Last Hash, The Berlin Marathon, Mells Scenic 7 etc...

Some great news in from Mike Harvey... Must note that one for next year, sounds good

Sam and I went to the Doone Run at Lynmouth in North Devon. As it was the 30th Anniversary of this race it was run in reverse and most people said it made a better though harder race. 

Mainly cross country it comprises 10 miles and 2000ft of climbing with about 3 miles of manic downhill rocky trail running at the end. It is a long drive from Yeovil but the stunning views really made it worthwhile. A real Gem of a race. 

Totally outclassed by hordes of proper Fell runners but ran probably better than I have run all year to hold onto 11th place in 1:22:38, which I was very pleased with. Sam, who had not run for over a year until 2 weeks ago and was carrying an extra stone of muscle after his body building completion, also finished in about 1:36 but will give you a completely opposite opinion of this race!!!

Glad to see you are back running again,

All the best,

Mike

Report for the blog from Captain Lesley:

Enjoyable but tough, hilly, Mells Scenic 7 this morning, mostly off road with tree-rooted muddy paths, through fields (mostly cornfields).

Flora was attacked by a nasty bramble and Leyton tripped and ended up with 2 fingers in a splint!

Despite this YTRRC did well yet again with prizes for:

Rose Harvey - 2nd Female finisher
Nick Brooke - 1st MV60
Lesley Nesbitt - 1st FV55
Bryn Phillips, Nick Brooke, Leyton Green and Rose Harvey - Mixed Team winners

Other Yeovil vests I saw were worn by Flora Brooke, Rod Appleby, Jon Crane, Simon Rowbottom and Adam Hawkins. Apologies if I have missed anyone.

When the results are up I'll update the club championship tables and add to the blog.

Thanks
Lesley

                

A letter received from by Phil from Richard Talbot a competitor in the recent King Alfred's Torment, he was 90th time 68min 10sec. His report is below!

King Alfred’s Torment

This 7 mile hill race immediately attracted me due to its location. Set just off the A303 on the Wiltshire/Dorset/Somerset borders the race runs through the grounds of the Stourhead estate on the outskirts of Mere.

The event is run by Yeovil Town running club and is advertised as 7 irish miles of hills and mud. Now I am not the type of runner who gets misty eyed at the beauty of certain races but straight away upon entering the estate one immediately gets the feel of the remoteness of the event.

The car park is roughly 600 yards from the start. You actually walk down a steep hill towards it. Already the butterflies start as i know the finish is in the car park so this will end up being an uphill run.

To accentuate this feeling further the first 400m of the run appear to be downhill on a country lane. Then we turn into the heart of the race. Across a variety of surfaces including trail, field and pure mud the course appears to head upwards for the next 3 and a half miles to King Alfred’s statute.

Now this race appears to have different scales of hill. 1. Normal hill and painful…….2. So steep that running the hill is fruitless……..3. long half mile non stop hill, just to finish you off. The journey up to the statute was really tough but it was a good feeling reaching the water station at 3.9 miles knowing that the course could not throw anything worse at you.

The next 2 miles were simply amazing. I appeared to hit a second wind as we navigated our way down a stunning trail. I didn’t realise how far we had climbed on the first half as the down hill seemed to go on forever. It was glorious running freely on a beautiful mild autumn day in fantastic surroundings (I’am not getting misty eyed).

All good things must come to an end and the last mile resorted back to normal as a couple more hills awaited for as we headed back into the car park and the finish line. A rock cake was presented to each finisher although  i must admit i was a little disappointed. We were promised a burnt cake yet mine was perfectly baked!!!!!

This is a gem of an event and once again i was surrounded by a variety of keen , motivated and friendly runners. At the end i was in my usual state of distress, in a sea of sweat trying to consume large volumes of water and pig down my cake. Choking and spluttering something next to my car made me laugh.

One of my fellow competitors Phil Monk of Dorset Doddlers who had  run a respectable time of 57.24 was cheerfully consuming a bottle of cider. How could any man do this after such a hard run? My respect for this legend (well in my eyes) was intensified when he had informed me that the previous evening he had been to a wedding  where he had consumed even more bottles of the apple rocket fuel.

