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Yes To Life 10km, Victoria Park - Sunday 24th September 2017

28 finishers.

Elvis 7 - Valentines Park 5km hosted by East London Runners - Sunday 24th September 2017

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249 finishers.
Team results - Men 1st ELR - Thomas, Patrick & John.
Team results - Ladies 1st ELR - Jenny, Karen & Ava.
Elvis team results - Men 1st ELR & as above plus Dan Senior, Danny Lee & Ciaran.
Elvis team results -Ladies 1st ELR & as above plus Ellie.

Berlin Marathon - Sunday 24th September 2017

Berlin Marathon report by Andy Bolderstone

A month or so ago I decided to forget about times and just realize that 4 marathons in one year for someone like me (slow and with 3 marathons in 4 years previously) is a feat in itself. Had to keep reminding myself today though.
Today Berlin was grotty - grey skies, intermittent rain and cold (it said 15degrees but felt colder)

It is a busy race. So many people running. I was in the last pen which meant waiting around in the rain showers. It was so busy up til halfway that it was hard to find space to pass people. All my times were 10+ mins a mile (usually my second half pace). And a confession I neglected my core work and boy did it tell. My back was sore that in the second half of the race I walked roughly .2 of a mile for a lot of the second half to get some respite. Mile 19 - duh! I remembered I had painkillers so I got to the next water station and took some. Mile 25 was my quickest of the whole race at 9.30 ish and the final .6 at 9.17 pace. Oh well. I've learnt lots this year so I hope to put that into practise for Venice next month (mid race I was adamant I wasn't doing it).

My race weekend could have been more conducive to a good race (I travelled late on Friday evening, rented a room as I was on my own and really missed Annette and the girls) and the weather was miserable ( I had been fearing an Indian summer but it seems the sun chose wisely and shined on ELR today).

Berlin was a course that could be great for fast times. If you're an elite runner. Every 3 miles us slowies had to run through mountains of plastic cups (cups not bottles! Come on Berlin you're meant to be a major marathon).

If I had been in a higher starting pen I reckon I could have knocked a min a mile of my first half (maybe 🤔) which would have brought me close to a pb but I didn't merit one to be honest. Four weeks to improve my core before Venice!! Oh and I brought up 1000 miles in 2017 mid race😁

3 marathons (2 pb's) down, 1 left this year.

Paul Quinton:- Berlin Marathon 2:51:45. Gutted, but I wont stop until that 2:45 barrier is broken! Thanks to my long suffering wife for being so understanding when I go running for hrs on end every weekend!


Berlin marathon race report by Rosalind.

I didn't have a great lead up to the race, a sprained ankle and illness meant my taper was extended to 5 weeks. September was restricted to sporadic 5ks and my longest run being the 10k club run the week of the marathon! I was nervous, worried but excited!

It was a mad rush to get to the Expo to pick up my number on Saturday. Thankfully, going last minute meant no queues! Expo was underwhelming. After paying over 100 euros for the registration, I forked out another 27 for the finishers t-shirt! 😨 Left with a yucky khaki coloured shirt as all the nice tops had sold out, YES sold out! I had to get some memento for the event though so had to make do.

It was a good 5km walk from the nearest station to the start line for me and my feet were already throbbing from all the sightseeing. Conditions were wet and humid. The first 10 miles flew by, my foot and ankle was hurting but tolerable. I aimed to get to half way by 2 hrs 20 to have any hope of finishing under 5 hours and got there around 2 hrs 16 (PB at slow marathon pace so can't wait for my next half!). Wheels came apart at 17 miles, my fitness felt fine but I lost the mental battle and decided my foot was just in pieces by that point. I hated life and regretted signing up to the damn thing! I was constructing my bail out excuses to the Beachy Head gang at this point 🙈😅 and had to adapt run/walk for the next 9 miles, using the water stations as my breaks.

The water stations were disappointing, tapped water into plastic cups and no large bins for runners to chuck their waste in meant for 500m of wading through mountains of rubbish, slipping, sliding and dodging puddles. I guess the walking was pretty sensible in the end!

The atmosphere was buzzing, the band's and supporters were magnificent and kept me going all the way! I got to mile 20 and knew I would finish, only a club run left! 23 miles and only a parkrun left! I really tried to run it all the way but my foot and ankle was just screaming at me. Got my second wind at 40km and decided it was now or never for a sub 5hrs so tried to pick up the pace, turned the corner and could see the Brandenburg Gate in sight. Kicked too soon and ran out of steam when I reached it so jogged another 100m before sprinting towards the finish line! Felt so emotional on that last stretch and pretty sure I had a smile on my face the last 2kms! All in all, I had a bloody fantastic time and so happy to have finished with a PB of 1hour 5 mins! Know I have so much more in me though so really excited for the next road marathon!

Note to people running this next year...the finish line is a good 200m AFTER the Brandenburg Gate 😂 hold off that sprint finish!

Robin Hood Marathon - Sunday 24th September 2017

Nottingham marathon race report
Many of you will know that I was apprehensive about this event as I hadn't put in the training. I also had a cold last week and felt a bit under the weather.
Right from the start I just didn't feel right. I had a stitch from mile one and by Mile 10 was already struggling. The first half was really well supported and it was great to see Geoff and Sophie at a few points- they were cycling around the route in support. I also got support from lots of Sophie's university friends which kept me going. The route went through Woollaton park, which was beautiful but also quite hilly. The weather was also warm and started to take its toll. The worst part was at 13 miles when the half marathoners split to finish and the relatively few marathoners carried on to what was a fairly lonely but pretty route along the canal and out on to the racecourse. By 20 miles it crossed my mind that I might need to pull out as was really flagging- decided at that point to allow myself to walk through each water station. That got me to the end and I was very glad to cross the finish line. Target was 4 hours but pleased just to have got round. Would I recommend this race? The half yes, full marathon not so sure- some pretty bits but also some nasty bits on busy roads and very few people in support. Next year I think I'll be a spectator!

10km for Crohns, Hyde Park - Sunday 24th September 2017

95 finishers.

Barns Green Half Marathon - Sunday 24th September 2017

Ealing Half Marathon - Sunday 24th September 2017

Pleshey & Essex Half Marathon - Sunday 24th September 2017

parkrun - all venues. - Saturday 23rd September 2017

47 parkruns at 15. 4 first finishers.a 200th parkrun,
7 PARKRUNS AT Age Grade bests for 2017 from Ellie, Kat, Maya, Stephen, Calvin, Scott, Alex & Lucy.

Half Ironman 70.3 , Weymouth - Sunday 17th September 2017

Iron man Weymouth 70.3
James Creed:- Finish time: 6:45.23
1.2 mile swim - 48.55
T1 : 10.49
56 mile bike - 3hr 44 min 53
T2: 7.37
1/2 marathon run - 1hr 53 min 10

Purbeck 16 - Sunday 17th September 2017

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179 finishers
The Purbeck Running Festival 2017 (Marathon/16)

I signed up for this event for 2 reasons 1. its 5 minutes from my Parents House 2. The Views!

Considering they rate this event as 'Hard' on the website I probably should of trained a bit harder but alas life happens, although Im not overly keen on trail running (mainly because its knackers you out a lot quicker than road running) I fancied signing up as I am very familiar with this particular area of Dorset and I absolutely adore it so fancied a challenge and fortunately I was able to rope Jenny in for another go at the Marathon and me the 16.

We took a selfie on the pier and wished each other luck with a slight look of fear in both our eyes and Jenny set off for the Marathon. A short while later I gathered with the 16 Mile group for the briefing and then we began.

The race starts in Swanage immediately heading UP the hill towards Durlston and then past Anvil Point, this was about a 4.5 mile clamber along the cliff where we eventually turned off and headed UP.....AGAIN along the coastal path towards Worth Matravas (FINALLY AN ACTUAL ROAD) up through Kingston and onwards to Corfe Castle where there was a water station which to my delight also had Jaffa Cakes on offer (to say I was excited about the sight of a jaffa cake after 11 miles of trail is an understatement), once through Corfe we ran across and began the assent up to Ballard Down where I was relieved to discover plenty of people walking as this went on for a good few miles. Eventually I reached the top where I could enjoy the descent back down to Swanage along the Sea Front and up to the finish.

Shortly after I had finished and was tucking in to a less than impressive orange my mum lept to her feet shouting "8 THEY SAID 8 THATS JENNY" I hobbled over to the finish where my mum was still keen to get her attention I pointed out that she might be a tad delirious after nearly 27 miles of trail running in under 4 hours (especially after finding out you were 1st lady).

