Newsletter of Lordshill Road Runners (Lordshill RR affiliated to Sunday 14th July S.E.A.A.. A.A.A.E, A.UX and H.A.A.) New Pork Farm, Brockenhurst Whether you are running the New Forest 10or not, this event is , Tnside this issue: one not to miss!
CHAIRMAN'S CHAT 2 Why? Becausewe are holding our annual Club Barbecue after the running is over and done with - and it is open to all members and
Anniversary Tales 3-5 their families...and its free tool We will be providing food and drink to make the day complete.
Rhayader 20 & Eas- 6 tleigh 10k Don't forget that in addition to the 'main evenf there are 3 shorter races, from 1/2 mile for under 10's to a 3 miler for 14 Prague Marathon 7 years and over - an ideal opportunity to introduce the smaller runners in the family to racing. Tough 10..& Steve 10 races Stateside This is the Club's chance to say 'thank you' for all the marshalling The Final HRRL Report 13 input during the various races through the year, including the re cently run Lordshill 10k ^>^ullEvents Diary 14
.Lordshill 10k, Sunday 30th June 2002
Despitethe fears that the clash with the World Cup Final would scupper any chance of a good turn out onthe day, the lateentries desk did good trade helped perhaps by the ideal weatherconditions., and of course Brazil's removal of England from the equation!! So, numberswere respectable with al most 200 entries by the start.
The quality was certainly not lacking either, as Andy Morgan-Lee blitzed the courseandshookthe record (without breaking it) in 30.20. The women'swinner, Amy Styles also knocked on the door of the course record by crossingthe line in 34.42, just a few seconds short of the previous best.
A full report will appear in the next issue, but Race Directors John McGarry and Graham Bungay would like to take the opportunity to say a HUGE thank you to al! the members, family and friends who turned out to make this race YET AGAIN an undoubted success]] Page 2 Chairman's Chat The goodnews continues to come in. Ourmen'sA team areholding4th place overall in the RR10 series after finishing 3rd at Itchen Valley Country Parkand4th at Westwood. The regular scorers arenow Rob Tanner, Mike Bisson, Tim Howell, Graham Bungay andDuncanBeck, with jostling for positionsamongst the five. The B team places arehotly contestedbetween aboutten men and there are further tight groups of Lordshill runners elsewhere in the field. Well done to everyone who is turningup! When you take into ac count that the team above us in the overall placings is Southampton Running Club B team and the league only used to count the first team from each club, we are really in 3rd place. The women's team is currently 6th overall, also with two Southampton Running Club teams counted ahead ofthem, so 5th really, but are not getting all the results they could because ofinjuries and non-availabilityofsome runners. Becky Life has managed two 1st places in her two outings but Hannah Turner and Sheila Fox are running regularly and are well up in the overall ratings. Well done to all the women as well. IVe not seen the latest position with the Hampshire Road Race League as the results come out sporadicallybut we have been scoring well in most races and are regularly fielding men's and women's teams. The London Marathon was a memorablerace, largely forthe brilliant run by Paula Radcliffe, andwas en- i^oyed bythe small Lordshill contingent who spectated and the even smaller contingent who ran. Two out of three ofourClub placerunners had to defer their runsto 2003 as they suffered injuries-good luck next year to Simon Bushell and Vicky Bandy - and Cynthia Feely also had to postpone her run. Steve Haggarty had a good run, followed in by Patrick Joseph and Mike Letheren, both sporting a colourful hair dye, with Bev Thompson making a welcome returnto marathon running. SorryifI missed seeing anyoneelse - it is very hard work trying to spot faces in the sea ofbobbing heads! The 20-year anniversary celebration ofLordshill RoadRunnerswas a successful evening,enjoyedby all who attended. There were a fair number ofold members amongstthe revellers, includingtwo ofthe found ersofthe Club - IanLawrence andDave Dilnot- who cut the suitably decorated cake. The original training run, with an extra mile or two, was followed by a select groupofold and new members before the quizzes, food and social chat, andit was good to seeKeith Langford backon his feetafterhis recent knee operation. Thanks are due to the organising committee forthe event; Dave Clothier, Roger Bradley, Jim Shepperdand the one who pulled it altogether, Janet McGarry (wife ofJohn!). Ourguest speaker, ColinGoater, talked abouthis