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Newsletter November 2014
Issue No. 015
It’s been a Rollercoaster
As most Saints and Sinners are already aware there have
been some developments and changes to our club this
month. Although it has been a white-knuckle ride at
times I am happy to report that plans are underway to
keep our club together and moving forward towards a
positive and bright future.
These developments involve a change to the way our
club is structured and organised and will include changes
to those who are responsible for the various roles and
responsibilities within the club. I was hoping to include a
date and time for the upcoming AGM however this is
not available at the time of publishing the newsletter.
Watch your inboxes and our Facebook page as an
announcement will be made very soon.
Club Roles and Responsibilities
Contact details for the various roles and
responsibilities within Saints and Sinners will be
announced following the AGM.
In the meantime any queries can be directed to
I encourage our club members to attend the AGM as
some important decisions about our club and the way it
is organised will be made. There is also an awards
ceremony planned and a presentation to Brian Purnell
who will be retiring from the position of Club Chairman,
a role he has fulfilled for over 10 years, and it would be
nice to see a lot of support there from our members to
show our thanks and appreciation for his hard work over
the years.
Mark Clawson at:
[email protected]
Onto the newsletter, it is once again packed with
information, awards and race reports. Thank you to
everyone who has contributed a race report and photos
for the newsletter this month, keep them coming in.
Enjoy the November edition of our newsletter and until
next month, Happy Running!
Club Training News
Leonnie
In this issue:
Club Roles and Responsibilities
Club Communications
WSFRL Update
Upcoming Races
Feedback from the Field
Tilgate parkrun Summary
Club Communications
Runners’ Runner of the Year Award
For the benefit of our new members, below is some
further information. You are very welcome to join our
team who are already signed up.
Saints and Sinners are going to Hell...
One of the many awards that will be made at our
upcoming AGM is a Runners’ Runner of the Year Award.
This award is for the Saints and Sinners member who
you, the runners, have voted for.
Why not join team Saints and Sinners who are taking on
HELLRUNNER on the 17th January 2015?
James has very kindly set up a voting page on the Saints
website where you can vote for the member who you
think deserves this award and your vote will not be
visible to other members.
The course is over a military vehicle training ground so
we will be taking on the very best that nature has to
offer... the Hills of Hell and the Bog of Doom. The
distance is about 10 miles.
I have provided a link to the voting page below. Due to
time constraints voting will end at midnight on the 29th
November, that’s this Saturday!
On the day we will be teaming up with our friends the
Horley Harriers and we will all be running in fancy dress,
the theme has been voted as Danger Mouse. This is
going to be one hell of a fun filled run!
http://www.crawleysaintsandsinnersrun.co.uk/form/run
ners-runner-year-2014-voting
Hellrunner Update
Voting for the fancy dress theme was an incredibly close
run thing but winning by a whisker is... Danger Mouse!
Our team will be wearing one of the Danger Mouse
outfits as pictured below, apart from our very own David
Penfold who will be running as... Penfold of course!
The group will be split into two teams: the faster
runners with those who want to get around as quickly as
possible, and the fun group who will stay together at all
times meaning we help each other, encourage each
other, and generally have a good laugh all the way
around. As the weather will be cold some of our quicker
runners in the fun group may want to run off at times to
warm up but they will stop at every key point and wait
for the group to catch up before all heading off again.
Full details about the race can be found at
http://www.hellrunner.co.uk and you can also view the
YouTube video Hellrunner Down South to see just what
we are letting ourselves in for!
You only ever go back to a race if you have enjoyed it.
On the website there is a link titled Wall of Pain, from
there navigate to the Wall of Pain x 5. Can you spot the
Saint and Sinner?!!!!
When you sign up select the 10:50am wave, this doesn’t
really matter as the start times are not enforced, and
enter Crawley Saints and Sinners as your team name.
If you have any questions please contact Mark at
[email protected] or speak to him at
training.
There is still time to sign up for Hellrunner which takes
place on 17th January.
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More Mile Running Clothing Discount Code
Go the extra mile for Winston’s Wish!
More Mile are offering all Saints and Sinners club
members a 30% discount of all More Mile products
bought direct from their website. You will also receive
free delivery on all orders over £20.
Winston’s Wish is thrilled to have secured charity places
in the Brighton Half Marathon and Brighton Marathon
2015 and they would like to invite Saints and Sinners
runners to take on one of these exciting challenges,
whilst at the same time raising money to support locally
bereaved children.
Every three months More Mile will add up the total
amount spent by our club members and they will give
our club a 10% credit on the purchase of equipment,
race vouchers, clothing or club kit to this value.
Use our club’s unique code at checkout on the More
Mile website www.moremile.co.uk and they will
organise the rest.
Saints and Sinners unique club code: SaintsSinners
Brighton Marathon & Half Marathon and London
Marathon places available with Young Epilepsy
Young Epilepsy would appreciate any runners who can
help them to raise funds for children with epilepsy,
autism and other associated conditions. They will
support you all the way and help you raise the
sponsorship needed. If you’d like further information
please contact James on 01342 832243 X 558 or visit
their website at:
Winston’s Wish is a charity that helps bereaved children
and young people rebuild their lives after the death of a
parent or sibling, enabling them to face the future with
confidence and hope.
