As in previous years we will be running the 20 Mile Water Station on Poplar High Street, jointly with London Fire Brigade. We require up to 100 Volunteers to assist with this. If you are able to help then please enrol here and then email volunteers@eastlondonrunners.org.uk We will then provide the link to you to register on-line. Please note that registration includes submission of an acceptable passport type photograph. You can help on part or all of the day. We have the following duties to cover. 7.30am to 9.30am approx - Setting up the Water Station. 10.30 to 3.30pm approx - Distribution of water to the runners. 3.30pm to 4.30pm approx - Clearing up. Tea, coffee and snacks are provided to all volunteers plus access to toilets.
FREE timed 5k runs/races starting at 9am at Wanstead Flats (Harrow Road), Valentines Park Ilford, Beckton, Barking, Hackney, Walthamstow and Mile End and at many other locations across London and the UK and abroad. www.parkrun.org.uk/
Meet Grant and others at 6.45pm at Ashton Playing Fields, Woodford Bridge, Essex, IG8 8AA . Note that there will be a cost of £4 (£1.50 concessions available for students and Over 35s) per person, payable locally. Annual season tickets are also available. See Vision website. It is the responsibility of each person attending to make payment and not the responsibility of the Club of East London Runners. Nearest tube Station is Woodford on the Central Line. www.vision-rcl.org.uk/ashtons_home.html Suitable for all levels including Beginners.
Pace Groups are now an integral part of our Wednesday Night Club Runs. You can volunteer to pace/support the groups here - eastlondonrunners.org.uk/wednesdayrun The four groups are: Below 7.00 min mile pace (likely to be sub 6.00/6.30 by some) NOTE - Rather than having a "pacer", the faster group starts slightly ahead of the others and stays together for the first mile(approx), which would be run at a 6:30/40 pace. After the first mile, the group "breaks" and runners can go at their own pace (they might also stay together or break into sub-groups, but this would be up to the individuals). Runners starting in the faster group are requested to familiarise themselves with the route ahead of time to avoid getting lost. Any runner who does get lost should wait to be "swept up" by the 7:30 pace group. If there are no faster runners, then there is simply no faster group. 7.30-8.30min mile pace. 8.30-9.30min mile pace. 9.30-10.30min mile pace. The last three groups have a Pace Leader and a Backmarker/Support. NOTE - Runners in all Gruops are asked to familiarise themselves with the route each week. Full details and route maps are posted below and on the East London Runners Group page on Facebook each Sunday in good time for the Wednesday run.
Monday Night is Track Night (Occasional Hill Training/Speed session Night),. Every Wednesday night is Club Run Night (10k'sh, often with shorter options). Sunday Social runs of 10 miles approx at 10am, plus Marathon Training runs at the weekends, see below for full details. Non Members - Please come along and try us out.
Maud Hodson - 56.35 - 220th, Sen Women Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera - 1.05.03 - 300th Sen Women Peter Craik - 52.18 - 600th, Sen Men Maud reports:- Heading home from a brilliant trip to Falkirk with the #runequal crew. The Scottish National Cross Country Champs is the only one in the U.K. where men and women race the same distances. So a group of us went up there to celebrate an event that is getting it right - they allow members of English clubs to take part. After a classic anxiety dream (late, couldnt find my number, ended up running in sparkly concert trousers and sports bra through the centre of Berlin), we started the day with a leisurely jog around Falkirk parkrun, held in the same park as the XC, but a very different route on lovely woodland trails. Back to the hotel for a quick change, then back to Callendar Park for the main event. Id arranged to find Nigel Holl (Interim Chief Exec of UK Athletics) after the womens race, but in fact he came and found us beforehand had a quick chat about UKAs future plans. Very much hope he gets the job permanently. and then we raced. Conditions under foot were pretty begign, and the course had a few climbs but nothing too scary. Nigel was cheering me on and later tweeted a pic of me. I also got lapped by Steph Twell and nearly put my spikes through a toad. Between the womens and mens races we also met Ian Beattie and Mark Munro, Chair and Chief Exec of Scottish Athletics. And we saw the Kelpies and ate our body weight in curry. Brilliant as it was, I hope we wont be back next year, as I hope well have equal racing at the English champs...
At the Meeting the Following Committee was elected by the Members present. Chair - Frank Brownlie Vice Chair - Jonathan Wooldridge Club Secretary - Mike Wilson Club Treasurer - James Nicholls Race Secretary - Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera Club Run Co-Ordinator - Jo Wood Webmaster - Derek Wright Volunteer Co-Ordinator - Michael Bamford Assistant Volunteer Co-Ordinator - Rachel Le Roux Assistant Volunteer Co-Ordinator - Louis le Roux Welfare Officer - Sheetal Dandgey Social Secretary - Sonia Cheadle Media Officer - Maya Goodwin Newsletter Publisher - Jason Levy Member without Portfolio - Stuart Barton In addition the following Club Members were proposed and elected unanimously as LIFE MEMBERS John Atkinson, Frank Brownlie, Dave Foster and Dave Knight. Membership Fees 2019/20 The Meeting also agreed the Membership Fees for the coming year 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020. Existing Members - Fee to remain at £22.00 which includes the England Athletics Membership fee (£15.00) for the same period. New Members - Fee to remain at £25.00 which includes the England Athletics Membership fee (£15.00) for the same period. Second Claim Members - Fee to reamin at £10.00 Lapsed ELR Members - The Fee will be £25.00 which includes the England Athletics Membership fee (£15.00) for the same period.
At the meeting following a proposal by the Committee which was carried unanimously by the members present, John Atkinson, Dave Foster and Dave Knight were duly elected as Life Members. All three have been members of the Club for many, many years and have represented the Club in an outstanding manner at many races, events, training runs and socials. In addition, the meeting proposed that Club Chair, Frank Brownlie also be elected as a Life Member. Again, this motion was carried unanimously. Frank joined the Club in 2004 to train for the London Marathon. He was elected to the Committee in 2009 and became Chairman the following year in 2010. Frank has overseen the dramatic rise in both the membership numbers and the success of the Club in the many races and events that it participates in. Frank said "John and the two Dave's thoroughly deserve their recognition and I was very pleased to be included too!"
