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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 565 4th February 2020
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Ranelagh women 25th, men 21st in the South of England Championships
* Megan de Silva wins Vets AC Masters race
* Races far and wide in a quiet club week
* Final Surrey League races on February 8th
* Celebration Mob match v Blackheath & Bromley HAC at home on 7th March
ATTENTION PLEASE
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SURREY LEAGUES
The fourth and final Surrey League races of the season take place on
Saturday 8th February. The men are at Lloyd Park Croydon while the women are
running on our own country in Richmond Park. Start times are early – 1pm for
men and also 1pm for women. Note there is also a Division 2 women’s race at
11am and junior women and girls at 12pm and 12.30pm all preceding our
Division 1 race.
Details of the men’s race at Lloyd Park, Croydon here:.
Details of the women’s race in Richmond Park here:.
The Lloyd Park event includes the junior men’s races at 2pm and 2.30pm
SURREY LEAGUE IN THE PARK
Please note we are hosting the final Surrey Ladies League fixture in
Richmond Park on Saturday February 8th. This is a major undertaking and we
will need plenty of marshals and recorders to ensure everything goes
smoothly. The proceedings start at 11am for the Division 2 race. If you can
help for at least part of the afternoon please contact Andy Bickerstaff at
andy.bickerstaff@goodrunguide.co.uk.
PARTIALLY SIGHTED RUNNER GUIDES REQUIRED
John Herriott writes:
“I am part of the team that help the Intermediate 2 group every week
together with Martin Nance, Anna Reichwald and Ian Grange. In Intermediate 2
we have an enthusiastic Partially Sighted Runner, Roger, who comes along
every 2 to 3 weeks and each time he attends a member of I2 guides him on the
training session.
I am looking to get more RH volunteers interested in helping Roger and other
partially sighted runners. I have made contact with a local partially
sighted runner Roy Smith, MBE, via the RNIB Website. He is happy to come
along to the clubhouse to talk to volunteers who would be interested in
taking up this role. The talk would be after a Tuesday training session and
take place in March/April.
If you would like to find out more and/or become involved in making a
rewarding contribution to the club, please send an e-mail to
ranelagh.hon.secretary@gmail.com and I will put together a rota of RH
runners potentially interested in assisting our visually impaired
colleagues.”
NEXT JOB FOR THE MOB – SPECIAL CELEBRATION
Note the date for our final mob match against Blackheath Harriers and
Bromley AC at home in Richmond Park on Saturday March 7th. Start time is
11am. All needed. Help us to win the Pelling-Ratcliff Cup and the mob match
grand slam! It’s also a very special race in a different way. It will be the
100th mob match between the two clubs. Andy Hayward will be brewing a
special Thames Side commemorative beer for the occasion and all runners and
officials will be presented with a bottle. We hope some previous mob match
winners will be able to attend. Come and celebrate this historic occasion.
MARCH FIXTURES
The mob match mentioned above is just the first race in what has turned out
to be a very congested month. After a season with very few home fixtures in
Richmond Park, we now have something almost every week in March. See “What’s
Coming” below for details. Run any or all of them but bear in mind we’ll
need officials and marshals. If you can help please contact Andy Bickerstaff
andy.bickerstaff@goodrunguide.co.uk.
PRIZE PRESENTATIONS Saturday 4th April
Our presentations evening, otherwise known as the Baker Cup Supper, will be
held as usual on the evening of the Baker Cup handicap on April 4th upstairs
at the Roebuck on Richmond Hill. Our complete collection of trophies will be
there for distribution to their new owners. If you have won a trophy in the
last twelve months – be it a handicap or a club championship etc – please do
make the effort to attend. It’s very disappointing when half the trophies
are not collected. Put the date in your diaries now!
RANELAGH RICHMOND 10k Sunday 21st June
Race Director Ed Perry writes:
“Our 10k on June 21st 2020 is now open for registrations. It’s a fabulous,
fast event, perfect for a PB in mid-summer. It’s also one of the biggest
money raisers for the club so please do either consider running or
volunteering. It’s sold out in the last few years so even if summer seems a
long way away when you’re just trying to get over Christmas I can ensure you
there’s no better time to register than now! ranelagh-10k.co.uk”
RANELAGH RICHMOND HALF MARATHON Sunday 10th May
And of course entries are already coming in for our Half Marathon on 10th
May. Details:.
2020 RANELAGH ROAD GRAND PRIX
Our GP kicks off with the Thames Towpath 10 at Chiswick on Sunday 19th April
starting at 8.30am. Entries are already coming in and the limit is likely to
be reached well before the closing date. Details and entry:. The next GP event
is the London Marathon on 26th April or any spring Marathon up to 10th May.
