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Results 2012

Chingford League 4 - Chingford Plains - Saturday 29th December 2012

184 finishers.

A great turnout with complete teams for both men's & ladies teams.Well done to all who turned out in very hard & muddy conditions.Team scores (6 to score)were men & ladies 6th of 11 taems. Vet men 5th of 11 and ladies 7th of 11.

Mike. A very good turnout for ELR in race 4 of the Chingford League series, held in the forest on the opposite side of the road to the Royal Forest Hotel in Rangers Road. The conditions were extremely difficult due to the persistent rainfall over the previous few weeks which made the course a quagmire of mud. Although mild for a December day, the sky was completely overcast and there was another downpour during the race. First man to finish for ELR was Andrew Baxter in an impressive 34th individual position and first lady was Natasha Tweedy (27th), making her race debut for the club. Well done to those who run this very challenging race!

parkrun # 98 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 29th December 2012

83 finishers.

parkrun # 85 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 29th December 2012

40 finishers.

parkrun # 30 - Beckton 5km - Saturday 29th December 2012

31 finishers.

Caherdavin 10m, Limerick - Wednesday 27th December 2012

parkrun # 23 - Barking 5km - Tuesday 25th December 2012

32 finishers.

Derek: It was a bit foolhardy to run this race with the pram on
Christmas morning as there was torrential rain and a strong wind. I resorted to
doing wheelies on the path next to the lake to avoid the worst of the puddles,
but we got round in the end. There were a few runners in Santa outfits.

Chiang Mai Half Marathon, Thailand - Sunday 23rd December 2012

270 finishers. 5.00am start.

Portsmouth Coastal Marathon - Sunday 23rd December 2012

To celebrate my older brothers 30th birthday today we ran the portsmouth
coastal marathon. After running along various terrain (road, shingle, beach,
clay and mud) we crossed the finish line at Portsmouth Pier. My brother in 3:12
and myself in 3:01:24. Pb's all round!
It was a novel experience for the time of year and now we'll enjoy Christmas
all the more.
Happy Christmas to all East London Runners.
Patrick

parkrun # 84 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 22nd December 2012

27 finishers. Another very wet & muddy morning all over the country for the
santa run. Thanks to David Irwin for the timekeeping and Harsh for the tail
runner/sign collecting. Some extra parkruns coming up during the break are
Christmas Day at 10.00 at Barking Park and New Years Day at
Valentines also at 10.00am.

parkrun # 97 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 22nd December 2012

56 finishers.

parkrun # 8 - Little Stoke 5km - Saturday 22nd December 2012

34 finishers.

West Ham Park 5km Winter Series - Race 9 - Sunday 16th December 2012

parkrun # 96 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 15th December 2012

70 finishers.

parkrun # 83 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 15th December 2012

46 finishers.

Twickenham 10km - Sunday 9th December 2012

Chloe reports:- Results update on the Twickenham 10K which i ran with
Simon Martin on Sunday.Its a 10k Loop along the river and over Richmond Bridge,
about 7k off road which was very muddy in parts then the last 3k on the road.
I got a personal best, which i was really pleased about!

West Ham Park 5km Winter Series - Race 8 - Sunday 9th December 2012

24 finishers.

Turbo X, Borden,Hants - Sunday 9th December 2012

Distance 16.093 km's and 306 finishers. Our route designers certainly excelled
with this Tough Trail Run taking you beyond your comfort zone - 10-or-so miles
of sand, mud, hills and bogs suitable only for 4x4's and humans in trail shoes.
Midrace we will be offering you a unique challenge - how quickly can you run
through the toughest, wettest, muddiest 1 mile section of the race - a
challenge-within-a-challenge. You'll finish wet, muddy and tired and wanting
more.