A great event that was well sign posted with plenty of marshals along the way, although It was incredibly challenging I wouldn't say no to doing it again as It was the most scenically beautiful route I have ever experienced.

Mayors Charity Fun Run 10km, Enfield - Sunday 17th September 2017

214 finishers.

Hatfield Forest Half Marathon - Sunday 17th September 2017

352 finishers.
Natasha Howard:- Oh no! I was hoping no-one at the club would find out about this
- it was a total mud bath and my worst time ever!

Purbeck Marathon - Sunday 17th September 2017

Descente London Half Duathlon - Sunday 17th September 2017

Andy - 5k run 30.45, t1 3.08, 22k bike 45.52, t2 1.56, 5k run 20.39.
Rachel - 5k run 26.21, t1 2.08, 22k bike 55.51, t2 1.13, 5k run 28.44.

Deep River Rock Belfast Half Marathon - Sunday 17th September 2017

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Deep River Rock Belfast Half Marathon this morning. A Lillie longer than the 2k runs currently allowed
by the Physio, and suffering a little from a hilly Rostrevor parkrun yesterday too.
Started slow and got quicker, with my last 5k being my quickest. 1:29:05 (confirmed).
201st overall out of circa 3,500

Descente London Duathlon - Sunday 17th September 2017

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Duathlon 10k run, t1, 44k bike, t2, 5k run.
Jonathan 43.16, 2.15, 1.27.02, 1.50, 21.55
Michael 43.18, 1.57, 1.28.05, 1.26, 23.31.
Peter 44.04, 3.37, 1.34.18, 2.43, 22.21.
Graham 48.16, 3.16, 1.35.31, 2.33, 26.10.
Louis 45.59, 3.23, 1.33.19, 2.00, 31.07.

Descente London Ultra Duathlon - Sunday 17th September 2017

20k run 1.34.21, t1 5.50,77k bike 2.46.08,t2 7.52,10k run 52.52.
That was loooooong!
London Ultra duathlon complete and really recommended.
20k run
77k bike
10k run
....and I never want to see another gel again, even the gu ones!

Descente London 10km - Sunday 17th September 2017

You know you are addicted to running and your ELR mates when you wake up at 5ham on a Sunday morning for a race ! Diana and i did a great 2 miles warm up from Richmond station, necessary cause it was pretty cold. I started the first mile quite fast but it went up hills quite quickly for the first 3k and when i looked at my watch and my pace, i started giving up the idea of a PB! Thought it was fine and i could enjoy watching the deers but once the hills finished , i saw my pace improving more and more downhills and went for a PB halfway on km5! Realised i could still go for it and when my legs started to complain at kilometer 6, i told them: come on, you carried me for a 20 miles last Sunday, stop moaning, you are not gonna let me down now... 54mins 46s: a new PB ! Really pleased with that ! It was lovely to then hang around with Diana and Rachel afterwards and cheer on for the guys doing the Duathlon! Sorry i couldn't stay longer for your duathlon, Rachel ... Diana and I finished with a 2.5 miles warm down to the station ( I am chasing a 100miles mileage this month after all ) ! Richmond is a long way but it was worth it !!!

ITU World Championship Triathlon, Rotterdam (Age Grade Final) - Sunday 17th September 2017

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89 finishers
1500m swim - 27.56, t1 5.07, 40k bike - 1.10.35, t2 2.06, 10k run - 39.51.

ITU Age Group World Championships, Rotterdam, Ava Lee 2:25, 28th out of 89
in age category - triathletes from all over the World! Amazing, huh?!

St Albans Duathlon - Sunday 17th September 2017

10k run - 42.00,t1 1.08, 40k bike - 1.18.39,t2 0.57, 5k run - 20.16

Brighton & Hove Triathlon - Sunday 17th September 2017

1500m swim - 34.45, T1 - 4.04, 40k bike - 1.34.50, T2 - 2.07, 10k run - 56.18

My first one! Very well organised and highly recommend this event!
Now a hot shower and the biggest roast I can find in this city!

Baden Marathon, Karlsruhe, Germany - Sunday 17th September 2017

Reigate Half Marathon - Sunday 17th September 2017

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Reigate Half Marathon 1:29:23 Finally Sub 1:30 Hurray!

Richmond Half Marathon - Sunday 17th September 2017

2404 finishers.

Great Run Local 5km, QEOP - Sunday 17th September 2017

Great Run Local. I really enjoyed it! It was really low key, only 6 of us
including Stuart Stupot Barton and Jessica Trayler-Moore , and we got the
route completely wrong and muddled, it didn't matter though, in fact it
made me run faster as I didn't want to get lost or left behind! It did mean
we didn't really run home like we'd planned too, the lure of toast in EAT
was tooooq tempting!

Serpentine Swim /London Classics - Saturday 16th September 2017

Super chuffed. Completed the Swim Serpentine 2 mile race today to
become one of the first people in the London Classics Hall of Fame
having completed the London Marathon and the Ride London 100.
Nice bit of bling too!

Kew Gardens 10km/Richmond Running Festival - Saturday 16th September 2017

2,315 finishers.

parkrun - all venues. - Saturday 16th September 2017

48 parkruns at 18 venues, 3 first finishers.
7 course pbs and 13 debuts, 100th parkrun for James Wilson,
First finishes for Thomas at Gladstone, Karen at Valentines and Roisin at Grovelands.
Age Grade bests for 2017 for Roselin, Peter Hatley, Karen, Saheed, Jess, Lucy,
Stephen, Jakub and John Henry.
parkrun records for:-
Ciaran at Rostrevor, Thomas at Gladstone, Andrew at Huntingdon,
Jakub at Czeczotka and Marc at Clacton Seafront.

Run Through QEOP 5km - Saturday 16th September 2017

197 finishers.

Run Through Chase The Sun 5km, QEOP - Wednesday 13th September 2017

Runthrough Chase the Sun race at the Olympic Park.

**SPOILER ALERT*** No PB tonight...but what a fab race!!!

The organisers were friendly, enthusiastic and encouraging from the off. How fab to be remembered by the "man in charge" Matt Wood (no relation but what a great name) - considering the last Runthrough race I did was 2 years ago!!

The course was ACE!!! Flat, fast and quite a bit downhill - so why no PB I hear you screaming at your phone/tablet/laptop?? What more does this woman want??????

Well having done almost 13 miles on Sunday I was perhaps slightly deluded in my abilities tonight - plus now being referred for physio for my poorly arm as been in pain for days 😣. Also today was my second 0430hrs alarm call. Put it all together and it's not ideal.

Anyway, I'd entered the 10k but 5k started at the same time. Mile 1 I was flying (for me) and had to slow down - yep SLOW DOWN - to try and keep a steady pace. 9.09 for mile 1. Considering 8.15 is my PB I was grinning already. Mile 2 a steady 9.27 but my arm and legs did not share my joy.
2.5 miles in I decided a good 5k would do me and so cut the race short. Last mile still under 10mins and a sprint finish saw me just 50secs away from a PB! If I'd have started with the intention of doing 5k I'm pretty sure I'd have done a PB. But for once I'm pleased with my efforts.

Coming into the finish line Matt was calling out over the mic and I had the crowd cheering me on. The shame of how chuffed I felt overtaking a 10 year old boy was quickly forgotten as he smuggly - actually VERY smuggly - made a comeback and sprinted over the line before me!!

Waiting on the other side were 2 more of Matt's team ready to congratulate me, ask how I found it and genuinely make me feel like I was a winner!!

It was great to cheer my work running buddy over the finish line and seeing him get a 10k PB of 45 mins! !! His perplexed look that I was finished before him was priceless!!

To sum it up - a fab course, a fab atmosphere, fab support team, fab organisers who made me feel fab!! I drove home grinning the whole way....and am now about to book another race.

Runthrough?? FAB! FAB! FAB!

Great Run Local 5km, QEOP - Sunday 10th September 2017

Langham 10km - Sunday 10th September 2017

699 finishers.

London City Race - Short Distance Urban: Victoria Park (Orienteering) - Sunday 10th September 2017

Course A - Mike 5.38 4th Vet 40, 12th overall.
Course A - Don 15.52 63rd V55, 136 overall.
Course B - Mike 5.55 2nd Vet 40, 10th overall.
Course B - Don 19.51 64th V55, 138th overall.
Course C - Mike 5.15 2nd Vet 40, 12th overall.
Course C - Don 15.31 62nd V55, 136th overall.