A Winston’s Wish place in the Brighton Half Marathon is
£25 (with a commitment to raise £250 in sponsorship)
and a Winston’s Wish place in the full Brighton
Marathon is £40 (with a commitment to raise £500 in
sponsorship).
If you run for Winston’s Wish your package will include:
Guaranteed race entry, a Winston’s Wish running vest,
fundraising support and an enthusiastic cheering squad
(family and friends can join the squad to cheer you on
too and they will provide them with a free Winston’s
Wish T-Shirt).
Winston’s Wish would love you to be a part of their
team so if you are interested in running either of these
events for them please contact Sue Dove on email
[email protected] or telephone 01403
211030 / 07833 415561.
http://www.youngepilepsy.org.uk/what-wedo/events/running
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November Awards
Another very big well done to Debbie Wiltshire and
Louise Clawson, two of our graduates from Bill’s Babes
learn to run group.
It has once again been a very hard decision to select a
most improved runner for this month. There have been
some amazing efforts from everyone at training and in
races which makes it impossible to single out just one
person. In fact it was hard to narrow it down to two so
for this month we have three most improved runners!
It’s hard to imagine that both ladies have only recently
graduated but after their parkrun graduation in October
they have both caught the running bug. During
November both of them completed parkrun on the 1 st,
8th and 15th with Debbie setting a new PB of 38:40 and
Louise also setting a new PB of 32:29.
A big well done to Stacey Buche who is always giving a
superb effort in training. This month he organised two
male teams and a female team to take part in the
Reigate Relays and showed that Crawley can hold their
own against some of the best clubs from Sussex, Surrey
and London.
Both of them completed the 2km Crawley Santa Run on
the 22nd getting their first of many medals to come.
Club Training News
Stacey ran a leg in both male teams with an outstanding
16:16 for Team A and later 16:49 for Team B. Last week
he set a new PB at the Brooks Brighton 10k in an
amazing time of 37:25.
Photo: Rod Harrison
Photo: Rod Harrison
Photo: Rod Harrison
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December Training
WSFRL Update
Wednesday Evenings
The 2015 race calendar is now live on the WSFRL
website. For your convenience I have provided a copy
over the page, make sure you book the dates into your
diary now.
Our training sessions throughout November on the
floodlit pitches at Oriel High School have been a great
success and will continue in December. There is a £1 per
person charge to cover the cost of lighting.
Oriel High School
Wednesday 7pm-8pm
If you run all 18 races (you may volunteer rather than
run at our Saints home race to still qualify) a certificate
and special edition t-shirt will be awarded to you at the
end of the year. Brian Purnell was our only member to
receive this award for 2014, can you match his amazing
achievement for 2015?
3rd, 10th and 17th December starting at 7pm.
Monday Evenings
Our fitness class has also been a huge success at
Broadfield East Junior School. Unfortunately the hall is
booked for a function on Monday 1 st December so there
will be no fitness class that night. We will however
return on the 8th December with new exercises to music
mixes. There is a £3 per person charge to cover the cost
of hiring the hall and insurances.
Image: WSFRL
Broadfield East Junior School
Monday 6:45pm - 7:45pm
Monday 8 th, 15th and 22nd December at 6:45pm
Keep checking our Facebook page as we plan to organise
some training runs over the holiday period in the heart
of Tilgate forest so we can experience the mud and hills
in preparation for Hellrunner.
Image: WSFRL
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WSFRL 2015 Calendar
WSFRL Final Results
Date
Race
Club
The final results are out! They will be discussed in more
detail at the AGM.
01/01/15
Hangover 5
Goring Road
Runners
25/01/15
Worthing Lido 4
Worthing
Harriers
15/02/15
Valentines Run
(new course!)
Horsham
Joggers
15/03/15
(date
TBC)
Foxes Five
Southwick
Strollers
06/04/15
Lewes Easter Monday
10k
Lewes AC
10/05/15
Hedgehoppers
Porstlade
Hedgehoppers
20/05/15
Beach Run
Arunners
27/05/15
Trundle Hill Run
Chichester
Runners
14/06/15
Hove Park
Arena 80
27/06/15
Downlands Dash
Burgess Hill
Runners
01/07/15
Roundhill Romp
Steyning AC
26/07/15
Seven Stiles
Henfield Joggers
05/08/15
Highdown Hike
Worthing
Striders
16/08/15
Tilgate Forest
Saints & Sinners
23/08/15
Hove Stinger
Hove Hornets
06/09/15
Fittleworth Five
Fittleworth
Flyers
11/10/15
Hickstead Gallop
Haywards Heath
Harriers
18/10/15
Steepdown Challenge
Lancing Eagles
Saints and Sinners seniors are placed 9 th overall out of a
total of 18 clubs who competed in the league races.
There was only 1 point separating us from Hove Hornets
and 5 points between us and Fittleworth Flyers, we
came so close to jumping ahead into 7th place! That is a
brilliant effort by all our runners and a fantastic
improvement on 2013.
Our juniors should be very proud as they finished in 7th
position which is a tremendous achievement as we are
not strong in the number of juniors within our club. A
fantastic effort by our juniors this year, well done!
Congratulations to this year’s winners for both seniors
and juniors, Arunners.