Sunday Cross Country League - St Albans - 5.7 miles - Sunday 9th December 2012

Mike Wilson It was a small team of ELR runners that travelled to St Albans for the 3rd in the series of sunday cross country league fixtures. It is a few years since St Albans has hosted this event and the distance was a slightly longer that usual 5.7 miles. The race was run over a hilly three lap course, made more difficult by a stong biting headwind going up each hill. First home for the club was Andrew Baxter in a combined 34th position, his best finish in the league so far, followed by Mike Wilson (110), and Peter Raines (162) who was making his sunday league debut. Unfortunately Dan Spinks had to retire after the first lap, as he was unwell. Thanks to those that run and to Doug Mansell for supporting. I hope for a better turnout in the two remaining fixtures at Royston and Watford. We only require 8 runners for a full team of men and 5 for the ladies.

Bedford Harriers Half Marathon - Sunday 9th December 2012

1,415 finishers.

parkrun # 95 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 8th December 2012

parkrun # 82 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 8th December 2012

48 finishers.Don reports:- Congratulations to David Irwin on his
50th parkrun. Conditions still a bit muddy and slippery. We moved the finish
funnel to the side for safety reasons/less slippery. I was on timer this week.
My next RD run will be the Christmas run on the 22nd Dec so wear something
festive if you can.

Christmas Dinner at The George - Thursday 6th December 2012

Pictures available in Photo Gallery

Grim Challenge - Day Two - Aldershot 8 mile-ish - Sunday 2nd December 2012

2085 finishers. Jayne Browne reports:- Did the Grim Challenge yesterday
with my husband Paul - It was loads of fun, fell over in the water which had
floating ice (the organisers told us they had to break the ice before we
started) and got stuck in the mud and fell over again so I looked the part
anyway with mud on my face. My feet went numb and legs went red but if you want
a run with a difference this is it. And it is more than 8 miles, got to the
marker thinking this is it and then had to carry on, through another lot of
water. There was a young man wearing nothing but a pink thong who ran in front
of me for about half a mile so that took my mind off the cold!! Any way all in
one piece and no aching muscles today, must be the ice water, it does work.

Angkor Wat Half Marathon, Cambodia - Sunday 2nd December 2012

1,895 male finishers.

Mornington Chasers Regents Park 10km - Sunday 2nd December 2012

West Ham Park 5km Winter Series - Race 7 - Sunday 2nd December 2012

Essex Vets Cross Country Championship - Claybury Park - 5 mile-ish - Saturday 1st December 2012

Pictures available in Photo Gallery

On a cold frosty morning ELR were unable to field complete teams (4
required) in a local race in either the MV40 or MV50 categories. With no ELR Ladies running at all it was a very poor turn out for a Club of our size.

Well done therefore to the 6 runners who did turn out. The first race, at 11am, included the Female Vets(over 35) and the Male Vets over 50, 60 and 70.

Conditions underfoot were tricky initially with parts of the course covered in frost, some ice and mud. By the finish of the 3 lap hilly race the temperature had risen slightly and the course had softened somewhat. Mick Wilson was first to finish for ELR followed by Ramesh Pala and Frank Brownlie.






Frank, Mike and Ramesh after the first race.


The second race for Male Vets 40 to 49 started at 12 noon by which time mud was the main course feature. Andrew Baxter was first home for ELR followed by Paul Thompson and Grant Conway.






Paul, Grant and Andrew pictured after the MV40 event.


Perhaps next year we can field full teams in all of the Veteran categories?

Grim Challenge - Day One - Aldershot - 8 mile -ish - Saturday 1st December 2012

Pictures available in Photo Gallery

2,922 finishers.



Kat, Tara and Susannah pictured after the event!

parkrun # 81 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 1st December 2012

38 finishers.

parkrun # 8 - Woodley 5km - Saturday 1st December 2012

Red Run 5k & 10km, Victoria Park - Sunday 25th November 2012

Jamie's Race Report.
I found the registration tent which was around 500 yards or so from Victoria
Park Harriers Clubhouse and picked up our numbers, chips and t-shirts. Positive
East is a charity based in the East of London and helps those diagnosed with
HIV.

Part of the clubhouse was used to house baggage but only TWO portaloo’s!

Kelly signed up to the 5 km route and Will and myself were down for the 10km
route. The 5km runners started around 200 metres before the 10km ones. That was
a bit of a minor disaster as we ended up having to go around people who were
walking but once they were passed and with the park’s wide paths congestion was
not an issue.

