THE HARRIERS HERALD
No.
166, December 2006
Welcome to December’s Harriers Herald,
which rounds off another very successful year for the club. Thursday night schedules for
December and January are followed by reminders about
Susanne’s Bike Challenge, the
Christmas
Meal and the London Marathon Club Entry. Then there’s Correspondence received and
some notes from the recent BCAA AGM. Race results or shorts reports are given for
the
Roaches
fell race, the Eynsham 10K, the first
Copy date for January’s Harriers Herald: Wednesday 3rd
January
Only two weeks
left to record a time for the cycle challenge, so pick a nice wind-free, cold
day when the ground is hard and go for it!
A reminder of the Challenge details: The route is 14.2 miles, starting
from the new footpath on Churn Road, going up to the Monument (SU 425 844) and
the same way back to the new footpath.
The rules are: At the new footpath you will find a pole with a yellow
and a blue arrow, which is your start line.
Cycle, any push bike is allowed, up to the Monument, get off the bike,
run up the steps and give the Monument a hug, back again via the steps, jump on
your bike and go as fast as you can back home to the pole, touch the pole and
stop your watch. Keep Susanne posted
with your time as the names of the two fastest people will go in a hat and the
winner announced during our Christmas meal.
Thanks to Pete for
organising the Christmas Meal, which will be at
·
I have now
received the club’s guaranteed entry to the London Marathon. Traditionally, the names of all those
Harriers who entered the
Thurs 7th Lucy to lead
Thurs 14th Handicap Race
Thurs 21st ) To be decided, depending on level of interest
Thurs 28th ) To be decided, depending on level of interest – a daytime run
has been suggested
Thurs 4th Tom to lead
Thurs 11th Kev to lead
Thurs 18th Handicap Race
Thurs 25th Pete to lead
Correspondence received
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Sender
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Subject matter |
Action |
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Laranja Tours |
Sports
tours |
File |
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Guildford &
Godalming AC |
Entry forms:
Hogsback 14K Road Race ( |
Events Diary
& Notice board |
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Club Guaranteed
Entry |
Award to
lucky(?) member at Xmas Meal |
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BCAA |
Forthcoming AGM |
I attended AGM
(see below) |
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SEAA |
Info. Update
#103; notes on forthcoming EGM |
File |
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ABAC |
Notes on SEAA
EGM |
File |
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SEAA |
X-country
Champs ( |
File |
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Winning Ways |
2007 catalogue (trophies, medals, stopwatches…etc) |
File |
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‘Just Racing’ |
Entry forms:
Wendover 5 MT race ( |
Events Diary
& Notice board |
I represented Compton Harriers at the
recent BCAA AGM at
· The guest speaker was David Moorcroft, who gave a short informal talk followed by questions & answers. He came across as a very pleasant and levelheaded person. He began with a summary of his athletics career, from starting as a schoolboy with Coventry Harriers to his days as a GB international and world record holder. He then gave a brief update on UK Athletics. He will shortly be standing down as head of UKA, and his role will be split between two posts – a Chairman and a Chief Executive. David Moorcroft finished by telling us about his aspirations for the 2012 Olympics - the UKA target is to have at least one Briton in each athletics final.
· The BCAA constitution is to be updated (as it has remained unchanged for >10 years).
·
BCAA get their income from (1)
Affiliation fees of member clubs, (2) Entry fees to
·
The role of BCAA & other
· With a lack of willing new volunteers, the BCAA Committee was voted back in more or less unchanged (sound familiar?), but there are still vacancies for minor positions.
In
November,
Lucy
and Martin completed The
Roaches 15M
Fell Race (12th November)
in
Lucy
and Sue took part in the
Eynsham 10K (26th
November). After a very wet start to the
day, the sun came out about an hour before race start, and it was pleasantly
mild though a little breezy. I think we
were both a little disappointed with our performances, both being around 2
minutes off our respective PBs but Mo and I overheard quite a few people
complaining that their times were considerably slower this year, so maybe we
can blame the conditions! Lucy crossed
the line in 46:13 (249th) and I ran 40:53 and was third FV35. Gill Harrison, a friend of Compton Harriers,
finished in 45:46. The race winner was
D. Merckel (
Sue
Next race:
Sunday
3rd December, Culham Park
(near Abingdon)
Sus
Florence Marathon has it all, great P.B.
potential (first 2K slightly down hill and then flat) stunning route through
the historical city, charming beautiful people who applauses you through the
course without being to laud, water stations where they serve, apart from
water, tee, cakes, salt drinks and various fruit, a professional team of race
organizer who look after you (mind you they do not put up fences between
runners and spectators) a very interesting feedback information about your
split times after you finish and you are never short of a pasta meal before or
after your run. So what else could you
ask for? Well a cold before travelling would have been nice to miss and it
would have been nice if Klaus did mention he had a dodgy knee but it was all
just in our mind, as a matter of fact I think it cured my cold and Klaus was
only happily surprised how his knee behaved so we where blessed with luck and
finished the race hand in hand in the good time of 3:40:29. Though my first
marathon will always stand for something special for me this was definitely one
I would hope to do again one day. So chio
Handicap Race
Our first dark Handicap Race of this winter was on a cool evening with damp atmosphere. Kev continued his run of wins as he knocked another 7 seconds off his P.B. and finished with a 30-secind lead. Pete, Rick, Lucy and Matt then finished in close succession, all recording times between 13 & 14 minutes. Ryan, though nursing a dodgy calf muscle, set a decent pace with me hanging on as best I could. Kirsty was next home, then Tom, who had been ill all week. Thanks to Jan for timing - on this occasion she was ably assisted by Dick who was resting a sore heel. The next Handicap Race is scheduled for Thursday 18th January. If Kev can win that, he will make Harriers history – no member has ever won more than three in a row!
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Pos |
Name |
Start time |
Finish time |
Actual time |
Handicap Beaten? |
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1 |
Kevin |
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-0:33 |
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2 |
Pete |
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-0:04 |
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3 |
Rick |
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-0:01 |
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4 |
Lucy |
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+0:05 |
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5 |
Matt |
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+0:20 |
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6 |
Ryan |
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+0:26 |
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7 |
Sue |
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+0:27 |
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8 |
Kirsty |
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+1:10 |
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9 |
Tom |
0:00 |
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Website
update… http://comptonharriers.org.uk
Mo
Now the dark days of winter are with us, we need to be
highly visible to motorists when running on the public highways. Most of us have a variety of lights and
reflective strips etc. If you are
looking to top up your reflective wear then I can recommend a visit to http://www.3mbeseen.co.uk
where there is
a variety of reflective products available at very reasonable prices … and all
can be ordered online. The range of products includes high visibility snap
bands, infant, junior and adult vests, multi-purpose reflective stretch bands
and versatile reflective tape. Should
you be tempted to purchase from the site, you will be able to get a club
discount of 25% by entering the code RU0996.
Have you visited the new local mountain bike centre yet?
The address is http://www.trailjunkies.com.
Yet another multi sport specialist for you to visit online is SBR (Swim
Bike Run). There is a vast range of
clothing and accessories that can be ordered online, although most of it
doesn’t look particularly cheap. The
site address is http://www.sbrsports.com
.
I hope you like the revised layout of the events table below … I think
it’s more pleasing to the eye and it’s much easier for me to update on the
website in this format.
Events Diary: A selection of local and other well known events for your information. If you need any entry forms, I can email some of them on request and others are likely to be on the club notice board if not available on the relevant website.
Click on runner for Harrier's Events Diary
(Mo – December 2006)