coachingexperiencesandroadrunningin general, andmanagedto stir up some controversy with his comments on "runners rather thanjoggers" -1 did not think the comments were at all elitist although they appeared to be interpreted as such! The barwas kept runningby Roger and the last stragglers eventu ality were poured down theroad some timeafter closing. The next events coming up arethe Lordshill 10k race(see elsewherein this issue) and the New Forest 10 andClubbarbecue. The clash ofthe 10krace with the (association football) WorldCup Final is unfortu nate,but who would rather watch Brazil vs Germany(?) than help with the 10k? I hope to see you all there, doing yourbit forthe Race Directors and the Club. The barbecue afterthe New Forest 10racewill be open to all members and their families, as usual, andwe can only prayfor some better weatherthan we are hav ing at the beginning ofJune. I understand entries for the 10 mile raceare filling up quite quickly so, ifyou need to build up an appetite forburgers andbeer, get your entry in quickly. Good luck with all your runningand dont forgetthe sunburn protection. I have discovered on two long runs this yearthat the white stripeson Helly-Hansen tops let in the sunshinethat the main blue fabric does not -as a result I have had zebra stripes on my shoulders! Derek Page 3
LORDSHILL ROAD RUNNERS TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
LORDSHILL RR - THE EARLY BEGINNINGS.... by Founding Member, Ian Lawrence
The first club run started from Lordshill Libraryin May 1982. It was led by Jill Standerwick, who guided us through some basic stretching exercises in the Meetings Room, where we left our things before walking through the libraryto our startingpoint outsidethe front door. We turned left out ofthe lobbyand ran down through the underpassinto Pegasus Close. Then we turned right, through the underpassthat runs be neathLordshill Way, past the schoolfield and on roundFairisle. We turned rightalongOrkney and Lundy beforecrossing Cromarty to go pastthe pondand on to the fieldat the cornerofBakers Drove andRomsey Road. Wedid a couple of lapsor so of the fieldbefore retracing our steps backto the library. Andthat was it: the firstclubrun ofLordshill RoadRunners. I'm not surehowmany of us therewere exactly thateven ing - probably no more than four or five - but one ofour number was a doctor. You never know. Because there was a large glass display casein the library andwewere a bit short of things to putin it t^ometimes, I decided one month to fill it with running stuff. I had been running fora few years - mainly orienteering - when I moved to the library, andI had alsodonesomething calledtheMasters andMaidens Marathon in Surrey. Arthur Toomer loaned us loads ofkit from hisshop, andalong with some books and photographs thatwas ourdisplay. Because I thought thatLordshill, with all those footpaths, was a great place to run, I puta note in the display case inviting any local people interested in running tocontact me. Several did, andwetook ourfirst tentative steps to becoming a club. With thehelpofDave Dilnot of Southampton City Council, who gave invaluable advice onhow to geta club going, and Rennie Johnstone ofOaklands School, who provided a more suitable base than thelibrary could offer, we were upand liter ally running within a very short time. I seem to remember thatat the very start, and forabout two weeks, we called ourselves Lordshill Library Road Runners. Many names come back tomefrom those early days - thepeople concerned know who they are- andit is due to their enthusiasm anddetermination that theClub negotiated various early teething problems (not to mention personality clashes) and went ontobecome what it is today. I don'tthink were then, orpossibly arenow, many clubs whose name represents nota cityor a town, buta relatively small andordinary suburb ofa city. Ata runinanother county we heard, in the changing room afterwards, about a small local league which (y^^onsisted ofa series offree, informal, off-road midweek races organised with the minimum offuss by the clubs in the league. The idea ofthe RR6 (now RR 10) series was sown inthat changing room. We ar ranged to meetSouthampton Road Runners fora drink in a pub inEastStreet andtogether weworked out how we could start ourown local version. That, too, I gather from what I see inthe Echo, has gone from strength to strength. My own running days areregrettably over. First I hada crash on my bike andbroke mypelvis; then I had anotherone and did a 'Gazza' to my right knee. But it is a sourceofconsolation to knowthat our idea all those years ago hasproved sodurable andsobeneficial to thehealth of so many people.
