Hardley Runners Old News
Hardley Runners Old News
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Some members are fast and some are not. But fast or slow there are four who deserve a special mention for taking part in all the races of the 2011 season - Captain Mel Chester, Dan Powell, Mike Sleath and Geoff Mills. Well done!
Paul Ashley was 7th overall and first M35-39. Well done! He writes
"I had success at the English Standard Distance Triathlon Championships last Sunday where I was 7th overall and 1st in my age Group M35-39 which gifted me my first National Title which I was very pleased with.
This was my first A race of the season and first event where a had the luxury of going up the night before to unwind and focus full on the task in hand. Milton Keynes was the venue and a favourite of mine as I have always raced well here. The fast non technical bike suits me and the pan flat run course lets me tap back into the track speed I used to posses many years ago.
I felt really relaxed setting up in transition and could not wait to start racing. The lake was nice and warm and I went of hard to gain a good spot. I got in a nice little pack and after the first buoy could see a hand full of swimmers to far away to catch but between them was a lone swimmer with nice clear water. I gambled and pushed on hard for around 100m to catch the lone swimmer. He turned out to be the perfect draft as I had to work hard to keep on his feet as he would pull away every so often. I exited the swim in just over 22mins and in the top 10 in my age group so all good so far.
A bit flappy in T1 but only lost a few seconds. The bike was a single loop with a fair few hills but this suited me as I was stronger on these than other riders around me. I felt very good on the bike and was passed by no one and although only riding just under 63 mins I felt very strong heading of onto the run.
I felt as good as I ever had on a run and just passed athlete after athlete. To be honest I still had no idea where I was. Then about 200m or so on the last lap of the 3 lap run course the commentator announced "And there goes Mark Yeoman leader of the 35-39 age group". I got a sudden adrenalin boost and like some man possessed dug and dug in and started muttering to myself, "It's time to start running, you're mine Yeoman". This continued and a was getting a few looks from other athletes I passed as I continued to mutter away to myself. I knew I could catch him as despite being a strong swimmer and biker his Achilles hill was his run. It was not to long before I pulled him back and he kindly said well done you're winning. It was then just a case of digging in hard to the finish with a big sprint finish with a 10k time of 34.37. I guess putting in all those hard 20 mile bike rides then going straight on to do the RR10's 5-10mins later paid of this year.
I was absolutely chuffed to bits at becoming National champion and could hardly contain myself as this was by far the best race of my life and I was rewarded by breaking my pb as well by over 3 mins with 2.01.22 on a good honest course with no short bike or run legs. Everything went just perfect but my only regret was that my late father in law was not around to see it. He had given a great deal of support over the years and struggled up to Edinburgh in very ill health last year to watch me compete in The World Duathlon Champs only to see my race fall to bits with a poor performance. This race was for you Paul and hope you where watching from up there.
There was more success from other local runners which I'm sure some of you may know. With Kevin King finishing 2nd in his age group and Brian Grieson 1st in his age group."
Hardley Runners Malc and Sue Renyard made the long trip across the pond for Malc to take part in the biennial world athletics championships. These Championships are open for anyone to enter (no qualifying times needed) Sue came as support.
Arriving two days before Malc's first event was not enough time to acclimatize to the 40 degrees F temperature. The 8k cross country course was very dry, undulating and airless. Malc came in 7th out of a 30 plus field.
There were 3 days before the next race, on the track at the Sacramento city stadium. This was the 5000 metres and conditions were again very hot, even though it was held at 9.30.am. After 12 laps with Malc being in the leading group of 4 for the entire race, a sprint finish was needed to hold off the Australian Don Mathewson for Malc to gain his bronze medal for third place. His time was 18.25. The award ceremony was quite special.
Malc qualified for the 1500 metres, and the final was held at the huge Sac Stadium. Malc was leading the front 4 at the bell, but was unable to maintain this lead. This was probably due to loss of spring training through injury. However his 4th place did bring him a personal best time of 4m 57seconds.
5000 athletes from 95 countries took part and many friends made from all over the world. Not bad for a first championship.
