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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 542 7th February 2019
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Holly McGuigan and Graham Brook lead our “Southern” Championships teams
* Ranelagh women finish 26th, men 42nd
* Good junior performances
* Marc Leyshon wins the Vale Gallop
* Surrey League races this weekend
ATTENTION PLEASE
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SURREY CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUES
The next Surrey Cross-Country League races will take place on February 9th,
the women in Richmond Park (Kingston Gate) and the men at Lloyd Park,
Croydon. For the men, this is the final League fixture, but for the women
there is one more race to come – on March 2nd also at Lloyd Park, Croydon..
The remaining races are therefore:
Men
Saturday February 9th at Lloyd Park, Croydon 3pm start for seniors, 2.30pm
for juniors. Details:. Team train:
1316 from Clapham Junction (platform 13) arriving East Croydon 1326. Then a
tram eastbound to Lloyd Park.
Women
Saturday February 9th in Richmond Park (Kingston Gate) 11am start for
seniors, 12 noon for Under 15s and Under 17s, 12.30pm for Under 13s.
Details:.
Saturday March 2nd at Lloyd Park Croydon 1pm start for seniors, 12 noon
for Under 15s and Under 17s, 12.30pm for Under 13s
NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 23rd February at Leeds
Entries already closed. Good luck to all those making the long trek north.
NEXT JOB FOR THE MOB
Our final mob match of this season is away to Blackheath and Bromley H&AC on
their 7.5 miles course at Hayes, Kent. At our opponents’ request it will be
held on Sunday morning 3rd March starting at 11am, rather than the usual
Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately this is the day after the rescheduled
final women’s Surrey League race.
The course lives up to the tile “cross-country” as it’s actually in the
country, and scenic country at that. It's multi-terrain with a few sections
of road near the end, so trail shoes are preferable to spikes. As ever, we
need all the runners we can get. The more runners we have, the better our
chances of retaining the Pelling Ratcliff Cup. Watch this space for
travelling details – we’ll probably organise a car pool nearer the time.
NOTE that the usual Blackheath HQ is not being used for this race. Go
instead to the Met Police sports ground at The Warren, Croydon Road, Hayes
BR2 7AL.Parking is available. It’s a short jog from there to the start. The
course is the usual one.
JUNIORS
There‘s just one Surrey League junior race still to come. That’s this
Saturday 9th February at Lloyd Park, Croydon. See above for details.
Following that, the club junior championships for the Lotinga Cup and the
Camilla Cup take place on Saturday 30th March in Richmond Park over a 2.5
miles / 4km course. Start time is 3pm and all under 20s are welcome.
Register on the day at the clubhouse or at the start. One week later we have
the last club handicap of the season, the 3 miles road race for the Baker
Cup. Again, all juniors are welcome and the Jack Ellicock Trophy goes to the
first under 18 to finish.
RANELAGH’S ROAD RACES
Looking forward to our two road races – the Ranelagh Richmond Half Marathon
on Sunday 5th May and the Ranelagh Richmond 10km on Sunday 16th June.
Entries for the Half Marathon are already coming in here:. We’ll need
plenty of marshals as well as runners, so make a note of the date
The 10k has also just opened for entries. here:.
LOST SHOES?
Gordon Whitson writes:
“I retrieved a pair of blue trainers from the Dysart bus stop shelter
towards Richmond after training on 29th January. I placed them on the table
just inside the door of the clubhouse.”
CLUB KIT
You will have received separate emails detailing a sale of club kit from our
previous supplier. Meanwhile we now have a new supplier for our club
singlets, men’s and women’s. This is iProsports. Details and orders:.
LONDON MARATHON STUDY
Kirsty Yull writes:
“I’m contacting you to see if any of your members are competing in London
Marathon 2019 and would be interested in taking part in a study. I am an MSc
student studying Applied Sports Nutrition at St Mary’s University Twickenham
and am planning on conducting a study observing gastrointestinal disturbance
and hydration in runners with different diets (vegan, vegetarian &
meat-eater) during a marathon. This would involve taking a urine sample and
a couple of questionnaires on race day, and a food diary and some
questionnaires on another day that is convenient for participants. After the
study, participants will have access to their results.