Final Results Club Rankings - Seniors
Arunners
Portslade
Hedgehoppers
Burgess Hill Runners
Worthing & D. Harriers
Horsham Joggers
Lewes AC
Fittleworth Flyers
Hove Hornets
Saints & Sinners
Steyning AC
Chichester Runners
HH Harriers
Total
Points
1495
1421
1355
1352
1331
1292
1274
1270
1269
1261
1253
1080
Goring Road Runners
Lancing Eagles
Worthing Striders
Henfield Joggers
Arena 80
Southwick Strollers
1072
1057
797
604
484
344
Club
Position
Average
Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
83.06
78.94
75.29
74.59
73.94
71.00
70.76
70.53
69.88
70.06
68.71
58.82
13
14
15
16
17
18
59.53
58.71
44.29
33.53
25.94
19.12
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Final Results Club Rankings - Juniors
Club
Arunners
Steyning AC
Worthing & D. Harriers
Burgess Hill Runners
HH Harriers
Chichester Runners
Saints & Sinners
Hove Hornets
Fittleworth Flyers
Worthing Striders
Arena 80
Horsham Joggers
Lewes AC
Goring Road Runners
Henfield Joggers
Lancing Eagles
Portslade Hedgehoppers
Southwick Strollers
Total
Points
665
473
304
226
199
187
142
124
67
64
36
16
16
12
0
0
0
0
Final Results Most Improved Club - Seniors
Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12=
12=
14
15=
15=
15=
15=
In the most improved category (seniors) Saints and
Sinners secured 2nd place with a total of 575
improvement points, well ahead of 3rd placed Henfield
Joggers who finished with 278 improvement points.
Congratulations to our friends at Horsham Joggers who
took 1st place in the most improved senior category.
Not to be outdone by the seniors, our juniors also took
2nd place for the most improved category with a total of
122 improvement points. Burgess Hill were behind us in
3rd place with a total of 78 improvement points. Well
done to Arunners who took top spot with an amazing
333 improvement points.
A massive well done to each and every one of our
members who participated in the league races this year.
Club
Horsham Joggers
Saints & Sinners
Henfield Joggers
Worthing Striders
Steyning AC
Lewes AC
Goring Road Runners
Portslade Hedgehoppers
Arunners
Burgess Hill Runners
Chichester Runners
HH Harriers
Fittleworth Flyers
Lancing Eagles
Worthing & D. Harriers
Southwick Strollers
Arena 80
Improvement
850
575
278
173
127
111
110
63
58
36
34
8
-18
-18
-113
-168
-356
Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13=
13=
15
16
17
Final Results Most Improved Club - Juniors
Club
Arunners
Saints & Sinners
Burgess Hill Runners
Worthing Striders
Chichester Runners
Arena 80
Horsham Joggers
Worthing & Dist. Harriers
Fittleworth Flyers
Goring Road Runners
Southwick Strollers
Portslade Hedgehoppers
Haywards Heath Harriers
Henfield Joggers
Lewes AC
Lancing Eagles
Steyning AC
Improvement
333
122
78
48
23
20
14
12
8
3
0
-2
-3
-5
-11
-25
-94
Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
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Upcoming Races
Saturday 6th December
Christmas Cracker Chase, Worthing
This 5k and 10k women's only race takes place along the
Worthing promenade. This is a friendly event,
Christmassy fancy dress is welcome and mince
pies/crackers will be awarded at the finish!
GRIM Challenge, Aldershot
GRIM is held over the Army’s vehicle testing tracks so
expect it to be interesting! You encounter trails, hills,
mud, a lot of water, moguls, a sand dune, logs, railway
tracks, cammo nets and a bog! The course is
approximately 8 miles. Also on the 7 th December.
Sunday 7th December
The Downland Devil 9
The race is a tough 9 mile cross country course almost
all run on paths and tracks. The course will be traffic free
with no road crossings.
The Hogs Back Road Race, nr Guildford
An 11.7 km road run around the Loseley Estate and over
the Hogs Back in Surrey. 90% road, 10% gravel track, no
mud!
The Mince Pie Ten Mile, Peacehaven
Race now full, no more entries in advance or on the day.
Maidstone Harriers Turkey Run, Kent
A light-hearted, 6½ mile run following country lanes,
footpaths and woodland tracks. Free hot drinks and
mince pies for all runners.
Saturday 13th December
Glow Night Run Eton Dorney, Windsor
A choice of 5km or 10km course. Come to the event
dressed in all your finest hi-viz, bring head torches, light
sticks and flashing necklaces...anything you can think of!
Sunday 14th December
Gordon’s Christmas Dash, Woking
This 5.2 mile two lap route provides a scenic race,
covering the paths, tracks and woodland trails managed
by Surrey Wildlife Trust. Mince pie and medal to all
finishers.
Saturday 20th December
Tilgate parkrun Themed Christmas Run, Crawley
Tilgate parkrun are staging their themed Christmas run.
Seasonal fancy dress encouraged, cakes (donations
welcome), mince pies and mulled wine.
The Christmas Pudding Dash, Ashburnham Place
A multi-terrain race offering the opportunity to run in
the grounds of Ashburnham Place. Christmas puddings
and other festive goodies are on offer plus a medal and
a glass of mulled wine waiting for you at the finish.