Filipa Soares - 47.29 -633rd - 8km Diana Rexhepaj - 52.45 - 681st - 8km Thomas Grimes - 1.02.16 - 632nd - 15km Spencer Evans - 1.03.34 - 700th - 15km Emmet Fitzgibbon - 1.13.18 - 1044th - 15km Mike Reports.Well done to the runners who represented our club in the main SEAA Cross Country Championships today. Thanks to our supporters, Mark Moir, Rachel and Louis Le Roux and Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera. A three lap course for the men (15KM) and two for the women (8KM). The start is a highlight with the spectacle of the runners racing to the top of the hill en-masse! This is a great event and it is always enjoyable supporting the athletes at these races. It turned very cold by the time of the men's race and it was very muddy, but at least the rain held off until the evening.
Mark Boulton - 1.42.01 - 18th Joseph Browne - 1.52.51 - 74th James Nichols - 1.52.53 - 75th Calvin Bobin - 2.00.16 - 135th, 2nd M60 Jacob Stevens - 2.04.03 - 172nd Regis Martin - 2.04.13 - 174th Caroline Frith - 2.04.34 - 176th Jimmy Dale - 2.06.48 - 195th Robert Rayworth - 2.07.21 - 198th James Creed - 2.08.27 - 216th Nathaniel Dye - 2.08.39 - 220th Nick Hoult - 2.08.50 - 222nd Stephen Taylor - 2.09.30 - 234th Peter Hatley - 2.10.22 - 240th Emmet Fitzgibbon - 2.10.35 - 243rd Maud Hodson - 2.14.48 - 291st, 42ndF Karan Gadhia - 2.16.06 - 306th Kasia Stachowiak - 2.17.09 - - 51stF Ged Browne - 2.17.30 - 340th John Healy - 2.23.30 - 405th Shahib Miah Ali - 2.28.24 - 453rd Grant Conway - 2.28.24 - 454th Georgie Hooper - 2.29.38 - 461st Kathryn Hertzberg - 2.29.01 - 464th Alex Jameson - 2.31.29 - 494th Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera - 2.31.53 - 501st Catriona Hoult - 2.37.03 - 547th Hayley Collins - 2.37.03 - 565th Shanavaz Malayodu - 2.43.34 - 605th Fiona Day - 2.52.48 - 681st Roselin Boramakot - 2.56.07 - 715th Helen McGuinness - 3.00.54 - 736th Jason Levy - 3.04.57 - 750th Lee Rand - 3.21.32 -799th 824 finishers.
Jennifer Ansell - 43.17 - 24th Sarah Burns - 49.01 - 59th Maud Hodson - 50.38 - 64th Fiona Critchley - 51.46 - 70th Kasia Stachowiak - 54.15 - 86th Georgie Hooper - 54.28 - 89th Joanna Neville - 55.29 - 98th Catriona Hoult - 56.03 - 101st Fiona Day - 56.19 - 103rd Tricia ONeill - 56.57 - 108th Hayley Collins - 56.58 - 109th Filipa Soares - 57.24 - 111th Kathryn Hertzberg - 57.40 - 112th Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera - 57.48 - 113th Susan Edwards - 57.50 - 114th(WG&EL)(2nd Claim ELR) Diana Rexhepaj - 1.03.53 - 137th Susan Bushnell - 1.21.03 - 149th Euan Brown - 34.13 - 10th Dan Gritton - 39.41 - 97th Spencer Evans - 40.06 - 103rd James Nichols - 41.00 - 122nd Dan Senior - 41.53 - 138th Terry Lewsey - 44.56 - 171st Emmet Fitzgibbon - 47.07 - 188th Gareth Davies - 47.18 - 191st Paul Thompson - 48.18 - 196th Arthur Diaz - 1.02.24 - 229th Team results: Womens teams 11th ELR, 18th ELR B, 22nd ELR C and 25th ELR D of 27 teams. Team - Men 18th ELR
Samuel Browne - 1.03.24 - 2nd Stuart Kelly - 1.06.01 - 4th Simon Thomas - 1.09.02 - 7th Spencer Evans - 1.10.23 - 9th James Nichols - 1.15.39 - 13th Regis Martin - 1.20.00 - 18th James Creed - 1.21.02 - 22nd Calvin Bobin - 1.21.59 - 24th John Healy - 1.26.37 - 32nd Sarah Burns - 1.27.15 - 36th, 1st FV35 Vinesh Kumar - 1.27.56 - 38th Maud Hodson - 1.28.36 - 39th Ramesh Pala - 1.29.59 - 40th Fiona Critchley - 1.30.40 - 43rd Jonathan Wooldridge - 1.30.40 - 44th Lauren Aston - 1.32.53 - 47th Nathaniel Dye - 1.33.38 - 50th Brian Crowther - 1.34.18 - 54th Janet Bywater - 1.35.52 - 57th Kat Maskell - 1.38.36 - 63rd Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera - 1.38.36 - 64th Arthur Diaz - 1.51.00 - 82nd Diana Rexhepaj - 1.52.10 - 84th Relay Section 3.33 miles per leg.Jason Levy - 30.52 Andrea Waller - 30.22 - ELR Ladies A Jayne Browne - 33.14 - ELR Ladies B
10k Julie Creffield - 1.28.08 - 36th, 5 laps Half Marathon Terry Lewsey - 1.45.45 - 1st, 11 laps Stephen Swan - 2.06.55 - 9th, 11 laps Manjit Singh - 2.11.31 - 12th, 11 laps Stuart Barton - 2.16.23 - 18th, 11 laps Marc Akers - 2.22.03 - 26th, 11 laps Maya Goodwin - 2.39.00 - 44th, 11 laps Sarah Burns - 1.57.19 - 71st, 10 laps Terry Lewsey reports - Ive never won anything in my life so to win the Sikhs in the city 22k half marathon today as 1st overall Male, Im over the moon with, Im not usually lost for words but it came as such a shock I dont quite know what to say, it was quite worrying at the end of the race as I came in almost 6 mins ahead of the second place finisher so they had to verify my result which they did, my final time was 1:45:45 and I now have my first race trophy, Im so pleased and proud to be able to bring home my first win for East London Runners. Marathon Fiona Day - 5.29.41 - 45th, 21 laps Ultra Richard Kimmens - 7.48.05 - 3rd, 40 laps Maud Hodson - 7.52.29 - 5th, 36 laps, 1st Woman Nathaniel Dye - 7.47.37 8th - 34 laps Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera - 7.48.17 - 10th, 33 laps, 2nd Woman Jimmy Dale - 6.54.13 - 13th, 32 laps, 40 miles Selina Vernal - 5.39.02 - 41st, 25 laps
Mike Reports:-A bright sunny morning for the third Cross Country Race of the series, at Fairlands Valley Park in Stevenage. A change of venue (from Willian) at the last moment and hosted by Fairland Valley Spartans. This was a three lap course of 4.9 miles around soft but not very muddy grass fields. There were a couple of short inclines, but nothing too challenging! First back for ELR was the return of Antonio Martin Romero.... in 11th position, suffering he said from the results of previous days seasonal festivities! He was followed by Rhys Edwards, (Susan's son) making his Cross Country debut for the club. He had an outstanding run, finishing in a very impressive 47th position. For the ladies, the steady Kasia Stachowiak was first for ELR in 329th overall. Susan Edwards making her return for the club after many years, was in 403rd, followed shortly after by Catriona Hoult in 412th. A special mention for Kirk Johnson, who was persuaded to make his Cross Country come back for the club after quite a few years, finishing without further mishap. He did however suffer nasty scratches to his leg, resulting from the brambles in the bush before the race - ask no more! Full results to follow. Thanks to Fairlands Valley Spartans for putting the race and all the marshals giving out encouragement and especially to everyone from ELR that ran this morning. Please join us for the next fixture, which will be on Sunday 13th January 2019 at Cassiobury Park, Watford. Team results: after 3 events. Men's team 12th of 20, vets 15th of 20. Overall 12th and vets 15th. Ladies team 16th of 20, vets 15th of 20. Overall 17th and vets 16th.
