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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 549 26th May 2019
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Green Belt Relay – Ranelagh men 3rd, women 4th
* Stage wins by Laura Blazey and Jonathan Smith
* Neil Rae and Kathy Henry lead our representation at the Sutton 10km
* Ranelagh juniors finish 2nd in the latest junior handicap race
* Eirin McDaid leads a Ranelagh 1-2-3-4 in the Woodland Woggle
* Still time to enter next Sunday’s League & GP race, the Dorking 10 miles
* Entries and helpers wanted for the Ranelagh Richmond 10km
* Mini-Mob Match v The Stragglers at the Bushy parkrun on 29th June
ATTENTION PLEASE
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RANELAGH RICHMOND 10K SUNDAY 16th JUNE
Our 10k is approaching fast! It will take place on Sunday 16th June starting
at 9am beside Riverside Drive. This is the same grassy area where the Half
Marathon ends. We had a great response to our appeal for volunteers for the
Half Marathon, with many favourable comments afterwards about the
encouragement and cheerfulness that came from the volunteers.
Now please let’s have a repeat show for the 10k. We urgently need plenty of
marshals, plus helpers at the water stations and the finish. If you’re
planning to race, that’s OK – here is the link for entries:.
But if you’re free for a couple of hours on the 16th please come and help.
Steve Whitehead is the volunteers co-ordinator. Anyone who can help can
message Steve at ranelagh10khelpers@gmail.com or 07973 439978.
2019 STRAGGLERS / RANELAGH JUNIOR HANDICAP SERIES
All under-18s are welcome. The first two events have already taken place,
the next is on June 6th at the Russell School. Remaining dates and venues
are shown below. Registration opens at 6.50pm for a 7.25pm start.
Pre-registration is necessary and a parental consent form must be completed
for any child taking part for the first time.
Thursday 6th June at the Russell School, Petersham
Thursday 27th June at the Hawker Centre
Thursday 11th July at the Ranelagh Clubhouse
Thursday 29th August at the Hawker Centre
For registration and more details:
RANELAGH ROAD GRAND PRIX
The Sutton 10km was the fourth Grand Prix event. Next comes the Dorking 10
miles on Sunday 2nd June. Details and entries:.
Following on from Dorking is our own Ranelagh Richmond 10k on Sunday 16th June – see above.
More details about the Grand Prix, including current full scoreboard and the
list of races here:. Leading
scores after four events:
Open: Mick Lane 23, Ted Mockett 20, Stewart Anderson 19, Neil Rae 16, Phil
Roberts 14, Kris Davidson 13, David Criniti 12, Szymon Chojnacki 12, Richard
Willoughby 11, Nick Impey 11, Ian Kenton 11, Jonathan Smith 11
Men Over 40: Ted Mockett 12, Kris Davidson 8, Neil Rae 8, David Criniti 6,
Dan Chiechi 5, James Riley 5
Men Over 50: Mick Lane 15, Stewart Anderson 10, Marcus Atkins 9, Phil
Roberts 7, Martin Harris 6, Jonathan Moore 6
Women: Carol Aikin 10, Kathy Henry 8, Marie Synnott-Wells 7, Rachel Smith 6,
Laura Blazey 6, Sally Bamford 6, Fiona Pugh 5, Alice Forbes 5, Wiebke
Kortum 5
Women Over 40: Kathy Henry 10, Rachel Smith 6, Clare Fowler 6, Fiona Pugh 5,
Fiona Ford 5, Colette Doran 3
Women over 50: Carol Aikin 15, Marie Synnott-Wells 12, Sally Bamford 7, Anna
Reichwald 6, Tamsin Burland 5, Wiebke Kortum 5
PARKLAND RELAYS
Peter Fordham writes:
“'I am again organising the men's entries for the annual Parkland Relays in
Richmond Park on Wednesday 12th June. This is one of the best summer events
in the area, where 100 teams from the major clubs in the area compete in a
4 leg relay of about 2.9 miles. It starts at 7pm at Spankers Hill Wood and
near to Pen Ponds car park.
Last year we put up three teams, with our 'A' team coming a best ever 5th
overall, and the Vets 'A' Team 36th. Let's see if we can beat the turnout
and positions this year. As demand from clubs is high, I have already paid
for two teams, so please let me know as soon as possible if you would like
to run in one of the teams. If a 7pm start puts you under too much pressure,
it may possible to run one of the later legs. Contact me at
peter_fordham@yahoo.com.
Marie Synnott-Wells is also putting together at least one ladies team. If
you would like to run, please contact her at: nandmwells@aol.com or
tel:07572%20333846. A gathering for prizes, food and rehydration will be at
the TH&H clubhouse.”