Back from day 3 at Victoria Park this morning. Today was a series of 3 sprints.
Each about 1km with 23 - 25 markers. These had a map for each course with the marker
you had to register , but no number telling you if you were right. A man made maze
with about 16 markers in was at the start or the finish of each leg. 30 second penalties
if you made an error.
While I was doing about 11 mins for a leg, the experts were doing half that time.
Averaging about 4 mins in errors for each leg.
Met up with Kate's husband Mike Brett. He was doing well and hopefully qualifying for
the later finals. I didn't hang around for the later finals or the mass race about 1.15pm.
All in all I've enjoyed it and will keep an eye out for next years series.
The Central Line series will be back in October, more details in a few weeks.

Woburn Abbey Sprint Triathlon - Sunday 10th September 2017

750m swim, T1 , 20k cycle , T2 , 5km run.
Danny 15.34, 2.43, 39.50, 0.52, 17.53 = 1.16.52
Ava - 13.01, 2.32, 42.13, 1.20, 18.42 = 1.17.49
Julie - 19.00, 6.46, 1.00.02, 3.41, 25.50 = 1.55.20

Woburn Abbey Triathlon Report:
First part of the Woburn Abbey Triathlon. Swam in a pond / lake, which was quite reedy. Kept feeling things rubbing against my feet. Yuck. Quite cold, but ok. Felt good, but my feet were freezing. Will wear swim shoes next time. Transition was hard, as found it hard to take off the wet suit with cold, wet hands. It got stuck at the elbows. T1 was 6:46, very slow.
2nd part of the triathlon - 20km bike ride. Very cold, rainy and windy conditions. Had to contend with 1 steep ish hill, strong gusts, speed bumps and cattle grids. Very pleased with the time as it was 5 mins faster than Henley Tri in June. T2 was 3:41, which was slower than June. Cold hands, as had forgotten to put on my gloves.
OMG: as I was pulling on my shoes for the final session, who did I see, but Ava Lee, with her stuff packed, coat on and ready to head home. How does she do it? My heart sank!!

Last section - 5KM run. Flat out and back final run. Felt fine, up to the 3rd lap. The rain really came down, pouring. Ham string felt very tight. Had to stop to shake it out. After a minute or two was able to finish the race, even though the finish was up hill. Not nice. Pleased with the time as I was exhausted. About 30 s quicker than June's Tri run. Overall, 1 hour, 55mins, 20 secs. Under 2 hours, so quite pleased, but could do better. Need to work my swimming and transitions.

Well organised triathlon with cheerful and helpful marshals. Great to see so many women taking part.
But there was nowhere to really keep warm and dry, whilst waiting for your race. Also, no real goody bag, just a bottle of water and a sachet of recovery powder. Lovely medal, though. Nonetheless, will do it next year to improve my time. Well done to Ava and Danny for such a fast finish. Nice to see a friendly face in the crowd.Julie Campbell

Great North Run - Sunday 10th September 2017

London City Race - Full Distance Urban: Barbican (Orienteering) - Saturday 9th September 2017

London City Race - day 2 Barbican (Full Distance Urban)
Day 2 was amongst the maze of concrete estates of the Barbican. I checked in , collecting my
number and tshirt and made my way to the start.
At the start I met up with fellow ELR Kate Brett , who had also been at Wapping the night before
( but never met) . Once the challenge started to find 19 checkpoints I headed first towards St Pauls
and the Guildhall then towards the Barbican. Moving up from the ground level to overhead corridors
then back to ground level, passed Kate a couple of times going quite well up to point 14 (44 mins)
back up to an overhead level again.
Point 15 was a nightmare, spending nearly 35 minutes searching the levels finding at least another
6 checkpoints none were the right one. Found 16 (85 mins) then did a backtrack to try and find 15 from
a another direction, failed again. Plenty of others running round looking lost. Finished the course
with ease then to spend about 90 mins and 1 checkpoint missing. Would definitely try again if only to
finish the course. Last day today at Victoria Park. Knee's like yesterday are painful but once I
started running yesterday were fine during the run.

Run Through Clapham Common 10km - Saturday 9th September 2017

499 finishers.

Essex Cross Country Series - Weald Park 10km - Saturday 9th September 2017

198 finishers.

parkrun - all venues. - Saturday 9th September 2017

47 parkruns at 14 venues, 2 first finishers.
4 course pbs and 6 debuts.
First finishes for Euan at Hackney and Caroline at Roding Valley.
Course pb for Mark (Sunderland), Tim (Valentines), Sally (Mile End), Roger (Wanstead)
Best Age Grades of 2017 so far for Roselin, Sally, Stephen, Alexandra and Roger.
parkrun records for : Mark at Sunderland, Andrew at Burnham on Crouch,
Katherine at Burgess Park and Shaun at Gedling.
New member Caroline takes Roding Valley and Pymmes parkrun.

London City Race - Prologue : Wapping (Orienteering) - Friday 8th September 2017

London City Race - day 1 Wapping. (Friday Prologue)
Friday night I headed up to my old workplace in Wapping for day 1 of a 3 day orienteering event.
286 entrants. This was my first time doing a proper orienteering event , the others being street
events looking for road names, signs or numbers with clues.
These signs were marked by the regular orienteering boxes with a scanner to check in at each one.
Based at the John Orwell Sports Centre we headed about 700m to Wapping Woods for the start. Just
in time for a short burst of rain to soak you as you get ready to start. Some were tricky as I
found with the first one, heading to the right corner searching everywhere to eventually find it
up a flight of stairs to a first floor balcony.
Most were tied to tree's or railings in small estates or along the canals or Thames Path by
St Katherines Docks.
I had daylight for the first 50 minutes or so then darkness came in making the last few harder
to find. I did find all 17 markers but not in the right order, unfortunately the printed results
showed as 2 missing. You have to check them in the right order. Good fun and I'll know for tomorrow.
19 signs around the maze of the Barbican with 812+ entries. Day 3 at Victoria Park.

Woodford Green Open, Ashton Playing Fields - Tuesday 5th September 2017

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Congratulations to Euan Brown of East London Runners in finishing second in a fantastic time of 4:38 despite running in unorthodox running gear!

Bovingdon Parish 10km - Sunday 3rd September 2017

186 finishers

Essex Way Relay - Sunday 3rd September 2017

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##STAGE 1 EPPING - CHIPPING ONGAR 7.5 miles 8am
##STAGE 2 CHIPPING ONGAR - GOOD EASTER 9.5 miles 9am
##STAGE 3 GOOD EASTER - LITTLE LEIGHS 9.5 miles 10.15am
##STAGE 4 LITTLE LEIGHS - CRESSING 10.1 miles 11.30am
##STAGE 5 CRESSING - GREAT TEY 9.4 miles 12.45pm
##STAGE 6 GREAT TEY - WEST BERGHOLT 5.7 miles 2pm
##STAGE 7 WEST BERGHOLT - DEDHAM 11.2 miles 2.40pm
##STAGE 8 DEDHAM - BRADFIELD 8.0 miles 4.15pm
##STAGE 9 BRADFIELD - RAMSAY 5.3 miles 5.15pm
##STAGE 10 RAMSAY - HARWICH LIGHTHOUSE 5.5 miles 6pm

Regents Park 10km Summer Series - Sunday 3rd September 2017

526 finishers.

Bala Standard Distance Triathlon - Sunday 3rd September 2017

545 finishers.
1500m swim 30.58
t1 - 1.16
39k cycle 1.10.15
t2 - 1.12
10k run 50.59

Parallel 10km, QEOP - Sunday 3rd September 2017

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Some PBs at the Parallel run in London with a great ELR team !
Great atmosphere and cause to run for ! Quite emotional actually
to run with amazing athletes in their wheelchair !
Thank you so much again for making me August #CROTM cause that's
all i was thinking about when my legs really started hurting in
the last 2 miles and it allowed me to do a PB and finally get under
1h on a 10k ! And it also pushed me to run back home now instead
of taking the bus 😁!

Parallel 5km , QEOP - Sunday 3rd September 2017

480 finishers. Jo Wood reports:-
29.30. Not a PB but how fab to hear Maya shouting me on with
500m to go and then the resounding cheers from my fellow ELRs
at the last turn to the home straight!!! And a sprint finish
overtaking someone right at the last minute - spectators fantastic!!!

Harlow 10m - Sunday 3rd September 2017

254 finishers.

Wissey Half Marathon - Sunday 3rd September 2017

220 finishers.
Run report for today's Wissey Half Marathon

Got there at 9.30 to collect my numbers & to the loo's (lots as nerves kicked in )
I went for a slow mile warm up with some of my werrington joggers that I use to run with.