Thursday 25th December
Cranleigh parkrun
Start Christmas day with a 5km parkrun at Cranleigh,
9:30am start. You’ll also earn parkrun points as this is an
official bonus parkrun over the holiday season.
Friday 26th December
Turners Hill Boxing Day Cross Country Run, Turners Hill
A great 4 mile, undulating run through fields and along
tracks to burn off the Christmas day excess. Winners
cups, finishers medal, refreshments. See entry form
included in this newsletter.
Boxing Day Run, Hindhead Surrey
A 3½ mile run taking place from The Devils Punch Bowl
Hotel over the Hindhead Commons. The three
categories include Mens, Ladies and the Drinking Run in
which a pint of winter ale is available at 2 miles.
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Tilgate parkrun Freedom Run
Time to be confirmed but Tilgate will be staging a
freedom run on Boxing Day as has become tradition
over the past few years. It’s not an official parkrun so
you won’t be timed and there won’t be any volunteers
around the course but there will be a dedicated bunch
of runners meeting to run the course for fun and to burn
off the Christmas day excess.
Saturday 10th January
Thursday 1st January
Saturday 17th January
Hangover Five, Worthing, WSFRL
The first WSFRL event of the year. A five mile off-road
run on hilly, chalky tracks to Cissbury Ring and back.
Includes a 1 mile junior race around the sports field.
Hellrunner, Hampshire
Join our team of Saints and Sinners and Horley Harriers
for this challenging 10 mile off-road run including the
famed Hills of Hell and the Bog of Doom!
Knacker Cracker, Dorking
Probably the toughest 10k in Britain: includes four ruddy
great hills, no wait, five for 2015! You'll laugh. You'll cry.
You'll hurl. Please join in the fun and come in fancy
dress. The race will be slightly longer than 10k, to fit in
the bonus hill left over 'unrun' from the 2014 race.
Sunday 18th January
Horsham and Tilgate parkrun
Horsham and Tilgate are both holding an additional
bonus parkrun on New Year’s Day. Start with Horsham
parkrun at 9:00am before heading over to Tilgate for a
10am-ish start, or choose to participate in one event
only if you’re feeling fragile. It’s not often we get to do
two parkruns in one day, both parkruns will count
towards your points.
Sunday 4th January
Longman Winter Trail, Eastbourne
A tough and beautiful run (choose between 10km or 10
miles) taking in views across Beachy Head and the Seven
Sisters, along the South Downs Way. Several Saints have
already signed up for the 10km and 10 mile run.
Rail to Trail Run, Ashurst East Sussex
Well marked routes sending you along rivers, up and
down hills, along a disused railway line, through
woodland and if you've signed up for the Marathon,
through Ashdown Forest. There is a choice of 10km, half
marathon or full marathon distance.
Lakeside Canal Run 8 mile, Frimley Green
This 8 mile run starts on a road section before heading
into woodland, along the canal tow path down to the
locks before returning to the Lakeside Centre.
Sunday 25th January
Worthing Lido 4m, WSFRL, Worthing
A WSFRL event, the course is a flat out and back 4 miles
heading West along Worthing promenade. A small
portion of the course is run on grass. Also includes a 1
mile junior race.
Saturday 31st January - Sunday 1st February
The Pilgrim Challenge, Farnham Surrey
Following the route of the North Downs Way National
Trail, the Pilgrim Challenge Ultra takes you from
Farnham to Merstham, Surrey on Day One, with the
return leg on Day Two brining you back to the start (66
miles). A single day option (33 miles) is also available.
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TURNERS HILL
10th CROSS COUNTRY RUN/WALK
BOXING DAY
FRIDAY, 26th December 2014
4miles (approx) off road – some grass – tracks - undulating
Course record 22.43 – Set 2012 by Tom Owens
START – 11.00am (please allow plenty of time to get to the start)
St Leonard’s Church, Turners Hill, West Sussex, RH10 4PB
Limited Parking at Church, Registration in Church Hall from 9.45am
Additional parking at Tulleys Farm car park next to start
Winners Cups/Finishers Medals/Refreshments
Enquiries/registration to:- Barbara Podbury, The Rayces, Church Road, Turners Hill, West Sussex, RH10 4PA
Tel:- 01342 714899 email:- [email protected]
Entry forms available from www.stleonard-turnershill.org.uk or www.sussexraces.co.uk
==================================================================
Names of ALL RUNNERS required. Please indicate category. Forms can be copied.
NAME: ………………………………………………………MALE FEMALE (circle)
ADDRESS: .......................................................................................................................................….
Tel number ……………………… Email …………………………………………………
Club Name if any…………………………………………………………………………….
Junior (under17)
Senior (17-40) Veteran 40+
50+
60+
70+ (circle)
Runners are required to wear numbers, which can be posted if stamped addressed envelope is enclosed, or
collected on the day (please indicate).
£5.00 per runner, £5.00 per family walking, £3.00 per runner U17
(Cheques payable to Friends of St Leonard’s) all proceeds to St Leonard’s Church.
Disclaimer: I agree that the organisers of this fun event shall not be liable for any accident, injury, loss or
damage to me or my property arising from participation in this event. This event may be cancelled at short
notice if conditions are not suitable for running on the day.
SIGNED…………………………………
Signature of parent or guardian required if under 17 on race day.