MINI MOB MATCH v THE STRAGGLERS
Our annual min-mob match against The Stragglers takes place this year on
Saturday morning 29th June. It will be incorporated with the Bushy parkrun,
starting at 9am. We need every runner we can get. If you’re running a
parkrun that day, try to make it the Bushy one. Coffee and croissant on
Stragglers afterwards at the Tiltyard Cafe. In case you haven’t taken part
in a Bushy parkrun before, here are the details:.
WIMBLEDON COMMON TRAIL RUNS
These are Andy Bickerstaff’s annual promotions on Wimbledon Common. I can
think of many less pleasant ways of spending a summer Wednesday evening.
Andy writes:
“It’s back for the 6th year and yet another iconic mug featuring a part of
the course is to be had. It would be nice to see a few more of my team mates
from Ranelagh giving it a go this year for five fun filled and challenging
Wednesday night miles! There is a series team trophy which has Ranelagh’s
name on from 2014 but sadly since then it’s been all Clapham and Fulham.
First race was 1st May and the other two dates are 5th June and 3th July.
Enter the series here: or follow links
to individual races.”
BOOK LAUNCH
Cindy Croucher writes:
“There is a book launch on Friday 26th June at 5.45pm at St Mary’s. The
book looks at strategies for endurance athletes from all levels, especially
around thoughts urging you to stop or slow down, concerns about pacing,
managing pain and discomfort, motivation, and the emotional rollercoaster
that endurance events can present.
The book ‘Endurance Performance in Sport: Psychological Theory and
Interventions’ provides you with a background to the main theoretical models
and covers practical strategies to use in endurance performance.
In this panel discussion, we will hear from our expert panel who will
explain how these psychological aspects impact performance, as well as
providing suggestions for psychological strategies to help deal with the
psychological demands of endurance performance.
The content is suitable for endurance athletes (all levels, beginner and
experienced), coaches, students, and researchers, and is free to attend.
During the event, there will be plenty of opportunities to engage with the
expert panel, who will give practical examples of how attendees can apply
the strategies to help them in their training and events.There is also a
free nutrition workshop.
You do need to sign up as places are limited – link here:.
There is no obligation to buy the book either!!”
FOR THE RECORD
John Warner writes from Canada in response to Martin Halvey’s note in the
last e-news:
“Ed Whitlock’s time of 2:54:48 for the over 70 marathon world record, still
stands as the official world record. Unfortunately for Gene Dykes, he ran on
an unofficial course, in Jacksonville, Florida. He’s a very nice man and is
not upset. I’m sure we’ll hear much more about him in the years to come,
including London next year.
wiebkeyoga@gmail.com).”
DEVON VISITS
Mike Peace writes:
“Beautiful views, challenging hills, a great village location and Parke
parkrun just down the road (4km jogging downhill). The pub is 5mins the
other way for later. We still have vacancies for friends and running
colleagues over the next four months. Double room, ensuite, free wi-fi,
self-contained, private entrance, ample parking. Short stays at any time
with significant discounts for club members.
Please contact birchanne524@gmail.com for further information,
pictures and availability (alternatively ring 01647 277125).”
RESEARCH PARTICIPATION
Megan Barry writes:
“I am a masters student at St Mary’s University in Twickenham currently
completing my final research project. I am looking for active male runners
to participate, aged 18-40. They must be able to run comfortably on a
treadmill without injury issues and be free from cardiovascular problems.
The testing will involve three visits to the high-level facilities at St
Mary’s, each lasting 1-1.5 hours. The visits will run in exactly the same
format involving a submaximal treadmill test where the speed increases
slowly, followed by a maximal test.
Participants will be provided with a measure of their VO2max, their lactate
profile curve, heart rate training zones and their anaerobic capacity, along
with explanations of all of these. Any questions please don’t hesitate to
get in touch: 184290@live.stmarys.ac.uk.”
NEW CLUB KIT
Our new supplier for club singlets, men’s and women’s. is iProsports.
Details and orders:
CLUB SUBSCRIPTIONS and REGISTRATION WITH ENGLAND ATHLETICS
Hon Sec Gordon Whitson writes:
“Ranelagh Harriers club membership subscriptions for the year from 1 April
2019 until 31 March 2020 are now overdue. You are encouraged to check the
new subscription rates that were approved at the last AGM and are listed
below.
