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On top of the world READING ROADRUNNERS INSIDE THIS MONTH: NEWSLETTER SEP 2014 • DAVE’S CANAL CHALLENGE We love a far flung adventure here at the newsletter and we have an absolute cracker this month in the • RIDGEWAY OLD FOLKS shape of Tracey’s trip to Peru. 26.2 miles takes a real effort in • THE RETURN OF THE the best of conditions, so to complete the same distance at up to CAKE PAGE 14,000ft deserves absolute admiration. Well done Tracey - suddenly my plod to Goring rail bridge and back is looking • THUNDER decidedly pedestrian! RUN 24 Not to be outdone we have also had some gargantuan efforts from two of our long distance specialists David and Kathy and we also have a few more members that can now know themselves as... Iron Man. All this effort naturally makes me look to the more senior members of the club for some much- needed serenity, but no! Brian Shave has become the British Over-80s 1500m & 5000m Champion! READING ROADRUNNERS SEP 14 1 Welcome from the Editor CHRIS CUTTING So much to find room for in this month’s newsletter, like to add my congratulations for another kind you all seem to have had busy summers in one way of achievement and say a big ‘well done’ to or another! Roadrunners Vicky & Adam who tied the knot this August. Your many achievements are covered at various points throughout this month’s edition, so I would Enjoy your running this month - Chris Chairman Chat CARL WOFFINGTON We have had a good summer for weather. There David Lewis ran from Bristol to Reading along have been plenty of dry days and sunshine for us to the Kennet Avon canal in order to raise money enjoy our running. for a Breast Cancer charity. He completed the approximate 90 miles in just under 24 hours. Many We have now run out of daylight for our summer RR’s turned out to support and run sections with evening pub runs. The last one took place just over him. a week ago. We had a full series and thank you to all the people involved in organising them. They Brian Shave went to the National Vets Track were all enjoyable. Championship at Birmingham Stadium. Brian is now British Champion for the year at both 1500m We entered club teams in both the Runnymede and 5000m on the track. He also came 2nd in the Relay and the Bounders Relay. Both were enjoyable 800m. and teams were organised by our Club Captains – thank you. We organised our own Dinton Relay and Our Summer Club Championship continues. By the BBQ, which was a success. Thank you to Richard time you read this the Maidenhead Half will have Hammerson and all the helpers on the night. been run. Look out for future races and results on the RR website. Thank you Bob. We hosted the Woodley parkrun – thank you Kerri. We attempted to break the world record of club The RR Charity Car Boot Sales have done well this runners from a single club but fell some way short. summer. Thank you to all the helpers. We had several teams running the Endure, thank Coming up is the Mortimer 10k. Just a few weeks you Mark for organising. to go now and we still need some helpers on the day. We had a successful Family Fun Day at Thames Please volunteer if you can help. Valley Park. Thank you Alice. The weather stayed We also have the vineyard visit and wine tasting day. dry. There was a picnic followed by a fun race, Thank you to Katie. rounders and cricket. There will be a RR Christmas Party this year. There were two outstanding performances by RR’s Saturday 13th December. Please put the date in this summer. your diary. There will be lots of adverts giving full details soon. 2 READING ROADRUNNERS SEP 14 Men’s Captain - Report KEITH RUSSELL Though the newsletter has been on a summer break it is quite obvious from looking at the results that period of training on one event as he also broke none of you were! the club record over 5km running a very impressive 15:42 at the Self Transcendence 5k in Battersea I will start by apologising for the brevity of my Park on the 21st of July. write-up, especially as it is covering a two month period, but having been away on holiday (note for Elsewhere Kingsley Starling also managed to set an self for future, extreme temperatures and humidity, outright 5m pb at the Headington 5m at the age of combined with an all-inclusive resort do not give 73 which is an incredible achievement! one a good head start to a build up for a marathon) And finally for individual mentions, our resident for a couple of weeks I’ve come straight back to a Wookie, David Lewis ran the full 87 mile length of house move and all the effort that entails. the Kennet and Avon Canal on the 31st of August Nigel has done a great job in summarising the to raise funds for