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Feedback from the field
Mens Results - Team B
Reigate Priory Relays, Reigate
Glenn Mitchell - 16:02
Steve Baker - 19:05
Dave Penfold - 18:33
Stacey Buche - 16:49
Saturday 1st November - Report by Stacey Buche
The Priory Relays are a historic event dating back many
years, this year marked the 59th anniversary of the
event. The relays are a cross country event for athletic
and running clubs. The men's race consists of 4 legs and
the ladies race consists of 3 legs. Each leg is
approximately 2.5 miles long and with a 250ft climb to
the top and a fast decent it isn’t for the faint hearted
and requires plenty of strength mentally and physically
especially when running against the best athletic clubs in
Surrey and Sussex.
Teams on the day included South London Harriers,
Dorking & Mole Valley AC, Crawley AC, Cambridge
Harriers, Dulwich Runners and Croydon Harriers.
With a 1:30pm start time Glenn Mitchell, Stacey Buche
and Anne Matthews drew the first leg to get the Saints
off. Glenn Mitchell (B) was first to hand over to Steve
Baker who was down on fitness due to a two week
holiday in Jamaica but still managed a great run. Stacey
Buche(A) a few seconds later came in to handover to
Darren Selwood, a late replacement, who, with his lack
of running still ran his leg in 20mins. Anne Matthews
followed rapidly as 1st runner for the ladies team and
handed over to Becca Arthur.
Overall time - 1:10:29 Position 35 out of 54 teams
Mens Results - Team A
Stacey Buche - 16:16
Darren Selwood - 20:03
Martyn Langton - 19:50
James Tombs - 17:13
Overall time - 1:13:22 Position 39 out of 54 teams
Ladies Results - Team A
Anne Matthews - 19:01
Becca Arthur - 20:48
Cara Law - 20:05
Overall time - 59:54 Position 16 out of 35 teams
The 3rd Legs were run by David Penfold and Martyn
Langton for the men and Cara Law who ran a cracking
final leg of 3 for the ladies. Dave Penfold (B) ran a swift
last 400m to change over to Stacey Buche, meanwhile
Martyn Langton was shouted home by the noisy Saints
and Sinners and Horley Harriers support at the final
straight. Martyn (A) handed over to the final team (A)
runner James Tombs who had been patiently waiting for
nearly an hour and with 2 Crawley AC team runners
within his sights he romped home in 17 minutes.
This was a tough cross country course and we were
mixing with some of the best runners in the county. All
the Saints and Sinners ran with spirit, commitment and
enjoyment.
Photo: Horley Harriers
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The Thames Meander Half Marathon, Kingston
Saturday 1st November - Report by Nina Williams and
Rob Kernaghan
Rob and I did this race which started from Kingston and
continued along the Thames towpath and it was a flat
out and back course.
The sun shone, the organisation was excellent and the
Thames was in full splendour, with the route veering us
towards Ham and Kew. Excellent water stations, as well
as energy drinks there were trays of delicious flapjacks
and brownies and jelly babies.
If I hadn't munched so much en route I may have got a
better time than 2 hours 8 minutes!
This is Rob's account (er... not for the squeamish!!!) of
the race and the photo is of us in the medical aid tent
afterwards.
Rob's story (2 days after the event)
I was running well, approaching the turn on the out-andback course. I glanced over my shoulder, getting ready
to turn and suddenly I was flying through the air. I hit
the ground hard on my left side and immediately had
the presence of mind to hit PAUSE on my watch. I lay on
my side and a marshal and a St John's ambulance firstaider got to me pretty quickly and asked if I was ok.
The St John's lady helped me off the course and I sat on
a wall whilst she washed my leg down to clean up the
injury. Having done this she put a dressing on my leg,
butterflies on the knee and bandaged it. I asked her to
keep it clear of my knee so I could try running. This took
about 14 minutes to patch me up and I set off again,
getting back to speed and ran well. I could see the
bandage getting redder. I was overtaking people who
had passed me whilst I was getting attention and felt
fine for the rest of the run.
I got to the finish line, stopped, chatted to a couple of
friends and suddenly started feeling very sore,
whereupon I saw the St John's at the end. They removed
the dressing, cleaned the wound again and put an ice
pack on it as it was starting to swell badly.
I got home, went to A+E to get properly checked over
and have a tetanus jab. Apart from a cracked a rib or
two, cuts to both hands, left arm, and leg, toes on right
foot split open - from where I had hit the brick, - bruised
hip and thigh and my leg now in a dressing from knee to
ankle, I was fine and in full working order!!!!
Chip time 2:00:09, watch time 1:46:40.
The immediate thing they checked was that I hadn't
collapsed and they asked if I had running experience,
how I felt etc. I explained I was a pretty experienced
runner, wasn't dehydrated and had tripped. The
offending item was a lump of brick sticking up out of the
ground.
At first I was a little concerned as I couldn't straighten
my left leg, but was relieved that my right seemed ok (I
fractured my right leg falling in a race in May). After the
shock of the fall wore off, I sat up and realised my left
leg was streaming with blood from a cut on my knee and
had taken a lot of skin off the shin. However, the knee
now seemed to move ok.
