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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 533 13th September 2018
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Eilidh Sinclair wins the Thomas Cup handicap
* Fastest times by George Howard and Becky Curtis-Hall
* Surrey Road Relays at Wimbledon Park this Saturday 15th September
* South of England Road Relays at Crystal Palace on Sunday 23rd September
* Page Cup 5 miles handicap in Richmond Park on Saturday 29th September
* First Surrey League races on October 13th
* Marshals and officials needed for our home races
* 40% off club kit – buy now!
ATTENTION PLEASE
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SURREY ROAD RELAYS
These will take place on Saturday 15th September from the Wimbledon Park
track starting at 12 noon. Entries are now closed but there may be one or
two places left.
SURREY LEAGUES – MEN and WOMEN
The first League fixture for both our men’s and women’s teams is on
Saturday 13th October. All are welcome to run, register on the day. The men
will be using the new course that we used for the women’s League last year.
This starts and finishes near Sheen Crossroads. The Division 2 race will
also take place on the same course but starting at 1.30pm. All juniors will
run at 2.30pm and the Division 1 race – our race - will follow at 3pm.
Avoid using cars at all if possible, but in any case please avoid using
Pembroke Lodge for parking or toilets. Instead use the car parks and
facilities at Sheen, Roehampton or Robin Hood Gates. There may be a 20p
charge for the toilets.
The women are running at Putney Vale on Wimbledon Common. The Division 1
race – again, our race – will start at 11am, Under 17s will run at 12 noon
and under 13s at 12.30pm. Toilets adjacent to the start.
MARSHALS
Andy Bickerstaff writes:
“It's that time of year again and I am asking you, YES YOU, to help out in
at least one of the Ranelagh fixtures this winter. Next up is the Page Cup 5
miles handicap on September 29th and I need a few marshals and timekeepers.
If you may be able to help on the 29th September or any other of the home
fixtures please email me at andy.bickerstaff@goodrunguide.co.uk and
I'll add you to my list of possible helpers. Thanks.”
PAGE CUP HANDICAP Saturday 29th September
Our second club handicap race of the season is the 5-miler for the Page Cup.
All members are welcome. Start time is 3pm, but please register at the
clubhouse by 2.30pm.
NEXT JOB FOR THE MOB
It’s a little way ahead yet but note the date now – Saturday 3rd November
for our first mob match of the season. We’re away to Orion Harriers on many
people’s favourite course through a beautiful autumnal Epping Forest. As
ever with mob matches we need as many runners as we can get if we’re to have
a chance of retaining the Harold Lee Cup.
CLUB KIT – BUY NOW!
We’re changing kit suppliers and we have a lot of kit to move. Many items
are on offer at 40% discount. Treat yourself and take advantage of these
prices! Order direct from the AlleyCatz website here:.
KEMPTON PARK CHASE Sunday 7th October
This is a new event claiming to offer the flattest course in the UK. It’s
also traffic and pedestrian-free. A Half Marathon is the main event but
there is also a 5k and a 10k. Ranelagh members are being offered a 20%
discount on the entry fee for any of the running events. The voucher code is
RANELAGH20. For more info see here:.
RUNWELL, FEELWELL WORKSHOP Saturday 13th October at St Mary’s University
Karen Weir writes:
“I have joined forces with two other lovely ladies and we have created
RunWell. We are all about trying to keep runners fit and healthy, rather
than just being fit. Too many of us spend too much time being injured and we
really want to address that and help runners understand why that happens.
Are you reaching your running potential?
Does illness and injury keep setting you back?
Despite training more, are you just not getting any faster?
Life is overwhelmingly busy and stressful, so you run for relief. Whilst you
experience temporary relief you still feel exhausted and not much fitter.
If some or all of these are true for you then ask yourself this…Are you fit
AND healthy? If the answer is no, fear not. We have created RunWell to help
you.
# Reasons to Run Well
In recent years it has become a worrying trend for recreational runners to
be so focused on their running and training that they fit it in however they
can, whenever they can. While initially this may seem like a good thing (and
to a certain extent it is) what is becoming more and more evident is that
many runners, instead of being models of health and alleviating some of the
reasons they started off running in the first place, they are becoming
stressed, sick or injured. The big question is WHY?! We at RunWell believe
the following play a big role: Life Stress Poor Training
Comparison-itis and Social Media Pressure
RunWell Workshops will bring you…Running, education and yoga, helping you be
the best, happiest and healthiest runner you can be.
Book your place at runwellfeelwell.eventbrite.co.uk. If you have
any questions please contact us runwellfeelwell@gmail.com.”
RIVER THAMES HALF MARATHON Sunday 28th October
Roy Reeder writes:
"I'm once again organising the River Thames Half Marathon. The start is in
Walton-on-Thames and a fair bit of the route is along the towpath, so it's
flat, scenic and mostly traffic free – ideal if you are looking for a PB.
Full details:. I'm offering £5 off the
entry fee to Ranelagh runners till 30th September. Use the entry code RANHAR
at the Sport Systems store."