We walked to the Start which was 5mins away & a very narrow country lane I lined up in the
sub 2hr line
We had the obligatory safety talk & then we were off
I started off at 9 mile pace & then gradually picked up my pace to 8:40 & kept this pace
for as long as possible which was to mile 11.

The race was advertised as fast & flat I would definitely disagree with flat.

Crossing the line in 1hr 56 & a PB made it all worth while.

Middlesborough 10km - Sunday 3rd September 2017

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St Neots Triathlon - Standard Distance - Sunday 3rd September 2017

1500m swim 37.40
t1 - 2.21
45k cycle 1.42.56
t2 - 1.31
10k run - 50.40

Reading Triathlon - Olympic Distance - Sunday 3rd September 2017

swim 32.27
t1 2.09
44k bike 1.22.50
t2 47
10.8km run 45.25

Northampton Half Marathon - Sunday 3rd September 2017

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667 finishers.

Maidenhead Half Marathon - Sunday 3rd September 2017

Asda Foundation Leicester 10km - Sunday 3rd September 2017

Andrew Carter Memorial Mile, Ealing - Saturday 2nd September 2017

QEOP 10km Summer Series - Saturday 2nd September 2017

289 finishers, also 3rd place Sam Browne 35.44

parkrun - all venues. - Saturday 2nd September 2017

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47 parkruns at 14 venues, 300th parkrun for Scott McMillan.
9 debuts and 5 course pbs.
East London Runners pass the 5000 finishes at Wanstead Flats.
Age Grade bests for 2017 by Alexandra, Scott, Roger, Mark, Anna,
Sally and Katy.
ELR parkrun records for:-
Patrick at Bushy, Alexandra at Hadleigh, Ellie at Mile End,
Andrew at Didcot, James at Blandford and Tricia at Krakow.

Orion Harriers Mad Mile - Wednesday 30th August 2017

So tonight was sold to us as a "fast, flat mad mile". But were Orion Harriers'
idea of a fast flat race the same as us ELRs who are used to tarmac and the
less undulating the better in my case???
Well smiles and a warm welcome for Marc and I made us feel at ease upon arrival,
a mile jog to the start and then we were off. Fast, flat and mad sums it up for
some of the speeds people ran!!! The course was downhill and great. I had the
luxury of a couple of backmarkers to keep me going - how can a mile be soooooooo
tough when I've run much longer distances?
Luckily I was supported the whole way and although finishing last it was great
having all those cheers to the finish line! Marc got a PB.
Oh and my time? At 8.15 it's a PB by 15 SECONDS !!! Chuffed considering I'm finding
it tough to get my mojo back. What a great run and a great welcome over the last 3 weeks.
Thanks Orion Harriers.

Capital Tri Velopark Duathlon - Tuesday 29th August 2017

Sprint Duathlon
Danny 12.42/ 28.47/ 12.15.
Ava - 13.17/29.58/13.11
3.2k run/16k cycle/3.2k run.

Elvis 6 - Barking Road Runners 5km, Barking Park - Monday 28th August 2017

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293 finishers,
Also joining us today was Thomas Burrard-Lucas 45th 19.34
Joining later this week is Andrew Fitzgerald 160th 24.47
and Carolyn Edwards 191st 26.35.
Also Peter Goodwin 258th 31.30.

1st lady Jenny Ansell
1st V35 Ava Lee
1st V45 Karen Levison
Ladies team - Jenny, Ava & Karen
Mens team - Thomas, Euan & Patrick
Elvis team Ladies as above plus Sheetal.
Elvis team Men as above plus Dan Senior, Scott McMillan & Danny Lee.

Run Through Velopark 10km - Saturday 26th August 2017

136 finishers.

Run Through Velopark Half Marathon - Saturday 26th August 2017

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182 finishers.

parkrun - all venues. - Saturday 26th August 2017

42 parkruns at 17 venues, 3 first finishers, 2 course pbs
10 debuts. 6 Age grade pbs of 2017.
First finishers for Karen at Valentines with 19.39 and grade 85.33%
Also Dan Gritton at Roding Valley with a course pb of 18.15 and
Patrick Brown at Walthamstow in 18.00.
Age Grade bests for 2017 for Karen, Dan, Simon, Rotimi, David and Sally.
ELR parkrun records for:-
Simon Thomas at Braunstone, Dan Senior at Milton Keynes,
Andrew Howard at Abingdon, Ellie Wilkinson at Mile End,
Stuart Barton at Lowestoft and Janet Bywater at Dolgellau.

Wimbledon Hercules 5km - Wednesday 23rd August 2017

Orion's 5km On The Rides - Wednesday 23rd August 2017

78 finishers.

Run Through Chase The Sun 10km, QEOP - Wednesday 23rd August 2017

XVII Cross Of Sanlucar 8km, Spain - Sunday 20th August 2017

166 finishers.
Antonio reports:- It is always a pleasure to run in Spain.
Taking advantage I was here on holidays, I signed up for the Cross
of Sanlucar on the beach (5 miles). I shouldn't have run it because
I am still in the pre-season but well, I don't have many chances
during the year. 2nd overall and first M30.

Isle Of Wight Half Marathon - Sunday 20th August 2017

348 finishers.
Not as fast as last year. Definitely a tougher route though.
Starting at the bottom of a hill, feeling rubbish for the first
3 miles I only really enjoyed the race from mile 7 - so wasn't
the most enjoyable of runs. This year the amendments meant it
was about 40% trail

Cross Minero Llano Del Beal, Murcia, Spain (8,450m) - Saturday 19th August 2017

Steve reports:- This race was methodically planned for:

1. Janet & I arrive in Spain 2 weeks beforehand to enable a harsh daily regime of "hydration" and carb loading.
2. "Booking" our places by failing to complete the online form, missing the deadline and then resorting to Google Translate and emails with our final instruction being "You're registered -ask for Toni when you get here"
3. Anxiously warming up on race day by lying on a beach.

Llano Del Beal is a little mining town not far from the coast in Murcia, South East Spain. When we arrived it had been taken over for a festival of running. Although it's up in the hills, the evening temperatures were in the high 20s. Everyone apart from us was in their running kit. After failing to find "Toni" and a last minute change in a pub toilet, we emerged in our iconic red vests and joined the start from which we were soon sent on our way.

After a short circuit of the town, envying the spectators with their cold cans of beer, we headed for the hills on (hot) dusty brown trails, strewn with stones, in and out of ditches. After about 2k I could see the start line again as we headed black into town. This was met with a mixture of panic ("We must have started in the wrong race, ours was supposed to be 8.5k!") and relief ("Where can I get one of those beers?") but then we were sent off up yet another (hot) hill in a cloud of brown dust to more abandoned coal mines and spectacular views of the coastline.

The reward for doing hilly races is usually the chance to let the brakes off for the downhill stretches. There were a few of those in Cross Minero, but just as many (hot) downhills covered with loose rubble and signs saying "peligroso" where the brakes were well and truly applied. However, with what I thought was about a kilometre to go, there was a long, wide and fairly sure footed (hot) stretch back towards the town. At last the end was in sight. Or was it? Nope - another twist to the left and one of the steepest climbs of the whole course. Muchos gracias amigos!

After one last peligroso downhill (including a slight disagreement between my big toe and a semi-hidden rock which could have ended in tragedy), the finish line was finally crossed. I have to say this was one of the hardest races I'd done. When hills, rough terrain and heat gang up on you, it's not always fun, but I had a good sense of achievement as we collected our generous goody-bags (including the usual chicken soup and a melon). After another failed attempt to find "Toni", we drove off for some recovery nutrition and rehydration (well I think that's what "tapas y cana" means).

p.s. did I mention it was hot?

parkrun - all venues. - Saturday 19th August 2017

52 parkruns at 20 venues, three first finishers, 13 debuts and 6 course pbs.
8 Age Grade pb's for 2017. 100th parkrun for Kieran Brown.
First finisher's at Barking for Shahib and for Simon & Emily at Valentines.
Age Grade Bests for Julie Campbell, Colin Dryland, Alex Day, Stephen Swan,
Dan Gritton, Tim le Rasle, Molly Pinkus and Lucy Williams.
parkrun records for the following:
Mark Moir at Sunderland,
Shaun DeSena at Long Eaton,
Alex Day at Bryn Bach, even though the unknown at 3rd place was probably Euan.
Fiona Critchley at Harlow,
Dan Gritton at Tooting Common from Andrew Howard,
Molly Pinkus at Worthing.
Stuart hold's onto Kesgrave from Stephen by 4 seconds.

