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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 513 10th November 2017
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Thames Hare & Hounds end our mob match winning streak
* Ranelagh mob of 72 runners led by Richard Gregory and Laura Blazey
* Ranelagh women finish 51st in the National Cross-Country Relays
* Varied Marathon exploits from Nick Impey, Martin Halvey, Chris Bundhun
and Wiebke Kortum
* Marie Synnott-Wells finishes 2nd in the Wimbledon Half Marathon
* Surrey League races tomorrow
* London Championships next Saturday
* Book now for our Christmas Party
ATTENTION PLEASE
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SURREY CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUES Saturday 11th November
The second of the four League races take place tomorrow, with our women at
Nonsuch Park (11am start) and our men on Mitcham Common (3pm start). More
details on our website.
LONDON CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 18th November at Parliament
Hill
Here’s a chance to take a look at the infamous Parliament Hill courses ahead
of the National Championships which are to be held here in February. Entries
have now closed.
SOUTH OF THE THAMES 5 miles CHAMPIONSHIP including Ranelagh club women’s
championship Saturday 25th November at Beckenham Place Park. 2pm start.
Entries close on the 18th, so contact the Captains / Team Managers if you
want to run.
NEXT JOB FOR THE MOB
Well, we’re going to have to start a new mob match winning streak. Here’s
our chance to make it ‘1’. We’re away again, at Coulsdon on Saturday 9th
December against South London Harriers. 7.5 miles of pure country. As usual
for mob matches we need all the bodies we can get. Reserve the date, it will
build up your appetite for the evening…
CHRISTMAS PARTY Saturday 9th December
The club Christmas bash will be at the Lass O’Richmond Hill pub in Queen’s
Road, Richmond on Saturday 9th December at 7pm. It’s £40 per head to include
a three course dinner and wine, dancing and a disc jockey. We’re limited to
80 places so reserve your place without delay! E-mail Michele Gibson
micheleagibson@hotmail.com or put your name on the list at the
clubhouse. There’s also a menu at the clubhouse. Cheques should be payable
to Ranelagh Harriers and left in an envelope at the clubhouse or posted to
Michele Gibson, 79 Thames Side, Staines upon Thames, Middx TW18 2HF. For
BACS payments it’s Ranelagh Harriers, sort code 401310, account 12154501,
reference Club Xmas and your Name.
ED WHITLOCK
More on the legendary Ed, with Ranelagh vests well to the fore here!.
OLIVE MASLIN
We’re sorry to report the death at the age of 95 of one of the club’s most
stalwart supporters over the years, Olive Maslin. She died on November 7th,
just a few weeks after her husband Bob passed away. Bob was 101 years old,
and together they had recently celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary. In
recognition of her support for the club Olive was made an honorary life
member a few years ago.
FRANCKEISS CUP ROWING RACE
Paul Gregory revived this event a few years ago, but we have only put in a
crew on one or two occasions since. The event has been growing in popularity
and five local running clubs put in crews last year. The cup is actually
ours – it was donated by Ranelagh member R H Franckeiss in 1929 – but we
haven’t brought it home for some time. This year’s races will take place at
The Skiff Club Teddington on Sunday 14th January.
Do we have any rowers in our midst, or anyone who would like to give it a
try? The boats we use are two-person skiffs with a cox. Paul writes: “Crews
are doubles, ladies, men’s and mixed. No experience is necessary, three free
training sessions are optionally available on Saturdays or Sundays -
pre-booked only. The Skiff Club provides coxes if needed. Entry fees are £12
per crew on the day. For more info: and Video:.” Reply to this email if
you’re interested.
THURSDAY NIGHT TRACK TRAINING AT OSTERLEY
The club is continuing to subsidise track sessions on Thursday evenings at
the Osterley track. All groups and all abilities are welcome. The sessions
are every Thursday 7.30-8.30pm. Link to the map is here:
FACEBOOK
Follow Ranelagh on Facebook.
WHAT'S COMING
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More details of the following from the men's Captains ( e-mail Phil
or Trevor ) ranelagh.men@gmail.com
or the women's Captain / Team Manager ( e-mail Becky or Phil ranelagh.women@gmail.com )
Saturday 18th November London Cross-Country Championships at Parliament
Hill, start 1.15pm (women) and 2pm (men)
Saturday 25th November South of the Thames 5 miles at Beckenham Place Park
including club women’s championships. 2pm start
Saturday 9th December Stubbs Cup mob match v South London Harriers at
Coulsdon 2.30pm start
5km parkruns every Saturday at 9am and 2km junior parkruns weekly or monthly
on Sundays.