Ian Lawrence
We are looking to put together a special issue of LORDSHILL NEWS before the year is out, to commemorate our 20th Anniversary. If you have any.memories, stories or recollections of our Club that could be included in this Special Edition, please dont keep them to yourself! Please pass them on to Editor Roger Brad ley, or Publisher Jim Shepperd. You can also email contributions directlyto Jim on; [email protected]. Many Thanks. Look forward to hearing from you! vr£~-3& JL*? '
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LORDSHILL ROAD RUNNERS TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY Chairman DerekGoodchild looks back 20 years
1982 - The Start ofSomething! I rememberit like yesterday....Monday wasn'tit?....Orwas it Tuesday? Anyway, I forget Oh no! I'm supposed to be remembering Must be my age...Have I had my tea? What did you say your name was?....Oh yes, where was I? January 1982. The Southern Evening Echo had started to publish details ofMr Mayor's Martini Marathon, to be staged in South ampton on Easter Sunday, April 11th. Having run the mile in the school athletics team a mere 18 years previously and havingalwaysenjoyedrunningas part oftrainingfor rugby,my preferred sport, I decided to give it a go. No sense in muckingabout with shorterdistances as a build up -just go the wholehog, marathonor bust! So, on Tuesday 19th January 19821 started what has become an all-consumingaddiction by completing what I had measured on a map as a two and a half mile loop in 18 minutes. On the WednesdayI did some circuit trainingafter a short run, followedon the Thursday with the original loop in 19minutesand an extra loop in another 12minutes. My training diarywas fill ing up nicely! Rest on Friday,rugby on Saturday(drew 10-10againstRoyal Tobys and injureda shoulderin the proc ess),thenaboutfour anda halfmileson Sunday in 28:30.By the end of the second weekI had knocked up a weekly total of33 milesin whatwas to becomemy secondhighestmileageweekbefore the marathon! After the first few greeksI was fitting inalonger run on Sundays and included a 15 mile run inmy hardest week (36 miles) atthe begin ningofMarch. AfterthatI startedtapering down, withlots ofrest days,a new baby in the family, and an 18mile run, including onelap ofthehalf marathon course, a weekand a half beforeMarathon day. I reallyknewhowto follow a training schedule! By MarchI had replaced the good old DunlopGreenFlashgym shoeswith whattheyounglad in oneofthe newtrendy'sportsshops', mat werebeginning to appear, assured me werethe shoesfor distance running. Theywerecertainly lightweight compared withthe Dunlops and had a nicebouncy feelbecause ofthe massoflittle dimple typestudson thesolesbut theywerenot anything likeproperrunning shoesor anything I'veeverseensince! With my entrysecured andwitha small sumof sponsorship resting onmy reaching 26.2 miles, I wasreadyto go. Race day was sunnyand started cool althoughit warmedup way before the finish. I was up by 6:30, with a 3 week old daughter beingfed, a 4 yearold son unwrapping birthdaypresents, a 7 year old son fighting withthe 4 yearold for Eastereggsto scoff,anda housefull ofgrandparents and uncles and auntsaddingto the chaos; I merelyhad guts acheand a lot ofnervous feelings! My brotheraccompanied me to the starton The Avenue, near the 'Cowherds', to take my spare kit after I'd stripped oft and at 10:00 we were offin amad dash up the road. There were 1153 men and 36 women entered in theMarathon, with488 menand 70 women for the Half Marathon (howthings havechanged!), butonly769finished thefull course (I havenotgot anyhalfmarathon results). Thecourse, which changed thefol lowing yearandmostyears afterthat, beforetheracewasabandoned after 1991, included Burgess Road, HillLane, Commercial Road, Portland Terrace, Bargate, High Street, Canute Road, Itchen Bridge, Spring Hill, WestEndRoad, Meggeson Avenue, Manor Farm Road, StDenysRoad, Portswood Road, Lodge Road and back to The Avenueand Sphere were quite a few spectators out allthe way round, most of them curious toknow how friends and family were faring. Quite a fewoftheMarathon runners gotcaught upin theexcitement andwere dragged around with Half Marathon contestants, onlyrealising theirmistake when theygot to the 'Cowherds' andfound theiraccompanying group turningoffto the finish! I managed to avoid this mistake and had the great satisfaction on the secondlap of overtaking DerekProut,an ex-England rugby international who I playedwith at Trojans, who wasalwayssuperblyfit but whohadpaid thepriceofan earlyfastpaceand wasstaggering downMeggeson Avenue. I found drinking on the move very tricky(I stillhave not masteredthat one!)but had a big lift whenthe familyturned out in force to cheerme past the 'Bellemoor' on thesecondlap. My brotherjoined me, wearing a tracksuit, for the rest of the second lap and caused quitea few comments from spectators whowereamazed thathe couldlook so fresh! I wasglad ofthe com panybut found it increasingly difficult to respondto Robin's conversation andjust wanted to get to the finish, walk ingand running as my legsbeganto seizeup. I finally madeit to the finish in 3:32:40and evenmanaged to downa pint ofshandyoutsidethe 'Cowherds' before a painfultrudgebackhome and along soakin the bath. Done it! My trainingdiary went a bit quiet after mat, withjust a few runs until I got going again in Septemberand trained for the Totton HalfMarathon at the end ofOctober. By the following April I was running the Gosport and Fareham Mara thon in 3:55:30 (an awful run!), followed three weeks later by the SperringsSouthampton Marathonin 3:27:04. From then on it was running and running and running I did not join Lordshill until early 1987, when both the Club and I were reaching 5 years ofprogress, but we have not looked back! I only regret not joining Southampton's friendliest running club from the start. Derek Page 5
LORDSHILL ROAD RUNNERS TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY The 20th Anniversary Party
Lordshill Road Runners - established 20 years and still going strong, as the support on 10th May proved - and who remembers those early days? Many do and they turned upto join inthe celebra tions at the home of Lordshill Road Runners - Oak\ands School.
The evening started at 6.30pm with - what else - but a run, the route chosen was the first run ever done by Lordshill Road Runners in 1982 - at that time known as the Lordshill Library Runners - er, because it started from Lordshill Library!!! We started from Oaklands, but from there followed the route arriving back at Oak\ands for a shower and change ready for all meeting up in the bar!