Congratulations to Chris, Neil and Sam who are now qualified as Level 3 Running Fitness coaches.
Very well done and our thanks for your hard work and commitment.
Viv Alexander ran her first marathon with the most even splits you could ever hope for. Well done! Here's here report.
Well I did it, my first proper ‘running’ marathon - and in a respectable 4 hours and 46 minutes – I was really pleased! I also managed to raise money for British Heart Foundatio.
After months of training and worrying about injuries, the great day dawned. The weather forecast didn’t look too great with rain and 45 mph winds, but at least it was fairly sunny as we walked to the start, though that didn’t last very long – it started raining while waiting for the toilet. Bin bag on and armed with gels and banana to keep me going, it was over to the purple start pen - the last wave to go off. My aim was to complete in less than 5 hours - due to hip arthritis I find it painful to run more than about 6 miles, so I planned a combination of speed walking and running. Find out more about the race and see more pix here…
Sue Sleath writes, "Last year, as many of you know, I raised money for "The Soldiers Charity" by completing the Lakeland 50. This year, I'm running the Lakeland 100 and, as I'm running more than twice as far, I'm raising money for 2 charities.
I've again chosen a forces charity and am running the even miles for "Help for Heroes", another charity that does fabulous work supporting injured servicemen and women and their families. To donate to Help for Heroes you can either go through my 'justgiving' page (http://www.justgiving.com/Sue-Sleath104) or see me for the old fashioned sponsor form. Those of you who were kind enough to donate to the Soldiers Charity last year may be interested to hear that Marisa and Simon are now the proud parents of a gorgeous baby girl and that Simon is, as we speak, being measured up for his racing wheel chair (supplied by Help for Heroes). He's undertaking his own fundraising expedition - a 350 mile cycle ride visiting various battlefield sites and also has his eyes on the triathlon in the 2016 paralympics.
For the odd miles, I've chosen Education Uganda. This is a small, Hampshire based charity whose aim is to improve primary education in Uganda by the use of individual blackboards, known in Uganda as slates. This mirrors the practice of using individual whiteboards that is a fundamental part of teaching practice in English primary schools. It has many educational benefits, but primarily enables children to take an active part in their lessons and is something that English children take for granted. My school in Boyatt Wood is twinned with one of the schools that benefits from this charity. To donate, you need to go to their website (http://www.educationuganda.org/donate.html) where you can donate using paypal. If you put "Sleath / Shakespeare Junior School" in the "add special instructions to sender" field, then the money will go directly to our twinned school. Again, you can use the old fashioned method, if you prefer!
To paraphrase the "Lakeland100" website:
The event requires competitors to be experienced ultra distance runners with excellent navigation skills. The drop out rate for this event (60 - 75%) is a warning signal for anyone contemplating entry, the majority of those who fail are inadequately prepared. Before considering an entry, consider the preparation, consider the hours and consider what it takes to complete the Lakeland 100. If it was easy, it wouldn't be an achievement.
The statistics are pretty scary. 104 miles, 6300m of ascent/descent, up to 40 hours on the go, minus 2 nights sleep... My training has been going pretty well, but I've never done anything like this before and I know that it is going to push me to my absolute limits. So please, dig deep and make my pain worthwhile... Thank you."
Welcome Back Graeme We have just recruited an old member back into the club as an 'Out of Country' member. Graeme Macfadyen left for France over 10 years ago but has been in regular contact.
Long term members will be pleased to hear that he's still in good shape. Graeme won the M40 category in the Geneva Half Marathon this month in 75.21 finishing 7th overall http://services.datasport.com/2011/lauf/genevema/Rang095.pdf
There were 33 attendees, mostly runners but a group of walkers too.
After the customary group photo, the runners set off but quickly fell into
2 groups, fast group led by navigator Martin Loveless who included the Reptiliary & Bolderwood Deer sanctuary in their 20 mile route.
The slower group led by Ray Noke had a shorter route, visiting Knightwood Oak and also the Reptiliary taking time out to view the reptiles that were for once easy to spot. We also were treated to some live cam corder views of nearby nesting Goshawks.