Venues, more details and registration at www.parkrun.org.uk or
www.parkrun.org.uk/events/juniorevents/.
WHAT’S HAPPENED
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MOB MATCH v THAMES HARE AND HOUNDS Saturday 4th November 7.5 miles on
Wimbledon Common
Phil Killingley reports:
“MOB STREAK ENDS
No, not some lurid headline from the gutter press, but the ending of
Ranelagh mob's 15 match winning streak, at the hands of Thames Hare and
Hounds, away from home. .
It wasn't for want of trying. Ranelagh turned out a superb 72 runners and
at least won on numbers, beating Thames's 64. But it was Thames's 150th
anniversary (yes, even older than us, by some 14 years) and they made a
pretty special effort, turning out some of the athletes that saw them win
both men and women's Surrey League fixtures in October.
After a rainy night and morning, the weather cleared for the runners
arriving at Thames's clubhouse on Wimbledon Common. It was apparent to me
quite early on, seeing some of the opposition runners warming up, that we
were in for our stiffest test yet. And as their quicker runners splashed
off into the woods leaving most Ranelites in their wake, it seemed like only
a mid-pack blue wave of epic proportions could save us.
To be fair, we gave it a really good go - Richard Gregory and Jake Waldron
put in superb runs to land us 3rd and 4th, and Laura Blazey was first lady
home in an impressive time of 48:32. Ted Mockett effortlessly glided away
from his captain and Peter Haarer with by some way his best ever performance
for Ranelagh. Other highlights included James Riley, relatively new runner
and first time in the mud, keeping up with a very strong group of Ranelites
to finish 29th. David Wright had an excellent run in a fraction over
50min. There were some excellent first time mob appearances including from
Alice Forbes, Dmitry Adamskis and Tom Cameron.
But Thames were more than equal to the task, and no one was really surprised
to hear the final score announced in their favour at sandwiches after the
race, subsequently confirmed as 4038 (us); 3477 (them)
Three of our top four mob match heroes were there - David Wright (169 mobs);
Mike Peace (138) and Clive Naish (136). A full house of mobs from Chris
Camacho and Peter Haarer this season will see them both hit 50 (Peter - I'll
spare you the obvious pun here...), and John Ricketts only needs one more to
score his half century. How many have you done? Have a look here:.
Somehow, for me at least, defeat didn't hurt. What was more important today
was the opposition mob really asserting themselves for the first time in a
while to make it a feisty contest, with colossal turnouts on both sides. The
real winner was the mob match format.”
NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 4th November at Berry
Hill Park, Mansfield
Phil Aiken reports:
“The Cross Country boom shows no sign of abating. Not only was a record 1273
teams entered overall, but five of the ten races - Under 13 Girls, Under 13
Boys, Under 15 Boys, Senior Women and Senior Men – boasted their own record
totals. Though, like last year, attendance from the south was limited, with
Herne Hill Harriers the only Surrey League rival on the start line of the
Senior Women’s race.
The winners of this race face off against the Welsh and Scottish champions
at the Liverpool Cross Challenge at the end of the month for the right to
represent Great Britain at the European Clubs’ Cross Country Championship in
Portugal in February.
No club can match the strength in depth of Aldershot, Farnham & District.
Kate Holt (City of Stoke) and Elle Vernon (Stockport Harriers) may have eked
out a few seconds lead over Katie Bingle, having a breakout year, but
neither club could match Aldershot’s international pairing of Emelia Gorecka
and Emily Hosker-Thornhill on legs two and three. In fact it was Leeds City,
third last year, who were the nearest challengers, but they were almost a
minute down by the finish. Half a minute back were Charnwood, swapping the
minor podium places with Leeds from a year before.
For Ranelagh, Captain Becky took on the responsibility of the opening leg.
Pleased with her run, she was startled to see it was only good enough for
49th. Charlie Hyde, venturing forth where others feared to tread, ensured
that Ranelagh had a complete team. Ranelagh may have lost a few places on
the second leg, but we were still running come the final one. Thank you
Charlie!