East London Annual Awards and Christmas Party Around 120 Members and Guests attended the "Party" during which the Annual Awards were presented, as below. Sonia Cheadle and her Social "Team" had made great preparations ensuring that events proceeded smoothly on the night. NEW for this year, thanks to the benevolence of Club Member Terry Lewsey, was a fantastic staging and lighting system/set. Terry and his team had arrived at lunchtime and worked tirelessly until just before 7pm in setting everything up and again when the party finished, after midnight, they took it all down and packed it all away in their vans ready for paid work the next day! Many thanks to Terry for all of the hard work from the team and for his generosity. Ciaran and Lance supplied the sound system and Sonia put all of the music together. Many thanks to them too! Food in the form of chicken and/or vegetarian curry with rice and noodles was served at 8pm and later in the evening seasonal "cakes" were eaten having been made for us by our Master Baker Jo Wood. The Awards Ceremony hosted by Chair Frank Brownlie and Vice Chair Jonathan Wooldridge started at 9pm with Frank welcoming all members present and any plus ones. Our invited Club Guests Katherine Creighton-Crook, Justin and Kush from Leyton Sports Massage, Main Sponsors of our Valentines Park 5k Charity Race each September. He then welcomed James Quinlan, Volunteers Manager and Lucy Ferguson from London Marathon Events Ltd. Our relationship with LME incudes the London Marathon, The Big Half and the Pru Ride London Weekend. Frank thanked the Committee for all of their hard work during the year and those present were called up and given a new ELR Mug! Similarly with the Life and Honorary Members present. The Club Runners of the Month were also presented with their bespoke trophies prior to Coach Grant Conway announcing that the winner of the Track Star of 2018 was Lance Fuller. Lance was unable to attend on the evening so his prize was collected by Ciaran. Frank then introduced and awarded a Special bespoke Trophy to Antonio Martin Romero for his achievement in setiing a new CLUB Marathon Record time of 2:29:29 in Berlin in September 2018. Frank also announced that following the voting by the Club Membership a clear winner of the Roger Dixon Shield had emerged. Jo Wood joined East London Runners four years ago and joined our Committee in Spring 2018. Jo has had a very busy year for ELR both in setting up and overseeing the "new" Wednesday Night Club Run format and she has established and managed the Improvers Group on Wednesday nights. Jo has also managed to represent the Club in many events throughout the year and has also competed in some long distance swimming events/races. Jo was also Joint Club Runner of the Month - April 2018 an award that had the following citation - Jo completed the Brighton Marathon on 15th April in a time of 5.28.29, despite suffering a cracked rib and illness in the weeks leading up to race day. Jo achieved a PB which was 49 minutes faster than her previous marathon; Sikhs in the City - Dawn to Dusk. Club Person of the Year 2018 and Winner of the Roger Dixon Shield Joanna Wood Jonathan Wooldridge introduced the Shorlists of Nominees in the six Club Running Award Categories and announced the winner in each one giving a short biography of their running year 2018. Female Runner of the Year 2018 Caroline Frith Male Runner of the Year 2018 Stuart Barton Most Improved Female Runner of the Year 2018 Rachel Le Roux Most Improved Male Runner of the Year 2018 Jimmy Dale Female Marathon Runner of the Year 2018 Zoila Gilham-Fernandez Male Marathon Runner of the Year 2018 Antonio Martin Romero
171 ladies, 274 men = total 445 runners. Mike Reports. A great morning of Cross Country running once again. The conditions were mild but windy, on a different course to last week's Chingford League Race with more mud due to the rain in the last few days. An excellent two lap course venturing into the leafy woods of Trent Park, with a 'heartbreak' hill leading to the finish. We did well in fielding two full men's and women's teams - the ELR positions are in the photos below. James Nichols was first ELR man in 86th and Maud Hodson first woman in 241st overall. (Full results to follow). Jo Neville and Jalila Abassi had good Cross Country debuts for the club. It was great also to see Dave Knight make a return for the men's team. Thanks to everyone that ran today and Nick, Maud and Jacob who gave lifts from Wanstead Leisure Centre. There was outstanding organisation and marshalling from the host club, Trent Park RC. The next fixture is at Fairlands Valley Park in Stevenage on 16th December. Hope to see you there.