Orion's 5km On The Rides - Wednesday 16th August 2017

92 finishers

Capital Tri Velopark Duathlon - Tuesday 15th August 2017

13.57/ 28.47/ 14.28
Sprint Duathlon
3.2k run/16k cycle/3.2k run

Hillingdon Duathlon - Sunday 13th August 2017

Hillingdon Duathlon. 6k run 25k cycle. 27.45/ 50.01
2nd Michael Bamford 1.17.46.

Hoad Hill Half Marathon - Sunday 13th August 2017

Note:- Hoad Hill Marathon follows a mixture of trail, coastal path,
canal towpath and quiet country lanes giving stunning views of the beautiful
South Lakes and Morecambe Bay. The route starts and finishes at Ford Park,
Ulverston with an inevitable climb to the iconic Sir John Barrow monument
on top of Hoad Hill.

John Healy reports:-
Race Report: Hoad Hill Half Marathon. Firstly, the Lakes are a long way to go for a race,
particularly solo and driving there and back over a weekend. Ulverston where the race
starts and finishes is in the South Lakes not too far from Morecombe Bay. The weekend was
a running festival called The Hoad Hill Festival of 2 Feet and is all based around the
Hoad Hill Monument that sits atop a high point. The Monument itself was bulit in memory of
Sir John Barrow, born locally and the fella that stuck Napoleon into exile. I picked this
race randomly as I needed to get out of London and was in a bit of a running funk. I really
enjoy trail halves, particularly in the Lakes and usually aim for around two hours in these
events depending on fitness and terrain. I drove up on the Saturday after Stuart Bartons
100th PR at Wanstead and camped overnight for £10.00. It is a fairly small local race (only
104 Half marathon runners) with a marathon running 1/2 hour earlier. With a 10.00 am start
there is plenty of time to get organised and prepared with dedicated runner parking (£3.00)
at the base of the monument. The race itself includes a real mix of terrain with road, hills,
trail, beach and forest, a real all rounder with some stunning views of Morecombe Bay, and
also the monument itself that you can see from most of the course. I started steady and
intended to keep it that way so as not to kill myself on the ascents and pretty much stuck
to the plan, as well as keeping the runner in front in view so as not to get lost, for which
I have a habit, taking in the views and enjoying myself. Running with those views in lovely
sunny weather was a real tonic. Unfortunately, it is not actually a half marathon as it ran
13.65 miles, the last mile of which is an ascent and descent to the monument that was really
punishing, particularly when your expecting to finish and have already run 12.5 miles
(Flashbacks of Snowdon). I was on course to sneak in under 2 hrs before i realised the last
bit was mountaineering and that it ran long and got back in about 2.11 proudly sporting my
ELR vest. They had a really strange timing system in that they give you a chip on a lanyard
that you have to click in and out with like an Oyster. This meant that the girl that beat me
by a few seconds (chivalry is not dead ha ha) and I were listed at 40th equal, even though
she crossed the line before me. I hung around to see the first marathoner back, and he came
in about 3.22 to very little fanfare indeed, an amazing time round that course in my opinion.
I think the half was won in about 1.38. The course was very well flag marked with lots of
volunteer marshalls and a couple of good hydration stations at good points. I would recommend
the race if you fancy an adventure, but make it a long weekend. I broke up the drive back with
a roast dinner by the canal in Lancaster, and it took me 6.5 hrs to get back home by which point
id forgotten who I was.

Clapham Common Half Marathon - Sunday 13th August 2017

Scott reports:- Second across the line in a shambolic Clapham half marathon today.

Thanks to some confusing course design and shoddy marshalling, I took a slight wrong
turning on the first lap, and then a big wrong turning on the second, meaning by lap three
I found myself undeservedly in the lead.

I didn't know what to do, I was so angry that this had been allowed to happen, and felt so
guilty about my false position, that it affected my ability to focus on my running. It was
awful. So I decided I'd run past the finish line and do another half lap to try to bring my
distance up to somewhere near the right number (it was actually 12.99 miles, best I could do),
and making sure that the deserving winner won.

I then tried to give the runner up trophy I was given as I crossed the line to the guy who came
third (about three minutes behind), but it turns out he'd went wrong twice on the course too,
so he refused to take it.

Anyway, to cut a long story short: a race to avoid in future.

Run Dorney Half Marathon, Dorney Lake - Sunday 13th August 2017

Roseland August Trail, Red Rat 20 miles, South Cornwall - Saturday 12th August 2017

Andrew reports:- It's a brilliantly organised event, stunning scenery and
a course that's as hard as nails. Had a solid run, starting very slow towards back
of pack as was worried about lack of miles and hills in my legs. But all went ok
apart from a nasty bout of cramp halfway up an evil stepped climb a mile from the end.
Had to go up rest on all fours to get to top to stretch it out. Other than that it was
incident free and I loved every minute of it....really is a special event.

Thames Meander Marathon (trail) - Saturday 12th August 2017

Pride 10km, Victoria Park - Saturday 12th August 2017

995 finishers.

Race report Pride 10k race.
Joanna Wood:-
A long walk from Mile End stn, through Victoria Park to probably the furthest point in the park eventually led us to the bag drop, however the start was about a mile back in the direction we'd just come from!! Bags dropped and the obligatory toilet stop Marc and I then made our way to the start, meeting a smiley Katherine Harris along the way.
Just prior to the start line I saw the beaming face of my mum who had turned up by surprise to cheer me on!! What a fantastic welcomed sight!
The race was 3 laps, flat and fast (fast for most people) but as my first race and longest distance since my injury I wasn't all out for a PB.
A packed course for the first mile, unfortunately not helped by those wearing headphones (when instructions said not to) and totally unaware of people trying to pass them but the crowd soon thinned out.
Marshals great and very encouraging, I was passed by the fastest runners at about mile 2, saw Spencer pass me soon followed by Andy calling out as he passed, stopped to give my mum a big sweaty kiss about mile 4 and soon after got caught by Jonathan taking a sneaky breather (damn!) - shouting at me got me moving again but by mile 6 I was struggling. Every footstep was pounding through my poorly arm and so I did walk on and off for a lot of this last mile. I saw Patrick Brown and Mark Boulten on their cool down lap - TWICE- both shouting encouraging words my way which was great!
I managed a sprint finish with Marc and my mum cheering me on and managed to overtake 2 runners who had been in my sights!. Cheers & whoops from strangers as the finish line of my little sprint was in sight felt fab and I'd never encountered it before and although 3mins away from a PB I didn't do too bad.
A well organised event and great bling. A couple of celebratory beers afterwards made for a great event! Oh and now at our local for a couple more!! In the words of Scooter, "It's good to be back!!"

parkrun - all venues. - Saturday 12th August 2017

39 parkruns at 13 venues, 1 first finisher, 2 course pbs and 4 debuts.
100th parkrun for Stuart Barton, first finish for Karen at Valentines.
Course pbs for James Nichols and Tim leRasle.
Debuts for Samia & Shahib at Barking, Thomas at Lyme Park and Andrew at Harwich.
One Age Grade best for 2017 for Tim le Rasle.
ELR parkrun records for Thomas at Lyme Park, Andrew at Harwich and Tim at Worthing.

Ricky's Race, Matlock (7km fell race) - Thursday 10th August 2017

Report from Club Captain, Colin Davenport : Matlock AC

The 20th anniversary run of 'Ricky's race' took place on the evening of 10th August,
with 151 runners taking to the start line to be sent on their way by Ricky Wood himself.

Local knowledge and navigational skill certainly played their part, with Matlock's own
Ben Cartwright taking 1st place after a strong showing on the 7km course that takes in
Clough woods and Will Shore's tree on the hillside above Darley Bridge. Thomas Grimes
of East London runners took 2nd place, with Paul Sorrell of Ripley taking 3rd place
and the male Vet 40 prize. For the ladies, Beth Pascall led the way, with Lucy Taylor
(Ripley) and Ruth Keeley (Belper Harriers) shortly behind.

Bradwell fell race, Peak District (approx 6km) - Tuesday 8th August 2017

Found a 'nice' fell race in the Peak District last night. First mile and
a bit was virtually straight up but then we came down, which was quite fun.
Enjoy this fell running lark. Happy with my 7th, 27:28, approx 6k.
101 finishers
Date & time: Tue 8th Aug 2017 at 19:30
Country: England
Region: Peak District
Category: BS
Distance: 6km / 3.7m
Climb: 230m / 755ft
Venue: Opposite Samuel Fox Inn, Bradwell.
Grid ref: 175818

Regents Park 10km Summer Series - Sunday 6th August 2017

574 finishers.