If you are interested, please let me know by emailing me at kirsty.yull94@gmail.com
or calling me on tel:07731971302. If you do so, I can let you know more
about the study and answer any questions you may have.”
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 9th February Surrey Leagues – women in Richmond Park
(Kingston end) at 11am, men at Lloyd Park, Croydon at 3pm.
Saturday 23rd February National Cross-Country Championships at Leeds.
Saturday 2nd March Surrey Ladies League Division 1 at Lloyd Park,
Croydon. Juniors from 12 noon, senior women at 1pm.
Sunday 3rd March Mob Match v Blackheath & Bromley HAC for the
Pelling Ratcliff Cup at Hayes, Kent. 11am start.
Saturday 9th March Ranelagh Cup Schools Race in Richmond Park.
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.com or
www.parkrun.org.uk/events/juniorevents/.
WHAT’S HAPPENED
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SOUTH OF ENGLAND CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 26th January at
Parliament Hill.
Pheidippides reports on the men’s race:
“The Southern at Parliament Hill is notorious for taking place in the raw
depths of winter and for being a mud-fest over an undulating course; but in
spite of freezing conditions in the days leading up to the weekend the race
took place on a January day with temperatures in double digits, a mostly
light wind, and dry conditions (the torrential rain that drenched London
held off until the evening). As for the mud, no one seemed to have seen a
Hampstead Heath so dry at this time of year (quite a contrast to those
occasions when my feet have been soaked before the crest of the first hill,
or the brook at the back of the course has filled with filth that warms up
with each lap); but there were still plenty of sections where long spikes
were a distinct advantage.
In the men's event we fielded a small team (we had a larger number against
the Bank of England the previous week). This was a shame given all the good
reasons for running the Southern (excellent conditioning, good preparation
for the National, and at nine miles of unrelenting heath arguably the most
epic contest in the whole of the cross country calendar). The happy few
were led home by Graham Brook who ran a well-paced race and who, with Ed
Perry, produced his best age-graded performance at an away fixture to date
for the club. Man of the match, however, must surely go to Mike Peace who
completed his twenty-fifth and, he tells us, his last Southern for
Ranelagh. His dedication has been exemplary and regulars will feel the loss
of his unfailingly cheerful presence on the start-line and his generous
shouts of encouragement to those higher up the field whenever possible as
the course folds back on itself. Alan Hedger was very sensibly confined to
barracks and sorely missed (as was his post-race coffee with analgesic
additive), but Gordon Whitson provided excellent ubiquitous encouragement.”
With six to score the men’s team placed 42nd. Our only representative in the
junior men’s races was Jacob Patterson, a fine 128th in the Under 17s.
In the women’s race there was another great run from Holly McGuigan in 77th
place, barely half a minute down on Cordy Parker who was representing her
first claim club Abingdon. Laura Blazey was the next Ranelagh finisher,
running strongly but just outside the top hundred. Fanny Vein was close at
hand at 132nd and then Alice Littler closed in the scoring team of four in
278th. Eugenie McLachlan, Katherine Henry, Rebecca Northmore and Marianne
Malam gave us eight finishers altogether. The team placed a very respectable
26th. The race incorporated our club women’s championship for the Hugh Jones
Salver and this of course went to Holly McGuigan.
In the junior events Izzy Atkins placed an excellent 25th in the Under 17s
with Emily Coulson also showing well at 139th. Alice Patterson put in
another good run at 41st in the Under 20s.