The 5km runners completed a smaller loop three times whereas the 10km runners
had to do three laps as well but of a larger loop.

On my way to what I presumed was the finishing line I was told I needed to do
another lap, I had stopped my Garmin at this time on 41 minutes 55 seconds,
enough for 6th place out of 91 runners. Will came home in 4th place in the 10k
with a PB and Kelly stormed home in 25th place out of 125 runners in the 5k.

Offical results have me down with a time of 42.30.

Apart from the lack of loo’s and the marshals at the finish line I totally
recommend this event and all I will say is that a lot of thought went into the
goody bags!

West Ham Park 5km Winter Series - Race 6 - Sunday 25th November 2012

Sunday League XC - Southgate 5m - 25th November 2012

Pictures available in Photo Gallery

A record turnout of 347 finishers, largest ever for a Sunday League event.

parkrun # 7 - Woodley 5km - Saturday 24th November 2012

parkrun # 93 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 24th November 2012

92 finishers.

parkrun # 80 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 24th November 2012

48 finishers.

After Adoption Regents Park 10km - Sunday 18th November 2012

David Wyatt reports:- After Adoption Regents Park 10K: ideal conditions
yesterday saw me improve my pb by 3 seconds to 51:21 placing 187th out of 541
on chip time - as the joint fifth oldest I would probably have placed much
higher on age-related rating! The winner ran 36:06. It was the fourth running -
have run them all - and the second year over a 3 lap course in Regents Park. I
can recommend it as a season ending 10K before getting down to half and full
marathon training.

West Ham Park 5km Winter Series - Race 5 - Sunday 18th November 2012

Brooks Brighton 10km - Sunday 18th November 2012

2729 finishers.Susannah reports:- I ran Brighton Brooks 10k today in
54.08 which is a PB by over a minute!
I am in shock as I didn't think I has it in me! I went with Kat Harris
and hope I've caught her PB bug!

Allianz Penang Bridge Half Marathon,Malaysia - Sunday 18th November 2012

Tom settled for the Half Marathon distance starting at 3.06am local time.

Luton Marathon - Sunday 18th November 2012

Pictures available in Photo Gallery

488 finishers.




Will and Manjit look relaxed after the race.

Will reports:- Ran Luton today on a beautiful day. Was my
first marathon so pretty chuffed, good course but a few very painful hills!!
Official times were 3h 22 40 and Manjit 2h 51 10 pb or something silly- he won
V45 age group!! So PBs all round I guess!
Manjit Bedi reports:- Excellent conditions, friendly, well organised and
marshalled. 3 laps of 8.7 miles so you knew what was coming. The course was
undulating but not too bad. I was pleased with my time it's a nice way to end
the year with a PB. Congratulations to William on his first marathon it was
great to meet up with him before and after the race.
Manjit also had the 2nd best age grade recorded as well.

St Neots Riverside Half Marathon - Sunday 18th November 2012

921 finishers.

Rodings Rally ,High Beech - Saturday 17th November & Sunday 18th November 2012

The Rodings Rally is a night time orienteering competition starting and
finishing at High Beech. This year Edward ,Jimmy & Matt returned to have
another go at the competition. This year they went for the 5 point event and
came 3rd finding the checkpoints in 2 hrs 55 mins. New member Regis Martin was
defending his trophy as part of last year's winning Orion team but personnel
changes mean't his team came 4th finding the 5 points in 2hrs 57 mins.
A team consisting of Sarah,Emiko,Trish & Roberto in the 10 point competition
came 36th of 39 teams finding 4 checkpoints in 7hrs 53 mins with an 8 hr time
limit.They all enjoyed the event and vowed to come back next year and have
another go.

parkrun # 163 - Reading 5km - Saturday 17th November 2012

Mens Health Survival of the Fittest, Battersea Power Station - Saturday 17th November 2012

7821 finishers, day event.Chloe reports:- I ran the Mens
Health 'Survival of the Fittest 10k on Saturday which is a 10k obstacle course
along with Simon Martin.
It was brilliant fun that had us army crawling through ice, neck deep in
freezing water and running with over hurdles with sandbags around our neck
through Battersea Power Station.
There was a bit of stop starting and queues at a few obstacles however we both
finished sub one hour which was our aim!

parkrun # 92 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 17th November 2012

89 finishers.

parkrun # 79 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 17th November 2012

51 finishers.