All around the bar were memorabilia from the early days of the club along with many photographs of past and present members taking part in races of all distances and terrain. Dave Clothier had put together a quiz, and there was also a 'Guess the Legs' Quiz - which certainly proved interesting - it is ^.urprising how many people don't recognise their own legs. Colin Goater, Race b'irector for the Great South and athletics coach was invited to give a short talk. But - the best part of the evening was to meet founder members of the club, Ian Lawrence, Dave Dilnot and Keith Bushell - still keeping up the Lordshill tradition of enjoying a pint. Ian ar\d Dave cut the anniversary cake.
Despite initial reservations on how many apart from the stalwarts, would attend, it turned out to be a very successful evening - many tales from the past were told - and 'Do you remember when ' was heard on several occasions. Thanks must go to Roger to doing a sterling job behind the bar and Dave for organising the quiz and birthday cake!!
Here's to the next twenty years. Janet f^cGarry
The Anniversary cake. .cut by founder members Ian Lawrence and Dave Dilnot Page 6
Saturday March 16th 2001 'Round the Lakes* 20 miles Rhayader Wales - Roger Bradley
Thursdaywas windy with a cold easterly blowing,Friday was windless and a lot warmer...sowhat was Sat urday going to produce for a run in the Welsh mountains? As a group ofLordshill runners gathered in Up per Shirley at 7am before the drive to mid-Walesthe sky's were grey with a hint ofthe rain to come on the way. A smoothjourney with one or two periods ofrain got us to a dry Rhayader. But not for long. Thirty minutes before the 13.00 start time the heavens opened, but luck was with the runners and as they made their way up to the start in St. Harmon Road the rain clouds dispersed to give a dry twenty mile run around the Elan Valley. Some ofour group,all obtainingPB's,opted for a shorter five mile race which coversthe last five ofthe longer route. One, on arrival, went straight to bed having had a heavy night before and was not seen again until runners were crossing the finishing line in the cattle market! Ten ofus (the twenty -milers) set offon the two laps ofthe town which include the short sharp hill of Heol-y-Brenin twice and then into East Street, pass the clock tower into West Street before leavingthe ur ban area for the long climb up to Penrhiw-Wen before the descent around the lakes. Thisyeartwenty people, someof whom had a longerweekend, in all madeup the partywhich tookoverall the beds in the 'Lamband Flag'. GrahamBungaywas leading the Club's runners,only to drop out at the 13 ^rbile mark due toa nagging injury buthereturned tothe field after a break tofinish die course. This al lowedJim Shepperdto take the honoursas first home for Lordshill, with a time of2.39.38 and 103rdplace overall. In the 5 mile event Rob Tanner was our first to cross coming in second overall in a time of27.57 pb. OtherFiveMile results, MikeBisson 4th, 28.52, GeoffDawes 17th, 37.40, CathyTanner45.49.
Twenty Mile results, Jim Shepperd 103rd 2.39.38 Derek Goodchild 153rd 2.55.31 MikeLetheren 124th 2.45.00 Graham Bungay 187th 3.05.52 Sioux Thirtle 132nd 2.48.28 John McGarry 191st 3.07.08 PaulBurnage 135th 2.48.44 Roger Bradley 216th 3.16.54 Mike Newman 151st 2.54.29 Sue Shiell 262nd 3.50.22 Jenny Dawes
Sunday March 17th 2002. Eastleigh 10k. u While the DRINKERS' where stillin mid Wales recovering fromthepostracecelebrations (which happened to coin cide with the dawning of St. Patricks Day late the sameevening) DickBainesled home anotherparty ofLordshill runnersin this very popular local race. Dick, who finishedin 85th place (M50 3rd.) with his best time yet as an over fifty in 37.07, is enjoyinga come back with regard to race times. AheadofDick in 25th place, 33.01 was Paul Phillipsrunningin the vestofhis LondonClub,Heme Hill Harriers. AngusMaclean, ofTeam Solentwas overall winner with a time of29.53 on a windy day which came with the odd shower ofrain to cool runners on their way around the streets ofEastleigh.