Run Norwich 10km - Sunday 6th August 2017

4704 finishers.

QEOP 10km Summer Series - Saturday 5th August 2017

344 finishers.

Elvis 5 - Orion's Forest Five Series - Event 3 - Saturday 5th August 2017

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58 ELR's
( ) Last year's times in brackets.
Series Analysis
Thomas 28.28, 28.03, 28.33.
Jenny 32.50, 32.09, 31.40.
Jonathan 36.18, 35.17, 35.15.
Ramesh 39.57, 40.54, 40.19.
Andy B 41.33, 40.17, 40.17.

142 ELR's have taken part in the first five Elvis events. 15 have taken in all the races
so far. A further 59 can still be included in the Final Overall Results if they take part
in any of the remaining fixtures.

Jessica Trayler-Moore - I just wanted to say thanks for your support on my first
club run this morning. I passed a man wearing a 'running sucks' T-shirt towards the
end of the race and thought how laughably wrong he is as I approached the cheering
sea of red at the finish line. Thanks guys. I had a lovely first Elvis.

Anna Dingle - I just wanted to say thank you to all of the East London Runners today who
made me feel very welcome and at ease when taking part in my first race at the ELVIS
Forest 5 today. I really enjoyed the run; the ups and the downs; and the cheering at the end.
I loved it. Hopefully the first of many races.

parkrun - all venues. - Saturday 5th August 2017

19 parkruns at 13 venues, 1 first finisher, 4 course pbs and 6 debuts.
Dan Gritton , course pb and 1st place at Roding Valley. More course pbs for
Sheetal at Hackney, Stephen Swan at Ipswich and Katie Whitton at Mile End.
ELR debuts at Oxford, Colchester Castle, Chester, Gunpowder, Stretford and Treviso,Italy.
Age grade bests for 2017 for Sheetal, Laura and Nick.
ELR parkrun records for :-
Stephen Swan at Ipswich from Stuart Barton. Andrew Howard at Oxford, Nick Hoult at
Stretford and Jayne Browne at Treviso, Italy.

Chase The Sun 10km, Crystal Palace - Wednesday 2nd August 2017

Ride 100 Surrey/London - Sunday 30th July 2017

Ride 46 London - Sunday 30th July 2017

Ride 46 completed! Feeling pretty chuffed with myself having only been cycling for 2 months! All together a fabulous experience with no punctures, mechanical issues and I even managed not to cause a crash! Thanks to Carlton for persuading me to take part in the first place and ELR friends for fantastic support on the day! Susannah McLaren

Maldon Triathlon - Sunday 30th July 2017

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Maldon Triathlon
Olympic Distance debut.
1.5k swim,t1, 45k bike, t2, 10k run
Robyn Hase Turtle 3.40.50 32nd, 7th lady, 3rd Age Cat
42.18, 2.49, 1.51.19, 1.31, 1.02.53
Robyn:- First Olympic Distance Triathlon done, a very early start but I exceeded my 'gold' target by 4 minutes!


Sprint Distance
750m swim, t1, 28k bike, t2, 5k run
Dan Senior 2.00.35 35th, 29th man, 16th Age Cat.
7.48, 1.32, 1.18.42, 0.46, 21.45
Dan Senior:- I thought it was great fun. 3.45am alarm, kicked in the face on the swim, wrong turn/2k detour
and puncture on the bike, worst 5k time ever... but still loved it!

Wellingborough 5m - Sunday 30th July 2017

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281 finishers.

Dock 2 Dock 5km swim - Saturday 29th July 2017

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Yesterday Danny and I did the Dock 2 Dock 5k swim. A first for both of us -
5k goes on FOREVER when you're swimming. Me in 1.54 and Danny in 2.24.
Yes, they did make us wear the orange inflatables - one step up from arm bands.
119 finishers.

Twilight Marathon (including 50k Ultra and Half Marathon) - Saturday 29th July 2017

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Michael reports:- Yesterday afternoon Kirk Johnson and myself Run in the Twilight Marathon at Redbridge Cycle Centre, Hainault. I was looking for a different challenge this time and was pleased to have Kirk for company as well. A sub 4 hours was never on the cards for me due to the difficulty of the course, but I was very happy with 4.07.06 tbc. (Last year I ran 2.05 for the half, so there has been improvement).
All credit to Kirk who only fairly recently returned to running and his only preparation in his words, was the Hilly 5 race (and Wednesday Club runs). He finished in 5.58.43 and wanted to run some extra laps at the end, but the organisers wouldn't let him as they were starting to pack up! He should have started in the 50k which was at 10.00am. There was almost constant rain and the hill was horrendous, but it was great fun. You don't have to be crazy to be a runner, but it helps!

Run Through Velopark Half Marathon - Saturday 29th July 2017

146 finishers, 12th lady of 58, 2nd V35 of 8.

Breca Buttermere Sprint - Saturday 29th July 2017

Breca Buttermere Sprint - Run: 15km | Swim: 3km | Transitions: 10 | Total length: 18km
Janet Bywater in a mixed team with Peter Bitten.
Janet Bywater:- Hey, you must check out swim run events, they are totally awesome. I did one in the
Lake District this weekend, 3.4km swimming and 15 km running, in and out of the water 6 times. You run in your wetsuit and
swim in your trainers. It's both brilliant and bonkers at the same time. Check out Love Swimrun or Breca events. J

parkrun - all venues. - Saturday 29th July 2017

36 parkruns at 13 venues, 3 first finishers, 1 course pbs and 4 debuts.
First finishes for Patrick at Wanstead, Thomas at Claris ford and Karen at Valentines.
Course pb for Billy at Wanstead, debuts for Andrew, Stuart, Paul and Alexandra.
Age Grade bests for 2017 from Billy, Alexandra and Jason Levy.
ELR parkrun records for Andrew at Newbury, Paul at Perth and Alexandra at Haigh Woodland.

Clare Athletics 5km Summer Series - Thursday 27th July 2017

Chase The Sun 5km, Victoria Park - Wednesday 26th July 2017

Chase The Sun 10km, Victoria Park - Wednesday 26th July 2017

Standard Chartered Great City Race - 5km - Monday 24th July 2017

London Triathlon - Olympic Distance - Sunday 23rd July 2017

London Triathlon - Olympic Distance
1.5k swim, t1, 37.5k bike, t2, 9.9k run
Ava Lee 2.20.25 = 28.28, 2.53, 1.06.30, 2.03, 40.34 8th lady, 2nd age group
Danny Lee 2.29.50 = 34.42, 3.39, 1.08.31, 2.58, 40.01
James Creed 2.42.38 = 36.16, 06.11, 1.12.09, 03.53, 44.10
Dominic Dragonetti 2.51.54 = 30.44 , 4.07, 1.25.17, 2.43, 49.06
Jason Levy 3.17.01 = 49.29, 8.14, 1.21.38, 2.58, 54.44


Jason Levy:- this was a pb by just over 11 minutes

Ava:- another couple of results for London Triathlon today. Me in 2.20.25 ( a 6 minute pb ) and Danny in 2.29.50.
Both very pleased!

2,356 finishers. 463 ladies with Ava finishing 8th.

parkrun - all venues - Saturday 22nd July 2017

44 parkruns at 14 venues, 4 first finishers, 5 course pbs and 9 debuts.
First finishes for Thomas at Grovelands, Karen at Valentines, Felicity at Wanstead and Katherine at Barking.
100th parkrun for Jonathan in a course pb 20.24 and 70.02% at Valentines.
More course pbs for Jakub at Hackney, new member Suzanne at Valentines, Alex at Wanstead and Sarah at Bideford.
Debuts for Steve at Roding Valley, Katherine at Barking, Andrew at Brighton & Hove, James at Billericay, Shahib at Mile End, Stephen & Stuart at Brandon and Kieran, his 99th parkrun, & Fiona at Bury St Edmunds.
ELR parkrun records for Kieran at Bury St Edmunds, James at Billericay and Sarah at Bideford.

SOAR Summer Mile, Battersea Park - Friday 21st July 2017

Panshanger 5m - Wednesday 19th July 2017

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Run Through Chase The Sun 10km, QEOP - Wednesday 19th July 2017

337 finishers.

Sri Chinmoy Races. 5km, Silver Starlings 5km, Battersea Park - Monday 17th July 2017

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Also Russell Price 34th, 17.43

Wycombe 10km - Sunday 16th July 2017

Ran a 10k in Wycombe today, really tough course so hilly, mainly up as far as I remember!