Bexhill Poppy Half Marathon - Sunday 11th November 2012

541 finishers.

Leatherhead Fire Station 10km - Sunday 11th November 2012

363 finishers.

West Ham Park 5km Winter Series - Race 4 - Sunday 11th November 2012

parkrun # 91- Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 10th November 2012

91 finishers.

parkrun # 78 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 10th November 2012

39 finishers. Don reports:- Not too much to mention this week, very wet
& muddy conditions. I was on registration and Russell was timer.

Chingford League 3 - Redbridge Cycle 5km Circuit - Tuesday 6th November 2012

202 finishers. Team results were 6th place of 11 teams with 278pts. Vet's team were 5th place of 11 with 620pts. Thomas currently lies 4th in the Senior section only 1 point behind 3rd place.

Regents Park 10km Winter Series - Sunday 4th November 2012

312 finishers.

West Ham Park 5km series - race 3 - Sunday 4th November 2012

Billericay 10km - Sunday 4th November 2012

Sheila reports :- One of the wettest races I have run. The road was
flooded in several places which meant having to run through ankle deep water.
4th year running this one ( 2nd time in pouring rain). Best time to date -
54.47 by my watch. Think I was just trying to get out of the rain as quickly as
possible.

parkrun # 77 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 3rd November 2012

63 finishers.

parkrun # 90 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 3rd November 2012

135 finishers.

Civil Service Athletic Association XC Championship - Wednesday 31st October 2012

Andrew reports:- 1st Sunday league was a really good warm up for the....
Civil Service Athletic Association�Cross Country Championships - held on
Wednesday 31 October. This is a really tough 3 lap course up and around
Parliament Hill at the best of times, the 6 miles made even harder this year by
boggy ground and patches of very thick mud. So pleased to report a strong run,
clocking 40.32 to finish in 24th place - an improvement of nearly 2 minutes and
23 places on last year.

Dublin Marathon - Monday 29th October 2012

12,165 finishers.

Sunday League XC - Cheshunt 5m - Sunday 28th October 2012

Pictures available in Photo Gallery

311 finishers. 208 men , 103 ladies.

Run To The Beat - Sunday 28th October 2012

Ninette Fernandes Run to the Beat today! Really challenging course,
quite a few steep parts, but really enjoyed it! PB at 2.03 - still not under 2
but thanks to my running mentor for the encouragement...

Paola Cimenti The first half was a bit of a nightmare wasn't it? I
thought I would die at mile 5 and had to considerably slow down! Still finished
in 2.09.40, I am quite pleased all considered.

Phoebe Kallin Ran this today as well - loved it! But freeeezing start!!

Bryony Hewer It was so hard to get going, my feet were numb for the
first 2 miles.

Weald Park Trail Marathon - Sunday 28th October 2012

76 finishers. Rob Heppell comment's Just ran the Weald Park Trail
Marathon. It was cold, wet, muddy and hilly. Tough but I loved it (just wish
I'd done some training - one 13 mile run two weeks ago as a panic "aargh, I've
got a marathon in 14 days, better do something" probably doesn't count as a
formal training plan. Anyway, this was my 30th marathon and I was feeling
understandably proud.
That soon passed when I met a member of the 100 Marathon Club on the start
line. Asked the obvious question and he answered that this was his 321st
marathon ! As if that wasn't enough to dampen my little self-congratulatory
glow, he proceeded to tell me that this was his 22nd marathon in 2012. 22 so
far this year ! It's taken me 10 years to complete 30, a feat that he could
probably knock off in around 14 months without any effort (-: Oh well, I
completed the race in a not very spectacular 4:21 and, despite feel totally
knackered, was happy with it.

BUPA Great South Run 10 miles - Sunday 28th October 2012

Allan Todd say's Great South Run 69.30. Ok time. Not for average club
runners. First 2 miles were a joke. At least 1000 charity runners in the wrong
starting pen.

