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*************************************************** RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 578 12th November 2020 Editor: Steve Rowland mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com *************************************************** RANELAGH HARRIERS GAZETTE You should have recently received a note about the publication of our club magazine the Ranelagh Harriers Gazette. This is just a reminder to let us know if you would like a printed copy. If so, please reply to this e-mail giving your postal address. RANELAGH LOCKDOWN CHALLENGE This comes from Suzy Whatmough and James Ritchie. The challenge: Race the Richmond Park parkrun course, either solo or in pairs, anytime between now and Wednesday 2nd December. (You can also enter backdated runs completed from 5th November 2020). The “prizes”: There will be virtual podiums for men, women and juniors (incl. 5 yearly vets categories), as well as podiums for the fastest pairs setting off together (men, women, mixed and adult+junior). You don’t need to finish together - it will be a head to head challenge, but the faster you push each other, the better your pair score will be. There will also be a points prize - you’ll get points every time you race it. On any given day, 10 points will be awarded to the fastest runner, 9 to the next and so on. All runners will get at least 1 point. But if you want more - pick a quiet day! There will also be bonus points if you get a course PB. For those on Strava - bonus points will also be given for segment PBs, crowns, trophies or legends. If you want to get involved... - Add yourself to the - spreadsheet - You can sign up as a solo runner, as a pair, or you can add yourself as a +1 to someone else. If you’d prefer to run solo, please indicate this on the sheet. - Try to choose a quiet day/time to avoid lots of us congregating at the start at the same time. - Run the course (see course map here - https://www.parkrun.org.uk/richmond/course/) - Add your time to the spreadsheet - Have as many attempts as you like! Run with as many different people as you like (one at a time)! - As ever, please ensure the safety of yourselves and others, and follow the current guidance around COVID. Good luck! Suzy and James LONDON YOUTH GAMES VIRTUAL CROSS-COUNTRY This event runs from November 21st to December 6th. For more info, see:. PENNINE WAY RECORD Ranelagh has had a long association with the Pennine Way, being former holders of the relay and individual records. Plans for another relay run are on hold but you may be interested to hear that the individual record has recently been smashed by over three hours. Damian Hall of Corsham AC in Wiltshire ran the 268 miles from Kirk Yetholm to Edale in 61 hours 34 minutes. TICKS and LYME DISEASE We have been contacted by Jen at the American magazine Happy DIY Home in relation to an article published in our e-news about ticks and Lyme Disease. This is something that we all need to be aware of as runners so this may be an appropriate time to reprint part of the article. Wherever there are deer there are probably ticks. However, only a small proportion carry Lyme Disease. Ticks will sometimes leave their host and wait on leaves or undergrowth to attach themselves to the next creature that passes, be it another deer, a dog or a human. It's worth checking your skin, particularly your legs, whenever you run in a deer-inhabited area - and this does of course include Richmond Park and Bushy Park. If you find a tick - a little black bump - it should be removed as soon as possible. For current advice and methods of removal see:. Removing the tick should be the end of the story, even if it was infected. But if the tick is not cleanly removed it can regurgitate the contents of its stomach and potentially then infect you with Lyme Disease. If you have had a tick on your skin, look out for a distinctive circular rash that might form around the site of the bite. This is a clear indication of Lyme Disease. See your doctor immediately - a prompt course of antibiotics should do the trick. UP AND RUNNING and SPORTING FEET Our two local running shops Up and Running in Sheen and Sporting Feet in Richmond are both currently offering extensive 10% discounts. To claim your discount at Up and Running ( www.upandrunning.co.uk ) use code CLUB10 when ordering. For Sporting Feet ( www.sporting-feet.com) use code LOYALTY10. RUN THROUGH CHASE THE MOON 5K Wednesday 14th October at Olympic Park Charlie Hyde finished 59th in 22.28. INVISIBLE CABBAGE PATCH 10 miles 17-18 October This was a virtual event replacing the popular Cabbage Patch 10 which would normally have been run this weekend. Prolific racer Andrius Jaksevicius was the winner, and there were podium places for Adrienne Baddeley 3rd W35 and Wiebke Kortum 2nd W45. 