Being based in Loughborough is not conducive to racing in Surrey so it’s a
welcome sight when Estelle Damant is able to don the Ranelagh vest. Not in
top form, she was still able to grab back almost all the places lost on leg
2. Ranelagh just missed out on the top 50 by one place - and 4.5 seconds.
Herne Hill earned the unofficial and non-existent trophy as best Surrey
League club with a 26th place finish. This was the position occupied by
Ranelagh last year, but then we were boosted by the presence of Nic Jackson.
Nic was back at Mansfield, though sadly now running in the colours of new
club, Ribble Valley Harriers. I have to say, Nic, blue suits you better.”
Senior Women
1 Aldershot F&D AC 29.48
2 Leeds City AC 30.42
3 Charnwood AC 31.13
51 Ranelagh H 37.16
Becky Curtis-Hall 49 11.33
Charlie Hyde 66 13.48
Estelle Damant 51 11.49
DUBLIN MARATHON Sunday 28th October…and others!
Martin Halvey reports:
“I've completed a few marathons since Boston in April and there was a
welcome improvement as the season progressed. I ran the Clare Burren
Marathon Challenge in Ireland during the month of May which was half on road
and half off road including a climb up the limestone strewn mountain. I
haven't seen hand cut turf laid out alongside the track on the mountain top
since I was a snotty youth in a well-worn short trousers. I completed the
run in 3 hours 11 minutes.
Next I entered the Clarinbridge marathon at the beginning of September held
in conjunction with the local Oyster festival. There were 40 runners in the
race and I finished in 3 hours 9 minutes. A plate of oysters with a drop of
Guinness followed after which I was fit to be tied!
A trip up to the historic and beautiful city of Chester in October followed
where I ran 3:08.47. I think I may have gone under the three hours if I
didn't have to run roughly 400 metres on the horse race track as the going
was extremely soft due to the previous days rain.
Dublin was more productive as I finished with a time of 2:59.26. About 200
metres from the finish a runner collapsed on the road. I didn't stop as I
was close to the three hours. If I collapsed I wouldn't want any assistance
if I was capable of crawling. You don't finish a marathon if you received
assistance as Dorando found out in 1908. I didn't feel too happy with myself
but most marathons have medics on standby. I did see the unfortunate runner
in a wheelchair at the finish.
I ran Dublin in the club vest of South Galway Athletic Club which was
founded in 1975 but it slowly lost members due to recessions and the
resultant emigration. Revived six years ago membership increased. Also
running on roads and streets is more acceptable to the general public. We
are no longer considered to be head cases. SGAC is my second claim. Ranelagh
is my pride.”
Martin modestly fails to mention that his runs in the Burren and
Clarinbridge netted him 2nd and 3rd place respectively. In Dublin he was 7th
M55.
MIDNIGHT MOOSE NIGHT TIME ULTRA TRAIL RACE Friday 22nd September in Parc de
la Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Canadian member John Warner writes:
“Interesting race for me, using a headlamp: Midnight Moose - a 25k night
trail race – finished in 7:41. I ended up doing 30k, most challenging race
of my life!”
STANDARD CHARTERED JERSEY MARATHON Sunday 1st October
Chris Bundhun reports:
“As a sometime seafarer, I have become rather accustomed to running on
islands of various sizes, so a visit to Jersey for my second marathon to
date seemed an appealing option. The bailiwick is known for its supposedly
subtropical climate, although this had apparently been none too evident in
late September: indeed some local runners later told me of their misgivings
for a very wet 26.2 miles. Fortunately, conditions on the day turned out to
be ideal for any distance race, at 16ºC with some light, refreshing drizzle.
The route started and finished in St Helier, entailing a scenic
anticlockwise circuit of much of the western half of the island. A small
field of competitors meant that I was largely running solo, although local
support within St Helier, and from villages and farms en route, was warmly
enthusiastic.
As one might expect, the terrain is reasonably undulating, with a
considerable ascent in the earlier miles, answered by a descent for a
less-than-leisurely seafront promenade heading to the finish line in
Liberation Square.
A unique, well-organized event for anyone seeking more green than grey from
a marathon experience.”
