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mediumt writes "
Congratulations to all those who pulled on their club vests to take part in this year's Essex Way Relay. At the time of writing, the final results have not been posted but the feed back through the phone lines was that everybody had put in performances to be proud of.
Two teams entered meant finding 20 willing volunteers so thanks to Tony & Claire Gordon, Mark Jeary, Brigid & Tony Wallen, Darren Smith, Kristian Fulljames, Peter & Lorraine Gold, Martyn Byford, Paul & Julie Boyden (running together), Dave Smith, Tom Duhrsen, Keith Taylor, Mark Williams, Adrian Smith, Jon Booty, Michelle Burton, Tracey Denby and Debs Lewis.
With so many runners needed it was inevitable that there would be some forced changes so special thanks to Ian Stobirski, Tracy Bromboszcz, Richard Liles and Penny Clarke for stepping in at short notice.
We were also hosting a stage so thanks to Ian Stobirski, Dave & Naomi Emerick, Lyn Williams, Phil Martin, Wendy Martin and Theresa & James Montgomery for marshalling and making sure not too many runners got lost. Special thanks to Dave Smith for setting up the finish area after working the night shift and then running leg two.
It was great to see so many members representing their club in what is a fun and informal race. Even better was seeing so many of the newer club members turning out, with several making their debuts in Witham colours. Who knows, maybe next year we will rival Springfield Striders for the number of teams entered! "
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ROUTES FOR MONDAY, 6TH SEPTEMBER
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mediumt writes "
Three routes tonight with groups 1 & 2 tackling 6.25 miles, groups 3 & 4 taking on 5.5 miles and group 5 running 4.75 miles:
Basic 5.5 miler:
Football club, right onto Spa Rd, down Spinks Lane, right at traffic lights up to Jack & Jenny, left down Maltings Lane, left onto Maldon Road, right past Tesco, right onto Freebournes (industrial estate), left at end and up over hump back bridge, right onto Avenue Rd, then Collingwood Rd, Guithavon Valley down to Tommy Tuckers (no stops for chips!), right past Bramston, right onto Spinks, right onto Spa and then left back to the football club.
Shorter route (4.75 miles ish):
Same as above but go straight across from Spinks Lane to Howbridge and Lawrence Ave.
Longer route (6.25 miles ish):
Same as basic route with 2 additions - 1. at the end of Freebournes, right then left into Eastways, all the way round Eastways to the muddy path back up to the hump back bridge and 2. at the roundabouts on Guithavon Valley, turn left up Guithavon Rd (bit of a hill!) and then right down the High St, past Bramston and home.
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WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK - 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2010
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mediumt writes "
MONDAY - Witham Town Footbal Club 19.30
You know summer is nearly over when WRC finally returns to the Football Club, which will be our Monday base until the May bank holiday. Reflective bibs are now a must have item - see Theresa if you need to buy one.
Usual 5 groups plus New to Running with distances of 4.75 miles to 6.25 miles
TUESDAY - Bramston 19.30
Single group with plenty of turn backs for the faster runners.
WEDNESDAY - Eastways 19.30
Structured training with Jonny, meeting at Eastways Industrial Estate.
THURSDAY - Bramston 19.30
Structured training with Martyn or the option of an easy 5 miles.
SATURDAY - Morrisons Car Park 09.00
Cycling - Two groups departing Morrisons at 09.00 and meeting up again at Rayne Station at 11.00. Await weekly email from DJ for route details. If you want to be added to the mailing list please let me or Dave Jobling know.
SUNDAY - Morrisons 9.00
The normal long training run from Morrisons. Route and distance to be decided on the day.
MONDAY 13th September Witham Town Football Club 19.30
Usual 5 groups plus New to Running with distances of 4.9 miles to 6.5 miles
Happy running!
Tony"
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*** Essex Way Final Update Runners and Marshals
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ians writes "Dear all
Only a couple of days until the Essex Way - thanks for your enthusiasm!