Maud Hodson - 36.25 - 51st W Vet 35+ of 121 Susan Edwards - 42.40 - 99th of 121 Gareth Davies - 33.26 - 72nd M Vet 50+ of 122 Calvin Bobin - 33.47 - 74th M Vet 50+ Dan Gritton - 28.49 - 37th M Vet 40 of 102
A good turnout from ELR at Trent Park on a cold afternoon. A two lap course of Approx 4.7 miles which started with a stretch of downhill and continuing around the side of a field before going out to a forested area. There was one very steep track where you passed Runners coming down in the opposite direction which was particularly challenging. This was quite a tough XC race, but there was great camaraderie as usual and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves ....and there was still no mud! (I enjoyed seeing the finish line)! Once again the race was very well organised and marshalled. We were also entered for the Sorority and Fraternity Cups. Euan Bilge Brown was first back for ELR in 3rd place and Maud Hodson first for the ladies, who turned up in force today. Good to see Arthur Diaz , Georgie Hooper, Filipa Soares and Kasia Stachowiak making their XC debuts. The next Chingford League fixture is on Saturday 19th January at Chingford Plain - hosted by Orion Harriers. We are also back at Trent Park next Sunday 2nd December, for the Sunday Herts League. Thanks to Ramesh for driving me home. Mike.
Our Ladies Team on the day! Mens team: East London Runners - 10th of 35 - 287 pts
Jimmy Dale - 3.45.55pb - 1906th Jimmy's 9th Marathon in 2018!
Name Time Position Carlton DSouza 3.20.10 3463rd - 71.66% Shahib Miah Ali 3.37.58 7076th - 56.42% Jakub Czeczotka 4.56.07 35055th - 42.02% Julie Creffield 6.56.10 51559th - 33.55% Carlton and Shahib in New York
Name Time Position Spencer Evans 1.24.52 John Henry 1.27.51 Ava Lee 1.28.22 288th, 16th lady,2nd age Tim Le Rasle 1.28.35 Andy Kumar 1.28.45 Jacob Stevens 1.31.41 pb Jamie Xavier 1.40.15 Joanna Neville 2.00.30 Andy Bolderstone 2.04.38 Kate Frost 2.08.59 Katy Taylor 2.38.34
Name Time Position James Nichols 3.25.20 4689th Tom Howourth 3.28.50 pb 5460th Jonathan Wooldridge 3.43.22 9065th Jimmy Dale 3.49.29 pb 10800th
Name Time Position Stuart Kelly 2.58.38 pb 196th Roisin Archer 3.39.52 923rd Colin Dryland 3.49.52 pb 1182nd Catriona Hoult 4.44.36 2236th
Name Time Position Daniel Lee 2.03.17 22nd M 45-49 Ava Lee 2.03.32 4th, F 40-44
CLUB RESULTS - EAST LONDON RUNNERS 80 Elr's from 274 finishers. Ladies: 1st Jennifer Ansell 2nd Paula Bedford 3rd Ellie Wilkinson 1st Vet 40 - Caroline Frith Ladies team - 1st Jenny, Paula and Ellie. Elvis team - 1st East London Runners (Jenny, Paula, Ellie and Caroline) Men 1st Euan Brown 1st Vet 60 - Calvin Bobin Mens team - 1st - Euan, Paul Quinton and Patrick Brown. Elvis team - 1st East London Runners (Euan, Paul , Patrick , James Wilson, Robert Rayworth and Tim Le Rasle)
In what has been a great year for our Club and our members, a battle has been raging between our fastest distance runners for the title of Club Marathon Record Holder. • Sunday 6th May 2018 - Thomas Grimes – Limerick - 2:37:35pb • Sunday 27th May - Antonio Martin Romero - Edinburgh 2.36.23pb - 10th in the race overall • Sunday 16th September 2018 – Antonio Martin Romero – Berlin – 2:29:29pb – 95th in the race Congratulations are due to both runners. Antonio for his Herculean effort in Berlin a few weeks ago holds the record but I am sure that Thomas and hopefully others in the Club will be challenging his record in 2019 and over the ensuing years. Both athletes are great Ambassadors for our Club and while they train prodigiously they also take time out to have a Social life as well. Antonio Martin Romero - 2.29.29pb & club record - 95th Jose Rodriguez - 2.58.45 - 1395th Zoila Gilham-Fernandez - 3.42.07pb by 35 mins - 1315th (women) Shahib Miah Ali - 3.46.44 - 9715th Jonathan Wooldridge - 3.47.52 - 9973rd Antonio Martin Romero: Berlin Marathon Report (Sorry! A bit long) I am still digesting my yesterday's race. After 12 weeks of hard training, the big day arrived. I did a 20-minute warm-up before heading to the start. The idea was to go out at 3:39/km (5:52 per mile) and try to keep that pace as much as I can to achieve a sub 2h35'. The race started and the first two kilometres were at the target pace, which were the slowest ones in my race. After 6 km I managed to find a group, but they slowed down a little bit and I moved to the next one, where I stayed until the 20th kilometre, I began to create a gap and ran on my own, I saw my wife just after the first half marathon, which I passed in 1h16'14" To read the rest of Antonio's report please click here - www.eastlondonrunners.org.uk/results Zoila Fernandes: Berlin race report (sorry its a long one) When I finished the London Marathon earlier on this year. I didnt think I would run another marathon, maybe and only maybe I had been lucky enough to get into the London next year. However at the charity stand for the charity I was running for, my partner and I had met another couple from new york. The girl also had the same insulin pump as me (we are both type one diabetics). They convinced us to come and run Berlin with them when we met up a couple of days later Seeing as I also LOVED running London it didnt take much to convince me and meeting up with new friends was also another good excuse. Seeing as I had gotten into another marathon I thought joining a running club (ELR) would be a wise idea to get some more running done. To read the rest of Zoila's report please click here - www.eastlondonrunners.org.uk/results
Congratulations to Euan Brown, Mark Boulton and Paul Quinton in winning the Team Trophy in fantastic times.
About 80 ELR Members attended the Club's Birthday Barbecue after the Club Run. The event was held at the Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Clubhouse on Overton Drive, Wanstead a short distance from our ususl meeting Place/HQ at Wanstead Leisure Centre. Expertly organised by Social Secretary Sonia Cheadle she was helped by Jo Wood and Don Bennett. Also on the night Carlton, Michael B and Son plus a few other Members assisted greatly.
