Stragglers 17 29 21 11 78
Herc Wimb 21 21 21 13 76
Thames 18 20 18 14 70
Kent 17 17 21 15 70
Reigate 14 16 18 14 62
Belgrave 10 12 9 11 42
Stragglers and Reigate Priory move down to Division 2, to be replaced in the
top flight by Clapham Chasers and Walton. Stragglers fielded only 11 runners
today, so our B team contest with them ended in a whitewash.
Sonia Rowland's Photos.
SURREY LADIES LEAGUE DIVISION 1 Saturday 9th February at Denbies Vineyard,
Dorking
A new course had been laid out at Denbies, but still very scenic, winding
amongst the grape vines with views across to Box Hill, and testing the
runners with long deceptive climbs and equally long descents. To judge from
the times it was well in excess of the advertised five miles. Our chances of
avoiding relegation to Division 2 were slim and though we finished 11th A
team on the day we could not lift ourselves out of 13th overall - and with
the bottom three of the fifteen Division 1 clubs to face the drop our fate
was sealed. In the women's league this makes little practical difference as
both divisions run together, but nevertheless we can concentrate on a good
team performance next year to reclaim our Division 1 spot.
Becky Hall and Marie Synnott-Wells both rallied well to the cause with their
highest League placings of the year. Wiebke Kortum, Kate Brook and Katherine
Mercer completed the scoring five - Katherine making the team for the first
time - and Heather Martingell backed up close behind.
Livvy Ricketts again ran well for us in the Under 13s race.
Steve Rowland's Photos.
PELLING-RATCLIFF CUP MOB MATCH v BLACKHEATH and BROMLEY HAC Saturday 16th
February at Hayes, Kent
We won!
Stats first: although honours have been fairly evenly divided in recent
years, and there have been one or two very close contests at Hayes, our last
away win against the heathens was in January 1971. And before that? March
1922! Between 1926 and 1966 we didn't register a single success, home or
away. So we can be excused for giving ourselves a generous pat on the back
for pulling off a narrow victory and retaining the handsome Pelling-Ratcliff
Cup. It's true that Blackheath sent a men's team to the rescheduled South of
England championships whereas in the end we didn't. But they fielded only
the bare six to make up a team at Parliament Hill and it's debatable whether
any of them would otherwise have supported the mob match.
Our turnout was not numerically outstanding - with 31 starters we were
actually one fewer than at the men's League race last week. But we had some
strength - five of the scoring team of ten from last week were in action
again plus four more who had made our 'B' team. The pattern of the race was
easily discernible during the initial circuit of the grassy slopes which
serves to spread out the field before the first of many stiles heralds the
start of the serious business. Four blue vests were leading the way to the
stile, headed by last year's winner Chris Illman. Five more blue vests
featured in the top eleven. Clearly we were going to get a head start in the
scoring, but equally clearly Blackheath - who outnumbered us by four - were
packing strongly in mid-field.
Positions at the sharp end didn't change much for the rest of the course,
which is rugged and varied country with gates and stiles to contend with as
well as plenty of hills. There was mud too, though not as much as might have
been feared and most of what there was, was soft and runnable rather than
wet and sticky. Phil Killingley made Chris work for his win but there was no
doubt in the end as Chris crossed the line over half a minute clear. Eirin
McDaid and Peter Haarer had isolated runs before finishing 3rd and 4th. The
leading two heathens came next, followed closely by Marc Snaith and Mark
Herbert and then a minute back Ted Mockett, Trevor Maguire and John Shaw. A
pack of four black vests crossed the line next, the start of the heathen
fight back. We held off the onslaught somewhat thanks to Chris Owens,
Matthew Copp, William Griffin and David Powell who secured us thirteen home
in the top twenty. But of the next twenty, fourteen were from Blackheath,
and that pattern continued. Their 28th and last scorer finished 54th, while
ours - Mr President - was 64th. It did not seem possible that we could lose
after such a strong presence at the head of the field, but we couldn't rest
easy until the result was finally announced. To much acclaim in the Ranelagh
camp it was a win for us by 761 points to 845.
Chris Illman's fine run meant that he got to keep the F B Thompson medal for
the individual winner. John Shaw had been the holder of the Harry Sheer
Trophy for the first over 50 to finish, but he was obliged to relinquish it
this time to heathens' Nick Kinsey who finished 6th overall in 53.17. The
leading woman was Blackheath's Francesca Green, 13th in 56.23 while our
first finisher was Wiebke Kortum in 41st place.
