Race Team Jan/Dec Bulletin
Winter racing news
January 22, 2018
Race Team Report:
A bumper edition covering both November and December
November for myself was bookended by a marathon and an ultra in Portishead and Barcelona respectivley, with my final race of the year being the Bovington Marathon in December - my self-talk at the end of the race was not good! The first quarter of 2018 I have focused on the shorter distances!
As the chill has very much set in, true to form this is not stopping #RedThunder team members from pounding the road or a softer ground to get their Race fix. In November we even went global by Ben Parks and Sarah Place both running the Valencia Marathon. Tower Hamlets Alex Eggs got in on the international act by taking part in the New York Marathon and (to quote Tom Benson) Matt Garnett took his Ultra running aboard, this time running far too many miles around Barcelona.
Closer to home, the winter is the XC season and the Race Team tore up the Met League with some great running in Welwyn Garden City; with Alice from Bristol going even more extreme in the cross country feel by taking part in the very non-flat Gower Half Marathon. Further north Leeds Abbey dash had a distinct red colouring to it with a number of members taking part. The Race Team did ever so well at the lovely locally organised race, the Bass Bell 10 mile. Base layers were required as was a celebratory pint once finished.
Everyone has been to parkrun, I don't really know where to start, to describe the plethora of places visted and milestones achieved. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!
In December the XC Race team travelled on mass to take part in the Met Leagues meet at Uxbridge, a cracking course awaited the runners, it had everything you would want from a cross country race, field, hills, mud, sprint finishes and even a river crossing. Full team for both the gents and ladies ensured #RedThunder was present and accounted for.
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Lovely to see so many members taking part in Christmas themed races, with santa dashes type races being completed and even though Regents Park 10km wasn’t meant to be festive, a layer of snow greeted all the runners.
Look at the bottom of the page for all the races we have been doing and the tables of fame.
Just a quick reminder if you want a shout our here is what you can do:
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If you want you run to be recognised as a Personal Best/Record (PB), you have to add #PB to the description of the run.
Next Races:
February
Well end of Jan - A band of merry Race Team runners are heading to the Brighton seaside for a day of XCountry fun. The southern championships are happening and I’m sure even if we don’t bag 1st place we will be the best cheerers.
We are quite light on other races in Feb aside from the last of the XC met league , but I think we are all training for the Spring races
March
March in GoodGym is clearly a time for Half Marathons -
With the main headline event: The first of our Big Six events the Colchester Half. There are still places to join us.
As support warm up acts: We have the Big Half in London, which will have loads of us there so go down and cheer event if you are not running.
And the Bath Half in err Bath - cue running bath puns
So hope the training is going well.
Parish Notices
Race Calender Happy New Year all, I hope you have started to think about Races this year, and to help the awesome folk in GoodGym Central have produced a link so that you can sync the Race Events on the GG Website to your own phone/laptop calenders so you can see who is racing where and plan a few GoodGym meet-ups.
How? Sync all upcoming race in Google calendar by copying the following link, then add calendar from url: (webcal://www.goodgym.org/api/calendars/races.ics)
Photo Competition - get your pic in the banner We have decided to launch a photo competition for the best race photo each month, so if you have a photo of you being awesome please share it with us and we will include it in the next newsletter, or even on the Race Team page on the GoodGym Website.
Renewals The UKA calender runs from April to March, this means we will shortly be sending out renewal notices, and the cost of EA membership has increased to £15 so the price of GG Race Team membership will need to rise accordingly. So you should get an email in your inbox soon, explaining what it means for you.
Also any new members who join between now and March will get next years membership early, and the rest of 2018 season included, so go and encourage new team members to join.
New Badges Some of you may have noticed some new badges being awarded to Ultra runners, and also to Mental Health Ambassadors and VI guide runners. If you haven't seen them already, go and see if you can find them!
We are keen to support more runners earning all of the badges, but note England Athletics have paused the MHA programme till April.