Runners - please make sure you are wearing club colours and have a badge stating team "A" or "B"
Marshals - can we please meet up at Cressing Church at 1215 for a 1245 start
See you on Sunday
Ian
stobirski(at)yahoo.com
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lorraine writes "Peter Burns has been off on his travels again - to the Galway Marathon, this time accompanied by Penny C. Here's Peter's report (photos should be on the gallery soon):
Penny Clarke and I went over to Ireland over the Bank Holiday weekend to run the Galway Marathon on Sunday. The course must have been more difficult than it looked as I failed to break 5 hours for the first time in a few outings. The run (twice round a loop) took in Galway city, the seaside resort of Salthill and its view over Galway Bay and the Claddagh (stony beach).
We were both stressed out wondering whether we were ever going to get across the Irish Sea with the baggage handlers' dispute that threatened to close the airports. Thankfully, that was all resolved and we didn't have to fall back on Plan B to take the train to Holyhead and sail over to Dublin.
There was chip timing but there was a 7 second difference between that and my watch time. I have never known there to be more than a second difference before so I'm sticking with my watch time of 5:03:14 (official result (5:03:21) Penny lost a few minutes taking in the scenery and taking pics with her I-Phone. I think she completed in 5:17 but her official time is shown as 5:18:13. |
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Mersea 5 & 10 Mile Results
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lorraine writes "The Sunday before the August Bank Holiday Monday is always the date for the Mersea Island 5 and 10 mile races and this year we had entrants in both races. Chris Feasey and Tracey Denby tackled the single lap 5 mile race - Chris finished in 6th place in 31:49 and Tracey (in probably her first 5 mile road race) crossed the finish line in 50:12.
We had 6 runners in the 2 lap 10 mile race. Ross Silverton was the only Witham man in the race and he led the club home in 1:20:46. Next over the line for Witham was Tracie Bromboszcz in 1:33:02, closely followed by Debbie Lewis in 1:33:07. Mersea was Lynne Williams second 10 mile race (she made her debut at Gt Baddow) and Gemma Baker was making her 10 mile debut - Lynne finished in 1:46:17, with Gemma finishing soon after in 1:47:12. Naomi Emerick is in serious training for her next marathon so the 10 miles round Mersea were quite a short run for her and she finished in 1:56:11. Well done everybody. |
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WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK 30TH AUGUST 2010
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mediumt writes "
MONDAY - Morrisons 10.00
No club this evening as it's bank holiday but a group run in the morning from Morrisons. Routes, groups and distances to be decided on the day.
TUESDAY - Bramston 19.30
Single group with plenty of turn backs for the faster runners.
WEDNESDAY - Eastways 19.30
Structured training with Jonny, meeting at Eastways Industrial Estate.
THURSDAY - Bramston 19.30
Structured training with Head Coach Pete or the option of an easy 5 miles.
SATURDAY - Morrisons Car Park 09.00
Cycling - Two groups departing Morrisons at 09.00 and meeting up again at Heybridge Basin at 11.00. Await weekly email from DJ for route details. If you want to be added to the mailing list please let me or Dave Jobling know.
SUNDAY - Various times and places throughout Essex
Good luck to the 20 club members participating in the Essex Way Relay. Please remember to wear your club colours. Thanks also to the volunteers who are giving up their time to help marshal the Cressing to Great Tey leg which WRC are hosting. If you are free to help, please email Ian Stobirski.
Morrisons 9.00
The normal long training run from Morrisons. Route and distance to be decided on the day.
MONDAY 6th September 19.30
Now that the sun has set on the summer pub runs we are returning to our winter home at Witham Town Football Club. Please remember your reflective bibs.
Happy running!
Tony
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What Group should I run in on a Monday Night?
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martynb writes "Having been asked by a couple of new members over the past couple of weeks and again at the Track last night I thought I would give the matter some thought based on the current Club Standard and 5k times.
We have 5 Groups at present with the majority of runners in the 3/4 bracket. We also have enough sub 20 runners to form a Group 1 every week. If not then ' The time to move Ups' should be encouraged to do so.
These are my thoughts with what Group I would expect members to run in.