Poppy Run 5km, oops 4.3km - Sunday 28th October 2012

Jamie Xavier It was a good sign when I found out that the race HQ was a
pub near Crossharbour DLR station so thoughts of a post race beer did cross my
mind!

The run had been organised by supporters of the British Legion and was being
run at the same time in Afghanistan by members of the Armed Forces. The Poppy
Appeal is a charity close to my own heart as my grandfather was killed whilst
fighting for the Allies during the occupancy of Singapore / Far East by the
Japanese in World War II.

There must have been some 50 or 60 runners at the start line on a cold Sunday
morning, once it was 11 am we were off, I quickly got into a leading position
with two other runners....one who dropped off after the first kilometre, the
second one stayed with me until we entered Millwall Park for three laps before
heading back to the finish. Once I saw that I had a sizable gap on the runner
in second I was safe in the knowledge I would be first one home.

The course was shortened by some 70 metres as it was deemed too dangerous due
to traffic on the roads.

I came home in a time of 17 minutes 21 seconds for a distance of 4.3 km and
straight into the pub to warm down...and sip a recovery protein shake. I did
not claim a PB as it wasn't a full 5km that I ran.

Great South Run 5km, Portsmouth - Saturday 27th October 2012

705 finishers.

parkrun # 52 - Gunnersbury Park 5km - Saturday 27th October 2012

206 finishers.

parkrun # 89 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 27th October 2012

97 finishers.

parkrun # 76 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 27th October 2012

38 finishers.Don reports:- A very chilly morning with Patrick & Mark
running together till the last sprint. A course pb from Gavin leaves him 2
seconds away from going sub 20 mins. Thanks to volunteers Emiko on
registration and Jonathan Wooldridge on timer.

BUPA Birmingham Great Run - Sunday 21st October 2012

12,847 finishers.

Great Yarmouth East Coast 10km - Sunday 21st October 2012

382 finishers.

TSF West Ham Park 5km Winter Series. - Sunday 21st October 2012

38 finishers tbc

Abingdon Marathon - Sunday 21st October 2012

732 finishers. Grant Conway reports :- For my fourth marathon I
decided to try the highly rated Abingdon marathon. The entry limit is around a
thousand so I got my entry in as soon they opened in February and it sold out
in about 2 weeks. Abingdon has a reputation for being a fast course and I would
agree to an extent as its fairly flat but the course is far different from the
usual city marathon courses where you run on closed or part used roads. I
stayed at the premier inn oxford only a few minutes from the race venue.
Thanks to Sally and Martin from Ilford AC for giving me a lift down. Sally was
pleased to come in in just over 4 hours after limited training and Martin was
all over the course cheering us on.
Abingdon has only one road closure at the beginning but after that you are on
the pavement or competing against cars if you are running on the road, not
really ideal but with parts of the course taking you on to park trails which
were a little muddy in places it made things more interesting. The course took
you out on roads and then a 1 mile trail, through the centre of Abingdon where
the biggest crowds of about 30 people were in place. After the early visit to
the town we ran along country roads on narrow pavements before joining a
circuit of around 6 miles part if which went through an industrial estate which
you repeated twice before going back through the town and returning to the
athletics track where the race starts. I found it difficult to find a rhythm as
there was bunching in the middle of the field during the first lap of the track
and the narrow trails and pavement paths in the first few miles. I prefer to
start towards the back and make my through the field so as to prevent a too
faster start but if I run this marathon again I would start nearer the front
even though there were only around 800 starters.
I ran the first half in just under 1.50 which was a couple of minutes slower
than I intended but I resisted the temptation of trying to make up the minutes
I
lost early in the race which could make the latter stages more difficult. Water
stations were regular with some being used twice on the repeated section but
the
water was in cups and had it been a warmer day I certainly would have been
worried about dehydration and for a marathon I think bottles should be
provided.
The marshalls were really enthusiastic which was important with the sparse
crowds and the dull sections on the course and lucozade was provided at just
after halfway and at mile 22.
I ran the second half only a minute or so slower than the first and managed a
pb
of just under 5 minutes although it would have been nice to go sub 3.40. The
second half was the most pleasing part as I passed quite a few runners in the
all important last 10k which I put down to the training I put in and the fact I
tapered properly.
The athletic stadium race venue served the purpose for the race with a smaller,
albeit higher quality field than city marathons with no real fun runners and
club vests a plenty. There was secure bag drop and the track start and finish
but there was no decent food available other than burger vans and the showers
were cold.