Photo: Rosa McShane
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The Poppy Half Marathon & 10k, Bexhill
Saturday 8th November - Report by Leonnie Harrison
The Poppy Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon, 5k and
junior race was run predominantly along the seafront at
Bexhill. Conditions on the day were dry and sunny with a
very strong gusting wind. The organisers had cleared the
lower promenade of sea debris the day before and again
early that morning however their hard work was quickly
undone by the waves breaking onto the prom and
depositing large amounts of shingle and stones.
the wind to contend with as the upper promenade was
clear of debris. Once we joined the 7km loop it became
trickier, we were battered by the strong winds and
needed to keep a close eye on our footing as the shingle
was quite deep in places and there were those larger
stones and rocks to avoid. For the next 4km the race was
mostly about watching my feet and I found it hard work.
Before long we were heading away from the seafront up
a short hill and onto the last 3km which were run on
closed roads and the upper promenade which made for
easier running - well apart from a few steps that had
been thrown in for good measure!
Tea, coffee, water and an assortment of biscuits were
available in the marquee at the finish where it was nice
to stand out of the wind for a while.
Well done to all our Saints who ran. A special mention
goes to James Tombs who ran parkrun earlier that
morning but still bagged himself a new half marathon PB
and to Paul Clark who smashed his half marathon PB by
10 minutes despite the difficult conditions.
Photo: Ray Ko
A small number of Saints met up for a pre-race photo
before heading to the start line for the warm up which
was followed by the British national anthem sung by
Hannah Bradbeer from X-Factor, the Last Post and a 2
minute silence to observe remembrance day.
Half Marathon (chip time): Paul Clark (01:34:20), James
Tombs (01:35:47), Jason Harrold (01:40:18), RaJinder
Sorroy (01:47:11), Chris Lee (01:55:47), Nick Baker
(02:01:11), Cathy Holroyd (02:01:58), Ray Ko (02:06:04),
Vanessa Harrold (02:20:02)
Quarter Marathon (gun time, no chip timing available):
Fiona Montgomery (01:04:11), Tom McLeish (01:10:38),
Rod Harrison (01:15:11), Leonnie Harrison (01:15:11)
The half marathon runners set off towards the lower
promenade followed almost immediately by the 10k
runners who headed in the opposite direction along the
upper promenade. The course for the half marathon
consisted of three 7km laps run along the seafront and
closed roads. Sections of the course had considerable
debris and sea foam washed up by the strong winds and
waves, in places the shingle was deep with large sized
stones. The waves were also breaking over the wall onto
the path leaving some runners with soaked trainers.
The 10k course consisted of two out and back loops
along the upper promenade making a total of 3km after
which we joined the half marathon route for a single
7km loop. The first 3km were relatively easy with only
Photo: Leonnie Harrison
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French Riviera Marathon, Nice-Cannes
Brooks Brighton 10k, Brighton
Sunday 9th November
Sunday 17th November
The French Riviera Marathon (Marathon Des AlpesMaritimes) is held on the south east coast of France
between the cities of Nice and Cannes. Runners take in
stunning coastal views as they make their way along the
French Riviera from Nice to Cannes.
Wasn’t this a popular race with the Saints and Sinners!
The Brooks Brighton 10k is a fast and flat course and
with calm weather conditions on the day it was perfect
for many new PBs to be set. Here are the results (chip
times) that I could track down:
Photo: Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes
Martyn Langton was there to take part and finished in a
time of 04:12:17.
Gosport Half Marathon, Portsmouth
Saturday 15th November - Report by James Mason
I entered the Gosport half marathon along with Rob
Kernaghan due to its reputation as a quick PB course.
Glenn Mitchell 36:19 (PB)
Stacey Buche 37:25 (PB)
Ben Stock 37:43 (PB)
Paul Clarke 40:21 (PB)
David Penfold 42:34 (PB)
Sandy Kalsi 43:40 (PB)
Anne Matthews 44:22
RaJ Sorroy 44:40
Mike Austin 44:51 (PB)
Lisa Caig 47:03
Nick Baker 48:02
Bill Bedford 48:53
Shelley Meyern 50:22 (PB),
Stuart Davies 51:55 (PB)
Ray Ko 53:20
Gail Johnson 01:00:10
Julie Wyeth 01:00:10
Rob Copper 01:01:17 (PB)
Charlene Joe 01:05:44 (PB)
Julie Kalsi 01:07:23
After a quick drive down I had to pick up my number. At
this point the rain was relentless but luckily it stopped
just in time for the start.
The race was large with 2000 entries. It was a very flat 2
lap course which I would recommend to anyone.
I got off to a quick start and managed to maintain the
pace, ending up with a new PB of 1:46! I know Rob
enjoyed the race too and finished in 1:51.
All in all a great race, well organised with lots of
marshals and a great goody bag!!
Chip times: James Mason 01:46:31 (3 minute PB) and
Rob Kernaghan 01:51:27
Photo: Stacey Buche
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Sheffield Castle parkrun, Sheffield
Saturday 22nd November - Report by Glenn Mitchell
Knowing that I’d be spending my first weekend in
Sheffield since I left after finishing University in 2010, I
thought that it would be pretty rude not to attend one
of the many parkruns on offer in the area. After much
deliberation I went for the Sheffield Castle parkrun,
being as it is on one of the routes that I regularly ran
during my recent part-time degree course.