1 A Jaksevicius (Vegan) 54.05 21 Adrienne Baddeley 71.49 23 Nicola Douglas 72.11 26 Marcus Atkins 73.53 35 Jarryd Hillhouse 75.48 39 Wiebke Kortum 76.28 40 Lloyd Camp 77.06 55 Andrew Kew 80.24 66 Rachel Revett 83.09 69 Ian Keith 84.26 76 Dan Chiechi 86.21 79 Ann Kearey 86.39 85 Becky Northmore 87.19 157 Frida Roper 119.56 HERCULES WIMBLEDON AC INTER-CLUB CHALLENGE 5km Saturday 17th October at Wimbledon Park We received an 11th hour invitation to take part in this event, which turned out to be of a very high standard. The course was similar to that used for the Surrey Road Relays, slightly short of 5km. Twelve clubs took part, with women’s teams of six runners and men’s teams of ten. The athletes were lined up in their pre-seeded waves on the infield before stepping onto the track to be started off at one minute intervals, which allowed the final wave to clear Wimbledon Park before the first wave began their approach back to the stadium. Results were compiled using chip timing. Best Ranelagh performance came from Cordy Parker whose 18.13 was an impressive 4th fastest time of the 75 women taking part. Our team went on to finish 5th. For the men Nick Impey ran well but was surprised to find his excellent 15.42 only good enough for 25th. The team placed 11th. Fastest times of the day came from Nick Goolab of Belgrave H with 14.34 and Georgie Grgec of Herne Hill with 16.35. Women 1 Herne Hill H 1:51.56 5 Ranelagh H 2:00.10 4 Cordy Parker 18.13 29 Sarah Palmer 19.30 34 Natalie Haarer 19.56 36 Suzy Whatmough 20.02 40 Emma Harris Lloyd 20.19 65 Izzy Atkins 22.10 Men 1 Highgate H 2:34.48 11 Ranelagh H 3:02.41 25 Nick Impey 15.42 71 Gareth Williams 17.00 80 Dave Lawley 17.15 88 David Ready 17.27 96 James Riley 17.44 99 Rich Kimber 17.47 103 Pete Smith 18.18 112 Vaughan Ramsay 20.14 113 Ben Shore 20.39 114 James Ritchie 20.40 WATER OF LIFE HALF MARATHON Sunday 18th October at Marlow Marc Leyshon finished a clear 2nd in 1:19.19. BEACHEY HEAD HALF MARATHON Saturday 24th October This was a tough one, as can be guessed by a perusal of the results. 710 finished. 1 S Fabes (VPH&THAC) 1:23.11 170 Rebecca Bissell 1:58.05 258 Aoife Kilpatrick 2:08.47 262 Tony Tovell 2:08.53 270 Gavin Hillhouse 2:09.58 272 Claire Warner 2:10.26 273 Alex Ring 2:10.26 THAMES TROT ULTRA OXFORD to HENLEY 47 miles Saturday 24th October Another great ultra run by Suzy Whatmough, 55th overall and 10th woman in 8:27.44. P24 CHALLENGE Saturday 24th / Sunday 25th October Congratulations to Deborah Blakemore who successfully completed the challenge – that is, to run one mile on the hour every hour for 25 hours (24 plus one extra because the clocks went back). ORC RAMPAGE CHALLENGE Sunday 25th October at Gravesend Ann Kearey covered 16.4 miles in 2:57.58. LEE VALLEY VELOPARK HALF MARATHON Saturday 31st October No frights for Jonny Smith as he sped to an excellent first place in a PB of 1:13.35. VIRTUAL SECOND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH 5 miles on Wimbledon Common Friday 6th to Sunday 8th November Steve Aikin finished 12th in 39.06 with Carol 36th in 44.00. KEEP IN TOUCH 1. Join the Strava group: https://www.strava.com/clubs/ranelagh-harriers 2. Log your run and give it a catchy title. 3. Give our segments a shot! 4. Check back every week for highlights 5. Note that Activity and Profile Privacy settings will need to be set to Everyone if you want the rundown team to be able to see your individual runs Follow us elsewhere on social: Twitter: @ranelaghharrier FB: Ranelagh Harriers Insta: @ranelaghharriers FINALLY… …OR YOU’LL NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT THOSE CLIMBS AGAIN run247.com . Heres a video and another:. TO STOP RECEIVING the Ranelagh Harriers e-news, please reply with the word UNSUBSCRIBE