1 H Chirchir (Kenya) 2:22.30
13 Chris Bundhun 2:56.30
PUTNEY and FULHAM HALF MARATHON Sunday 8th October
1 C Sandison (Fulham) 1:20.29 (chip time 1:20.27)
8 J Earp (unatt) 1:29.31 (1:29.27 – 1st woman)
74 Gwen McCormack 1:45.59 (1:45.49)
164 Roger Wallace 2:39.50 (2:39.37)
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km Friday 27th October in Hyde Park
1 H Torry (Serp) 16.16
6 Carl Selya-Hammer 16.51
32 Louis Randall 18.04
207 Kevin Jacques 23.39
BEACHY HEAD 10k and MARATHON Saturday 28th October
Wiebke Kortum reports:
“It was a beautiful October day with temperatures a bit above 10 degrees and
not much wind. The course is very hilly with a total climb of over 3500ft
(according to the race website). However, partly because of the weather one
had truly fantastic sights over the coastline and the colourful autumnal
land bordering the sea. In the first half of the race one climbed a couple
of serious hills and was rewarded with stunning views. After nearly 20 miles
one then emerged out of the woods at the 'Seven Sisters Country Park’ which
lies at a beautiful estuary. The sight of the white, chalky cliffs of the
'Seven Sisters' sprawling to the horizon on the left and the glittering sea
in October sunlight on the right, with the landmark lighthouse on the last
hill just behind the ’Seven Sisters’, was breathtaking. Running them was not
so easy as the ascent was often too steep for running. Nevertheless,
eventually, with now 24 miles in the legs Beachy Head was the final
challenge with over 100m elevation. Absolutely everyone around me had to
walk on that final climb before descending into Eastbourne and towards the
finish line where smiling faces, cakes and organic coffees were waiting. - A
truly special trail run which I can recommend to everyone who likes hills
and long distances in amazing countryside.
I came 27th woman from 869 (but many intended to walk the whole distance) in
4:17:25 (overall place 281). The leading woman ran 3:27:09 (Alexie Williams
from Dulwich Runners - overall place 24!).”
Marathon
1 T Leckie (Bodyworks) 2:56.45
24 A Williams (Dul R) 3:27.09 (1st woman)
281 Wiebke Kortum (Ranelagh) 4:17.25
10k
1 R Brocklehurst (Eastb) 38.00
11 S Fry (Hailsham) 41.54 (1st woman)
106 Marianne Malam (Ranelagh) 52.24
FRANKFURT MARATHON Sunday 29th October
Nick Impey ran an amazingly even-paced race, running halves of 79.21 and
79.24 for a big PB of 2:38.45.
1 S Tola (Ethiopia) 2:05.50
166 Nick Impey 2:38.45
RIVER THAMES HALF MARATHON Sunday 29th October
This was a successful promotion for Roy Reeder. First Ranelagh finishers
were Marc Leyshon, Adrienne Baddeley and Clare Fowler who were all making
their Half Marathon debuts..
1 M Fox (C&C) 1:11.51 (chip time 1:11.51)
9 Marc Leyshon (Ranelagh) 1:15.46 (1:15.45)
55 A Emmerson (unatt) 1:26.31 (1:26.31 – 1st woman)
169 Adrienne Baddeley (Ran) 1:36.07 (1:35.43)
178 Clare Fowler 1:36.40 (1:36.16)
231 Jim Old 1:39.42 (1:39.19)
497 Matt Sowton 1:49.41 (1:48.49)
586 Ian Anderson 1:52.32 (1:52.07)
753 Ally Pickard 1:59.06 (1:58.42
1129 Karima Graham 2:14.44 (2:12.22)
WIMBLEDON HALF MARATHON Sunday 29th October
Marie Synnott-Wells was runner-up in the women’s section and leading over
50.
1 W Woodcock (VP&TH) 1:11.38 (chip time 1:11.38)
18 H Barsham-Rolfe (unatt) 1:33.23 (1:33.21 – 1st woman)
25 Marie Synnott-Wells (Ran) 1:35.14 (1:35.11)
RONHILL CLASSIC SERIES 10km Sunday 29th October at Oxshott
1 S Winder (E&E) 36.53
120 Tom Reay 55.11
ROYAL PARKS WINTER SERIES 10km Sunday 5th November at Greenwich Park
1 J Semmence (unatt) 36.31
128 Paul Wapshott 53.50
309 Louise Wapshott 65.07
parkrun results...