Most of our runners at the finish in Harwich! Fish and Chips and beer!
www.fastrunning.com/running-athletics-news/10-fastest-times-at-uk-parkruns-on-saturday-1st-september-2018/19059
On a nice cool Bank Holday Monday morning 75 of ELR' finest emtered Barking Park nad completed ELVIS 7 the Barking 5k. In addition to having circa 25% of the total field of runners we also had many supporters and families and in addition we had eight runners in the Children's 2k race held immediately after the finish of the main race. Euan Brown was the overall winner of the race in a terrific time of 15:48 and the Men's Team were 2nd overall in the ELVIS Rankings. For the Ladies Zoila Gilham-Fernandez was 3rd Overall and the Ladies Team of Zoila, Caroline Frith and Emily Clarke won the Team prize for the race. With the addition of Katherine Harris our Ladies won in the ELVIS Team Category.
Our Runners and Supporters prior to the race start! Catriona seems to be enjoying the race!
Maud Hodson 13.16.05 49th, 10th woman SVP 100K - Maud's Race Report - the not-so-concise version. I recommend a cup of tea or a stiff gin! - www.eastlondonrunners.org.uk/results
On another bright and warm summer evening 58 (from 270 finishers) East London runners ran in and completed this brand new ELVIS Race in Harold Wood Park. An undulating course over mixed terrain elicited a number of comments from our runners with most being favourable! The overall race winner was Mark Boulton and Paul Quinton made the podium again with a creditable third place. Calvin Bobin again took the prize for first Male Vet 60. Mark Boulton receiving first prize For our Ladies Jennifer Ansell was again the first Lady home with Ava Lee in 3rd place. Jenny receiving her prize Both Ladies and Men's ELR Teams won the ELVIS TEAM race, the Ladies now have 5 wins from the 5 races and the Men 4 from 5. With only three races remaining we are looking to maintain these high standards.
Mike and Kirk photographed at the recent ELVIS, Newman Hilly 5 race in Haiault Forest. Michael Wilson- 5:24:53 - 6th, 2nd V55 Kirk Johnson - 9.12.30 - 17th, 2nd V50 Congratulations to Mike Wilson and Kirk Johnson in completing this 50k Ultra on the very hilly Redbridge Cuycle Circuit. Remarkable, especially for Kirk in light of the following extract from the Club Newsletter in February 2018: Kirk Johnson, Former ELR Chairman and Life Member had increased his running and training mileage in the latter part of 2017 culminating in completing 26 laps, 52km in the SITC Dawn to Dusk race on Sunday 17th December 2017 in a time of 7.52.04. However in early January 2018 Kirk was knocked off his motorbike when in Central London ending up in St Mary's Hospital in Paddington with many broken bones and subsequently spent a number of weeks in hospital and had a shoulder operation.
With a new start/finish area near the amin gate area including good toilet facilities a large number of runners (263 finishers with 63 from ELR)took part in the latest ELVIS Race in Hainault Forest. Sea of Red by the lake The weather was hot and still and the conditions underfoot were good if a little dusty in places. The race itself saw Tom Gardner from Ilford AC push ahead and keep to the front throughout followeded by Paul Quinton and Billy Rayner of ELR in 2nd and 3rd places overall. In the Ladies contest, Jennifer Ansell was first Lady home and was 14th Overall. Aval Lee finished 3rd. Together with Caroline Frith our Ladies won the Team Prize on the night and were also first in the ELVIS category for the 4th time out of 4 this 2018 Series. Jennifer, Caroline Frith and Ava Lee our successful Ladies Team receiving their prizes from the Ilford President. Peter Craik, Craig Livermore and Karan Gadhia with Gaz (and Jennifer) prior to the race start. All in all another successful night for ELR with Caroline Frith (1st FV 35) and Calvin Bobin (1st MV60) being our other prizewinners. Some but not all of our runners on the night!
Congratulations to Maud Hodson in winning another ULTRA RACE. The weather was hot and sunny! Maud Hodson- 9.48.01 - 1st Maud Tweeted - Ultra marathon wins are like buses - after my Last One Standing win, 1st at @ChallengeRunnin Essex 50. And this time I beat all the guys too! A fast flat 50 mile race covering 6 out and back loops along a flat disused old railway line which is now a country park called the Flitch Way. Starting in Felsted Essex its a perfect course for a 50 mile race (100 and 30 mile options), regular support every 4.3 miles and access to your drop bag every 8.6 miles and with no hills and an easy trail it will suit runners who want fast times and a first 30,50,100 under their belt. Maud's Essex 50 Mile (51.6 mile) race report: If you think Ive been a bit quiet about this race, well thats because I only entered it on Thursday. I had been planning to do a 50 mile training run this week, and I saw a FB post about this one, organised by Challenge Running, who put on the Last One Standing. I had now plans for Saturday so I signed up. It is primarily a 100 mile event, with 50 and 30 mile options, leaving me in the slightly unusual position of taking on a 50 mile race and feeling like a bit of a lightweight. You can read the rest of the report on our Results Page - www.eastlondonrunners.org.uk/results
London's only 24-hour trail race. If you've run TR24 or Endure 24 or the like, think that, but probably with better 3G signal and a flyby from an actual Spitfire! Ultra runners competing in the solo category receive priority camping space and dedicated fuel table near your own start/finish exit. Rest when you need to, run as much as you like. The course is just under 6 miles, a mixture of trail, grass, gravel and a little tarmac. There is one winding gradient near the finish and one short, sharp slope but no singificant hills other than those two. The male course record is 20 laps in 24 hours, with the female record standing at 18. Catering available, showers available, camping is free, parking is free. Spitfire Scramble Race Report Running is stupid Running in hot weather is stupid Running for 24 hours is stupid Camping out in a field with no shade is stupid loved it all I must be stupid, Thanks ELR #Amazing Stuart Barton Alexandra's race report for Spitfire Scramble : Take a group of people and put them into test with intense heat, no showers, mosquitoes, lack of sleep and strenuous activity,if they are still supportive of each other, smile and laugh after 24 hours, do keep them in your life forever! Thank you to all the ELRs who ran this weekend and to Sandra and Susannah for coming to support us (you both were smelling very good! Craig said - " This was by far one of the most surreal experiences I've ever been through. One being up since 05:30 on Saturday, to 15:00 the next day has had some repercussions, let alone the conditions and the course. Searing heat combined with the pace I was going at led to me retiring after the fourth stint, near 7am. I really wanted to go on for a 5th, but couldn't muster the strength to do so. As it was I was in tears at the end, the only other run to have ever broken me down that much can be traced back to early 2016, but arguably that was worse. I couldn't be more proud of my team, when I couldn't muster any more strength Catriona, Katherine, and Anthony Leckerman of Barking Road Runners put in the extra. Everyone well done, and the same goes to the other two ELR teams. I'll come back again for another round next year, as I have unfinished business. But for now, more sleep is required."