the Breakthrough Breast Cancer results, so though I will be repeating him, I Charity. The mind boggles at the effort required to think there are some achievements worthy of an achieve something like this so hats off to him for additional mention. Over the space of 2 weeks managing it, and it showed some of what makes from the end of July into August club members the club so good that he had support from lots of took a string of victories as Matthew Green at the members along the way, including Aaron Chai who Down Tow Up Flow Half Marathon (Nigel himself accompanied him by bike for the full distance! also took 8 minutes off of the V60 course record), As the weather turns decidedly autumnal the next Darryl Plank at the Thames 10k, Rupert Shute at focus for many of us will be marathons but we are the Callanish Stones Marathon, Mark Worringham also getting ever closer to cross country season. at the August Yateley 10k, and, finally, Brian As with previous years we will be competing in the Shave, who took the 1500m and 5000m MV80 Hampshire Cross Country League titles, as well as silver in the 800m at the British (www.hampshireathletics.org.uk/events/hxcl.html) Masters Track Championships in Birmingham (with on Saturday afternoons, and the Thames Valley John Cullingham as Robin to Brian’s Batman, Cross Country League (www.tvxc.org.uk) on Sunday picking up a pair of podium finishes at the same mornings so watch out for future details of taster championships) all led the way through the finish- events as well as a call to arms once the dates are line. finalised. Mark Worringham additionally underlined his fine Good luck to all in your forthcoming races! recent form and showed the benefit of focusing a Mortimer 10K Catherine Leather and the Mortimer team are If you are running in the 10K, there are still some looking for marshals and helpers at this year’s event ways you can help out before the event as well as on Sunday the 28th September. If you are able to taking part. help, please see Catherine at the track or you can email her on [email protected] READING ROADRUNNERS SEP 14 3 Ladies’ Captain - Report TINA WILSON Blink! Summer is nearly over. After the wet, horrible winter we had which seems a long time ago I & Maidenhead along the way. welcomed the sunshine and didn’t we have a lot of it. Maidenhead Half Marathon – Now back to business with cross country races 7th September 2014 starting shortly, half marathons and marathons I Hot of the press, wow ladies how impressive are hope you are refreshed and ready to start training you! for your winter races. Running in the senior age group Nikki Grey Keeping up to date with what everyone is up to has (9th), Erica Key (17th), Christine Calderon, Katie been hard - you ladies are very busy runners. Gumbrell and Amanda Box. Club Championship Races V40 age group Carrie Hoskins (2nd), Belinda Up Tow Down Flow Half Marathon – Tull (6th), Katherine Sargeant (12th), Catherine 27th July 2014 Leather, A Cocker and Shirley Holmes. Run in reverse direction of the Thames each V 50 age group Mary Janssen (2nd), Linda Wright year. This year is started in Windsor and finished (13th) and Andrea Marnoch. in Marlow, taking in Maidenhead, Cookham and V60 age group Liz Atkinson (4th) Bourne End along the way. Team positions: Carrie Hoskins, Nikki Grey and This is the first half - marathon of the Reading Belinda 2nd place. Other positions 5th, 26th, 32nd, Roadrunners club championship races and it is 36th / 41 team. becoming a favourite with the Reading Roadrunners ladies. A big well done to the following 12 ladies Well done everyone! who ran and achieved some great results on the way SEAA Aldershot Road Relays – (see results page) Saturday 20th September 2014 • Senior – Paulina Erceg Two ladies teams have been entered: • V40 - Belinda Tull, Claire Marks, Katherine Belinda Tull, Ellie Gosling, Sarah Urwin-Mann, Sargeant, Fleur Denton and Shirley Holmes Tracy Jenkins, Toni McQueen, Claire Seymour, Lucie • V 50 – Liz Jones, Sandra Sheppard, Yvonne Russell and Kerri French Edwards and Linda Wright Good luck girls! • V 60 – Janice Thomas, Shirley Holmes and Ann Future Club Championship dates Mckinnon Freith Hilly 10K – 19th October 2014 Date for your diary July 26th 2015 at 10:00am, Fair Oaks 10 Mile – 26th October 2014 (there is Down Tow Up Flow Half Marathon also a 5 mile race) Enter on line www.purplepatchrunning.com/races/ Gosport Half Marathon – 16th November 2014 down-tow-up-flow-half-marathon (replaced the Wokingham Half which was cancelled This race is gloriously scenic, flat, multi-terrain, due to flooding) point-to-point half marathon along the Thames Cross Country, Cross Country, Cross Country - happy towpath.