The group of walkers led by map-in-hand Angie Simmonds enjoyed a lovely walk along Ober Water to the deer enclosure at Hursthill.
Everyone was treated to some welcome sunshine for the run which continued through to the afternoon allowing a post run gathering in the hotel garden for refreshments.
After the excellent sunday lunch the club trophies were presented.
Club Championships held at the Salibury 10M (Almost a clean sweep for the Anglims)
| Men's | John McKenzie |
| Men's Age Related | Mick Anglim |
| Ladies | Tara Anglim |
| Ladies age related | Jan Anglim |
| RR10 - Most improved Runner on previous year | Men's Martin Loveless |
| Ladies' Viv Drake |
Xmas Handicap was cancelled due to severe weather (1st ever) - no award
Navigators Hat awarded to Ian Hawker (in his absence) for fatal navigation on the IOW West Wight 3 Hills ending up at the Needles !!!
For more pictures including a unique shot of the bar at the Forest Park with no Hardley members present please click here. Geoff was a bit late so there's a separate group photo of him on his own!
Our esteemed former Treasurer, Andy Suswain writes from Singapore,
"Couple of weeks ago I did a night trail race. 12km over rain forest gravel tracks, the race started at 8pm (pitch dark) - with the entry fee everyong got a head torch. It was just like running in the New Forest in the winter but 25C warmer. The good thing was that it was cooler at night than in the sun (well about 5C cooler).
There were about a 1000 runners and the pretty hilly, at one place they had a rope down the side of the hill and you had to pull yourself up. The race was sponsored by Energiser (the battery makers) and they had put down little flourescent lights every 10m all the way round - so you could see the route from some way distant. The problem for me was that I had no idea how big or steep the hills (up or down) were, so you couldn't fly down the hills or pace yourself up the hills.
It was brilliantly organised, all the Brits said afterwards was that under Elf and safety in the UK you would never get permission to organise an event like it, but you never know. No different from 12 of us running round Denny Wood at night!"
Click on the pic to see the event website.
HRRL Captain, Claire Sinclair writes,
Well done and thanks to all who ran in the Netley 10k last Sunday, particularly Anna Bentley who finished in the top 10 in the ladies' race.
This was the final race of the season. Overall the ladies finished in a brilliant 3rd place in A Div 2, a big improvement on 6th place last year. Unfortunately, due to other clubs fielding strong teams at Netley, the ladies have been relegated from B Div 1 :o( Congratulations to Tara Anglim who was the only person in the club to run the required number of races in order to qualify for the final individual league table, finishing in the top 50 ladies.
After a slow start to the season the men finished in a solid 7th place in A Div 2 and 8th in B Div 2.
Overall, 26 individual men and 21 ladies from the club competed in at least 1 of the races so a huge thanks to all of you who came along to any of the races and supported the club.
So here's looking forward to next season, hopefully improving on all of the league positions and increasing the number of people taking part in HRRL races. The races for next season are the same as this season, the new season will kick off with the Overton 5 mile on Saturday 3rd September.
Information on next year's races and the final league tables can be found at http://www.hrrl.org.uk/default.htm.
Have a great summer,
Claire
:o)
Boston Marathon - 18 April 2011Mike Roberts' London Marathon entry was lost in the post so he went to Boston instead! He ran with metronome like efficiency (see splits below) to finish in 3:04:38. Well done!
| 5K | 10K | 15K | 20K | Half | 25K | 30K | 35K | 40K | Finish |
0:22:20 |
0:43:52 |
1:05:08 |
1:27:08 |
1:31:39 |
1:48:10 |
2:10:32 |
2:32:56 |
2:55:12 |
3:04:38 |
You can read Mike's story here.
Hardley's Howard Doe and Mick Anglim finished second and third in the 60-64 category at the European Championships but, frustratingly, they found out afterwards that they had been pushed into third and fouth places by an Italian who started in a later and younger age group wave. The course comprised (in round figures, exact distance may have been a bit different) 10K run followed by 40K bike and another 5K run.