Well done to Sam Browne of East London Runners who was 1st in the Chse the Sun VeloPark Half Marathon this morning in a time of 1:20:10.
Congratulations to Euan Brown of East London Runners who was 3rd in Orion's Fast Friday 5k at Walthamstow Track last night in a time of 15:26!
Patrick Brown 2.49.25 3rd James Nichols 3.05.41 8th Louis Le Roux 3.09.16 10th Manjit Bedi 3.19.06 15th Michael Bamford 3.34.05 33rd Mike Brett 3.35.01 36th Paul Thompson 3.40.03 41st Grant Conway 3.40.53 45th Suzanne Bench 3.49.27 50th Stephen Swan 4.02.38 65th Jonathan Wooldridge 4.06.06 71st Fiona Critchley 4.09.49 80th Rachel Le Roux 4.10.21 81st Bernadett Kalmar 4.19.27 91st Frank Brownlie 4.23.56 95th Catherine Brett 4.31.17 106th Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera 4.32.49 107th Jayne Browne 4.56.34 128th Geoff Bench 4.56.41 129th Also Stuart Barton and Victor Szabadi Colworth Marathon Challenge 2018, Overall Results. Winner FV45 : Suzanne Bench 3rd Male - Patrick Brown Team Winners - East London Runners (Patrick, Thomas, James, Louis and Manjit)
Paul & Caroline: Well done to all you wonderful ELR finishers at ELVIS 3 this evening hosted by EERR in the Olympic Park. Another great turnout by the club & you should all be very proud! Some excellent individual runs saw Jennifer Ansell win the ladies race with Euan 1st and Paul Quinton 3rd I the mens race. We also saw Calvin Bobin collect the Vet60 prize. Both the Ladies and Mens Teams were FIRST in the ELVIS TEAM overall for this race.
270 Finishers with 54 from ELR TEAM RESULTS Men's Team - 1st Thomas Grimes, Mark Boulton & Paul Quinton Ladies Team - 1st Jenny Ansell,Ava Lee and Ellie Wilkinson Individual Results Ladies Jennifer Ansell - 1st Ava Lee - 3rd Men 1st - Thomas Grimes 3rd - Mark Boulton 1st VM40 - Ciaran Canavan 1st VM55 - Carlton D'Souza 1st VM 60 - Calvin Bobin
Congratulations to Maud in being the Last Lady Standing! Its a simple concept - 4.1 mile lap, starting on the hour every hour. The winner is the one who completes the most laps. Maud said "I called it a day at the end of lap 20 - 82 miles and a triple marathon in the bag. My form was going and my motivation was crumbling..... I had won my first ever race (I don't count the Essex Titles where there was no-one else running). The trophy is so large that my shelf isn't going to cope. The Last One Standing - race report (Full report on our Results Page) - www.eastlondonrunners.org.uk/results/ Its a simple concept - 4.1 mile lap, starting on the hour every hour. The winner is the one who completes the most laps...... The first few laps were straight-forward, and there were very few drop-outs before we got to night-time, but Dave was really suffering with a dodgy knee after only about three laps. He took some painkillers and kept going, because ultra-runners are tough cookies. He got to a double marathon before packing it in. We put our head torches on for lap 10 (9pm), as the forest sections would be getting gloomy by then.
Congratulations To John winning his first Race in East London Runners colours!
ELR travellers Stuart Barton, Fiona Critchley, Shaun DeSena and Jonathan Wooldridge have been travelling the globe to compete their parkrun alphabet challenge. Today this has been completed with a final trip to Zary in Poland. Furthermore the challenge has been taken to a whole new level by Fiona who has the ELR club record on each of the events in her alphabet. This is a fantastic and unique achievement. Travelling to eight countries, spanning three continents the globe trotters have gone to some extreme lengths of endurance, some might say of stupidity, to get to the events eg weekends away, holidays, honeymoon, and 18 hr road trips. Whilst parkrun tourism is becoming ever more popular, and with Andrew Howard conducting much of his tourism by bike, it wont be long before this pioneering group of four grows; but will he make it all the way to Zary on two wheels?
268 finishers with 79 East London Runners. Men's team - 1st Thomas, Mark & Billy. Ladies team - 1st Ava, Ellie & Caroline. Elvis team - Men - 1st (as above plus Dan Senior, Ciaran & Danny Lee.) Elvis team - Ladies - 1st (as above plus Emily Clarke.)
Antonio Martin Romero - 2.36.23pb -10th in the race overall and a NEW Club Record Time Mary Nisbet - 3.30.17 - 1037th - 18th V35. Robyn Turtle - 4.25.57 pb - 4145th Split times - Antonio 10k: 36m 45s Half: 1h 17m 18s 30k: 1h 50m 51s Gun Time:2h 36m 25s An extract from Antonio's Race Report (Full report can be read on the Results Page of this Website) We changed the direction to the west after 30K, just before mile 19. Finally, the wind had disappeared! I started pushing my pace and doing some miles at 5:51 pace, I checked my watch and thought, f*** a PB is very possible today. I wanted to catch another runner who was 200m in front of me, and that made me go faster as he increased his pace as well, people started to yell at me, top 10, top 10. All the miles after mile 19 were between 5:51-5:55 pace except the last one, that I relaxed a bit the pace in 6:02. I didn't know what time I was doing, with 200m to go, I could see the watch in the finish line, 2:35 something! I enjoyed those last 200m and finished with a time of 2:36:23. Definitely, 2:35 is not out of reach now. It is time to rest a little bit and focus on Berlin in September. As always, thank you very much to this club and all its runners to make me improve every year.