If you’ve never been to Sheffield it’s generally a hilly
place. If you don’t have to travel up and/or down to get
from A to B you’re doing well. It’s around 2 miles from
the city centre to the start of this particular run, and that
includes a nice steady climb of about 250ft over 1½
miles (you could take a slightly shorter route with a
steeper climb if you’d prefer, but it’s much more fun to
run back down that way!)
Photo: Sheffield Castle parkrun
The run consists of three laps around the Manor Fields
Park, and just like everywhere else in Sheffield it’s got
hills. Considering that the park is sandwiched in the
middle of a well populated area it is surprisingly very
scenic and quiet.
Each lap starts with a small slope downhill before taking
a few undulating twists and turns and then taking a
short, sharp uphill to reach the far end of the park. It
takes a 90 degree turn at the top before descending fast
and finally finishing with a long, steady uphill back to the
start of the lap, which ensured that I was definitely
pushing hard to make it to the finish!
Through a stroke of good fortune no-one really fast
turned up on the day and I ended up crossing the line
first with a time of 18:32.
There were just over 30 participants so it had a real
“local” feel to it, compared with the 400+ that had
apparently turned up to the Sheffield Hallam parkrun on
the other side of the city.
St Catherine’s Hospice Santa Dash, K2 Crawley
Saturday 22nd November
Some of our Saints and Sinners, together with many
other fun runners dressed in Santa suits, turned the K2
track in Crawley red for some festive fun and all for a
good cause - to help St Catherine’s Hospice raise vital
funds for the incredible work they do.
Photo: St Catherine’s Hospice
Well done to all our runners who took part in the 5-lap
2km fun run. Some eager runners enjoyed themselves
so much they even added on a few extra laps for good
measure!
It was tricky spotting the Saints in a sea of red Santa
suits so apologies if I have missed anyone. Here is a list
of the runners I did manage to see: Simone Lee, Louise
Clawson, Charlene Joe, Sophie Airey, Tony Airey, Bill
Bedford, Sharon Arthur, Debbie Wiltshire, RaJ Sorroy
and Malcolm Wiltshire.
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St Barnabas Santa Dash, Littlehampton
Clowne Half Marathon, Derbyshire
Sunday 23rd November - Report by Leonnie Harrison
Sunday 23rd November - Report by Derek Brailsford
True to the weather forecast I woke on Sunday morning
to the sound of steady rain pattering on our bedroom
window. This Santa fun run was going to be a soggy and
cold one but that wasn’t going to dampen our spirits!
To celebrate my 70th birthday (27/10/2014) I ran the
Clowne Half Marathon.
The run began at Banjo Road where we ran along South
Terrace and then turned right towards the seafront
before making our way to Mewsbrook Park. We
completed one lap of the park before heading back to
the seafront for the final straight to the finish line. It was
an enjoyable 3km run along a pleasant course. Despite
the grim weather there were numerous supporters out
on course including a group singing Christmas carols to
the runners as we passed the cafe in the park.
It was a tough course, with the second half being slightly
harder than the first.
We soon crossed the finish line where we were awarded
a lovely finishers medal, including one for Molly our dog.
Mince pies and hot drinks were available for all the
finishers. Saints taking part were Rod Harrison, Jessica
Harrison, Leonnie Harrison and Molly the dog.
Due to injuries, this was my longest run for 20 months.
Luckily the rain had stopped an hour before the race
started, but the temperature was only 8°c.
Things went very well for the first 10 miles and I was on
for a 2h 5m finish. Unfortunately the slight groin strain I
went into the race with let me down, and at just past
the 10 mile marker my left groin muscle pulled. So it was
a matter of limping the last 3 miles. Us old ones can be
very determined and stubborn! I disappointedly finished
in 02:18:25 (02:16:59 chip time).
I do take 2 positives from the race: 1) I can run the
distance and 2) I can finish in a faster time.
So roll on next summer.
Split times - 1 mile: time 9.5 (9.50 pace), 2 mile: time 19
(9.50 pace), 5 mile: time 47.5 (9.50 pace), 6 mile: time
56.5 (9.0 pace), 10 mile: time 94.5 (9.50 pace), 13.1 mile:
time 138.25 (14.1 pace).
Photo: Leonnie Harrison
Photo: racephotos.org.uk
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Three Molehills, Dorking
Sunday 23rd November - Report by Mark Clawson
The race is organised by Events to Live and as with all of
their races you know it’s going to be a very well
organised and friendly event.
The challenge is made up of three hills and is run over
three legs with each leg starting and ending at Denbies
Wine Estate in Dorking. Arriving for the start at 10am it
was pouring down and it was that biting cold rain. Leg 1
was Box hill and yes you had to climb the dreaded steps.
As expected it was very muddy and slippery and we had
a slight diversion as the stepping stones were under
water. I arrived back at Denbies with leg 1 and 4.5 miles
complete.
Finally leg 3 is up to Ranmore Common via the North
Downs. It’s mostly tarmac with a bit of off road, the best
way to describe this leg is you run uphill for 2 miles turn
around and run back down. Leg 3 and another 4 miles
complete.
You cross the finish line to cheers and music and get a
very nice medal and a well deserved bottle of beer.