It does mean that under this model Group 5 could potentially have a spread of runners who are 6 minutes apart over 5 k (29-35 minutes) which begs the question should there be a Group 6?
5K Time Achieved Time to move up
Group 1 - Sub 20 Sub 21
Group 2 - Sub 23 Sub 24
Group 3 - Sub 25 Sub 26
Group 4 - Sub 28 Sub 29
Group 5 - 29+
There will of course be times when members want an easier run and if this is the case then the 'informal arrangement' whereby they drop down but do not run at the front of that Group should be adopted!
Simple all sorted!!
Martyn
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liz writes "With the X-Country season fast approaching - well the first race is on 24th October there is a new website been set up this year which gives all the details about the 53-12 League Fixtures If you want to have a look click on the link under the links section and it will take you straight there. Here's looking forward to the mud Liz
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| Saturday, August 28 | | · | 5K TRACK CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - RACE 5 |
| Tuesday, August 24 | | · | BENIDORM UPDATE 5 |
| · | Essex Way Runners - Please wear club vests |
| Monday, August 23 | | · | Essex Way Stage Start Times |
| · | Essex Way Recce |
| Sunday, August 22 | | · | WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK - 23RD AUGUST 2010 |
| · | Junior Training |
| Wednesday, August 18 | | · | BBQ at Naomi and Dave's - Saturday 11 Sept |
| Monday, August 16 | | · | Cambridge Triathlon |
| Sunday, August 15 | | · | WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK - 16TH AUGUST 2010 |
| · | COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES AS AT JULY 14TH 2010 |
| · | Essex Way - we have 2 teams! |
| Monday, August 09 | | · | London Triathlon |
| Sunday, August 08 | | · | Latest from London |
| · | NEWS FROM NOTTINGHAM |
| · | WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK - 9TH AUGUST 2010 |
| · | Essex Way - 2 final runners needed |
| Thursday, August 05 | | · | BBQ at Stewarts |
| Wednesday, August 04 | | · | Starfish Breakfast 10k & Picnic, Sun 5 Sep, Clapham Common |
| Tuesday, August 03 | | · | Club BBQ |
| Sunday, August 01 | | · | SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE |
| · | WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK - 2ND AUGUST 2010 |
| · | RESULTS FROM THE 5K HANDICAP |
| Friday, July 30 | | · | Urbanathlon 2010 |
| Tuesday, July 27 | | · | CHANGE OF VENUE FOR MONDAY 2ND AUGUST |
| · | Bogtrotters' Marathon |
| · | Harlow 10 |
| · | Hyde Park Race for Life |
| · | Roth Challenge - Germany |
| Sunday, July 25 | | · | WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK - 26TH JULY 2010 (Updated 27 July) |
| Wednesday, July 21 | | · | Who did What and Where (w/we 18th July) |
| Monday, July 19 | | · | Presentation Dinner 2011 |
| · | ETIQUETTE FOR RUNNING WITH OUR CLUB |
| Sunday, July 18 | | · | WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK - 19TH JULY 2010 |
| Friday, July 16 | | · | Who did What and Where (w/e 11th July) |
| Thursday, July 15 | | · | BRITISH 10K |
| Sunday, July 11 | | · | WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK - 12TH JULY, 2010 |
| Wednesday, July 07 | | · | Who, What and Where last weekend (3rd/4th July) |
| Sunday, July 04 | | · | MATCHING MID-WEEKER TRAIL RACE |
| · | WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK - 05 JULY 2010 |
| Saturday, July 03 | | · | Extra information for Monday night's run |
| Thursday, July 01 | | · | The Tempest at Cressing Temple Barns |
| Tuesday, June 29 | | · | SATURDAY CYCLE RIDE |
| Monday, June 28 | | · | Summer BBQs - Update |
| · | Bury 5 |
| · | Late results from Bluewater 10K |
| · | Harwich Tri |
| Sunday, June 27 | | · | WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK - 28TH JUNE 2010 |
| Saturday, June 26 | | · | Call for Essex Way Team and Marshals (5th September) |
| Thursday, June 24 | | · | 3RD SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP 5K (Updated) |
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