News from the Striders
20th September 2005
The latest Club Championship standings have been upload, Check out the Club Championship page. For the
Ladies, with Jan being told to rest her double achilles injury for three
months, looks like it should be Louise Hammond's championship. For the men, the
leader Coach Kevin is too carrying an injury, giving Dave Sweet the opportunity
to close the gap to eight points. Will Kevin recovery for the first of the last
two events, the Southend 1oK?
Hope to have the Ingatestone results up by the weekend.
Don't forget your entries for Southend. You can also enter on line.
19th September 2005
Some updates from Ingatestone. Sounds like Crispian had a great race judging by
his race report I saw. Fourth place in a time of 27:06. Here is the unofficial
order of the rest of the Striders. Crispian, Scott Henshaw, Mike Day, Alan
Clarke, Steve Fulker, Steve Power, Kieron O'Doherty, Dave Sweet, Gerry
O'Doherty and Andy Knill. There is more to follow! For the Ladies, unofficial
order Sue Thake, Barbara Williams, Jane, Elaine Banville, Louise Hammond, Kathy
McCrow. PB's for Dave Sweet, Steve Power (maybe!), Andy Knill, Louise Hammond
and Sue Thake. Well done folks! At the risk of boring everyone, full results
when I get them! Thanks to Coach Roy for pointing out the deliberate error!
Southend is not the last Championship event, as there is one final handicap
race to come at the beginning of December.
18th September 2005
Well done to all the Striders that races at Ingatestone today. This was the
second last race of the Club Championship. I don't have any results or news as
I, and five other Striders were competing in the Blackwater Triathlon. As soon
as I have any news / results I will post again.
The last Championship event is the Southend 10K. NOTE! You have until next
Saturday, 24th September to get your postal entry in, or there is £2 extra to
pay. Entry form is available from Striders Calendar.
Talking of the Blackwater Triathlon today, one of those Striders was Keith
Walker. A little bird (well, his daughter Elaine) told me Keith is heading off
this week on his World Championship tour. First stop is Newcastle. No, not in
our fair isle, but in Australia, for the World Duathlon Championship next
Sunday. From there, it is on to Honolulu two weeks later for the ITU Age Group
Triathlon World Championships. Hard life for an 'Age Grouper'! Best of luck
Keith for those two events.
It was wonderful to see one Strider in particular competing at Blackwater
today. That was Wendy Reed. Great to see you racing again Wendy.
News has come through this week that photographers from Route 66 will be in
attendance at the 10K. See the 10K page for details.
13th September 2005
Today I received the dates for the South East Essex Sunday Cross Country
League, the old Today's Runner Cross Country League. Apologies if you had
problems with the Handicap results from Sunday. I have uploaded a new file that
I think is OK now, figures crossed!
12th September 2005
26 starters for the Club Handicap yesterday including four first timers. And
what a day with SIX PB's. A job for the Chairman to select his award for this round.
The picks are Mike Wheatley knocking 2mins 13 seconds off his PB with Chrissie
Porter 1min 7 seconds off her's.The others came from Alan Porter, Scott
Henshaw, Chrispian Bloomfield and Coach Kevin Jacob. Well done folks! Here are
the Full results. Updated
Club Championship is also available following yesterday. Coach Kevin has a 16
point lead over our Secretary David Sweet with two events to go. But what about
the Ladies. Jan and Louise are dead level. Check out the Club Championship page
from the homepage. Don't forget next Club Championship event is Sunday, with
the Ingatestone 5. This is then followed two weeks later by the Southend 10K.
4th September 2005
Further update from Jan this morning that entries are now up to eighty two for
the 10K. Nineteen entries in five days! As stated below, get your entries in
early to avoid disappointment!
3rd September 2005
Just over two months to go to the Striders 10K and as of last Tuesday, there
were sixty three entries. There is a full list of entries now available on 10K page which will be
updated on a regular basis. The event was full about two weeks before last
year, so if you want to take part, get your entries in early to avoid
disappointment. Next Saturday our coaches Kevin and Roy will be running a
"Training with Jack Daniels" session. For those not 'in the know'
this is nothing to do with the drink, but a Master Class on “Getting the most
from your training”. It is aimed at ALL levels and ages. The session will be a
mixture of Theory and Practical running. All you need will be your usual
running kit, a warm top for in between the practicals and drinks. Start time is
9am at Hannakins, and will last about 2 - 3 hours. If you wish to attend please
let Kevin now in advance. Busy time coming up for the Striders. Tomorrow is the
Essex Way. Next Saturday is mentioned above. Next Sunday is the latest handicap
from Lake Meadows, and the latest event in the Club Championship. Talking of
the Club Championship, the next event after the handicap is hot on its heals
with the Ingatestone 5 the following Sunday. And not too far after that is the
next Club Championship with the Southend 10K two Sundays later. If you thought after three club championship
events you had time for a break, you are mistaken! The following Saturday, the
Essex League Cross Country kicks off the Cross Country season.