CLUB KIT
Our supplier for club singlets, men’s and women’s, is iProsports. Details and orders:
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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Our provisional winter fixture list is now up on our website here:.
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 8th February Surrey Leagues – women in Richmond Park (1pm), men
in Lloyd Park, Croydon (1pm)
Saturday 22nd February National CC Championships at Nottingham. Entries
closed
Saturday 7th March Mob match v Blackheath & Bromley H&AC 7.5miles in
Richmond Park. 11am start. All needed, register on the day.
Sunday 8th March Hillingdon 20 miles incl club 20m championship 9am
start. Details amd entry:.
Saturday 14th March Ranelagh Cup schools race 6k in Richmond Park. 2.30pm
start
Saturday 21st March Clutton Cup 10 miles handicap in Richmond Park. 2pm
start
Sunday 22nd March South of England Road Relay Champs at Milton Keynes
Saturday 28th March Ellis and Dysart Cups inter-club 5miles in Richmond
Park
Saturday 4th April Baker Cup 3 miles road handicap in Richmond Park
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 CC CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 25th January at Parliament Hill
The Southern returned to its spiritual home at Parliament Hill on Hampstead
Heath. It’s a testing but fair course with a bit of everything in its
winding 9 miles.
All the junior races came first, just to prepare the ground nicely. Felix
Allen was our only representative and acquitted himself well in the under
15s.
The women’s race was up next and Suzy Whatmough fought with Fenella Ross to
have the honour of leading Ranelagh home. Their battle carried them into
74th and 79th places. There was another ding-dong for third and fourth
Ranelagh between Ria Woodfield and captain Becky Northmore. Fifth to seventh
were just seconds behind. Team-wise we were 25th.
For Ranelagh’s men Pat Wright put in an exceptional run to narrowly miss the
top 100. The rest of our scoring six packed in well together and were home
in the space of a little over two minutes. Last counter was Mark Herbert who
ran well on his favourite type of course to push Peter Haarer out of the
six. Captain Rich reports that our 21st team place was our best since 2017.
Senior Women
1 Jess Gibbons (Reading) 28.41
74 Suzy Whatmough (Rane) 33.36
79 Fenella Ross 33.56
284 Ria Woodfield 39.56
290 Rebecca Northmore 40.02
307 Marie Synnott-Wells 40.24
322 Alice Littler 40.53
324 Marianne Malam 40.56
415 Rebecca Bissell 43.09
TEAMS (Scoring 4 a side)
1 Highgate Harriers 66
25 Ranelagh Harriers 727
Senior Men
1 Adam Hickey (Wycombe Ph) 47.28
105 Pat Wright (Ranelagh) 54.21
208 Ross Macdonald 56.52
218 Graham Brook 57.06
255 David Ready 58.10
264 Jonathan Smith 58.19
306 Mark Herbert 59.17
319 Peter Haarer 59.32
615 Paul Doyle 65.20
645 James Ritchie 66.05
TEAMS(Scoring 6 a side)
1 Wycombe Phoenix H&AC 97
21 Ranelagh Harriers 1356
Boys Under 15
1 Lewis Sullivan (St Edm) 14.24
184 Felix Allen (Ranelagh) 17.29
SECOND SUNDAY 5 miles Sunday 12th January on Wimbledon Common
Jordan Mungovan placed 4th.
1 M Alvarez -Espinar (THH) 29.19
4 Jordan Mungovan 31.37
10 James Winch 34.38
23 Alice Forbes 38.44
70 Anne Kearey 43.57
75 Gavin Hillhouse 46.52
BOX HILL FELL RACE Saturday 18th January at Dorking
Men of the north country claim that we don’t have any fells down south. This
race on and up and around Box Hill is perhaps as close as we get. James
Riley and Kris Davidson finished 2nd and 3rd in the M40 category. Suzy
Whatmough was 5th woman.
1 A Barrington (VP&TH) 54.36
15 James Riley 62.41
16 Kris Davidson 62.56
53 Rick Jenner 68.15
65 B Philips (Serp) 69.13 (1st woman)
83 Suzy Whatmough 71.20
115 James Ritchie 75.16
134 Gareth Williams 77.38
152 Bruce McLaren 79.43
198 Jarryd Hillhouse 88.11
230 Susan Ritchie 96.45
231 Tim Miller 96.45
265 Julian Holden 145.34
VETERANS AC OPEN MASTERS RACE Saturday 18th January on Wimbledon Common
Megan de Silva won the women’s race and Marie Synnott-Wells was 2nd over 55.