For those of you who are not currently shown as Ranelagh in the parkrun
database, it would be very helpful if you could update your details. You can
also access Ranelagh results here:.
parkruns 5km Saturday 14th October
In addition to those previously listed:
Bushy Park
Freddie LETT (jnr) 19:32
parkruns 5km Saturday 28th October
Bushy Park
Rebecca NORTHMORE 21:43, Euan SINCLAIR (jnr) 21:58, Finlay SINCLAIR (jnr)
23:20, Simon COLLINGRIDGE 23:32, Nathaniel BOND (jnr) 23:52, Fiona PUGH
27:39, Jackie DUNKLEY 29:14, Janet TURNES 30:27, Clive NAISH 31:48, Ashleigh
FERRIS 33:16, Leeanne BRYCE 33:16, Colette DORAN 33:21, Wally GARROD 41:13
Wimbledon Common
Ben SHORE 21:58
Banstead Woods
Christopher PARSONS 23:59
Richmond Park
Jordan Mungovan was first across the line.
Jordan MUNGOVAN 17:33, Jonathan MOORE 18:23, Bill NEELY 20:19, Stewart
ANDERSON 20:20, Alberto ESGUEVILLAS 21:16, Mark BYATT 22:37, Stephen AIKIN
22:41, Hadi KHATAMIZADEH 22:59, Jess HARBERT (jnr) 23:00, Tom BRADLEY (jnr)
23:00, Sam RUSHBY (jnr) 23:02, John RICKETTS 23:16, Simon TAYLOR 24:09,
Carol AIKIN 25:12, Daniel RUSHBY (jnr) 25:27, Aoife KILPATRICK 25:59, Maia
RUSHBY 26:42, Karen HARBERT 27:07, Tom REAY 28:09, Ben RUSHBY (jnr) 28:21,
Michael SIKORA 28:22, Phil RUSHBY 28:27, Bronwen NORTHMORE 31:32, Ewa SOLTYS
31:58, Annemarie GOODRIDGE 33:52, Wendy FISHER 35:21, Robert HILLHOUSE 52:17
Bedfont Lakes
Eamonn O’Dwyer 20:34
Old Deer Park
Kris Davidson was 2nd overall and Suzy Whatmough was the leading woman.
Kris DAVIDSON 18:13, Suzy WHATMOUGH 20:33, Eirin MC DAID 20:34, Kevin
KNOWLES 22:54, Melanie DAVISON 28:39, Lorna SMITH 29:07, Katrina ROCHE 34:47
Kingston
Philip ANDREWS 21:18, Rachel REVETT 22:47, Chris CAMACHO 23:59, Kirsty NOBLE
25:32
Oxford
Tomas STERNER 30:30
Eastleigh
Paul SINTON-HEWITT 21:45, Jo SINTON-HEWITT 28:31
Gunnersbury
Tom CAMERON 19:23, Andrew BROWN 24:31
Harrogate
Duncan MALLISON 20:38
Princes Park, Liverpool
Noel SIMPSON 29:32
Stonehouse
Jonny BROOK (jnr) 19:31, Kate BROOK 23:21
Chippenham
Ted Mockett placed second.
Ted MOCKETT 17:48, Mark HERBERT 18:00, James WHISTLER 18:03, Jonathan SMITH
18:32, Rick JENNER 18:59, Nicholas TWOMEY 19:10, Peter FAULL 20:04, Matthew
WILLIAMS 20:06, Vaughan RAMSAY 20:47, Ann KEAREY 25:28, Kevin KEAREY 25:29,
Rebecca CURTIS-HALL 28:18, Rob CURTIS 28:18, Amrut SHARMA 28:18, Ellen VAN
KEULEN 29:06, Deepa SHARMA 31:04, Katie WALTON 34:25
Crane Park
Richard GURD 20:51, Gordon WHITSON 21:05, Philip ROBERTS 22:03, Tamsin
BURLAND 26:36, Louise WAPSHOTT 32:30, Cindy CROUCHER 34:55, Su CLARK 36:12,
Sally SPAULL 37:27, Lexi SLAUGHTER 37:56, Beverley ALI 42:16
Brockenhurst
Alan ELDER 23:42
Preston Park, Brighton
John PRATT 26:52
Osterley
Michael OSBORNE 23:39
Rushmoor
Mike PEACE 23:03
Cranleigh
Julian SMITH 25:08, Sarah SMITH 30:35
Exeter Riverside
Cecily DAY (jnr) 22:27, Jeremy DAY 22:51, Clare DAY 25:30
Harwich
Anna REICHWALD 23:56
Stratford-upon-Avon
James RUSHBY (jnr) 27:24
Erddig
Sue CAMP 29:40, Lloyd CAMP 37:34
Castle Park