A special word for David Wright who doubted he would maintain his mob match
record after sustaining an Achilles injury at the last mob match but hobbled
around in good style to complete mob match number 152. Clive Naish completed
number 119, the last 117 since 1983 consecutive, and fellow centurions Steve
Rowland and Mike Peace also added to their tallies.
There are plenty of photographs on the Blackheath website, courtesy of Mike
Peel. Photos:.
SOUTH OF ENGLAND CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 16th February at
Parliament Hill
After a snow scare caused the "Southern" to be postponed in January, the
re-scheduled date clashed with the Blackheath mob match. This was a pity as
we had a record forty or so entered in the senior men's and women's races at
the Southern. There was talk at first of running a small but strong team at
Parliament Hill and encouraging the rest to try the delights of Hayes, but
in the end, the men abandoned the Southern altogether, a decision fully
vindicated by our historic victory over Blackheath! We maintained a token
presence in the women's events but did not complete a team. Estelle Damant
made the top fifty with Heather Martingell and Kirsty Bangham following her
home, while Livvy Ricketts represented us in the Under 13s race.
1 L Partridge (AFD) 28.57
2 S Twell (AFD) 29.01
3 E Pidgeon (AFD) 29.02
45 Estelle Damant 34.20
199 Heather Martingell 45.49
206 Kirsty Bangham 47.12
Under 13s
1 H Page (Dartford) 11.11
184 Livvy Ricketts 14.49
MABAC LEAGUE 5 miles Sunday 3rd February at Ewell
1 D Cairnie (Runnymede) 33.14
70 James Barber 46.35
80 Oliver Bheemul 48.33
112 Lynne Barber 55.47
122 Christine David 64.11
123 Stacey Barber 64.20
XNRG PILGRIMS WAY 66 MILES ULTRA Saturday 2nd / Sunday 3rd February on the
North Downs
Colin Brett reports:
"Boy, this one made me question my sanity! Each day consisted of 33 miles
(34.5 miles on Saturday with my navigational skills coming to the fore). Yes
there were hills including the charming Box Hill, there was biting wind,
2,400 feet of total ascent and descent plus in my infinite wisdom I thought
I'd carry a 6kg pack for fun, it would be good training for the upcoming
Marathon des Sables. But none of my previous training quite prepared me for
the mud, lots of it, slippery mud, sticky mud, deep mud, clay mud (that's a
special treat). I finished day one resembling more a wallowing hippopotamus
than an Ultra runner, shattered!
I guess everyone else found it tough, as my time of 5hrs 38mins meant I beat
the cut off 5hrs 45 for the Elite start on day 2 and held 30th spot (approx
200 started day 1). Being on the elite start was my highlight of day two.
Elites (and me!) in Ultras start at the back, some two hours after the main
field, Realising I was the oldest, fattest and probably most knackered bloke
on the start line wasn't filling me with confidence. It turned out I ran a
large part of the day on my own into a biting wind with heavy shoes caked in
the North Downs mud. It was hard but I guess that's the point, I finished
day two in 6hrs 50mins ouch! But happy that I still maintained 39th spot. I
met some truly inspirational people, I ran for a few miles with Jen Bradley
who was first British women to complete the Trans American trail run 3,200
miles in 80 days (she's fit!); Andy Mouncy, who gave a talk on Saturday
evening and held the Arch to Arch record until recently, also manned Check
Point 2; Robbie Britton who has just qualified for team GB 24hrs team. All
made my 100 miles week training for the MDS seem relatively normal as
mid-life crises go!"
1 D Kendall (Serp) 8:49.21 (course record) (day 1 4:01.54, day 2
4:47.27)
39 Colin Brett 12:28.42 (5:38.25, 6:50.17)
SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS AC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday
17th February at Lee Valley
Alan Davidson reports:
"The Southern Counties Vets Indoor Track & Field Championships at Lee Valley
in Essex was going to be only the third time I had run indoors and
regrettably unlike the people able to boost their fitness using the London
area indoors facilities I came to these championships due to winter weather
not even able to sharpen up on outdoor tracks, thus lacking any sort of
speed and carrying too much winter fat! The event has qualifying standards
for winning medals which if not met means that a medal is not awarded. Just
the same the very small number of entries was surprising and in fact the
800m for all women aged 35 upwards had an entry of nil! I knew it was going
to be a struggle for me in my lacking in fitness condition and the 3000m and
1500m had such small numbers that men and women in all age groups ran
together in one straight final race. The make-up of the 3000 (15 laps) was
one woman, two younger men and five in my M65 age group. It was embarrassing
to trail round last but the one consolation was although out of the medals I
did at least hit the qualifying standard time (14.01) with my 13.22. It was
cool in the indoor arena but I built up quite a sweat possibly due more to
heaving my winter fat round the track than generating any speed! In the 1500
metres I took up my customary position but the tiny field had only two SCVAC
M65s running, so my battle was to try and hit the 6.41 medal qualifying time
to be able to collect the silver and a desperate effort got me round in
6.21.1. Feeling like a very old man all that was left then was three and a
half hours of buses, trains and walking to stagger home!"