Our women were led home by Kaye Harwood, 17m. 39.25 who with Hannah Turner 72nd. 47.40, Sheila Fox 84th, 48.44 and Virginie Cotte 101st 49.56 were the 8th women's team to finish. Other Results were as follows:
183 Mike Ballard 40.49 M55 12th 294 John Sanchez-Bisson 44.28 193 Patrick Joseph 41.23 322 Brian Grierson 45.18 M60 14th 213 Garry Glass 41.54 399 Kevin Thomas 47.33 222 Dave Clothier 42.17 M5021st 497 Mike Dukes 50.21 M55 31st 245 Michael Roe 43.08 151 Kim Hutchings 53.42 W40 25th 271 Simon Bushell 43.53 M40 51st 230 Maria Bunce 61.05 W50 28th
RogerBradley Prague International Marathon 19th May 2002 Pagc 7 From the alcohol-blurred recollections ofan initial recce weekend carried out by the Goodchilds and the Dawes five years ago, an idea ofa trip to the Prague Marathon was spawned and was finally draggedinto action by Roger Bradley. Various members expressed an interest in the trip but the usual batch ofinjuries, sick parrots, naggingmothers-in-law and other feeble excuses took their toll and flights and accommoda tion were eventually booked for 11 people. Entries to the race itselfshould have been relatively simple to obtainbutt he electronicentry that JohnMcGarry (yes, husbandofJanet!) attempted resultedin numerous e-mail queriesbefore it was confirmed and the postal entries forGeoffDawes, Anne Francis, Paul Bur- nage, Jim Shepperd, Ian Whitcher, Roger Bradley and Derek Goodchild needed a whole string ofe-mails before they were finally recorded. The remainder ofthe party- the team supporters - consistedofJanet, Pe ter Francis andTerry Prynn. Travellingon the day that the new Air Traffic Control Centre lost its comput ersagain was unavoidable, as werethe accidents blocking traffic on the M25 en route to Stansted, but some high tech navigational andcommunication aidsled the 2 vehicle convoy around most ofthe western- suburbs ofLondon,to arrive at the airport only one hour after check-in time; an inauspicious start! The 8- hourdelay to our flight providedthe opportunityto commence serioushydrationand to swap storieswith all the other international travellers who were enthralled to be spendingtheir day in Essex insteadofmore exotic venues. The eventualarrival in Prague at dawn enabledus to see the city in quiet mode, with most \yfthe transport system asleep, but we managed to find enoughtaxisto ferry us to ourB&B digs, which we reached at about6:00am. The two sets ofdigswere only one houseapart andRoger,Jim, Ian, Peterand Anne had no difficulty in gettingin, havingkept their landlady informed on the delays by telephone. The rest ofus were less fortunate as our landladyhad managedto stay up until 2:00ambut then collapsed into a total stupor andit took about half anhourofdoor bell ringing and phone ringing beforeherItalian lodger finally peeredout andagreed to admit us! After a briefsleep it was up forbreakfast(well, we had paid for it!) andthen offto the tram to the city centre to register for the race. Prague is a beautiful city with some reallyattractive old buildingsand no skyscrapers in sight. The centreis relativelycompact and findingyour way around is easy. We opted fora quiet, restful day, which involved sittingin various barsand restau rants, avoiding the sun, stuffing pasta in and marvelling at the low prices- typically about40p for0.5 litres ofbeer and £4-£5 for a meal, even nearthe centre! Race day was relatively cool afterthe heat ofSaturday and even provideda few drops ofrainon the course. There were quite adequate toilet facilities around the OldTown Square, where the race started and finished, with blocks of"Johnny Servis" portaloos anda novel way ofstoringbaggage - a prefab, building set up in a side street with separate 'rooms' for each batch ofrace numbersand individual hooks foreachrunner's kit to be hung on. The startwas in blocks according to numbers - set from the previousbest times recordedon entry forms - and a large international crowd L/aited through the lists ofsponsors, read out in Czech andthen English, beforethe start hooteranda gen tle shuffle up to race pace. The courseinvolved quite a lot ofcobbled streets - more ofa problemon the re turnto the city with tired legs - andtwisted and turnedaround much ofthe Old Town before crossing the riverand headingsouth on a dual carriageway. Drink stations and spongestations were plentiful and of fered isotonic drinks and some food as well as water. The coursewas practically flat, with only minor gra dients, and there was a reasonable level ofsupport on the way round. Apart from a few villages, the long southern out-and-back section was a bit tedious but did give an opportunityto see faster and slowerrunners before and after the turning point. I carried a small cameraand managedto capture the leadingbunch of assorted African runners as well as most ofthe otherLordshillcontingentas I passedthem, or they passed me, as well as taking a few snaps ofscenes en route; an excuse for a slow time at least! We were cheered on the way out and the returnby our small supportteam -thanks to all three - and the results were a mixture offortunes. Ian suffered on the returnleg and completed the run in 3.16, a little slower than he had hoped. Jim got strongeras he went on and managed 3.21, with Paul chasing him in 3.25.1 had a few walks (to avoid camera shake, ofcourse) and felt comfortable in 3.54 (another slight improvement on my time this year)and John stormed in behind in a PB of3.57 (All these times are finish photo clock times - the race had a chip timing system and actual times were all less than these). Roger arrived in 4.29, Anne in 4.32 with Geoffsuffering a bit in 4.40. Prague Marathoncontinued Page 8 Geoff, Anne and Roger treatedcentral Prague to an impromptu exotic dancerroutine as they changedbe side the bar tables and I understandare now considering offers for a tour ofshady Europeannight-spots. After