Jill Oliver 10km, Lee Valley - Sunday 21st October 2012

149 finishers. Sheila comments:- Just a few minutes (!) behind Jamie,
coming in at 56 minutes. Spurred on half way around the course by fellow
runner who recognised me from previous runs and told me I was always ahead of
him. How could I let him pass me after that? Usual scenic route along
towpaths with opportunities for bird watching on route. Nice finish on the
track at Lee Valley Leisure centre.

Jamie report's:- The Jill Oliver 10k is run by Edmonton RC in memory of
their former club member and starts/finishes in Lea Valley Athletics centre.
This was my first 10k event way back in 2008 when I was an unattached runner,
my time then was 46 minutes 4 seconds.
It's a fast flat route around the Lee Valley Park and alongside the River Lee.
Marshals are pretty encouraging and supporting and although there is no medal
at the end there is a t-shirt to collect.
Be good to get a few of us down for next year's event as it's local, there is
safe baggage storage and lots of free car parking.
Pleased that I came home 26th out of field of 149!

Stroud Half Marathon - Sunday 21st October 2012

1,184 finishers.

Spooky Sprint, 10km, Waltham Abbey - Saturday 20th October 2012

69 finishers.

parkrun # 88 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 20th October 2012

109 finishers.

parkrun # 75 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 20th October 2012

34 finishers.

Cardiff Half Marathon - Sunday 14th October 2012

13,671 finishers.

Clapham Common 5km Series - Sunday 14th October 2012

139 finishers.

Ashford 10km - Sunday 14th October 2012

914 finishers. Steven's comment's I did a 10K at Ashford and think I got
a PB. Most exciting bit was missing my train (who knew there were 2
stations at Stratford?). Eventually arrived 2.5 miles away from the start, 12
minutes before race started - I was the one in the ELR vest hareing around the
track to catch up the other starters as they counted down to the gun. Who needs
careful preparation, secure bag drops & gentle warm-ups when you've got
adrenalin to get you round? Congratulations to all those who did good times
today, hopefully with a little less stress!

Coventry Half Marathon - Sunday 14th October 2012

1,350 finishers.

Oxford Half Marathon - Sunday 14th October 2012

3,032 finishers.Katrina reports:- ‎1.59.03 .. PB for today's Oxford
Half :-) Pretty good route, including 4 miles along towpaths and a circuit
round the Mini Car Plant ... nightmare getting out of the Kassam Football
Stadium at the end though ... gridlocked for at least an hour!! Would recommend
it though.

Resolution Stroke Association 15km, Hyde Park - Sunday 14th October 2012

149 Finishers.

Jamie's Race Report. So another Sunday another race. I made my way to
Hyde Park for the Stroke Association 15k my fourth long distance in six weeks,
saw fellow ELR runner Steven Bywater on the way to his 10k in Ashford and
wished
him well.

Arrived at the start area near the bandstand in the Hyde Park, as well as my
event there was a 10k and 5k being held on the same course. We were the first
group to go off then the 10k’s and then the 5k’s on a three lap course of the
park.

As the gun went off I quickly made my way to the front of the group then pushed
a bit more and found myself in the lead as we went past The Serpentine, looked
back once or twice and could make out one chaser but no one else. After a
kilometre and a half I was soon put in my place as a group of five runners went
past me.

Marshals en route ensured no one got lost and one or two short sharp hills made
it a bit of a challenging course. Water was handed out to runners not only at
the finish but also after each lap. I can’t recommend these Stroke Association
events enough, they are well planned, have reasonable entry fees, secured
baggage storage and events usually draw a supportive crowd.