If you are a first claim member, an amount of £15 is allocated from your
subscription to cover your annual registration fee with England Athletics
and paid on your behalf by the Club. England Athletics have imposed a
deadline of 30 June 2019 for the payment of their 2019/20 registration fee
which was also due on 1 April 2019. Any athletes not registered with England
Athletics by 30 June 2019 become ineligible to compete in EA licenced events
until their registration fees are paid.
To ensure that no Ranelagh members find themselves inadvertently ineligible
and therefore unable to enter EA licenced races, we would strongly encourage
all members to make sure their subscription is paid as soon as possible and
in any event no later than 30 June 2019.”
The new subscription rates are as follows:.
Seniors £50
Under 20 or Student £20
Family Membership £90
Retired and Over 60 £25
Second Claim £20
Non-Running Member £10
Payment may be made by Standing Order or Bank Transfer to:
HSBC
Sort code: 40-23-29
Account number: 81109847
Reference: your initial and name and SUBS – e.g. J SMITH SUBS
Those of you who pay by standing order will have to contact your bank to
change the amount. The club cannot do this for you.
Alternatively you can leave a cheque for the Membership Secretary in a
sealed envelope in the clubhouse or give cash to the Treasurer Chris Read or
either of the Assistant Treasurers Deepa Sharma and John Herriott.
TUESDAY NIGHT SOCIALS
Don’t forget that we meet for a casual drink after training on the first
Tuesday of each month. Venue is 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
Sunday 2nd June Dorking 10 miles *GP race 5* Details:. 9am start.
Wednesday 5th June Wimbledon Trail Race 2 on Wimbledon Common. 7pm
start.
Wednesday 12th June Parkland Relays in Richmond Park. 7pm start.
Sunday 16th June Ranelagh Richmond 10km *GP race 6* Details:. 9am start.
Saturday 29th June Mini-Mob Match v The Stragglers at the Bushy
parkrun. 9am 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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GREEN BELT RELAY Saturday / Sunday 18th / 19th May from Hampton Court
218.14 miles
Thames Hare & Hounds won this year’s GBR by not much short of an hour,
interrupting a lengthy series of wins by Serpentine. Thames started steadily
but by the end of stage 5 they had stealthily moved into a lead they were
never to relinquish. Serpentine and Ranelagh battled throughout the two days
for the minor placings. Serpentine led us most of the way and every time we
felt we were making inroads so they would pull away again. In the end there
was some 12 minutes in it – and as Thames were competing in the mixed
category (their team of eleven runners included two women) it turned out
that we and Serps had been fighting over first and second places in the
men’s.
We registered two stage wins, though we had several near-misses. Winners of
the coveted stage winner t-shirts were Laura Blazey on stage 3 from Boveney
to Little Marlow and Jonathan Smith on stage 6 from Chipperfield to St
Albans. Fate was not to allow Laura much time to enjoy her victory, as she
sustained a knee injury on her Sunday stage from Burford Bridge to West
Hanger and failed to finish. This gave the team a cut-off time which put
paid to their chances of finishing better than fourth. Our men’s ‘B’ team
performed well, finishing 22nd of the 52 teams taking part.
Full stage results will be in the next e-news.
1 Thames Hare & Hounds 21:26.41 (1st mixed team)
2 Serpentine RC 22:19.17 (1st men’s team)
3 Ranelagh H 22:31.59 (2nd men’s team)
12 Serpentine RC Women 27:15.05 (1st women’s team)
22 Ranelagh H ‘B’ 28:45.55 (6th men’s team)
30 The Stragglers RC Women 29:26.15 (2nd women’s team)
32 Clapham Pioneers Women 29:40.49 (3rd women’s team)
37 Ranelagh H Women 30:18.06 (4th women’s team)
SUTTON 10km Sunday 19th May
With a strong representation taking part in the Green Belt Relay this
weekend it was inevitable that our presence at Sutton would be low-key. 13
Ranelaghs made the journey to Nonsuch Park, some perhaps taking the
opportunity to rack up a few points in the Road League or our Road Grand
Prix. Neil Rea was our first finisher ahead of Mick Lane while on the
women’s side it was Kathy Henry from Anna Reichwald.
1 A Jakesvicius (Belgrave) 32.27
67 Neil Rae (Ranelagh) 39.16
84 Mick Lane 40.17
105 Stewart Anderson 42.03
142 Stephen Aikin 43.55
163 Phil Roberts 44.59
170 Kathy Henry 45.55
173 Stephen Logue 46.08
245 Anna Reichwald 50.32
282 Carol Aikin 52.35
286 Sally Bamford 52.58
318 Dave Kew 54.45
425 David Meaden 66.14
433 Alan Meaden 67.12
STRAGGLERS / RANELAGH JUNIOR HANDICAP SERIES RACE 2 Thursday 16th May in
Richmond Park
The second junior race was on our home turf of Richmond Park. It attracted a
field of 75 runners, of whom 19 were representing Ranelagh. This was an
excellent turnout, but as in the first race we found ourselves outnumbered
by the Flaming Penguins team. They scored a clear win but we again had the
consolation of providing the fastest boy in James Rushby. He recorded a time
of 7.35. We also provided the third-place finisher in Abigail Howard. The
next race is at the Hawker Centre on 27th June. See above for full details.