a sleepy face fill we returnedto the digs for a clean up and the big night out. It was a night out as we chose to sit at an outside table which had a largegas patio neaterin the middle ofit, at a restaurant near the Old Town Square. Unfortunately the gas had run out but we acted in true Brit fashion and stayed where we were, shivering a bit until the various soups, dumplings and meat dishes, washed down by a pleasant local red, warmed us up beyond the comfort zone. Ian, on his first Lordshillaway trip, put us all to shame by dressing for dinner,but then lowered the tone by tucking into the tripe soup. (Jim tried this, inadvertently, the following day, and was not quite as enthusiastic aboutit as Ianhadbeen!) Monday saw various groups sight seeing around the city and the Castle, which stands on a hill on the other side ofthe river, and I re traced my steps from the last visit to do some shoppingbefore findingmyselfin a familiar looking bar for more dumplings and beer. Geoffdid the culturebit, when the astronomical museum finally opened, and also managed to relocate a fondly remembered bar from five years ago. This wasvisitedby the whole group, after rendezvousbeers, forour final evening and we had a great time with a three coursemeal, end less beers,local spirits andthe odd coffee all for about£7 a head! Prague style drinking involves barstaff servingreplacements for empty glasses, as soon as the glasses areemptied, continuously, until you con vince them that you have had enough! Nohanging around atbar counters there! The landlord of this par ticular, rather spartan, venue, was no slouchat serving, despite his somewhataggressive manner, and I think he probably appreciated ourcustomby the end ofa longish eveningaswe old farts wereconsuming gallons morethanthe young studenttypes who made up most ofthe otherclientele! A night-cap wascalled for when the barstopped serving andwe adjourned to mat well-known Czechestablishment - "Molly Malone's". I have to sayit sounded rather Irish to me but, whatthe hell, they were still serving, andmere wasthe optionofIrish whiskey to settleontop ofa few morebeers. The lasttram appeared to haveleft when we decidedto headback but John summonedthreetaxis in a particularly masterful way (Janet did al low him to do it) andwe were soonroaring through the nightback to the digs. Terry managed to leave his rucksack, with keys, camera, etc, in it, in the back ofthe taxi as it left us, but we managed to open his room with another key andhe crashed out, along with the restofus. LuckilyPaul didnot sleep too deeply and heardthe taxi driverhooting outside - he had found the 'sack when he got back to the city centre and came allthe way out to return it, albeit for a fee. Another great breakfastand then a simple journey home. Great weekend, great company, a lot ofhumour, good race, uninspired tee-shirtandmedal, cheap food and drink, beautifulcity andall lies thatGeoffmoved his whole bed out into the lobbybecause I was snoring so loudly! Would I go again- definitely a yes! V^Derek
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Sunday March 24th 2002 St. Dismas 10K Southampton.
The first weekend ofspring brought an excellent day for running a road race - clear, warm and sunny with a slight breeze. The course ran from the start in Cranberry Avenue, north along Bevois Valley and dragged uphill into Portswood before turning offthe High Street bySafeways and working through the roads to Highfield Lane and thence on to Southampton Common. One lap anti-clockwise with a drinks station outside the Cowherds Pub by the six Kilometre mark before a climb up Corona tion Drive to the Subway under the Avenue. Oakmount Avenue and Brookvale Road take runners back along the outward route to the finish which is after a left hand turn into Denzil Avenue which give runners a nice down hill stretch to the line. This is a well marshalled course with good Police presence. Although drinks were supplied at six kilometres, there were none at the finish - onlyhalf an orange which was a nice alternative but not the fluid what manyofthe runners needed. Race winner was Mi chaelTwomey 32.53 ofSouthampton R.C. with Nikki Kearney, City ofPortsmouth 38.25 leading the women home. Lordshill were the 7th men's team to finish. Results. Mike Bisson 36.50 (PB by 52 seconds). Mike Ballard 41.50 V50 4th Paul Miller 43.21 V40 18th u John Sanchez-Bisson 44.06 V40 19th Jeremy Gartside 44.33 V50 9th RichardJinks 45.99 V50 11th Mike Dukes 49.99 V50 21st.
RogerBradley
Sunday April 28th 2001 Sheffield Marathon and HalfMarathon.
On a day whenit was windyenoughto blow all the SteelWorksto KingdomCome,threeintrepidLordshill runners lined up for the startof theSheffield Marathon. Starting andfinishing at theDon Valley Athletics Stadium (if only Soumampton had a stadium half as good)the routetookrunners via Sheffield Airportto Catcliffe and back. Thiswas a newcourse, which wassaid to havemuchfewer hillsthanthe onepreviously run. However, ratherunusual for a course it wasout and backtwice, andthe troublewasmatit ran through a veryunattractive area, slagheaps, steel works etc. Not a race to rushbackand run again! Although windyon the day, the heavyrain forecast heldoffuntil mostoftherunners were safely backat DonValley where theycould enjoy thewonderful facilities thata proper ath letics stadium provides. V^>totalof334runners finished thefull marathon with 1987 finishers in theHalfMarathon. Winning times were 2.34.17 and 1.08.36respectfully, so the new coursewas not particularly fast. First home for Lordshill was Garry Glass 3.51.19 in 178th place, 60th male 40and not too far behind Garry was Derek Goodchild running the second ofhis five planned Marathons in2002 in207th place 3.57.35,20th male 50th. Along way behind, and struggling inthe wind was Roger Bradley - 312th 4.40.13, 37th male 50.
