ELR Treasurer. Club Person of the Year 2014. Life Member ELR I started running in 1983 for Kelmscott Trotters in Markhouse Road based at Kelmscott Leisure Centre. The club ran for about 10 years meeting on Tuesdays and Thursdays before closing. By 1988 I had joined East London Runners as second claim until becoming first claim in 1993. Early Race History 14/04/1985 Trent Park 10k 50.57 05/05/1985 Enfield/Barnet 10m 82.00. 30/06/1985 Woodford Fun Run 3m 23.40. 15/09/1985 Eastern Counties Half Marathon 1.51.18 (1st half) 17/10/1985 Woodford 7m 57.36 24/11/1985 Battersea Park Tallgrass 10k 50.33 23/02/1986 Lincoln OneThird Marathon 8.7m 71.21 09/03/1986 Roding Valley Half Marathon 1.42.15 In 1986 I had a place for the London Marathon but 10 day's before I was hit by shin splints which put me out for a few months. Sport's Aid was big that year following on from Band Aid so I ran real easy to try to come back. 25/05/1986 Sports Aid 10km 61.30. 22/06/1986 Chingford/Walthamstow 10km 48.55 10/07/1986 Trent Park 5m 41.11 14/09/1986 Lincoln 10km 53.38 28/09/1986 Sunday Times Fun Run 4km 20.00. 05/10/1986 Hainault 10km 50.17 12/10/1986 Barking Half Marathon 1.52.47 16/11/1986 Woodford 10km 47.53 08/03/1987 Roding Valley Half Marathon 1.39.43 28/03/1987 City Pier City , Hague Half Marathon 1.36.52 A particular memory of this race was coming back with a garden shed on the coach roof. One of the ladies was from Amsterdam, her parent's were getting rid of the shed so we said we would take it back to Buckhurst Hill for her garden. It was tied up through the skylights with ropes. Health & safety would have a field day now. We were supposed to disembark the coach and go through customs with a load of beer we bought at the hypermarket. Custom's said what's that on the roof. We joked we're a running club, we brought the clubhouse with us. They just said don't bother getting off, just carry on. 12/04/1987 Wembley Half Marathon 1.34.02 03/05/1987 Walthamstow 10km 42.52 10/05/1987 London Marathon 3.35.44 (1st marathon) 24/05/1987 East London Half Marathon 1.37.24 07/06/1987 Walthamstow 7m 49.35 13/06/1987 Chigwell 10m 74.35 21/06/1987 Great North Run 1.44.51 28/06/1987 Woodford 10km 46.17 02/08/1987 London League Battersea Park 10km 43.05 23/08/1987 London League Finsbury Park 10km 45.15 27/09/1987 Sunday Times Fun Run 4km 17.37 04/10/1987 North East London Marathon 1.39.00. 11/10/1987 Woodbridge 10km 43.00. 08/11/1987 Southend 10km 40.50. Around this time I joined ELR so was running Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 06/03/1988 Roding Valley Half Marathon 1.29.25 13/03/1988 Verlea Pre London 20m 2.26.38 02/04/1988 Victoria Park 5m 31.41 pb 10/04/1988 Chichester Half Marathon 1.36.55 17/04/1988 London Marathon 3.27.00 pb 29/05/1988 London League Hainault 10km 39.47 05/06/1988 Walthamstow 7m 51.48 12/06/1988 Walthamstow 10km 39.47 pb 03/07/1988 Orion 10m 69.40 pb 10/07/1988 Dagenham Half Marathon 1.28.48 pb 24/07/1988 London League Battersea Park 10km 43.30 28/08/1988 Billericay Half Marathon 1.33.31 04/09/1988 Rochford 15m 1.50.20 pb 11/09/1988 Sports Aid 10km 43.20. 25/09/1988 Sunday Times Fun Run 4km 16.20. 02/10/1988 North East London Half Marathon 1.34.12 06/11/1988 Chingford ELR 8m 54.46 This was East London Runners race and not open to ELR members as I was second claim I was able to enter. 