Congratulations Thomas, from all of your fellow runners at ELR! Bon Secours Hospital Great Limerick Run (Marathon) - Sunday 6th May 2018 Thomas Grimes - 2.37.35pb -5th - NEW East London Runners Club Record beating his time in London 2017 of 2:38:01 Split times in Limerick 10k 35.33 20k 1.11.22 half 1.15.27 30k 1.49.53 40k 2.29.08 finish 2.37.35 5th place 2nd M 35-39 pace 6.01 Min Mile
Gutenburg Dan Gritton - 2.59.31 - 25th - Dan's 117 Marathon! Geneva Jennifer Ansell - 3.22.26 - 141st overall, 11th Female Eleanor Wilkinson - 3.26.16pb - 174th overall ,16th, Boston Qualifying time!
Mike Wilson - 3:42:57 - 2471st Mike's 30th Marathon!
Some of our Marathoners at the gates of Greenwich Park 54396 Michael Bamford - 4.07.14 PB 20269 Lucy Barron - 4.14.49 26369 Manjit Bedi - 3.29.55 29748 Suzanne Bench - 4.01.21 38362 Gemma Caitlin - 4.09.33 28880 Emily Clarke - 3.37.14 PB 16559 Jakub Czeczotka - 3.59.44 1476 Alex Day - 2.53.28 54139 Elizabeth Day - 5.24.43 debut? 45046 Colin Dryland - 3.51.33 PB 38388 James Eggleton - 4.26.33 40734 Kate Frost - 5.05.13 PB 46581 Sian Glover - 5.12.48 debut? 54400 David Hallybone - 4.36.03 debut 54395 Sandra Hiller - 6.11.13 54397 Maud Hodson - 4.27.33 22987 Nick Hoult - 4.26.23 32392 Stuart Kelly - 3.12.43 19684 Sheila Kennedy - 4.31.21 693 Ava Lee - 3.20.13 41113 Sharon Lincoln - 5.13.14 PB 17098 Caroline McGirr - 5.21.28 19075 Susannah McLaren - 5.38.11 19145 Abdirahman Mohammed - 5.06.10 54401 Ruel Ordonio - 4.36.06 debut 31437 Paul Quinton - 2.44.35 PB 20271 Maran Raju - 4.06.32 54398 Diana Rexhepaj - 4.46.09 1300 Antonio Martin Romero DNF Injury 53113 Alexandra Rutishauser Perera - 4.44.06 PB 3558 Jay Sangha - 4.59.15 debut 26006 Dan Senior - 3.13.05 43480 Rosie Shrimplin - 5.49.49 debut? 20270 Roger Stubbs - 4.06.14 PB 57582 Tom Timson 5.37.55 54399 Robyn Turtle - 4.32.32 PB 39752 Selina Vernal - 3.57.13 debut 8389 Andrea Waller - 4.58.36 43475 Ben Warry - 5.19.59 debut? EX ELR 31193 Russell Price. - 2.55.18 32980 William Pearce - 3.06.44
Dan Gritton - 3:00:54 - 136th - Dan's 116th Marathon
Ciaran Canavan - 3.11.52 - 3678th Tom Woods - 4.34.49 - 20927th Tom Woods - I think I will be shaking for the rest of my life , god that was the worst weather imaginable , it just never let up , not for a second!
Jo, Emma and Sarah Jose Rodriguez - 2.57.31 pb by 16 mins - 93rd Andrew Baxter - 3.11.51 - 313th Nathaniel Dye - 3.21.56 - 609th, pb by 28 mins Robert Rayworth - 3.25.12 - 702nd, 1 wk after Manchester Paula Bedford - 3.47.15 - 1980th, pb/gfa by 12 mins. Joanna Neville - 4.17.29 - 4741st, pb by 12 mins. Matthew Sharpe - 4.19.56 - 4954th Andy Bolderstone - 4.23.47 - 5286th, pb by 9 mins. Jimmy Dale - 4.31.40 6040th Amy Fontain - 4.41.40 debut - 6915th, Emma Wing - 4.47.07 - 7420th, Sarah Pascal - 5.26.16 debut- 9761st, Joanna Wood - 5.28.29 - 9846th, pb by 49 mins.
Rome Roselin Boramakot - 5.08.33 Paris James Nichols - 3.20.52 pb - 3232nd Chris Green - 3.23.36 - 3644th Rotterdam Daniel Lee - 3.01.01 - 528th Ava Lee 3.11.14 pb - 914th Manchester Mark Boulton - 2.43.49 pb by 2 mins - 74th Joseph Browne - 3.14.18 pb by 30 mins - 1004th Craig Livermore - 3.19.17 pb by 7 mins - 1269th Mark Moir - 3.20.08 debut - 1318th Shahib Miah Ali - 3.22.46 pb by 8 mins - 1443rd Regis Martin - 3.23.14- 1469th - 8 mins faster than London 2017 Robert Rayworth - 3.23.33 - 1485th Declan McDonagh - 3.31.16 - 1996th Peter Hatley - 3.31.25 - 2004th Nick Hoult - 3.34.07 pb by 16 mins - 2163rd Jimmy Dale - 3.55.12 pb by 18 mins - 3904th Paul Marshall - 4.05.00 pb by 10 mins - 4765th Georgie Hooper - 4.29.02 pb by 10 mins - 6404th Rachel Le Roux - 4.34.10 pb by 1hr 10 mins - 6724th Zuzana Urbanova - 4.42.12 debut - 155th, Jayne Browne - 4.57.26 pb by 18 mins - 7892nd Geoff Bench - 5.07.26 pb by 1 hr 20 mins - 8198th Jason Levy - 5.18.15 - 8464th Spencer Evans - 2.17.18 (20 miles) - dnf - injured in fall Geoff, Jason, Zuzana and Rachel proudly show off their medals!