Senior Men
1 Henry Pearce (Tonbridge 45.53
2 Adam Hickey (Southend) 45.57
3 Ed Shepherd (Woodford G) 46.18
209 Graham Brook (Ranelagh) 54.27
286 Peter Haarer 56.02
344 David Ready 57.11
347 Richard Kimber 57.16
472 Ed Perry 59.34
872 Marcus Atkins 67.07
1012 William Griffin 71.39
1110 Mike Peace 80.01
1154 finished
Teams (6 to Score)
1 Aldershot F & Dist. AC 105
2 Tonbridge AC 115
3 Serpentine RC 167
42 Ranelagh Harriers 2530
77 teams closed in
Under 17 Men
1 D Stone (Shaft B) 21.12
128 Jacob Patterson (Ranelagh) 25.11
Senior Women
1 Pippa Woolven (Wycombe P) 26.53
2 Iona Lake (Norwich) 27.59
3 Naomi Taschimowitz (Shaft B) 28.08
60 Cordy Parker (Abingdon) 31.54
77 Holly McGuigan (Ranelagh) 32.27
104 Laura Blazey 33.08
132 Fanny Vein 33.47
278 Alice Littler 37.10
315 Eugenie McLachlan 37.55
317 Katherine Henry 37.56
342 Rebecca Northmore 38.28
346 Marianne Malam 38.31
703 finished
Teams (4 to score)
1 Thames H&H 86
2 Highgate H 95
3 Wycombe Phoenix 101
26 Ranelagh H 591
71 teams closed in
Under 20 Women
1 Amelia Quirk (Bracknell) 23.15
41 Alice Patterson (Ranelagh) 17.33
Under 17 Women
1 Tia Wilson (Bedford) 18.46
25 Isabel Atkins (Ranelagh) 20.23
139 Emily Coulson 24.13
BOX HILL FELL RACE Saturday 19th January at Dorking
James Riley reports:
“With mist drifting across the Surrey Downs, three intrepid Ranelaghites
(me, Kris Davidson and Bruce McLaren) joined 250 other brave souls
attempting one of the only fell races south of the Peak District. The Box
Hill Fell Race is a no frills affair - no medals, no t-shirts - but it sells
out in 12 hours.
I’d confidently left home in a pair of ‘road to trail’ shoes, ignoring my
wife’s sage advice to take a pair of trail shoes ‘just in case’ - certain it
wouldn’t be that muddy. ‘It’s a hill right, the water will drain off.’
During the warm up I realised my mistake. It was muddy, very muddy.
For those familiar with Box Hill, you start at the stepping stones. From
there it was straight up the steps to the view point. I was up the steps
near the front only for runners to come streaming past me on the immediate
descent. After that it was round the hill and up through Box Hill village,
followed by a beautiful wooded section to Eiger steps. It was at this point
I lost the route slightly leading a small group astray with me. It turns out
this worked to our advantage as it was a small shortcut (we came clean at
the end but the organisers were unconcerned). It was then a steep descent
over stones to the Zig Zag Road before up and over one last time past the
Mad Major’s grave and down the steps to the stepping stones. It was here I
passed a runner for 14th as he wrapped himself around a tree (fortunately he
was unhurt).
For those interested here’s a YouTube clip:.
Despite (or because of) the 600m of ascent we’ll be back next year. Come and
join us!”
1 C Smith (unatt) 53.49
14 James Riley 60.53
31 Kris Davidson 65.54
161 Bruce McLaren 83.46
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km Friday 25th January in Hyde Park
1 E Auden (Belgrave) 15.53
10 Ian Kenton 16.42
133 Matthew Roberts 20.29
176 Matt Aikin 22.10
223 Carol Aikin 25.21
247 Alan Davidson 28.39
RUN RICHMOND PARK 10km Saturday 26th January
1 A Pendred (unatt) 38.39
23 Bruce McLaren 46.14
VALE GALLOP 10km Sunday 27th January at Walton-on-the-hill
Marc Leyshon was over two minutes clear of the field in this tough
multi-terrain race over Epsom Downs.
1 Marc Leyshon 38.28
RUNTHROUGH LEE VALLEY VELO PARK HALF MARATHON Saturday 26th January
1 A Patterson (unatt) 1:13.27
184 Roger Wallace 2:12.18
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...
Pagham’s annual Boxing Day pram race, circa 1954:
Video:
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