Just about managed a 1st place, toughest 10k I've done though!
Thomas

St George's 10 mile , Newport Isle of Wight - Sunday 16th July 2017

148 finishers.
Michael Bamford:- One of the toughest races I have ever done, mostly up hill in the heat and sun, no energy left in the legs half way around, second wind with two miles to go but I didnt enjoy it for a second.

Spitfire Scramble, Hornchurch Country Park - Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th July 2017

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Katherine Harris:- My report of the Spitfire Scramble. What an amazing experience! I loved it, it far exceeded all my expectations. The atmosphere in camp was so chilled and fun with lots of familiar faces from ELVIS and parkrun. I had such a blast. I was part of a fantastic team and with Jason coordinating us and retiming our handovers when we were running an hour and 40 minutes ahead of schedule ensured we all knew roughly what times we were up and kept things running smoothly.
Stuart and Dave/Pixie set up camp with us and were a very welcome addition to the team (particularly Dave, sorry Stuart but she is just so cute!). So lovely to see Jo and Jonathan as well when they came to visit and support us. ELR really is the best.
Thank you to Jonathan for dragging me around my fifth lap and whilst I do blame you for me finally breaking down on my final lap it was great to have your company on this lap (although the fly you swallowed probably wouldn't agree).
24 hour food, massages and support on site. A really well organised event.
If anyone has doubts and is unsure about trying this event, I say do it. A fun but challenging weekend. I will most definitely be back.

Results:- ELR/Drax 6th of the Mixed 3-5 teams. 25 laps
Julie Creffield 7 laps.
6 25 23:33:19 ELR-DRAX
311 Jason Levy 1 01:00:36 312 Katherine Harris 2 00:52:21 315 John Healy 3 00:44:24
314 Daniel Cogan 4 00:43:20 313 Tara Wilkinson 5 01:03:33 311 Jason Levy 6 00:57:14
312 Katherine Harris 7 00:50:00 315 John Healy 8 00:45:40 314 Daniel Cogan 9 00:47:31 313
Tara Wilkinson 10 01:11:15 311 Jason Levy 11 01:03:27 312 Katherine Harris 12 00:53:36
315 John Healy 13 00:49:07 314 Daniel Cogan 14 00:51:34 313 Tara Wilkinson 15 01:19:15 311
Jason Levy 16 01:07:03 312 Katherine Harris 17 00:55:23 315 John Healy 18 00:52:12 314
Daniel Cogan 19 00:52:41 313 Tara Wilkinson 20 01:21:08 311 Jason Levy 21 01:06:11
312 Katherine Harris 22 00:46:45 315 John Healy 23 00:50:18 314
Daniel Cogan 24 00:55:55 312 Katherine Harris 25 00:52:50
12 7 24:07:16 Julie Creffield
143 Julie Creffield 1 01:28:27 143 Julie Creffield 2 01:42:23 143 Julie Creffield 3 02:07:27
143 Julie Creffield 4 04:36:04 143 Julie Creffield 5 02:33:29 143 Julie Creffield 6 08:24:44
143 Julie Creffield 7 03:14:42

parkrun - all venues - Saturday 15th July 2017

46 parkruns at 15 venues, 3 first finishers, 5 course pbs and 7 debuts.
A 100th parkrun for Catherine Brett.
First finishes for Patrick and Felicity at Wanstead and Karen at Valentines.
Course pbs for Ellie & Lucy at Hackney, James Nichols at Hampstead, Andy and Caroline at Roding. Debuts at Colwick, Hampstead, Roding, Oak Hill, Billericay, Great Cornard and Gunpowder.
12 Age grade bests:- Ellie, Lucy, Nick, Ruel, Caroline, Tim, Ciaran, Felicity, Viktor, Alex, Mike and Jenny.
ELR parkrun records for Nick at Colwick, Andrew at South Norwood and Jenny at Billericay. Also Stuart Kelly at Great Cornard.

Essex 10,000m Championships, Billericay - Wednesday 12th July 2017

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Mens Team Results
Colchester Harriers A 66.51.1
Springfield Striders 69.38.2
Colchester Harriers B 70.31.5
4th East London Runners 71.22.3
Southend 72.10.6

Elvis 4 - The Newman Hilly 5 - Wednesday 12th July 2017

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( ) Last years time in brackets.
2nd man - Thomas Grimes
Men's team 1st Thomas, Antonio & Mark
1st lady - Jenny Ansell
2nd lady - Ava Lee
1st V35 - Paula Bedford
Ladies team 1st Jenny, Ava & Emily.
Elvis team Men - 1st ELR Thomas, Antonio, Mark, James, Danny & Scott 67pts.
Elvis team Ladies - 1st ELR Jenny, Ava, Emily & Paula 12pts.

Ware 10km - Sunday 9th July 2017

258 finishers.

Southend Half Marathon - Sunday 9th July 2017

1'825 finishers.
Andy B reports:- Southend Half

This was my second time doing this race. I wanted a half as part of my prep for Berlin in September. It's a cheap, well organised race so an obvious choice.

All week I have been melting in this heat. I seriously dont do well in heat, but the forecast was cloudy and 21 degrees. The forecast was wrong.

Catriona Davies and I got to the start as the second wave just started ( the queues into the car park are long and slow). We saw Marc Akers and Joanna Wood , said our hellos and off we went. By the time we got to the seafront the sun was out in full effect. The majority of the race is 2 laps along the seafront so you get to see people as you double back. Marc was looking strong and pasted me about 6 1/2 miles in. It was getting too hot for me and I needed lots of speed walk breaks to keep at it and drink water that was provided in cups. I walked for 0.2 miles then run for at least another. The organisers had loads of sponges available which is a great touch and one I which I wish more would do. At 11 miles you leave the seafront and take a detour through a nature reserve, where I saw Marc again, turn a corner and you're finished. They name check everyone on the p.a as you approach!

The support and organisation along the way is very good (although cups of water !!). I finished drenched from continually trying to cool myself down. My time was my worst since joining ELR but I am not too worried as the weather was brutal and oppressive. I do need to find a way to deal with the heat though. Looking forward to the shade of the Hilly 5 on Wednesday.

Joanna reports:- - Southend half marathon race report - HOT.
Having spent the week demoralised about my Newham 10k last week and all the work Marc & Jason had put in with me I tried to take a different approach to todays race. I still felt pressure leading up to it (only from myself and no one else), so much so that I told my family I didnt want them to come along as I knew I wouldnt do a good time and felt I'd be letting them down going all that way for what I felt would be a bad performance. They were sad I felt like that but promised a celebratory pint once back home - regardless of my time I'm a champ to them!!
So at the start line I was with Marc (my chauffeur for today) and just managed to say Hi to Andy and Cat before we were off. Already it was heating up.
First half went well and only 1 min away from my 10k PB which I was pleased with but then the heat kicked in and I started to wilt - Marc was passing me in the opposite direction on part of the 2 lap course and I could just about muster "I'm stuffed!". So I decided to slow down and try to enjoy the people and scenery. I was able to chat to a few runners as we kept catching each other up and then slowing down - and that's an achievement in itself as anyone who's run with me knows I can't run, breath AND talk!! I'm very mono-sylabic when running and not much fun!
The sun just didnt let up (my Rudolph nose is testament to that) but with so many water stations and fantastic marshals sponging us down it certainly helped.
The last 3miles seemed to take an eternity - did i say it was hot??? But I made it. Marc was a welcomed sight on the finish line and Andy & Cat who had finished much earlier were also there which was really nice!!
Group pic and obligatory grumbles about the heat exchanged!!
My time? Hmmm a hot 2.33 hrs not a PB but it WAS a course PB as it was over 10mins faster than last year - AND HOTTER!!
I think I might have actually enjoyed a race for once and to be honest for someone who did a Race for Life a couple of years ago and never intended to run again I've got to think of the positives. Attached is a pic I've not shared before - I wasn't at my biggest (as I used to avoid photo opportunities at ALL costs) but to see the difference between then and now, regardless of times, I think I'm doing ok.
Anyway the month is not over and efforts are still underway for me to try and achieve a PB so watch this space....

Virgin Sport British 10km, Westminister - Sunday 9th July 2017

Essex Cross Country Series - Thornton Park - Saturday 8th July 2017

161 finishers.
2nd race for me in this series. On trail paths, some quite rough with large stones. Fairly undulating, 479 feet of climbing, with one steepish hill that outwitted me, so I walked.... twice. Warm conditions, but thankfully shady in many places. Will do this again to improve my time. Bit slow... but I was the fastest woman in my age category! In fact I'm so old, I was the only woman in my category. Lol. Anyway, I'm not going to beat myself up too much, because I would have had the 3rd best time if I was in the 45-54 year olds. Plus it was a hilly run. Last 2 miles were getting faster as it was mostly downhill. The sting in the tail is that the finishing straight was uphill. If you enjoy cross country, this is definitely one to look out for next year.