1 M Cummings (Herne Hill) 23.47
10 Megan de Silva 28.08 (1st woman)
31 Marie Synnott-Wells 33.53
RUNTHROUGH LEE VALLEY VELOPARK 10km Saturday 25th January
1 B Kinghorn (Metro Aber) 35.54
70 Roger Wallace 55.22
FARNBOROUGH WINTER HALF MARATHON Sunday 26th January
Jonathan Moore was 3rd in the over 50 class.
1 C H Jensen (Denmark) 1:10.37
44 Jonathan Moore 1:19.27
70 Marco Perinelli 1:21.38
153 Mick Lane 1:27.25
571 Claire Warner 1:42.55
645 Aoife Kilpatrick 1:45.28
893 Gavin Hillhouse 1:51.06
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km Friday 31st January in Hyde Park
Paul Doyle just missed a sub-18 but was 3rd over 50 to finish.
1 J Poole (Serp) 14.57
39 Paul Doyle 18.00
131 Andrew Kew 20.59
151 Steve Aikin 21.26
196 Matt Aikin 23.16
242 Carol Aikin 25.53
265 Alan Davidson 28.32
FITSTUFF G3 10km Saturday 1st February at Newlands Corner, Guildford
1 O Matthews (Optima) 45.51
141 Katie Walton 96.20
RUNTHROUGH QE2 OLYMPIC PARK 10km Saturday 1st February
1 S Wardle (Horwich) 35.31
221 Roger Wallace 54.54
THORPE AND EGHAM HALF MARATHON Sunday 2nd February
A few PBs amongst the RH contingent.
1 R Loader (unatt) 1:14.45
34 James Ritchie 1:25.38
56 Jarryd Hillhouse 1:28.43
304 Gavin Hillhouse 1:47.05
313 Rebecca Bissell 1:47.38
393 Phil Rushby 1:52.16
518 Hadi Khatamizadeh 1:57.34
737 Colette Doran 2:16.52
788 Michele Hillhouse 2:22.34
THORPE AND EGHAM 10k Sunday 2nd February
1 D Lee (Datchet) 34.34
34 Jonathan Martin 44.36
DASH FOR THE SPLASH 5 miles Sunday 2nd February on Wimbledon Common
5th place for Ross Macdonald.
1 B Chown (26.2) 38.25
5 Ross Macdonald 40.41
80 Ria Woodfield 52.46
82 Martin Harris 53.05
151 Richard Gurd 60.13
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…
Stuart Perry sends the following, originally published in one of the Sunday
spreadsheets on 5th September 1993. Stuart adds: “This must be one of the
original incarnations of a shoe ‘with a spring in the foot’ literally! Only
now has it been followed up by Nike (who else!).”
“American scientists have made a breakthrough in running-shoe technology
which they claim will shave six seconds off the four-minute mile. The
Springboc – an ‘energy return’ running shoe – heralds the first real advance
in sports-shoe technology for 30 years. It is designed to give energy back
to the runner by behaving like a rubber band. The co-inventor, Professor
Igor Gamow from the University of Colorado, says: ‘it’s embarrassing that
while ski and tennis-racket technology have advanced enormously, sports
shoes have remained unchanged. The only piece of equipment that is worse
than no equipment at all is the running shoe.’
On soft ground people can run better on bare feet because they store energy
in their Achilles tendons and ligaments, which boosts speed. ‘Modern shoes
have a lot of padding, which makes them rather like running on pillows,’ he
says. Humans lack a special type of springing element that is found in the
legs of fleet-footed animals such as horses and antelopes. These ligaments
and tendons function like elastic bands and are able to store and release
energy to ‘push the animal off’ as the tendons recoil. Gamow put this type
of device into his shoe.
The result is a strange-looking high-heeled shoe named after the gazelle.
The device consists of a combination of two carbon-fibre leafsprings running
along the sole of the shoe – one at the heel, the other at the toe. The
fibres are able to store the tremendous energy created at heel impact. When
your heel hits the ground the first spring compresses so that energy is
stored and then transmitted to the toe spring at the front of the shoe.
Between them the springs can store up to 300 pounds of force, which
eliminates the need for heavy duty muscle activation. In trials runners went
at their usual pace and discovered that their heart rates dropped by about
eight beats per minute. Further refinements are likely to include
custom-made shoes with the springs matched to the runner’s weight.”
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