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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 534 25th September 2018
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Our W35 team wins silver medals in the Surrey Road Relays
* Nick Twomey finishes 3rd in the New Forest Half Marathon
* Page Cup 5 miles handicap in Richmond Park this Saturday 29th September
* First Surrey League races on October 13th
* Change of date for our first mob match – the race will now be on Sunday
morning 4th November
* Marshals and officials needed for our home races
* 40% off club kit – buy now!
ATTENTION PLEASE
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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.
PAGE CUP HANDICAP Saturday 29th September
Our second club handicap race of the season is the 5-miler for the Page Cup
this Saturday in Richmond Park. All members are welcome. Start time is 3pm,
but please register at the clubhouse by 2.30pm.
MARSHALS
We have a couple of major events coming up in the Park in October. We’ll
need plenty of marshals and officials for both. First is the Surrey League
on October 13th, then the Surrey Masters Championships on October 20th. Both
are Saturday afternoons. If you can help at either or both of these please
contact our chief race official andy.bickerstaff@goodrunguide.co.uk.
NEXT JOB FOR THE MOB – CHANGE OF DATE
It’s a little way ahead yet but note the date now – Sunday 4th 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. PLEASE
NOTE that Orion have been obliged to move the race to Sunday morning 4th
November rather than the originally scheduled Saturday afternoon. 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. Start time is 11am.
Venue:.
NICK IMPEY…
…has left the UK to live and work in Singapore. He’ll be sorely missed by
our first team but we’re pleased to see that he wasted no time in getting
into running action in his new home. He was the first finisher in the East
Coast Park parkrun on 15th September, recording 16.00 – the fourth fastest
time ever on that course.
THE ROAD RUNNER
Rick Jenner writes:
“On 16th October Ben Evans, who runs for Guildford & Godalming, is going to
visit the club to talk about his book which is based on our own Ranelagh
Half Marathon. After training with us he'll talk about the book and sign
copies upstairs at The Roebuck from 8.45pm.
Below is more on the book for anyone interested.”
The Road Runner, by Ben Evans
500 runners. 13.1 miles. Five athletes fighting for victory. The Road Runner
is a breathless account of a single running race along the banks of the
River Thames. Through the course of thirteen chapters, it depicts intense
battles, vivid characters and occasional humour, as Evans competes with the
calculated Fabien, the manic Patrick, the arrogant Cornelius and the
spiritual Dwayne, for victory. Viewed from inside the mind of an elite
athlete, it provides a uniquely human perspective on the challenges faced by
the modern runner, and the strange mix of determination and inner peace that
comes with pushing the body to its physical limits. A homage to the power of
the human spirit, the sentiments of the story will appeal to sportsmen and
women of all abilities, and anyone looking to take on a challenge and see
how far they can go. website:
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:.
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 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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SURREY COUNTY ROAD RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 15th September at Wimbledon
Park
We usually bring home at least one set of medals from the Surrey Road
Relays, but for a long time it looked like we might not keep up that
tradition this year. Only after a lengthy wait for the results that it was
confirmed that our women over 35 team had placed second and earned
themselves a set of silver medals. Marie Synnott-Wells celebrated her
birthday by running the opening leg for the over 35s and then after a
recovery of no more than 25 minutes turning out again to run the third and
final stage for our over 45s. After solid runs from Wiebke Kortum and Carol
Aikin, Marie brought them home in 5th place.
New vet Estelle Damant ran our women’s fastest time of the day with 18.02 on
stage 2 for the W35s, bringing the team up from 5th place to 3rd . Clare
Fowler gained one more place and then Becky Curtis-Hall cemented our
runners-up spot with a time only a few seconds slower than Estelle’s. Our
senior women’s team included juniors Cecily Day and Jess Harbert, Cecily’s
mum Clare and Alice Littler. They finished in 13th place.
Phil Killingley reports on the men’s race:
“Warm conditions weren’t a surprise by now for this end of summer ‘18
fixture. In glorious sunshine at Wimbledon Park track, Ranelagh men had a
senior men and M40 team out to fight for the spoils.