Mens Health Survival of the Fittest OCR, Wembley - Saturday 8th July 2017

Survival Of The Fittest 10km OCR around Wembley Stadium today. Unsure of position, but 54.05 for the 10km.
Last race in my league season so hopefully pushed up the table to finish strong!
Now 8 weeks to rest my battered ankle before 20+ miles up and down Snowdon...

Run Through Regents Park 5km - Saturday 8th July 2017

parkrun - all venues. - Saturday 8th July 2017

Pictures available in Photo Gallery

also Stuart Norris 46th 23.28 54.97% Course pb.
39 parkruns at 11 venues, 3 first finishers, 11 debuts and 3 course pbs,
2 50th parkruns.
Patrick 1st at Walthamstow, Fiona at Fontainbleau and Felicity at Wanstead.
Debuts for Ellie, Lucy and Diana at Valentines. Steve Bywater at the first South Norwood parkrun. Andrew at Harcourt Hill, Domonic at Hilly Fields and John Booth at Wanstead.Debuts also for our tourists, Jonathan, Fiona, Stuart and Alexandra at Fontainbleau.
Course pbs for Andy, Annette and Helen at Wanstead.
50th parkruns for Caroline at Wanstead and John Healy at Brockwell.
8 age grade bests for 2017 from Tim, Ellie and Katherine at Valentines, Scott, Andy, Felicity, Catherine and Annette at Wanstead.
ELR parkrun records for Steve at South Norwood and Andrew at Harcourt
Hill.
Finally the ELR list at Wanstead reaches 200 runners, with 46 with 50 shirts, 21 with 100 shirts and 2 with 250 plus.
Still awaiting results for Fountainbleau in France.

Wimbledon Trail Series - Event 3 - 8 miles/ 12.9km - Wednesday 5th July 2017

also 9th Sam Browne 49.03 73.50%

Woodford Green & Essex Ladies Open Graded Meeting , 3000m - Tuesday 4th July 2017

Bassingbourn Braintrust Half Marathon - Sunday 2nd July 2017

303 finishers.

Simply Health Great Newham 10km - Sunday 2nd July 2017

Pictures available in Photo Gallery

6,116 finishers. ( ) 5k splits.
Maya reports:- Yesterday I ran a 5 mile race in the dappled shade of Epping Forest. There were hills. I ran up most of them. I had control over my cough and I had determination.

Today I ran 6.22 miles in shadow of the Olympic Stadium. There wasnt any shade though. And I walked the hills. My wheezing was so loud a stranger offered me his water with a worried look at 3k... I blame that Louis Le Roux. Id spotted him running his wave as we crossed the bridge to our start and I used the last of my dying vocal cords to shout out his name. (He heard me. I have standards, dying voice or not)

Seeing Julie was ace - you looked strong coming up that hill Julie! And I spotted the lovely Cara Walls at the velodrome, your first ever 10k Cara, and in a really good time too - you are going to rock the GNR. Maddie West spotted me as she passed looking Daisy Fresh at 3.5k - it was ace to see you Madge - next time we need prosecco and heels please, not sweat and trainers.

I shared a shower with Don Bennett, not many can boast that, and I crossed the finish line with him and the Ever Smiling Sonia.
That race beats me every time. Its hot, its relentless and its hard work. But I keep going back. Because its the Olympic Park, and its local, and the atmosphere so fantastic. And one day, Ill kick its arse.

Jan Webb:- Ill definitely do this one again but the heat was phenomenal. If only we had had yesterdays weather I wouldnt have felt quite so light-headed at the end. Thanks to Sandra & Sonia who stretched and strolled with me afterwards. Lovely to be an Angel with Maya for Don (Mrs Dons chocolate brownies are to die for) and to yack with Stuart, Joanna (your Ma & Pa are terrific) Ciarán and Lance. X

Samia:- Luckily Im slow and Shahib is fast, so he could run and I take care of baby with enough time to swap and start running myself with my twin!
Completed the Great Newham Run with my best friend by my side and husband cheering me!

Brentwood/Essex 10km - Sunday 2nd July 2017

310 finishers.

The Great Swim, Excel Centre - Saturday 1st July 2017

Orion Forest Five Series - Race 2. - Saturday 1st July 2017

141 finishers.
Maya's report:- Cough cough. Oh I'm so annoying.
But the cough won't go and so I'll make it come with me instead. I signed up for the Forest Five this week, fresh with Colworth glow.

The 2014 ELVIS Forest 5 was my first race in a club vest. I do love this race, it's so pretty. But I'm idle. A respectable 51:19 my first year, and then 57:07 and 60:13. A hill gives me an excuse to walk. Hmmm.

Anyway. I knew this would be a tougher field as it's not an ELVIS, so more chance of being last. On Wednesday night, the mighty Karen Levison offered to run with me. An injured Achilles meant she needed to take it easy. 'But no walking Maya, ok? I mean it.' Cor blimey. Well it's not often you get the chance to run a race with one of the greats. I was terrified and delighted in equal measure. And then this morning, Frank Brownlie said he'd be running with us too. So we are at the start. I take up my normal position, lingering at the back. I figure I always end up there anyway, at least this way I'm not underfoot. Karen looks agitated. 'Really Maya? Right at the back? Come on. Let's get up there with the others at least!' And so we wriggle in. And we're off.

No where to hide Maya. Stop coughing, no one cares. Just focus on your breathing and keep going. And don't even consider stopping - you just can't. Frank and Karen chatted to each other. I listened. No talking. I was concentrating too hard on not letting my breathing get panicked. If that happened I was sunk. Breathe in, breathe out, don't cough.

The first hill wasn't as long as I remembered, I didn't walk! I was dead proud of myself. The second hill was steeper than I remembered. I did walk a few meters. But I kept my strides long and kept up a running pace. We'd caught up some Dagenham 88ers going up the hill, I was pleased. But then they sped away on the flat. Karen and Frank kept telling each other how much they loved this last mile, how pretty it was and how it was a down incline. They weren't wrong - it was pretty - and it was down. But I couldn't enjoy it, cos I KNEW what was at the end, and I was broken.

Anyway. We finally got to that last uphill. I knew it was nearly the end, but I just couldn't find the energy to run up it. I walked a bit, and lovely Karen tapped me on the back. 'Come on Maya, it's just twice round the track now. Visualise it' I tried. But all I could see was uphill. And then the down, and then the last stretch, and I'm finished. Frank and Karen graciously get me come in before them, and I stole all their cheers too 😄 56:18. My second fastest time, and something to aim for for ELVIS. I'm dead chuffed.

In retrospect, I think I let that hill beat me before I'd even got to it. I worried about how I'd get up it so much I didn't enjoy that last half mile through the forest. And it also just goes to show, though, I can do much more than I think. I would have let myself walk so many times, but knew I couldn't because Frank and Karen were there. I just need to work out how to ring them as a hologram to flank me at every ELVIS now!
Thank you both so much xx

parkrun - all venues. - Saturday 1st July 2017

36 parkruns at 14 venues, 1 first finisher, 3 course pbs, 12 debuts.
First finish for Patrick 18.17 at Walthamstow, Course pbs for Richard Potter at Roding, John Booth at Mile End and Alexandra at Barking.
First parkrun for Louise Thompson at Wanstead and 49th parkruns for Simon Thomas and Caroline Moore. Debuts for Lucy & Robyn at Roding, Helen at Wanstead and James at Beckton.
8 Age Grade Bests for the year so far:- John Booth, Alexandra, Morag, Louise Thompson, Molly Pinkus, Tim leRasle, Robyn Turtle and Richard Potter.
ELR parkrun records Andrew Howard at Barnsley, Stuart at Ellenbrook Fields, Bernadett at Northala Fields, Fiona Day at Keswick, Caroline Moore at Fountainbleau France and Steve Bywater takes Shaun deSena's record at Melton Mowbray.

QEOP 10km Series - Saturday 1st July 2017

Run Through Olympic Park Velo Half Marathon - Saturday 1st July 2017

See also

Results Jan-June 2017

Results July-Dec 2016

Results Jan-June 2016

Results July-Dec 2015

Results Jan-June 2015

Results 2014

Results 2013

Results 2012

Results 2011

Results 2010

Results 2009

Results 2005-2008