Well done both. The result bodes very well for next year when Mick turn 65.
Their times from the race results are below. You can see the full results here.
| Total time | Name |
Run 1 |
T1 | Bike |
T2 | Run 2 |
2:06:56 |
Howard Doe |
40:01 | 1:24 | 1:05:12 | 1:19 | 10:07 |
2:09:02 |
Mick Anglim |
41:36 | 1:13 | 1:05:02 | 1:24 | 10:33 |
Dear All,
Just a quick message to introduce myself as the new RR10 captain, my name is Melissa Chester and most of you will know me from the training sessions but if not, I hope I may meet you at one of the RR10 races.
The season is fast approaching and the first RR10 is Wednesday 20th April at Royal Victoria County Park with a start time of 7pm. If you are new to the club, these races are organised by the local clubs and is free to enter, the only requirement is you have to be a member and wear a club vest (which are £10 and can be purchased at the meetings or from Leonora at the training sessions). The races are between 4-5 miles and are off road noramlly along gravel tracks and are normally a couple of weeks apart.
Hardley runners organise a race which is on 8 June 2011 at Royal Cadland Estate at Blackfield and support for marshalls would be greatly appreciated. I will put a flyer on the Hardley board at Applemore and will be handing out leaflets in due course, but do feel free to email me if you can spare the evening of the 8th June to marshall.
I think that is it so far, hope to see you all at the first race on Wednesday 20th April. Please note that if you want to lift share to this event, please meet at Applemore Leisure Centre for 5.50pm sharp as I have been told the traffic can be quite bad.
Thanks
Mel
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The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sports Awards is a joint venture between Hampshire County Council, Sport Hampshire & IOW and the local sports councils & forums in Hampshire. It has a reputation for being the only county-wide event to recognise commitment, performance and excellence across all sports.
Sport helps provide the bedrock of strong communities. It inspires dedication and determination, creates passion and pride, instils discipline and fair play, provides opportunity for fun and friendship, builds character and courage and engenders camaraderie and team spirit amongst competitors and spectators alike. The Awards harnesses all of these positive messages and celebrates everything that is good about sport.
Awards are made to elite performers (in 2010 more than 20 international athletes featured in the shortlist) as well as to stalwarts of the local sporting community – the coaches, officials and volunteers who work behind the scenes to help athletes and clubs succeed. Nominees are assessed by a judging panel and winners are required to meet criteria specific for each category.
The winners were announced at a spectacular ceremony at Southampton Football Club on Wednesday 23 March and Terry Burton won the Service to Sport award. This is a fitting tribute to Terry who gave so much to Hardley Runners as our coach.
Hardley Runners Malc Renyard won the Mens 65-69 age group race at the 40th British Masters Cross Country Championships on Saturday 12th March 2011 at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Leading from the start, he gradually opened up a 38 second gap over the 3 lap 6K course of Alexander Park. He finished in 24 minutes and 32 seconds, ahead of William Allen who was in second place. The championships attract runners from all parts of the British Isles, with a potential international vest at the end of the year. This was Malc's 5th title in 9 years. It was a good day for the south coast clubs, with Winchester's Lucy Elliot winning the ladies race, and Karen Rushton taking bronze in the South West Vets 40-44 age group. The photo shows Malc with the winning Mens V65 team of Clydesdale Harriers. Well done!
Thanks to all Hardley Runners who dragged themselves from under their soft, warm duvets and out onto the cold and frosty, wet, muddy hills for 6 Sundays this winter. The results confirm that it was well worth the effort. Our congratulations go to Claire Dyer who is our overall first lady! Anna Bentley - third lady overall, Dale Purdom - third man overall, Mick Anglim - V60 winner .
Our ladies team won, our mens team came second and combined team came first! Our own race in November was a success; we lost no one and received several compliments regarding our cheerful, encouraging marshalls (thank you marshalls) and undulating route. Here is a list of our own results covering all 6 races - you can find detailed results for the league as a whole on the CC6 website as always.