Belgrave Harriers were sadly absent - they often win or place highly in this
one, with international stars gracing the lap leaderboard, but this year
their captain didn’t notice the 12pm part of the entry deadline and Surrey
Athletics declined to demonstrate leniency. It would have been interesting
to see how they would have stacked up against Hercules, whose strength in
depth was immediately apparent as their A and B team runners finished 1-2 on
leg 1. Unfortunately for Hercules, it was the B runner who was ahead of the
A! Had he been in their A team, they might have won, but instead it was
Kevin Quinn's (13:57 fastest time of the day) SLH who took gold.
Chris Bundhun had a strong run for Ranelagh - always tricky to pace well in
the hurly burly of Leg 1 - handing over to his captain for a personal worst
which he was quite happy with. New father Graham Brook (welcome to the world
Lotte!) was sleeplessly superb in the late 16s, and was followed by grit
personified - George Howard - with the fastest Ranelagh leg of the day in
15:44 Dave Lawley’s lonely 5th leg was our third fastest in 16:56 and Rick
Jenner managed a low 17s to finish it off. A really strong team performance
for 10th overall out of 19.
In the M40s again strong running from Vaughan Ramsay, Stewart Anderson and
Neil Rae, with an excellent 17:11 run from Duncan Mallison possibly the
highlight. They finished 5th.”
Senior Women
1 Herne Hill H 1:11.41
13 Ranelagh H 1:26.59
Alice Littler 10 19.58
Clare Day 15 23.52
Jessica Harbert 15 22.08
Cecily Day 13 21.02
Women Over 35
1 South London H 1:12.26
2 Ranelagh H 1:15.43
Marie Synnott-Wells 6 20.01
Estelle Damant 3 18.02
Clare Fowler 2 19.23
Becky Curtis-Hall 2 18.17
Women Over 45
1 South London H 59.54
5 Ranelagh H 1:03.59
Wiebke Kortum 4 20.15
Carol Aikin 7 23.18
Marie Synnott-Wells 5 20.26
Senior Men
1 South London H 1:27.49
10 Ranelagh H 1:40.16
Chris Bundhun 12 17.15
Phil Killingley 10 16.13
Graham Brook 10 16.58
George Howard 10 15.44
Dave Lawley 10 16.56
Rick Jenner 10 17.10
Men Over 40
1 South London H 1:04.19
5 Ranelagh H 1:11.18
Vaughan Ramsay 8 17.36
Stewart Anderson 8 18.38
Duncan Mallison 7 17.11
Neil Rae 5 17.53
SOUTH OF ENGLAND ROAD RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday 23rd September at Crystal
Palace
We were unfortunately short of a full team in both races.
Phil Killingley reports:
“Torrential morning rain gave way to sunshine and the men’s team turned up
with the fastest of the South to be soundly trounced at Crystal Palace. It
was great though - some runners absolutely motoring. Ian Kenton got closest
to that description for us with a 19:58 5.8km leg. His captain was gutted to
be just behind with 20:07 but still pleased with his run. Ed Perry put in an
excellent 20:49 and Chris Bundhun the tough first leg in 21:36.
Commiserations to Vaughan Ramsay who pulled a calf on leg 5 and Peter Haarer
who didn’t make leg 6 with the ‘lurgy.
The women’s team was similarly affected in the morning, with Beckys C-H and
Northmore and Suzy W competing for 3 out of the 4 legs. Becky C-H was the
quickest home in 18:37, just ahead of Suzy on 18.43. Becky N ran the third
stage in 21.30.
It’s a great course and a great event!”.
Senior Women
1 Guernsey AC 1:09.25
nf Ranelagh H
Becky Curtis-Hall 33 18.37
Suzy Whatmough 24 18.43
Rebecca Northmore 34 21.30
Senior Men
1 Aldershot F&D AC 1:46.07
nf Ranelagh H
Chris Bundhun 90 21.36
Ian Kenton 76 19.58
Phil Killingley 68 20.07
Ed Perry 66 20.49
Vaughan Ramsay nf
NEW FOREST HALF MARATHON Sunday 9th September
1 E Mallett (unatt) 1:15.16 (chip time 1:15.15
3 Nick Twomey 1:18.22 (1:18.22)
1154 Colette Doran 2:11.51 (2:11.40)
BERLIN MARATHON Sunday 16th September
Paul Doyle reports
“Ran the Berlin Marathon today, historic because of the new world record of
2hours 1min 39sec. I was quite a bit slower than that but enjoyed the race
with my brother Brendan in sunny weather.”