1 H Bowers (Meadlands) 15.17 (actual time 10.17)
3 Abigail Howard (Ranelagh)15.32 (10.32)
9 Chase Lawler 17.58 (7.58)
15 Alexandra Bramwell 19.36 (9.06)
25 Izabella Taylor 20.00 (10.30)
28 Ben Rushby 20.04 (9.04)
30 Connor Clarke 20.05 (8.35)
32 Oliver Beal 20.06 (8.06)
36 Alfie Lafeuille 20.10 (8.10)
44 Nathaniel Bond 20.15 (8.45)
45 Tate Lawler 20.16 (9.46)
57 James Rushby 20.35 (7.35)
58 Matthew Beal 20.38 (8.08)
61 Angus O’Brien 20.43 (9.13)
63 James Ricketts 20.45 (10.45)
65 Daniel Rushby 20.50 (8.50)
66 Remy Lafeuille 20.52 (10.52)
68 Sam Rushby 20.54 (8.24)
70 Ned Thomas 21.08 (8.08)
73 Cian O’Brien 21.15 (12.45)
Teams
1 Flaming Penguins 51 (Total after 2 races 96)
2 Ranelagh Harriers 25 (70)
3 Meadlands School 15 (19)
4 The Stragglers RC 13 (33)
5 26.2 RRC 8 (20)
BRIGHTON MARATHON Sunday 14th April
In addition to those already reported, Ian Grange also took part. He
finished 4925th in 4:25.34. Ian hopes to complete his 100th Marathon during
2020.
ESHER 10km Monday 6th May
Ed Smith writes to say that he would love to run sub-40 – as reported in the
last e-news – but in fact it was a different Ed Smith.
MILTON KEYNES MARATHON Monday 6th May
650 Marianne Malam 3:54.44
1173 Ian Grange 4:28.07
CHILTERN RIDGE HALF MARATHON Saturday 11th May at Wendover
1 T Yee (unatt) 1:54.45
12 Richard Gurd 2:01.05
RUNTHROUGH OLYMPIC PARK 10km Saturday 11th May
1 J Polini (VP&TH) 32.19
161 Roger Wallace 54.50
WOODLAND WOGGLE Sunday 12th May at Farnham
Eirin McDaid led home a mightily impressive Ranelagh 1-2-3-4.
1 Eirin McDaid 40.21
2 Nick Twomey 41.17
3 Mark Herbert 42.32
4 Ed Perry 43.36
203 Fiona Pugh 68.08
285 Colette Doran 74.12
288 Heather Martingell 74.15
336 Alan Meaden 77.27
384 Paul Martingell 80.53
STAINES-UPON-THAMES 10km Sunday 12th May
Andy and Michele’s Thames Side Brewery – based in Staines -upon-Thames –
were the race sponsors.
1 S Blake (Woking) 32.44
71 Dan Chiechi 44.33
242 Louise Piears 52.33
253 Rob Curtis 53.04
403 Andy Hayward 59.24
548 Prelini Chiechi 65.46
587 Michele Gibson 68.08
OXFORD TOWN AND GOWN 10km Sunday 12th May
1 J Smith (unatt) 31.41
1562 Charlotte Hyde 52.08
HOGSMILL 5 miles Sunday 12th May at Ewell
1 A Tozer (26.2) 32.29
177 Katie Walton 60.31
179 Cindy Croucher 60.50
HELSINKI MARATHON Saturday 18th May
Nick Twomey finished in 3:02.54.
RUNTHROUGH HYDE PARK CHASE THE SUN 10km Wednesday 22nd May
1 M Chipping (unatt) 33.42
170 Roger Wallace 54.20
COPENHAGEN MARATHON Saturday 25th May
Marco Perinelli ran 3:15.41 in his first Marathon.
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 Athletics Weekly:
American runner Lauren Smith Stroud smashed the world record for a
half-marathon pushing a baby buggy recently with 82.29. The Texas-based
athlete beat the previous best by five minutes as she zipped around the
Vintage Park Half Marathon with her eight-month old daughter Sadie Rose.
Sadie’s views are not recorded.
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