Roger Bradley
Team Solent 5k. Down Town Southampton. kace winner Mark Miles, 14.20 of Belgrave Harriers equaled the courserecord when finishing seven seconds in front of his team mate Stephen Sharp. 'Belgrave' reallyset out to take the team prize with their four finishers in the top six home. Lordshill, with a lot of members either at the 'Grizzly' or out on long pre-spring marathon training runs had only three entrants. Mike Dukes 124th 24.15 (M5017th), and new member Neil Parker 137th 26.12. Oursole women representative was Jeanette Young 36th 24.48.
Roger Bradley A couple ofwinterraces..Jlnallyreported~.... Page 10
Tough Ten - Weston-Super-Mare. 10th February 2002
Three Lordshill members turned out for this challenging, if not dangerous little number- threatening to rain but never quite made it. Neil Roff, one of the Bristol branch ofLRR, his mate Chris Dawes and myself. You will be pleased to know that although this was a PW ofall time for me, I did manage on course for the whole 10 miles! For those ofyou who have not heard ofthis, or are not old enough to remember backwhen it was a regular club 'jolly', - it starts and finishes on the beach at Weston with less than halfon tarmac and a 2 lap turn through the woods, the start ofwhich is verysteep. Through the woods it is a fairly lethal combination ofmuddy, stonystuffwhich is the bit on which you are likely to injure yourself. A rope was very thoughtfullyprovided on the steepest, muddiest downhill bit. Neil and Chris acquitted themselves in 1.24 and 1.32 something respectively and looked as if they had just been outfor a stroll butfor myself, the clock had managed to tick past 2 hours (but only justl). A longway to go, for not huge distance, with the distinct likelihood ofinjury- but don't let me put you off what continues to be a verypopular race.
, Tenny Dawes.
lordshill Runner Is Top Brit in Major US Road Race! Steve Paige It's true, although we could debate what we mean by"major"! Everything is relative after all.
The Home Depot Scholarship Run (03/02/02) may not be the Olympics, but it is a well organised lit tle 5k somewhere in southern Florida. The great thing about all races in America isn'tso much the race itself but whathappens afterwards. Thereareprizes in every(5 year)age group and loads of spot prizes to keep people back for the prize giving ceremony which generally takes about twice as long as the race itself!
Mostimportantly of all is the food- stacks of it. Bananas, muffins, breads, yoghurts, power bars, sports drinks, beer (J), cakes, biscuits and more. Notquite like the warm, half cup of water(if you're lucky) in England. In America, the first thing they do when organising a race is line up the sponsors.
<4 won't boreyou with the details of my time, the weather, the undulations (lets face it this is south ern Florida - you canguessthe rest!), suffice to say I'll be back again next year to runanother one of the hundreds of such races all over the State.
Notthat they areall like that. Thefollowing week I ran the Gasparilla Classic, a big international 15k inTampa. Previous winners include Liz McColgan for example.
I probably wasn'ttop Brit here but was top Lordshill runner yet again! I even beat off a spirited challenge from a deluded Team Solentrunner. I still wont bore you with my times (you will have real ised by now that when I say "boreyou" I actually mean "embarrass myself"!) Yet more food and drink on aneven larger scale.
Next time you think about running abroad you should consider somewhere like Florida inthe winter. Two weeks inthe sun, running everydayand lots of great races to choose from. It must be a better bet than a marathon where you can't do too much before because youwant to save your legsand are too knackered to do anything after it because you didn't savethem enough! Page 11 Gothenburg HalfMarathon 25th May 2002 RRlO Seated 2002 Wednesday May 1st 2002 RR10 Series. Deer Leap Ashurst. Rememberwhen you were at school andit was examtime? You'd meet your A winner for Lordshill in a RR10 Series race. This time in the mates before each exam and you'd all women's race whichwas won by BeckyLife runningher first ever decide that you'd hadn't done enough RR10. Yet another successofDave ClothiersTuesday night train revision when in fact you'd been slav ing sessions, combinedwith Becky's dedicatedapproachto training. ing over your notes for weeks (but how Along with Becky on the night were seven other women runners uncool is that!?). from the club. In the men's race Southampton Running Club packed thirteen run Well, I went to Gothenburgwith 6 ners into the top 40 finishers therefore keeping Lordshill down to mates, none ofwhom had done any only five in the top 40 finishers. First home for Lordshill was in training at all if you believed in the ad form Mike Bisson intwelfth place with Rob Tanner 16th nottoofar vanced publicity. The truth is we'd all behind. Altogether thirty club members run on an evening that saw been training hard and we all anted to the days showers finally blow away. be the first onehome. Well the honour could only fall to one ofus and of Wednesday 15th May2002. RR10 Series. Wilverly.