DUSI CANOE MARATHON Thursday 14th - Saturday 16th February
Pietermaritzburg - Durban, South Africa
Lloyd Camp reports:
"It's not a road race but I just completed my 10th Dusi Canoe Marathon: 125
km over 3 days." With his kayak partner Braam van Wyk, Lloyd came in 529th
on the first day, 443rd on the second and 395th on the third to finish in a
total time of 12:12.33 for 147th place in the K2 category.
BRIGHTON HALF MARATHON Sunday 17th February
There was a massive field of runners at the Brighton Half with some taking
up to ten minutes to cross the starting line. There were a few PBs from the
Ranelagh contingent including sub-90 minutes runs from Ben Shore and Simon
Burrell, a sub 1:40 debut at the distance from Cathy Jones and a first time
inside two hours by Lorraine Clifton.
1 P Martelletti (VP&TH) 1:07.30 (chip time 1:07.29)
230 Ben Shore 1:28.17 (1:28.00)
239 Simon Burrell 1:28.37 (1:28.18)
1034 Stephen Logue 1:40.41 (1:40.13)
1051 Cathy Jones 1:40.53 (1:39.02)
2476 Heather Martingell 1:54.03 (1:53.04)
4078 Lorraine Clifton 2:04.59 (1:58.27)
4853 Lynne Barber 2:11.32 (2:04.29)
6527 Christine David 2:30.18 (2:21.39)
6644 Deborah Blakemore 2:32.32 (2:24.46)
6734 Tanya Allen 2:34.09 (2:24.52)
6846 Deirdre Inman 2:36.24 (2:27.07)
6856 Stacey Barber 2:36.44 (2:29.41)
6897 Cindy Croucher 2:37.45 (2:28.27)
7149 Bev Ali 2:45.44 (2:37.04)
VALENTINES 10km Sunday 17th February at Chessington
1 R Evans (SLH) 32.45
144 Rob Kitchen 47.48
159 Tom Reay 48.37
206 Kirsty Bangham 51.29
298 Wally Garrod 59.58
308 Annemarie Goodridge 60.56
333 Alan Meaden 63.15
351 David Meaden 67.48
354 John Hanscomb 72.50
BRAMLEY 20 miles Sunday 17th February
A PB for Duncan Mallison.
1 P Molyneux (Spring) 1:45.54 (chip time 1:45.53)
116 Duncan Mallison 2:16.56 (2:16.33)
547 Chris Brook 3:00.06 (2:59.13)
548 Kate Brook 3:00.06 (2:59.13)
BRAMLEY 10 miles Sunday 17th February
1 P Wicks (Belgrave) 49.21 (chip time 49.21)
477 Louise Atkinson 114.04 (111.44)
RAVENS 5km handicap Thursday 21st February at Wapping
1 E Bargate (unatt) 27.17 (actual time 20.23)
41 Alan Davidson 31.20 (24.53)
RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 9th February
1 S Shaw (unatt) 17.46
32 Alberto Esguevillas 20.56
41 Phil Jackson 21.22
45 Chris Read 21.33
79 Eugenio Carmo 23.02
86 Amrut Sharma 23.31
88 Polly White 23.40
100 Simon Taylor 24.09
115 Tomas Sterner 24.38
119 Gemma Cory 24.46
122 Rob Kitchen 24.53
169 Philippa Kitchen 27.15
172 Andrew Brown 27.22
208 Michael Sikora 28.41
225 Tony Clark 29.21
BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 9th February
1 A Jackson (Sitting) 16.12
9 James Whistler 18.10
16 Nick Wright 18.44
17 David Rowe 18.49
56 David Crowe 20.08
168 Ian Grange 22.27
571 Vicci Randle 27.48
607 Wally Garrod 28.19
667 Kirsty Bangham 29.21
668 Sharon Rowe 29.22
727 Mary Hickson 30.36
834 John Hanscomb 34.49
CRANE PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 9th February
Michelle Davies was second woman today.