1 Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2:01.39
4716 Paul Doyle 3:24.08
RICHMOND RUNFEST Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th September
The official results don’t show club details, so the lists below will be
incomplete. Any additions or corrections happily received.
Pirate Run 5km
1 S Sutherland (unatt) 18.10
83 Verka Lafeuille 28.35
Kew Gardens 10km
1 M Shelley (Australia) 30.21
7 R Murray (Bedford) 34.40 (1st woman)
94 Michelle Beaumont 41.35
104 Eliott Wells 41.59
221 Kirsty Steel 44.54
400 Marianne Malam 48.14
1417 Abigail Malam 59.11
Richmond Half Marathon
1 O Garrod (SLH) 70.42
10 P Williams (Elswick) 81.43 (1st woman)
13 James Riley 82.08
25 Marco Perinelli 86.02
63 Dan Little 89.41
219 Matthew Williams 99.25
Richmond Marathon
1 N Farl (Croatia) 2:32.33
11 M Gibson (Ealing E) 2:59.51 (1st woman)
24 Pete Smith 3:11.00
415 Verka Lafeuille 4:12.34
592 Ian Grange 4:35.43
REIGATE 10km Sunday 16th September
1 M Richards (unatt) 34.06
51 Daniel Chiechi 45.27
498 Toby Cooper 59.44
VETERANS AC 10,000m TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP Wednesday 19th September at
Battersea Park
Alan Davidson reports:
“I wanted to try and run the VAC track 10,000 despite the fact that it’s all
left-hand bends. I'm told to be cautious doing these and the race involves
100 left bends! I decided I could drop out if necessary and hoped that the
shallow bends on the Battersea Park track and a very tightly applied knee
support might get me successfully round. I hate doing the hellish 25 laps
which I find mentally hard and also now over distance for me, so it offers a
challenge.
A small field doesn't help mentally as I mostly ran on my own. The southern
portion of Storm Ali niggled too. After a long cautious start the discomfort
became bearable and I tried to keep in sight a lady who had lapped me. You
may say my running is impaired by my forward lean that running so often into
the wind at Southsea has become my natural way, but with the tedium of 25
laps I just ran round looking at the track! Having got confused after being
lapped 3 or 4 times by other runners and thinking I only had about 3 laps to
go (which proved actually to be 5) I decided that if I could keep her in
sight when she stopped I would definitely have only one lap to go! Someone
was calling my ‘laps to go’ during the latter part of the race but with my
poor hearing it was lost on me! Despite what many would regard as an
embarrassing time for a 10,000 I can at least content myself with the
thoughts that I finished (reasonably in one piece) and it was a far better
time than the 65-68 minutes I anticipated if I did manage to finish.”
Combined result of ‘A’ and ‘B’ races
1 R McDowell (Vets AC) 31.54
15 Neil Rae 39.13
16 Vaughan Ramsay 39.25
43 Alan Davidson 59.10
RUN THROUGH CLAPHAM COMMON 10km Saturday 22nd September
1 D Caruso (VP&TH) 32.19
278 Roger Wallace 57.27
parkrun results...
Follow this link for the latest Ranelagh results:. Then follow
the “Previously” link at the bottom of the parkrun screen to access previous
weeks’ results.
FINALLY...
From the Athlos athletics-archive website :
“All over England in the late 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries it was
common for women and girls to run for money and prizes (often smocks/shifts)
in villages and towns, and in the local traditional fairs, festivals, wakes
and ‘ales’. The distances they ran probably ranged from 100 yards to about
half a mile and they ran a series of heats. So popular and so widespread
were these events that it seems likely that more women and girls ran in
England in the 18th century than did men and boys, and there were often
running events for various categories - ‘old women’, ‘married women’,
‘maids’, ‘girls under 25-years of age’, ‘women over thirty-five years of
age’, and many more, and we also have an account of a ‘young maid’ who took
part in a throwing event (pitching the bar) in 1711 at a country fair.
In addition, a few women and girls from poor families ran or walked to raise
money out of necessity rather than for sport. Perhaps the youngest was Emma
Matilda Freeman who was only eight years old when, in 1823, she completed
four events in only nine weeks; the shortest was 30 miles and the longest,
40 miles. Perhaps the oldest was Mary McMullen, who was in her sixties when
in 1826-7 she took part in seven events averaging 63 miles within 15 months,
mainly in the north of England. Collections were made for her as she went,
often by her sons who travelled with her.”
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