Thomas Grimes - 1.39.12 - 5th Alex Day - 1.55.34 - 46th Andrew Baxter - 1.56.50 - 51st Patrick Brown - 1.57.59 - 56th Stuart Kelly - 1.58.22 - 61st Chris Green - 2.08.17 - 103rd Calvin Bobin - 2.10.02 -117th, 1st M60 Paul Thompson - 2.10.49 - 120th Robert Rayworth -2.11.50 - 130th Nick Hoult - 2.16.00 - 146th Caroline Frith - 2.19.58 - 175th Paul Marshall - 2.20.51 - 177th Jimmy Dale - 2.25.44 - 198th Andy Bolderstone - 2.26.20 - 201st Suzanne Bench - 2.27.02 - 208th Nathaniel Dye - 2.27.02 - 209th Grant Conway - 2.27.02 - 210th Maud Hodson - 2.28.50 - 220th David Hallybone - 2.30.02 227th Kat Maskell - 2.39.15 - 253rd John Healy - 2.48.54 - 275th Catherine Brett - 2.56.32 - 287th Diana Rexhepaj - 3.00.40 - 295th Gareth Davies - 3.00.41 - 296th Caroline Moore - 3.09.41 - 299th 300 finishers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2018/02/24/cross-country-new-battleground-women-step-bid-equality/
East London Runners winning team of Emily Clarke, Ellie Wilkinson and Antonio Martin-Romero being presented with the Team Cup! Results for all the ELR competitors can be found on the Results page of this Website. Many more Photos are in the Photos 2018 page!
East London Runners supports the movement to bring about Gender Equality in Cross Country Running at all ages and levels. We also recognise and respect the rights of Individual Club Members to choose to run in cross country races that do not currently have gender equality. By Maud Hodson - The #runequal campaign was started in December 2017 to lobby for gender equality in cross-country running. While men and women race over the same distances on the roads and on the track, in cross-country the women's races are often much shorter than the men's. It is common for men to race 50% further, and in some events nearly twice as far. This both downgrades the women's event compared to the men's, and sends an insidious message to girls that they are not expected to challenge themselves so much. Sport should empower girls and women, not keep them in their places. We would encourage anyone who would like to see greater parity in XC running to sign and share the petition, tweet your support using the #runequal hashtag, and write to national, regional and local governing bodies and event promoters. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/equalise-cross-country-races-for-men-and-women-in-england The On-line Petition Maud Hodson being interviewed for Sky News on Wednesday 10th January 2018 - Video broadcast on TV on Sunday 14th January 2018 https://news.sky.com/video/women-bidding-for-cross-country-equality-11207357 Maud leads runners from Eton Maor AC, Woodford Green and Essex Ladies, Unaffiliated and East London Runners as part of the Sky News feature in Wanstead Park. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-running-blog/2018/jan/12/different-race-lengths-for-men-and-women-its-time-things-changed The Guardian Article - Friday 12th January 2018 https://www.fastrunning.com/opinion/comment/male-female-cross-country-races-distance/11107 fastrunning.com - by Robbie Britton January 10, 2018 - Should male and female cross country races be the same distance? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-cross-country-gender-inequality-calls-athletes-petition-a8156481.html Independent article by Judith Vonberg - Saturday 13th January 2018 - UK athletes call for end to 'outdated' gender inequality in cross country races http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/15/cross-country-revolt-former-gb-medal-winner-jo-pavey-complains/ Article in Daily Telegraph on-line and print editions on Monday 15th Jan 2018 by Ben Farmer Twitter Chrissie Wellington @chrissiesmiles 100% behind you @maudhodson. Women & men can race the same distances in triathlon, so why should cross-country running be any different? Great to see @jopavey on @SkyNews supporting the #runequal campaign - helping to bring cross-country into the 21st century... Facebook Jo Pavey - Cross country running should be supporting equality. Sport should be about empowering women. It should not suggest that women are less capable of an event than men. https://t.co/LDTgagogOM The counter argument from Paula Radcliffe - Tuesday 16th Jan 2018 - Equality actually means Equal Rights and Respect for every person on this earth. It does not mean we must make everything we do exactly the same as men in the name of equality. Many things we already do better. Leave them be. #concentrateontherealissues #XCworksbest8k The races are muddy and hilly But if you are only a filly You run half as far As the gentlemen are And in this day and age that is silly.
Please check the What's On page of this website or our Group page on Facebook a few days before each activity/run to check that it is on/full details etc. Monday - Track night. 6.45pm to 8pm approx. See Track Section of this website. Suitable for all levels from Beginners to experienced runners. Tuesday - Marathon training runs (6/7 miles) at 7pm from Wanstead Leisure Centre - ad hoc - typically from January to April, check each week. Wednesday - Club Night run from WLC at 7pm, typically 10k in distance with a 5 mile option. Suitable for those comfortable running 5 miles plus. Saturday morning parkrun. At 9am FREE timed 5k runs/races at Wanstead Flats (Harrow Road), Valentines Park, Ilford and many other venues across London, the UK and other Countries. Suitable for all levels from beginners to experienced runners. First timers register at www.parkrun.com Sunday mornings Social run at 10am - 10 mile'sh Forest runs/ occasional road run. Most often in Epping Forest but sometimes in Hainault Forest. We meet at different locations each week as published on this website and our Group page on Facebook 3 or 4 days in advance. Saturday/Sunday Morning Marathon Training runs typically from January to April. Distances progress from 10/12 miles to 22/24 miles over time. We normally have around 50 members training for Spring Marathons. Training runs are either organised and publicised by the Club on our News Page and Facebook Group Page. Also Club Members of a similar pace organise ad hoc runs with each other. In addition we Race in the local Chingford League and also in the Sunday Cross Country League from October to March. Full details are on the relevant pages of this Website. Members can also compete in the County, Regional and National Cross Country Championship races during this period.
Please check the What's On page of this website or our Group page on Facebook a few days before each activity/run to check that it is on/full details etc. Monday - Track night. See Track Section of this website. Suitable for all levels from beginners to experienced runners. Wednesday - Club Night run from WLC at 7pm, typically 10k in distance. Suitable for those comfortable running 5 miles plus. Saturday morning parkrun. At 9am FREE timed 5k runs/races at Wanstead Flats (Harrow Road), Valentines Park, Ilford and many other venues across London, the UK and other Countries. Suitable for all levels from beginners to experienced runners. First timers register at www.parkrun.com Sunday mornings Social run- 10 mile'sh Forest runs/ occasional road run. Most often in Epping Forest but sometimes in Hainault Forest. We meet at different locations each week as published on this website and our Group page on Facebook 3 or 4 days in advance. In addition we Race in the ELVIS Grand Prix Series from May to September. ELVIS is a 8 race series of 5k and 5 mile races. Full details on our ELVIS page. Note there is a separate entry fee payable individually for each of the ELVIS Races.