Steve Paige Currently ourmen are4th in the league, and women6th. Ksfc^i'SfSifrSl^
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LORDSHILL IMPROVER TROPHY Test Way Relay Detailsdescribing this new Clubtrophy have been Saturday 31st August published in the last two issues of Lordshill News, This popular event is enjoyed each year and for so further description of how this trophy works is those who have not run the T.W.Relay before, not provided here - except to say its all about im here are notes: proving your times, and hence gives ANYONE in The Test Wayrelay is a 45 mile event, split into the club a chance to shine... and maybe to claim this award at the end of the year! eight legs of different distances all with their own individual challenges (which is whya recon RESULTS SO FAR: naissance of each leg MUST be carried out be fore the event to ensure confidence on race As a ten mite race is a statutory part of this trophy day!). The total route runs from Inkpen Beacon in ^tie following league table reflects anyten mile race Wesufts known atthe time of print. The league table the North, to finish at Totton, just outside the is only provisional and will change constantly as Salmon Leap pub. people run different races. Start times are 11.00am for women's/mixed teams and 12.00 noon for men's teams. Mixed 4 races Inc. a 10mile race. teams must contain at least 4 women. 1st Paul Miller 336.689% Av. 2nd Graham Bungay 297.284% Av. The finish at the Salmon Leap allows for a socia 4 races not Inc. lOmile race. ble conclusion to the race, and Hardley Runners 3rd Adrian Allen 349.599% Av. are offering a post-event BBQ to continuethe 4th Mike Bisson 335.879% Av. fun. 5th Derek Goodchild 305.348% Av. Maps will be supplied, and the entry fee is paid by the club. Transport is usuallyachieved using 2 The results show Paul at the top of the table, how ever, the highest averageatthemoment belongs to cars per team. Adrian Allenin 3rd place - but Adrian isn't heading We have been invited to enter 1 men's team and 1 the table by virtue of notcompleting a ten mile race women's or mixed team. at time of print. FINAL LEAGUE PLAGINGS As I write, the final race ofthe season- the Brading 10k - has just been run. It clearlytakes a while for the league tables to filter down, and when events are coming thick and fast each update can encom pass several races. However, it is enough to know now the provisional final placings - to be con firmed in the next issue: League Champions were Winchester AC, who showed a clean set ofheels to just about everyone...in just about every category.... We, however did not disgrace ourselves on several counts. Our Mens's A team landed 5th place over all, as did our women's A team....respectably mid-table amongst some veryserious competition! Our men's B team were 6th, whilst ourwomen's B team were 3rd and will have the pleasure ofreceiving a trophy at the prize-giving after the New Forest HalfMarathon! INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS FOR LORDSHILL RUNNER! A further reason for celebration revolves around individual placings. The National Grand Prix Event, taking place at the Nottingham Half Marathon is open to the winning teams (Winchester AC) and the top three men and women individual competitors in the league. One ofour members qualifies for this i^lonour as SiouxHurtle was 3rdwoman overall! She has been invited to run for Hampshire at this event!! Congratulations Sioux! NEXT SEASONS PROVISIONAL FIXTURES (please note dates maynotbe correct in all cases at present) This years fixture list, shown below is basically the same as last year with 2 modifications. Gone is the Eastleigh 10k - a 'part of the furniture' for long enough- to be replaced by the Totton 10k. The Bournemouth Bay HalfMarathon which was tried last year and not appreciated bysome has been re placed bythe much loved Solent Half, now reborn as the 'Hardley (a) Half. Also please note that our own Lordshill 10remains part of the league, and if my sly glance at the vot ing totals was correct then it certainly appeared one of the more popular races on offer at the AGM! Gratifying to know! The league is structured to include three lOk's, three 10 miles, three half marathons and a twenty miler, spread as evenly as possible throughout the season. NewForest Half September 22nd 2002 HardleyHalf October 13th 2002 Lordshill 10 November 3rd 2002 ^j Hayling 10 November 24th 2002 Stubbington 10k January 12th 2003 Bramley20 February ??? 2003 PetersfieldHalf March 9th 2003 Totton 10k April 27th 2003 Alton 10 May 14th 2003 Brading 10k June 27th 2003 CLUB KIT NEW STOCK JUST IN VEST-£13.10 T-SHIRTS-£5.70 SWEATSHIRTS-£10.70 All sizes available. See the Events Secretary* Paul Burnage, or phone 02380 734667