CABBAGE PATCH 10 PLACE
Owing to injury Paul Hodges will be unable to use his entry for the Cabbage
Patch 10 on October 14th. Transfers are allowed up to 24th September so if
anyone is looking for a place please contact Paul at paulkhodges@btinternet.com.
TUESDAY NIGHT SOCIALS
Don’t forget that we meet for a casual drink after training on the first
Tuesday of each month. Venue is upstairs at the Roebuck on Richmond Hill.
All welcome.
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 ranelagh.men@gmail.com
or the women's Captain / Team Manager ranelagh.women@gmail.com
Saturday 15th September Surrey County Road Relays at Wimbledon Park. 12
noon start. Entries closed
Sunday 23rd September South of England Road Relays at Crystal Palace.
Senior women 1.30pm, senior men 2.30pm
Saturday 29th September Page Cup 5 miles handicap in Richmond Park. 3pm
start
Saturday 6th October National Road Relays at Sutton Park, Birmingham
Saturday 13th October Surrey Ladies Cross-Country League Div 1 at
Wimbledon Common (Putney Vale). Senior Women start at 11am followed by
juniors from 12 noon.
Saturday 13th October Surrey Cross-Country League (men) Div 1 in
Richmond Park. Start 2.30pm (juniors) and 3pm (seniors)
Sunday 14th October Cabbage Patch 10 miles at Twickenham. Entries
closed.
Saturday 20th October Surrey Masters Cross-Country Championships in
Richmond Park. M60+ and women 35+ 6km at 2.15pm, M40+ 9km at 3pm
Saturday 20th October South of England Cross-Country Relays at
Wormwood Scrubs
5km parkruns every Saturday at 9am and 2km junior parkruns weekly or monthly
on Sundays.
Venues, more details and registration at www.parkrun.com or
www.parkrun.org.uk/events/juniorevents/.
WHAT’S HAPPENED
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THOMAS CUP 3.8 miles HANDICAP Saturday 8th September in Richmond Park
The Opening Run of our 138th season followed the usual pattern with the
annual club photo (efficiently taken by Ken Powley) preceding the Thomas Cup
handicap. Thankfully we were spared last year’s apocalyptic storm and
conditions for the race were good, the going firm. This was to be Angus
Cater’s swansong as the club’s handicapper and he did remarkably well to
bring all but a dozen of the 65 runners home within the space of four
minutes. Even statsman extraordinaire Ken was impressed. Angus’s replacement
is to be Simon Martin, who was firmly ensconced in mid-field today, no doubt
keeping an eagle eye on the proceedings. Simon will frame the handicap for
the Page Cup on September 29th.
However well the handicap is framed there are always a few runners who slip
through the net. Today it was the turn of young Eilidh Sinclair. Shepherded
around by mum Sue, Eilidh came home the best part of a minute clear of the
rest of the field to put her name on the historic Thomas Cup. Well done
Eilidh! Michele Gibson led the rest, with Chris Brook closing up fast for
the bronze medal.
Few of the faster runners were able to make much progress through the field.
George Howard ran the day’s fastest time of 21.54, but this was only good
for 41st place in the handicap. Marc Leyshon’s 21.57 was second fastest, and
evergreen Peter Haarer filled third place with 22.07. Our new President
Becky Curtis-Hall distributed the fastest time medals and found she had to
present herself with the women’s gold thanks to running the excellent time
of 25.19. Suzy Whatmough’s 26.16 brought her the silver and Wiebke Kortum
ran 28.28 for bronze.