For those of you who prefer a little less mud (though that is not guaranteed) it will soon be time for the RR10 series. The first race is scheduled to take place on April 20th at Royal Victoria Country Park at 7 pm. Look forward to seeing lots of you there.
Jenny and Dave
And a personal note from your webmaster. On behalf of all of us who have taken part may I say a big thank you to Jenny and Dave for all the work they have put into making the season such a great success.
It was Gold and Silver for Howard and Mick at the UK Duathlon Championships. Well done!
There were freezing wet conditions for the National Duathlon Championships at Clumber Park near Mansfield for a 10k run, 40k bike and 5k run over undulating courses in which Howard Doe and Mick Anglim represented Hardley Runners/Team Feat.
Howard repeated his 2010 Gold performance in the O60 Championships with Mick happy to win Silver in his final year in O60. Both also qualified to represent Great Britain in the World Duathlon Championships to be held in Northern Spain in September as well as in the European Championships in Limerick in April.
Team Feat's Wayne Ewens finished 5th in the O30 category in an excellent sub 2 hour time and has also qualified for the World Championships. The photograph shows Howard and Mick with their National medals and well wrapped after a tough event.
You can see more information here
Sue Renyard writes,
About 30 Hardley Runners made their way to Streatley, north of Reading on Friday 25th February. The Y H was spacious, with room for more H R if others had wanted to join us. We didn't experience snow or early morning fire alarms as we had last November on Dartmoor, so Saturday morning saw us up early and ready to run or walk by 9am. A good start. There were 3 groups, one group doing a long run, another a steady run (which became a 23 mile epic) and a walking group. Sue Sleath set off to do her 40 miles, in preparation for her attempt at the Lakeland 100 miler, later this year.
The biggest group this time was the walking group, some regular runners opting to walk, either because of injury or some because they wanted to start their training for a walking holiday later in the year. The weather was kind, dry and not too cold. The surrounding area took us through picturesque villages and then onto the Thames footpath, extremely muddy but with wonderful views of the surrounding countryside and riverside houses and their gardens coming right down to the waters edge. A good 13 mile walk. The runners also went up onto the Chilterns. The birdlife along the Thames is numerous, not spectacular, but so much of it The highlight for the walkers was seeing at least 14 Red Kites sitting in and flying from some trees on farm land, they were only a short distance away. Fantastic.
An American supper was prepared and enjoyed in the evening followed by games involving spoons. Not THE spoon game which regular YH goers will remember. Great fun had by all. The next morning saw us muster for more walking and running, but for a shorter time as we had to vacate the YH by 12 oclock.
The general consensus is that we would like a return visit, so many thanks to Sue Stone for organizing this weekend. It would be good to have even more HR members with us next time.
It was a fantastic day for the Stomp; bright and sunny and you could see for miles. As usual there was an excellent Hardley turnout. Unfortunately your webmaster was tired out by the fierce battle for 877th place at the Southerns (see Results tab) and overslept so the Hardley crew were gone when I arrived. The going was firm (well frozen) in places but claggy and very adhesive where the sun melted it. It was lovely in the sun but perishingly cold in the shade. As usual the views of Stonehenge were amazing and the marshals at the various bases were welcoming and helpful. And the bacon butties at the end were a perfect way to round off the day. All in all it was well worth doing what Mick describes as a 'useful back to back session'.
Please note this session is now fully subscribed. There may be a possibility of repeating it in future if there is sufficient interest. Please let Mick Anglim know if you would be interested in a future session. For email and phone number see Contact us page.
Peter Lindsell will give a presentation at 7.30 at Applemore Recreation Centre. The session lasts about 90 minutes. There's no charge. Places are limited to 30 and the session has now been fully subscibed on a 'first come first served' basis.
Peter has said that 'Whole body training' is his theme and if people want to come in shorts under track suits he would like a few volunteers (including John S) so that he can demonstrate some of the exercises and injury risks.
Over 30 members gathered at Beaulieu Road Station for a gentle jog or walk to clear their heads after the night before. The exercise was followed by mulled wine and mince pies and singing to celebrate Dave Jewell's birthday.
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