1 A Keane (unatt) 19.20
10 Michelle Davies 21.28
11 Kevin Kearey 21.51
12 Lee Davies 21.57
17 Tom Kearey 23.18
22 David Bell 23.48
28 Mike White 25.16
41 Christine David 29.52
42 Lynne Barber 29.53
43 Tanya Allen 30.20
45 Josie Kearey 31.05
47 Deirdre Inman 31.20
52 Tamsin Burland 32.55
63 Bev Ali 36.32
OLD DEER PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 9th February
1 T Lee-Eveleigh 19.15
8 Phil Roberts 23.05
19 Mel Hunter 24.35
21 Stewart Anderson 24.54
37 Paula Maguire 31.13
39 Pat Hewlett 36.08
40 Deborah Blakemore 36.09
KINGSTON parkrun 5km Saturday 9th February
1 D Etheridge (unatt) 19.09
10 Chris Camacho 20.55
25 Tom Reay 24.03
27 Alan Davidson 24.09
62 Janet Turnes 30.26
WALTHAMSTOW parkrun 5km Saturday 9th February
Cathy Jones was beaten for first place in the women's section by one second.
1 B Hetherington (Walls) 18.07
9 Cathy Jones 22.53
PLYM VALLEY parkrun 5km Saturday 9th February
1 J Wisely (Plymouth) 19.54
4 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 21.30
BEDFONT LAKES parkrun 5km Saturday 9th February
1 J Rowe (WSEH) 16.06
16 Chris Spink 22.13
FINSBURY parkrun 5km Saturday 9th February
1 C Norris (unatt) 17.02
46 Andres Arana Garcia 22.23
RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
Jackson Creegan was the clear winner.
1 Jackson Creegan 16.24
26 Peter Faull 19.30
42 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 20.34
82 Eugenio Carmo 22.31
90 Karen Weir 23.00
93 Amrut Sharma 23.04
103 Polly White 23.30
108 Steven Mountain 23.49
122 Hannah Doyle 24.27
126 Ally Salisbury 24.39
138 Gemma Cory 25.01
180 Michael Sikora 27.00
240 Peter Lowman 29.22
245 Val Lowman 29.59
248 Andrew Brown 30.16
261 Katherine Shea 31.46
283 Pat Hewlett 36.11
BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
1 A Jackson (Sitting) 16.16
40 David Rowe 19.36
108 Simon Rothwell 21.10
177 Adam Wright 22.19
181 Ian Grange 22.21
657 Vicci Randle 28.50
831 John Hanscomb 34.28
GUNNERSBURY parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
1 S Shaw (unatt) 17.27
7 Alberto Esguevillas 19.49
16 Phil Jackson 21.01
66 Tomas Sterner 24.12
97 Sue Camp 25.38
133 Tony Clark 28.37
180 Lexi Slaughter 39.02
181 Waldron Slaughter 39.03
FRITTON LAKE parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
There were only sixteen runners and five of them were Keareys! Kevin
finished 3rd.
1 R Leary (unattached) 21.39
3 Kevin Kearey 21.55
4 Tom Kearey 24.12
12 Emily Kearey 29.56
15 Josie Kearey 35.30
16 Ann Kearey 35.37
KINGSTON parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
1 J Chang (26.2) 18.41
16 Chris Camacho 21.31
28 Phil Aiken 23.29
30 Tom Reay 23.43
66 Hannah Turnes 28.18
69 Janet Turnes 30.01
ORPINGTON parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
A little warm-up for the nearby Blackheath mob match...
1 D Berry (unatt) 19.34
21 Mark Herbert 27.51
22 Mike White 27.58
OLD DEER PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
1 D Mantle (unatt) 18.42
19 Mel Hunter 24.47
22 Sally Bamford 26.21
CRANE PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
Duncan Mallison and David Bell were first and second.
1 Duncan Mallison 17.56
2 David Bell 18.34
WIMBLEDON COMMON parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
1 J Raso (unatt) 16.34
4 Sean Paynter 18.34
5 James Whistler 18.44
GUILDFORD parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
1 O Carrington (Newark) 17.27
105 Mary Hickson 32.11
OXFORD parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
1 A Osborne (Leeds C) 17.48
54 Evelyn Joslin 29.34
ALICE HOLT parkrun 5km Saturday 16th February
1 I Carley (Farnham) 19.09
31 Louise Davies 26.05
FINALLY...
The Color Run - "the Happiest 5k on the planet" - not to say the messiest!:
Video:.