VMLM results
Looking forward to seeing @Rannoup smashing his training and supporting <a href="https://twitter.com/goodgym?refsrc=twsrc%5Etfw">@goodgym for @LondonMarathon 2018! https://t.co/JNI4ou4lqn
— GoodGym RaceTeam (@GGRaceTeam) 8 January 2018
Race Annex
November
| Name | Distance | Race |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Needham | 5km | National Cross Country Relays, Mansfield |
| Chris Burns | 10km | Regents Park 10k |
| Aron Hinds | 10km | Leeds Abbey Dash |
| Becky Moylett | 10km | Leeds Abbey Dash |
| Leanne Allsopp | 10km | Leeds Abbey Dash |
| Matt Garnett | Marathon | Gordano Round Marathon |
| Gareth Grey | Marathon | New York Marathon |
| Alex Eggs | Marathon | New York Marathon |
| Remy Maisel | Half Marathon | Lancaster Half Marathon |
| Paul Widdowfield | 10km | Rockingham Speedway 10k |
| Melanie Young | 10km | Severn Bridge Night 5 |
| Paul Bown | 5km | Finsbury Park Parkrun |
| Sam Needham | 5km | Hillbrough Parkrun |
| Clo (Bristol) | 10km | Aspire race |
| Alice (Bristol) | Half Marathon | Gower Trail Half |
| Frances Powrie | XC | Met League |
| Steve Coman | XC | Met League |
| Ax Man | XC | Met League |
| Paul Bown | XC | Met League |
| Patrick Sinclair | XC | Met League |
| Stephen Corry | XC | Met League |
| Sharon Prince | 7 km | Nuclear Fallout 2017 |
| Ben Parkes | Marathon | Ravenna Marathon |
| Chris Burns | Half Marathon | Grand Union Canal Half Marathon |
| Nick Griffin | 10km | Dalby Dash |
| Simon Fitzmaurice | 5 Mile | Thames Hare & Hounds Second Sunday 5 miles |
| Matt (Greenwhich) | Marathon | Day 3/3 - Marathon 3/3 |
| Stephen Gilmer | 10km | Belfast Run in the Dark |
| Melanie Young | 5km | Eastville Parkrun |
| Matt Garnett | 5km | Eastville Parkrun |
| Ben Parkes | Marathon | Valencia Marathon |
| Sarah Place | Marathon | Valencia Marathon |
| Simon Fitzmaurice | Half Marathon | St Neots Half |
| Sam Needham | XC | SY XC 3 - Penistone |
| Jack Concanon | 10km | Inter financial xs @ Richmond park |
| Matt Garnett | Ultra | Barcelona Trail Race |
| John Shirley | 5km | Mile End Parkrun |
| Paul Bown | 5km | Mile End Parkrun |
| Vic (Lewisham) | 5km | Parkrun |
| Simon Fitzmaurice | 5km | Gladstone Parkrun |
| Remy Maisel | Half Marathon | Richmond Park Half Marathon |
| Sam Needham | Half Marathon | Clowne Half Marathon. |
| John Shirley | 10 mile | Bass Bell 10 mile |
| Matt (Greenwhich) | 10km | Greenwhich Park 10km |
| Tracey (Tower Hamlets | 10 mile | Bass Bell 10 mile |
| Sarah Moore | 10 mile | Bass Bell 10 mile |
| Graham Atkins | 10 mile | Bass Bell 10 mile |
| Hass | 10 mile | Bass Bell 10 mile |
December
| Name | Distance | Race |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Munn | Ultra | CTS Dorset |
| James Holt | Ultra | CTS Dorset |
| Paul Bown | 5km | Highbury Fields Parkrun |
| William Dowsett | XC | Met League Uxbridge |
| James Gilbert | XC | Met League Uxbridge |
| Graham Atlins | XC | Met League Uxbridge |
| Tom Benson | XC | Met League Uxbridge |
| Chris Burns | 10km | Regents Park 10km |
| John Shirley | 10km | Regents Park 10km |
| Mike Jones | 10Km | Percy Pud |
| Jack Concanon | 10km | Santa Dash |
| Ellen Perry | 5km | Santa Dash |
| Matt Garnett | 8.2km | Mallard Pike Night Race |
| Matt Garnett | 5km | Mile End Parkrun |
| Will French | 5km | Great Lines Parkrun |
| Paul Bown | 10km | Regents Park 10km |
| Christopher O'Driscoll | 10km | Regents Park 10km |
| James Gilbert | 10km | Regents Park 10km |
| Simon Fitzmaurice | 10km | Regents Park 10km |
| Matt Garnett | Marathon | Bovington Marathon |
| Vic (Lewisham) | 5km | Parkrun |
| David Guest | 11km | Weston Xmas Cracker |
| Melanie Young | 10km | Westonbirt Christmas Cracker |
| Matt Garnett | 5km | Thornbury Parkrun |
| Vic (Lewisham) | 5km | Hilly Fields Parkrun |
| Paul Widdowfield | 5km | Parkrun |
| Simon Fitzmaurice | 5km | Oxford Parkrun |
| Jack Concanon | 5km | York Parkrun |
| Matt Garnett | 5km | Huntingdon Parkrun |
| Conroy Barnett | 5km | LFOTM 5K |
| Matt Garnett | 5km | Eastville parkrun |
| Melanie Young | 10km | Westonbirt House Christmas 10K |
| Ivo Gormley | 5km | Kings Lynne parkrun |
Nice one Runners.
(Thanks Tom Benson for your help in writing this bulletin)