In fact a large number of the Dorset Doddlers had congregated around Phil’s car and it was great to see the camaraderie that was so clearly in evidence amongst their club members. There were so many local clubs in evidence at the race with Frome, Chard, and Wells all being well represented.

Well done to Phil and everybody involved

Also from Phil

All Argentan adventurers meet at the Fleet Air Arm Museum opposite where the 5K races run from by 0430 at the latest. The coach must leave on time to catch the ferry.

DON'T FORGET YOUR PASSPORTS. Experience has taught us that if you can photocopy the face page. (Ask Jane Mills).

We usually travel very informally ie sports type gear which is also suitable for the pasta party on Friday evening. It is handy if you bring a small rucksack as once on the ferry you do not have access to the coach.

If you have any questions then please contact Phil on philmacquaid@hotmail.com

sooner rather than later.

Next Tuesdays run is from Goldenstones running the Winter Routes so as per club rules reflective clothing is required

To broaden the scope of Pub Runs we are looking for people to host a Pub Run. its quite easy:

You nominate the pub, fix it to order the meals before we start at 6.30 and have a route of about 6 miles. We do try to stay out of Yeovil so local villages are preferable.

Any questions talk to Phil or Pete

Today was the first Wessex Cross Country Fixture, results below

Wessex XC League - Results for Fixture							1	Canford Heath	29/09/2013
		SENIOR MEN						SENIOR MEN - TEAMS
Pos	Bib	NAME	Club	Cat	TIME		Pos	CLUB	Team		PTS
1	24	Andrew Ridley	PAC	SM	29.16		1	POOLE AC	A		20
2	11	Niall Laming	RMP	SM	29.45		2	POOLE RUNNERS	A		27
3	13	Joseph Arundell	WCH	U20M	29.54		3	WELLS CITY HARRIERS	A		34
4	84	Rob McTaggart	BAC	SM	29.58		4	WIMBORNE AC	A		46
5	338	Ben Renshaw	BR	SM	30.10		5	POOLE RUNNERS	B		51
6	200	James Share	PR	SM	30.31		6	BRIDPORT RUNNERS	A		63
7	265	Steve Wyatt	WAC	M45	30.39		7	POOLE AC	B		66
8	16	Simon O'Herlihy	PAC	M40	31.00		8	YEOVIL TOWN RRC	A		76
9	204	Ian Luke	PR	SM	31.56		9	DORCHESTER & WEYMOUTH	A		90
10	359	Franklyn Young	WADAC	M50	32.11		10	WIMBORNE AC	B		96
11	64	Nigel Rogerson	PAC	M40	32.21		11	POOLE AC	C		110
12	463	Matthew East	PR	M40	32.24		12	POOLE RUNNERS	C		117
13	448	Ed Gibbs	YTR	SM	32.27		13	WIMBORNE AC	C		140
14	193	David Cross	PR	Sm	32.31		14	BRIDPORT RUNNERS	B		142
15	1	Neil Biss	WCH	M40	32.35		15	BOURNEMOUTH AC	A	(2)	1038
16	4	Timoth Hawkins	WCH	M40	32.35		16	WINCHESTER & DISTRICT AC	A	(2)	1047
17	461	Ian Humphreys	PR	M50	32.50		17	POOLE AC	D	(2)	1104
18	255	Mark Copeland	WAC	M45	32.51		18	DORCHESTER & WEYMOUTH	B	(2)	1109
19	28	Marcos Sanz	PAC	SM	33.23		19	ROYAL MANOR OF PORTLAND	A	(1)	2002
20	462	Simon Hayter	PR	M55	33.43		20	WELLS CITY HARRIERS	B	(1)	2033
21	258	Iain Donelly	WAC	M40	34.07		21	CITY OF PORTSMOUTH	A	(1)	2036
22	65	Hugh Hood	PAC	M45	34.15		22	YEOVIL TOWN RRC	B	(1)	2044
23	340	Jon Sutcliffe	BR	M40	34.28		23	WIMBORNE AC	D	(1)	2049
24	110	Clint Cormick	D&W	SM	34.45
25	63	Stephen Horton	PAC	M50	34.51
26	27	Mike Cure	PAC	M45	34.58
27	105	Nick Ireland	D&W	M45	35.00
28	285	Stuart Little	WAC	M55	35.03
29	185	Alan Lewis	PR	M60	35.12
30	256	Peter Kingswell-Farr	WAC	M45	35.15
31	446	Peter Jakeman	YTR	M60	35.29
32	447	Matt Driver	YTR	M40	35.36
33	2	Jonathan Rowe	WCH	M40	35.41
34	79	Brendan Kirkton	BAC	U20M	35.48
35	343	Clive Whaley	BR	M50	36.32
36	458	Bradley Moore	COP	U20M	36.33
37	374	Steve Torrance	WADAC	M50	37.20
38	224	Rich House	WAC	M45	37.31
39	118	Nigel Furnes	D&W	M50	37.34
40	345	Norman Wiggins	BR	M60	37.42
41	25	Jason Freshwater	PAC	SM	38.09
42	194	Steve Cook	PR	M40	38.32
43	67	Richard Saunders	PAC	M45	39.04
44	451	Nigel Moysey	YTR	M60	39.13
45	286	Daryl Davies	WAC	SM	39.15
46	196	Bob Frampton	PR	M50	39.38
47	273	Richard Davies	WAC	M45	40.13
48	272	Paul Hine	WAC	M50	41.14
49	283	Glyn Davies	WAC	M60	41.59
50	346	Les Hawkins	BR	M60	42.04
51	29	Nigel Harding	PAC	M55	42.38
52	344	Peter Blackmore	BR	M60	43.42
53	26	Peter Cornes	PAC	M45	43.55
54	100	Pete Clarke M65	D&W	M60	46.42
55	77	Phil Last	D&W	M50	47.41