H'cap H'cap Actual Speed
Time Allow Time Order
1 Eilidh Sinclair (L) 14.59 21.00 35.59 53
2 Michele Gibson (L) 15.50 23.40 39.30 58
3 Chris Brook 16.00 10.00 26.00 16
4 Karen Weir (L) 16.27 13.10 29.37 32
5 Verka Lafeuille (L) 17.22 17.10 34.32 49
6 Becky Curtis-Hall (L) 17.49 7.30 25.19 13
7 Hilary Thomson (L) 17.59 25.40 43.39 61
Pascal Levine (G) 18.08 8.40 26.48 20
8 Rob Wise 18.14 11.10 29.24 30
9 Chris Camacho 18.18 15.10 33.28 47
Maia Rushby (L)(G) 18.27 17.30 35.57 52
10 Tom Bradley 18.33 5.10 23.43 5
Andreas Arana (G) 18.39 10.00 28.39 28
11 Jonathan Smith 18.51 5.10 24.01 6
12 Angus Cater 18.55 16.00 34.55 51
13 Suzy Whatmough (L) 18.56 7.20 26.16 17
14 Gordon Whitson 19.07 8.40 27.47 23
15 Chris Bundhun 19.18 4.50 24.08 7
16 Nicholas Fordham 19.20 7.30 26.50 21
17 Stephen Aikin 19.31 9.00 28.31 26
18 Kate Brook (L) 19.32 12.10 31.42 41
19 Marc Leyshon 19.37 2.20 21.57 2
20 Andy Bickerstaff 19.38 12.40 32.18 43
21 Simon Martin 19.42 6.00 25.42 15
22 Bruce McLaren 19.46 7.50 27.36 22
23 Peter Weir 19.47 7.00 26.47 19
24 Rob Curtis 19.49 11.30 31.19 40
25 Allan Whatmough 19.50 4.40 24.30 9
26 Amrut Sharma 19.53 9.50 29.43 34
27 Philippa Kitchen (L) 19.55 18.50 38.45 57
28 Rachel Revett (L) 19.55 9.30 29.25 31
29 James Riley 19.56 4.30 24.26 8
30 Peter Haarer 19.57 2.10 22.07 3
31 Alastair Sinclair 20.01 12.50 32.51 44
32 Clive Naish 20.17 18.20 38.37 56
33 Graham Brook 20.18 3.20 23.38 4
34 Anna Reichwald (L) 20.19 10.50 31.09 39
35 Jackie Dunkley (L) 20.19 17.50 38.09 54
36 Phil Roberts 20.23 9.50 30.13 37
Will Cavendish (G) 20.25 8.10 28.35 27
37 Eliott Wells 20.26 4.20 24.46 10
38 Sally Bamford (L) 20.35 14.10 34.45 50
39 Wiebke Kortum (L) 20.38 7.50 28.28 25
40 Finlay Sinclair 20.43 7.40 28.23 24
41 George Howard 20.44 1.10 21.54 1
42 Marianne Malam (L) 20.45 9.00 29.45 35
43 Lewis Emery 20.46 13.40 34.26 48
44 Vaughan Ramsay 20.47 4.00 24.47 11
45 Rachel Smith (L) 20.50 11.00 31.50 42
46 Annemarie Goodridge (L) 20.53 22.10 43.03 60
Eli Okuefuna (G) 20.57 8.40 29.37 32
Dale Thomas (G) 21.01 4.40 25.41 14
47 Niamh Holt (L) 21.05 9.00 30.05 36
48 Julian Holden 21.07 20.10 41.17 59
49 Anne Childs (L) 21.17 22.50 44.07 62
50 Carol Aikin (L) 21.29 11.50 33.19 46
51 Euan Sinclair 21.37 5.00 26.37 18
52 Mike Peace 21.40 8.50 30.30 38
53 Rebecca Northmore (L) 22.00 6.50 28.50 29
54 Allan Lang 22.06 24.30 46.36 63
55 Rodney Oliver 22.20 24.40 47.00 64
56 Simon Lawrence 22.25 10.40 33.05 45
57 Andy Hayward 23.13 15.00 38.13 55
58 Ted Mockett 23.20 1.30 24.50 12
59 Alan Davidson 23.31 24.20 47.51 65
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5k Friday 31st August in Hyde Park
1 N Besson (Serp) 15.54
4 Carl Selya-Hammer 16.48
182 Alan Davidson 28.22
MAIDENHEAD HALF MARATHON Sunday 2nd September
1 J Morwood (AFD) 1:10.05 (chip time 1:10.02)
18 Ross Macdonald 1:15.47 (1:15.47)
37 Nick Twomey 1:18.50 (1:18.49)
42 Ryan Hogan 1:20.29 (1:20.22)
67 Ed Perry 1:23.03 (1:22.54)
78 Mark Herbert 1:23.44 (1:23.37)
403 Carl Selya-Hammer 1:41.02 (1:40.28)
816 Alex Ring 1:57.14 (1:56.57)
817 Ann Kearey 1:57.15 (1:56.20)
JUNGFRAU MARATHON Saturday 8th September at Interlaken, Switzerland
Ben Shore finished in 5:50.35.
RUNTHROUGH OLYMPIC PARK 10km Saturday 8th September
1 P Dickens (Camb H) 33.15
161 Roger Wallace 55.02
ERIDGE 10 miles TRAIL Sunday 9th September
1 L Reid (Tonbridge) 67.04
5 Mark Herbert 70.30
CHIPPENHAM HALF MARATHON Sunday 9th September
Chris Read reports:
“Today I ran the Chippenham Half Marathon in Wiltshire. It was a bit of a
long drive from London but the race was well organised with a flat and fast
course. My chip time was 2.05.00, which was actually the time I was aiming
for. My ability to predict my time is clearly better than my ability to run
fast.”
1 J Taylor (Bath) 1:15.48 (chip time 1:15.48)
500 Chris Read 2:05.43 (2:05.04)
GREAT NORTH RUN HALF MARATHON Sunday 9th September
1 Sir Mo 59.26
39045 Beverley Walsh 3:04.55
42627 Yvonne Howie 3:38.23
parkrun results...
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the “Previously” link at the bottom of the parkrun screen to access previous
weeks’ results.
FINALLY...
1908 Olympics – love those techniques! There’s a Ranelagh Harrier in the
Marathon start here:.
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