Peter FORDHAM 28:17
Junior parkruns 2km Sunday 29th October
Moormead
Astrid ROPER 11:23
parkruns 5km Saturday 4th November
Bushy Park
Nick WRIGHT 20:02, Joe BRYANT 23:18, Ellen VAN KEULEN 26:15, James WHISTLER
27:31, Jackie DUNKLEY 29:38, Wally GARROD 40:10, John HANSCOMB 51:36
Richmond Park
Eamonn O'DWYER 21:06, Nick FORDHAM 21:24, Elisa FERRUA 22:21, Karl GARVEY
22:23, Jess HARBERT (jnr) 22:27, Sam RUSHBY (jnr) 22:39, James RUSHBY (jnr)
23:26, Hadi KHATAMIZADEH 23:56, Amrut SHARMA 24:11, Matt AIKIN 24:14, John
HOBSON 24:59, Gary LEE 26:17, Ben RUSHBY (jnr) 27:10, Maia RUSHBY 27:11,
Karen HARBERT 27:38, Michael SIKORA 30:27, Bronwen NORTHMORE 32:01, Andrew
BROWN 32:25, Deepa SHARMA 32:31, Annemarie GOODRIDGE 35:00, Tamsin BURLAND
36:14, Tanya ALLEN 39:15, Robert HILLHOUSE 41:53, Pat HEWLETT 44:03
Roundshaw Downs
Jodie GRAY 25:16
Ashton Court
Karima GRAHAM 27:28
Old Deer Park
Jonathan Moore was first finisher.
Jonathan MOORE 18:17, Mark ROPER 25:51, Joanne SINTON-HEWITT 26:12, Paula
MAGUIRE 27:47, Katrina ROCHE 31:57, Deborah BLAKEMORE 35:47, Lorna SMITH
35:48
Kingston
Chris CAMACHO 24:07, Hannah DOYLE 25:16, Fiona PUGH 26:59
Oxford
Evelyn JOSLIN 30:58, Tomas STERNER 32:24
Shepton Mallet
Christopher PARSONS 24:27
Crane Park
Bruce MCLAREN 20:28, Richard GURD 20:41, Kevin KEAREY 21:29, Rebecca
NORTHMORE 22:41,
Daniel CHIECHI 23:03, Kevin JACQUES 24:12, Hannah MALAM (jnr) 26:19, Josie
KEAREY(jnr) 26:36, Claire WARNER 26:54, Philip ROBERTS 27:16, Abigail MALAM
(jnr) 28:33, Paul WAPSHOTT 29:25, Michael WHITE 29:39, Victoria ORME 30:26,
Christine DAVID 30:39, Tracey SMALL 32:25, Cindy CROUCHER 35:02, Su CLARK
36:28, Sally SPAULL 37:41, Lexi SLAUGHTER 37:44
Reigate Priory
Duncan MALLISON 21:24
Salisbury
Bobby JACKSON 33:59
Chateau de Pierre de Bresse, France
Alastair RITCHIE 25:44
Olsztyn, Poland
Peter FORDHAM 27:43
Junior parkruns 2km Sunday 5th November
Bushy Park
Isla SINCLAIR 11:03
Savill Gardens
Thomas LANE 11:07, James RICKETTS 13:21, Aaron SCALLY 17:14, Matthew LANE
18:44, Connor SCALLY 22:03
Surbiton
Nathaniel BOND 8:42
FINALLY...
From Athletics Weekly:
Who Sweats Most – Men or Women?
It’s long been mooted that men sweat more than women but, when scientists
from the University of Wollongong in Australia and Mie Prefecture College of
Nursing in Japan put this theory to the test, they found it held no water.
When it comes to sweat rates, it’s body shape and size – not someone’s sex –
that makes a difference. Indeed, the study published in the journal
‘Experimental Physiology’ found that smaller men and women with more surface
area per kilogram of body mass are more dependent on heat loss through
increasing circulation and less dependent upon sweating. ”Gender has long
been thought to influence sweating and skin blood flow during heat stress,”
said lead author, Sean Notley, “We found that these heat loss responses are
in fact gender independent during exercise in conditions where the body can
successfully regulate its temperature.”