13/11/1988 Southend 10km 40.04 05/02/1989 Watford Half Marathon 1.32.44 05/03/1989 Berkhamsted Half Marathon 1.31.40 12/03/1989 Verlea Pre London 20m 2.25.40 pb 16/04/1989 Walthamstow 10km 41.45 23/04/1989 London Marathon 3.41.34 29/05/1989 Hatfield Broad Oak 10km 41.35 04/06/1989 Walthamstow 7m 49.35 18/06/1989 Great North Run 1.43.21 25/06/1989 Aveling Park 6m 43.15 24/09/1989 Sunday Times Fun Run 4km 18.40 15/10/1989 Southend 10km 44.45 22/10/1989 Chingford ELR 8m 1.01.45 25/11/1989 London XC Champs, Hampstead 46.30 (approx 6m) 03/12/1989 Wanstead Flats 10km 42.40. 17/12/1989 Royston XC 1.03.00 (approx 7m) 28/01/1990 Canterbury 10m 1.13.25 04/03/1990 Cheshunt XC 47.30 (approx 6m) 13/05/1990 London League Kingston Vale 35.15 (approx 5m) 20/05/1990 Great Baddow 10m 1.13.07 27/05/1990 London League Wanstead Park 35.35 (approx 5m) 03/06/1990 Walthamstow 7m 49.50. 24/06/1990 Tour 10km road 44.50. 25/06/1990 Of 7m hill 1.01.37 26/06/1990 Epping 8m trail 1.02.20 27/06/1990 2 x 1m 5.49/ 7.01 01/07/1990 Orion 10m 1.14.40 08/07/1990 Lea Valley 10m 1.13.40 05/08/1990 London League Hyde Park 10km 44.55 15/09/1990 London League Finsbury 5m 35.33 18/11/1990 Welwyn Garden XC 51.15 (approx 6.75m) 25/11/1990 Bishops Stortford 10m 1.13.28 15/12/1990 Essex XC Colchester 57.40 (approx 7m) 06/01/1991 Royston XC 55.12 (approx 7 miles) 27/01/1991 Trent Park XC 39.52 (approx 6 miles) 24/02/1991 Bury 20m 2.36.44 10/03/1991 Cheshunt XC 44.37 16/03/1991 Orion 15 2.06.27 30/03/1991 Essex 20 2.41.51 19/05/1991 Woodbridge High 10k 44.47 26/05/1991 London League: Mill Hill 10k 42.15 27/05/1991 Hatfield Broad Oak 10k 42.14 04/06/1991 Mel Batty 10m 1.10.25 16/06/1991 London League: Harrow 10k 41.45 23/06/1991 Tour 10k 41.57 24/06/1991 Of Hill 7m 56.50. 25/06/1991 Epping Trail 8m 1.00.47 26/06/1991 Forest 2x 1m 5.34/6.42 03/07/1991 Great Warley 5k 20.24 pb 28/07/1991 Weald of Kent 10m 1.14.34 04/08/1991 London League:Hyde Park 10k 42.14 06/08/1991 Orion relay 1 mile 6.12 15/09/1991 Great North Run 1.41.40 29/09/1991 Barry Patmore 15m 1.50.09 10/11/1991 Greenpeace Run 1.06.29 (approx 8.5m) 17/11/1991 Stevenage XC 41.56 (approx 6.2m) 23/02/1992 Cheshunt XC 47.42 (approx 6m) 25/05/1992 Hatfield Broad Oak 10km 45.35 02/06/1992 Mel Batty 10 74.28 21/06/1992 Tour 10k Chingford 42.59 22/06/1992 Epping Hill 7m 59.08 04/08/1992 Orion relay 1 mile 6.25 09/08/1992 1 mile 6.02 100m 15.0 09/08/1992 400m 75s 20/09/1992 London League Finsbury Pk 36.10 (approx 5m) 18/10/1992 Southend 10km 42.28 15/11/1992 St Albans XC 54.16 (approx 7m) 28/11/1992 London XC Hampstead 47.40 (approx 6m) 29/11/1992 Trent Park XC 45.28 (approx 5.5m) 20/12/1992 Ruislip Woods XC 42.05 (approx 6m) 27/12/1992 Buntingford 10m 71.56 31/01/1993 Chingford XC 45.26 (approx 6m) 14/02/1993 Cheshunt XC 47.17 (approx 6m) 21/02/1993 Roding Valley Half Marathon 1.37.30 20/03/1993 Orion 15m 2.04.24 28/03/1993 Luton 20m 2.38.42 18/04/1993 London Marathon 3.50.58 03/05/1993 Jubilee Lodge Fun Run 5m 35.29 09/05/1993 Dulwich Park Summer League 42.26 23/05/1993 Great Baddow 10m 70.19 31/05/1993 Hatfield Broad Oak 10k 42.30 Tour of Epping Forest 20/06/1993 10k 42.25 21/06/1993 Hill 7m 56.39 22/06/1993 Forest 8m 59.22 23/06/1993 1 mile down 5.27 1 mile up 6.41 04/07/1993 Orion 10 1.14.15 89th 03/08/1993 Orion relay 1 mile 6.16 22/08/1993 East London Sports Day 100m 15.37 400m 69.88 1 mile 5.47 relay 800m 2.39 19/09/1993 Great North Run 1.39.39 26/09/1993 Barry Patmore 15m 1.55.29 24/10/1993 Ilford 10k (Essex) 43.23 14/11/1993 Trent Park XC 46.49 (approx 6m) 19/12/1993 Ruislip Woods XC 45.27 (approx 6m)