		SENIOR WOMEN						SENIOR WOMEN - TEAMS
Pos	Bib	NAME	Club	Cat	TIME		Pos	CLUB	Team		PTS
1	354	Jennifer Mclachlan	WADAC	SW	25.02		1	WIMBORNE AC	A		35
2	356	Samantha Parkinson	WADAC	W40	26.50		2	POOLE RUNNERS	A		36
3	15	Louella O'Herlihy	PAC	W40	27.18		3	WINCHESTER & DISTRICT AC	A	(2)	1003
4	119	Frances Johnson	D&W	SW	29.38		4	POOLE AC	A	(2)	1008
5	31	Jane Neal	PAC	W55	30.10		5	DORCHESTER & WEYMOUTH	A	(2)	1019
6	81	Helen Ambrosen	BAC	W50	30.35		6	YEOVIL TOWN RRC	A	(2)	1021
7	278	Helen Edbrooke	WAC	W45	30.58		7	BOURNEMOUTH AC	A	(1)	2006
8	455	Emily Fort	YTR	SW	30.59		8	BRIDPORT RUNNERS	A	(1)	2009
9	335	Victoria Ackerman	BR	SW	32.39		9	POOLE RUNNERS	B	(1)	2016
10	203	Mel Carol	PR	W45	33.20
11	282	Claire Scammell	WAC	SW	33.53
12	169	Marion Frampton	PR	W50	35.07
13	449	Aimee Deeney	YTR	SW	36.27
14	202	Angela Brown	PR	W40	36.37
15	78	Maureen Wakleing	D&W	W45	37.46
16	189	Jane Chandler	PR	W55	38.12
17	276	Lesley Davies	WAC	W50	38.51

This in from Laura Coppard, fantastic result Laura, well done..

Really enjoyed Taunton 10k today. Got a new PB of 47:00, over a minute off my time!

Mark Gosney also got a PB

It was the last Ham Hill Hash today, a great time was had by all

Amazing time by Paul in the Berlin Marathon today, he sent this..

Marathon no 138 notched up this morning in Berlin and enjoyed a tour of the city in 3:03. Happy to be less than 1 hour slower than the new WR holder and 49 secs quicker than when I last ran it 6 years ago. Oktoberfest biers are calling.

That’s it for now, enjoy the week, see you at Goldenstones on Tuesday

Terry