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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 584 10th April 2021
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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RESULTS
It's great to be able to include some race results after months of little happening
and people are making up for lost time!
With an outstanding 2:37 marathon run at Dorney Gary Armstrong led the Ranelagh pack
there to almost a full house of PBs, with eight men inside 3 hours.
Only Popeye Doyle missed a PB and to be fair he has run much faster when youth was on
his side. Several more PBs were recorded at Kempton Park, notably in the 10k . Read on.
St ALBANS 10km Saturday 3rd April
Mick Lane was 4th over 60 in 41.52.
DORNEY MARATHON Saturday 3rd April at Dorney Lake
1 J Andrews (Tavis) 2:25.50
22 Gary Armstrong 2:37.39
40 Marc Leyshon 2:42.54
51 Andy Starr 2:44.30
55 David Ready 2:45.33
69 Ed Perry 2:48.09
80 James Whistler 2:50.16
104 Paul Doyle 2:53.37
117 James Ritchie 2:55.35
214 Bob Tinsley 3:13.49
223 Bruce McLaren 3:15.54
308 Susan Ritchie 3:38.46
KEMPTON PARK RUN THROUGH RACES Saturday 3rd April
Half Marathon
Nick Twomey comments:
˜It was really incredible to get my second fastest Half Marathon ever when today
was part of marathon training, 10 miles @ MP and then a pick up for the last 5k.
Nick finished just behind Ross Macdonald.
5 Ross Macdonald 1:14.48
6 Nick Twomey 1:15.12
158 Tamsin Burland 2:08.43
166 Roger Wallace 2:14.27
10k
Two more substantial PB's¦
8 James Riley 33.44
36 Ed Forbes 37.42
5k
11 David Lawley 17.46
80 Susan Clark 33.39
AIG MOVE UNITED 5k CHALLENGE Saturday 20th March
Third place and an 18.47 PB for Alun Thomas.
SUBSCRIPTIONS AND REGISTRATION
As we don't know individual's circumstances, the club will to extend the policy
we applied last year on subscriptions:
- we'd like those who can pay the full amount to do so, and we will register those
who pay a full senior sub with EA-so they get the membership benefits listed here:
- if you would find it difficult to pay, please pay what you can (or not) but keep
taking part in training and club events. You won't be able to represent the club in
public races unless you ask us, and send at least the EA fee - the cost is £15.
The club gets no income at that level, so we will only do this if you are
representing the club at County level or above. (typically Surrey cross country
leagues, Surrey or Middlesex champs, or Inter-counties/National champs).
You can still enter public races as an individual.
- Ranelagh is financially stable, but has lost two thirds of its annual income
in the last year as we have not been able to organise our popular 10k and half
marathon races in 2020. What will be allowed in 2021 is still not clear - so
please support us if you can, either by paying your subscription or supporting
training and racing activities. Our club culture is worth much more than money
- keep that going!
- If you have any questions or queries on this please contact the membership
secretary Chris Owens (aachrisowens@yahoo.co.uk)
Fees for the 21\22 season are Senior £50, Family £90 (two Seniors+) Junior
(u20) or student or second claim £20, o60 AND Retired £25, non-running or
outside M25 (county member) £10. Please do a transfer to the Ranelagh account,
as below, and add your name as we cannot see who has paid.
Beneficiary Bank: HSBC
Sort code: 40-23-29
Account Number 81109847
Account name Ranelagh Harriers
THURSDAY TRACK TRAINING AT OSTERLEY PARK
Thursday evening track training at Osterley Park restarts on 15 April. For the first
few weeks at least, sessions will run from 19:00 until 20:00.
As is the case with the Tuesday evening group training, the track sessions will
operate within the guidelines set by England Athletics for a Covid 19 Secure
Environment for so long as UKGov Covid restrictions apply. The key points are:
1) Participants must pre-book a place on each session and provide contact details.
Colin Brett will be coordinating the juniors group.
For the endurance group, an Eventbrite registration has been set up for the session
on April 15th here:
A fresh link will be distributed each Friday for the following Thursday's endurance
session.
Places on the Endurance session will be limited initially to 25, although a waiting
list will operate so please make sure you cancel if you can't come. Registration
will open each Friday morning for the next Thursday session.
2) The junior/speed group should remain socially distanced from the endurance group
and will meet at the 100mts start whereas the endurance group will meet at the 100mts
finish.