Photo: Mark Clawson
The race can be run by teams of three who all run one
leg each, or teams of two where one runner completes
one leg and the other runner completes two legs. The
relay teams change runner at Denbies where each leg
finishes. Each runner gets a medal and the team get a
bottle of wine to share. You can be really stupid and
attempt all three legs totalling 15 miles as an individual,
like I did.
Photo: Fiona Montgomery
Next up was leg 2 around Norbury Park. It’s a mix of
trails and paved paths and lots of hills, the trails were so
bad it was like some of the military races I have done
and the cold biting rain was relentless. Although it
seemed to go on forever eventually I was back at
Denbies with leg 2 and another 6.5 miles down.
The journey back to my van through the vineyards
produced more whine than wine for me as the cold set
in. By the time I got to the van I struggled to get the keys
out of my shorts and had lost all feeling in my fingers,
the only way to press the remote to unlock the door was
to use my teeth.
If the weather is better next year I would highly
recommend it everyone.
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Epsom 10m, Epsom Surrey
Benidorm Half Marathon, Spain
Sunday 23rd November
Sunday 23rd November - Report by Nina Williams
Stacey Buche ran the challenging Epsom 10 mile road
race in cold and very wet conditions which resulted in
some flooding to the course. Here is a description of the
course from the event website:
Steve Baker and I ran in Benidorm, enjoying warm, dry
weather but without the conditions being too
hot. Steve, who somehow managed to abstain from
alcohol the night before, ran in a great time of 1:38:58,
and I ran it in 2:02:15.
A 10 mile road race starting and finishing by Epsom
Downs racecourse. The course follows a loop on the
roads around Epsom and Walton Downs. From the
Racecourse it travels down Langley Vale and across
Headley Heath returning through Walton on the Hill and
Tadworth. It is undulating with most of the challenging
hills, both ascents and descents, in the first 4 miles.
After Headley Heath the course is fairly flat for another 3
miles before descending through Tadworth and the
‘switchback’ between miles 8 and 9 to Tattenham
Corner with a gentle downhill in the last mile to the
finish. Every finisher will get an Epsom 10 pen plus a
medal to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of this
event which was first run in 1963.
Stacey’s finish time was 1:06:13
Photo: Stacey Buche
The race is run over a flat course on closed public roads.
It takes in the Old Town and the two main beach areas,
where we ran along the palm-tree lined promenades.
There are lovely views all along the course.
Over two thousand runners from all over Spain and
Europe competed and the streets resounded to the slap
of trainers on tarmac and the very vocal encouragement
of many spectators.
Runners are drawn to the Benidorm race by the kudos of
competing in the well-established half marathon, now in
its 31st year, and the relatively new 10 km race.
We celebrated our race with a lovely meal, outside in
the sunshine, overlooking the Mediterranean sea - when
Steve reacquainted himself with a beer or two!
Photo: Nina Williams
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Tilgate parkrun
Tilgate parkrunner of the month
November Summary
Congratulations to Gabrielle Presland for being awarded
Tilgate parkrunner of the month for October.
1st November -The day after Halloween and the first
parkrun of the month. Tilgate offered us a Trick or Treat
Halloween themed run with a reverse course on offer
and lots of yummy cake for after.
36 Saints ran at the Halloween parkrun. The tougher
reverse route and with many of our runners in fancy
dress meant a no new PBs this week for our Saints and
Sinners. However congratulations go to Stacey Buche on
running his 50 th parkrun.
8th November - Everyone was encouraged to wear red
and a minute silence was observed by all in honour of
Remembrance Day.
38 Saints were there to run on the morning. New PBs
were achieved by Martin Presland (22:38), Malcolm
Wiltshire (29:14) and Louise Clawson (32:19).
15th November - An amazing 40 Saints turned up for
parkrun at Tilgate this weekend with five of our runners
setting themselves a new PB: Anthony Neal (23:47),
Gary Fuller (24:04), Darren Bateman (24:44), Gabrielle
Presland (26:49) and Debbie Wiltshire (38:40)
A special mention goes to Sarah Berry, one of Bill’s
Babes who was unable to attend the graduation parkrun
in October. Sarah ran her first ever parkrun finishing in a
time of 37:01. Sarah will be presented with her
graduation certificate soon.
nd
22 November - 25 Saints ran this week at Tilgate and
Martin Presland set himself a new PB of 22:36, well
done Martin.
If you participate at parkrun events please update your
parkrun profile to include Saints and Sinners as your
running club.
To update your profile you’ll need to visit your unique
parkrun links page, from there click on “Update” and in
the drop down box next to “Running Club” select Saints
and Sinners Fun Runners.
Photo: Rod Harrison
Gabrielle started running at parkrun in December last
year. Since that time she has recorded 12 new PBs at
Tilgate and knocked an impressive 4 minutes and 34
seconds off her original finish time. In her questions and
answers for parkrunner of the month Gabrielle said she
is aiming for a sub 27 minute finish time and I’m very
pleased to report that on 15th November she achieved
this goal with a finish time of 26:49.
You can read more about Gabrielle on the Tilgate
parkrun news page:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/tilgate/news/2014/11/05/m
onthly-sweatshop-prize-winners/
Volunteering at parkrun
Thank you to all our club members who have
volunteered at parkrun during the month. We strongly
encourage all our members to volunteer occasionally
and Ray Ko is currently your point of contact if you’d like
to put your name down for a volunteer role.
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