3) Participants within a group should adhere to social distancing rules before, during
the warm up, and during the warm down exercises to minimise transmission risk.
4) Any participant testing positive for Covid 19 or exhibiting symptoms within 5 days
of attending a session should inform the session leader.
5) Any parents or spectators should remain socially distanced from the participants
other than their family members and may interact with them only before or after the
session.
The schedule of endurance sessions for the next 14 weeks has been posted on the Club
website. The sessions will be led by one or more of Marcus Atkins, Dan Chiechi,
Becky Curtis-Hall, Gordon Whitson with Maia Rushby providing backup.
Any queries should be directed to ranelagh.hon.secretary@gmail.com
Gordon Whitson
RESUMPTION OF ORGANISED TRAINING
The current England Athletics guidance for the return of athletics and running states
that as from Monday 29 March 2021, organised training within a Covid secure
environment may resume. This means that Ranelagh restarted organised group training
on Tuesday 30 March 2021. Participation in group training sessions will be on a
pre-booked basis only and all the restrictions that applied to our training sessions
regarding social distancing during the summer of 2020 will again apply.
Group leaders will doubtless be posting details via the established social media
channels and all members wanting to take part in organised sessions are encouraged
to look out for these details and to contact the group leaders directly if necessary.
You are also reminded that unorganised training (uncoached in a non-Covid secure
environment) has also resumed, which means members can run in small groups of up
to 6 runners at any time.
parkrun
If all goes according to plan the junior parkruns will recommence on 11th April for
under 11s only. The main parkruns open to all will start up again on Saturday 5th June.
INTERMEDIATE 2 TRAINING GROUP
John Herriott writes:
Intermediate 2 are looking for help on a Tuesday evening. At the moment one of our
coaches, Anna, is unable to assist as she has a long term back injury. Martin and
I are looking for volunteers to help do the warm ups 2 or 3 times a month. You don't
have to be UK Athletics qualified to do warm ups . All you need is some experience
in doing stretching exercises and an enthusiastic personality! If you do have a UK
Athletics Licence as a Leader or Coach and would like to help take a session every
2 to 3 weeks then please also get in touch via ranelagh.hon.secretary@gmail.com.
Thank you.
FIXTURES SECRETARY
We're still looking for someone to take over the role of Fixtures Secretary.
It's not an arduous job, most of the work being carried out in the Spring.
The essential duty is the creation and maintenance of the club fixture list each year:
the key races for the club including mob matches, club handicaps, Surrey League XC,
and other local races of interest to members. It does NOT involve organising any of
the races yourself!
Could members interested in taking on this role or wanting further information please
contact Gordon Whitson, Hon Secretary, in the first instance via email at ranelagh.hon.secretary@gmail.com
Note that we are also without a social secretary or secretaries. We normally organise
half a dozen or so social events per year and these could be handled by one person
or by a small team. Please get in touch if interested.
SOUTH DOWNS WAY RELAY
We have been offered one team entry in this invitation-only event on 3rd July. For
more details go to www.southdownsrelay.com. For this first year we're entering
one A team but hope to be offered more entries in future years. A team comprises
6 runners each doing 3 legs. It's a great event over a single day in the summer
and hopefully will be able to go ahead having been cancelled in 2020. If you're
interested in running or helping please get in touch with Rick Jenner at rickjenner77@gmail.com, via social, WhatsApp etc.
WIMBLEDON COMMON TRAIL RACES
Andy Bickerstaff’s popular Wednesday evening events on Wimbledon Common are
expected to take place again this year, albeit slightly later in the summer
than usual. Dates are 7th July, 4th August and 1st September, distance 5 miles.
Details:.
COUNTY TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
For anyone interested, the Middlesex championships are to be held on Saturday
24th July (Under 13 and Under 15), and Monday 30th August (Bank Holiday)
(Under 17, Under 20 and seniors. Dates for the Surrey championships have yet
to be decided.
PILATES AND NUTRITION WORKSHOP FOR RUNNERS
Ranelagh member Karen Campbell writes:
If you would like to know more about how nutrition and Pilates could support your
running performance, then you may wish to join this workshop to be held on
30th June 7pm-9pm. There is an early bird price of £20 until the end of May at
which time the price rises to £25. Just register here:
The four sessions will include:
Food For.......up to 10K
Flexible Foot Workshop
Food for .....Half Marathon Plus
Pilates to Activate Your CORE and more
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
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