I came home in a time of 1 hour 4 minutes and 5 seconds, a new personal best
for
that distance. Sixth place out of 149 runners so a good day all round

Chingford League 2 - Trent Park 9km - Saturday 13th October 2012

161 finishers. Russell says :- hello cross country season...its been too long! Hills, mud and hail (yes hail), hell yes!

parkrun # 74 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 13th October 2012

64 finishers. Don reports:- A win for Patrick in 18.17 as James gets a
course pb in 18.35 and nearly mucks it up by handing in Sharon's barcode. A
good debut from Gavin in 7th place in 20.24. Close run between Jonathan, Lee &
Roger just 20 seconds apart. Andrew was running with his son Louis making his
debut (24th place) with the same time as dad. Good runs from Celia and Emiko
with Celia 50 seconds faster than the week before and a course pb by 25
seconds for Emiko. Russell was the timer as he was doing the Chingford League

parkrun # 87 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 13th October 2012

121 finishers.

New member Peter was taking it easy before running in the Chingford League in
the afternoon.

Clarendon Marathon - Sunday 7th October 2012

404 finishers. If you are looking for a marathon which is off road, picturesque
and challenging then running the Clarendon is the ultimate. Our route takes you
from Salisbury to Winchester along the ancient Clarendon Way with a few extra
turns here and there to make up a full 26.2 miles. More than 90% is off road,
with the trail following country tracks and paths many of which have not
changed since being travelled by the ancient Kings and Queens of England.

Mablethorpe Marathon, Lincolnshire - Sunday 7th October 2012

243 finishers.

Epping Rotary Copped Hall 5m - Sunday 7th October 2012

117 finishers. Sheila reports:- Not in the same league as the Royal
Parks Half Marathon but 3 ELR runners turned out for the Copped Hall 5 mile.
Nice route, reverse of previous years with one very muddy section ( about 0.25
mile), difficult to run in and resulting in shoes caked with thick underlay of
mud. Nice!
Carinne Jay who was first lady last year came 3rd this year in around 39 min.
Michael Rose was in the middle and I brought up the rear for ELR. My watch and

Southend Classic 10km - Sunday 7th October 2012

1255 finishers.

Royal Parks Half Marathon - Sunday 7th October 2012

11,762 finishers.

parkrun # 86 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 6th October 2012

112 finishers.

parkrun # 73 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 6th October 2012

60 finishers.

Chingford League 1 - Hog Hill 5km, Redbridge Cycle Circuit - Tuesday 2nd October 2012

180 finishers. Team result 7th of 9 clubs - 6 to score. Next fixture is at Trent Park on Saturday 15th October 2012.

ELVIS 2012 Final placings : best 5 OF 7 races - Tuesday 2nd October 2012

This year 17 men and 3 ladies completed the 5 of 7 races. The only member to
complete all 7 was James Wilson. The members who made points
improvements on last season were Patrick Brown 39pts(84pts,2011), Manjit Bedi
70pts(73pts,2011) and Paul Thompson 187pts(291pts,2011).

Supersprint Triathlon , Dorney Lake - Sunday 30th September 2012

450m swim 17.13, 10.6km cycle 27.09, 2.5km run 14.28 + transition
I'm so glad my triathlon season is over for this year, I think I was only able
to start actually swimming in Dorney Lake today after all my nerves had gone
numb with the cold! To think there were people swimming ten times my distance
out there - I can only believe they have secretly heated wetsuits on!

Elvis 7 - Valentines Park 5km - Sunday 30th September 2012

Pictures available in Photo Gallery

186 finishers.

Berlin Marathon - Sunday 30th September 2012

John Atkinson Came 16,355 overall and 12th in class M70. Ran first half
in 2:03:44 and second half in 2:03:55 so I think I got my pace right. Thanks
for all you messages it just shows what a great supportive club we are.

Dan Spinks Well done john and tom. I'm feeling a little disappointed
right now after my legs completely gave out at 28k but i know i'll be happy
with the time once i've had a little think about it. Off to find somwe really

Ealing Half Marathon - Sunday 30th September 2012

Zaragoza 10km, Spain - Sunday 30th September 2012

‎44.30 for the 10k. I am waiting for the official finish time!!!

Next year the marathon... It was 1600 runners. Great atmosphere and too cold
for September!!! But a great race. It was windy too. The circuit is 5 km long
but flat. The organization was excellent.

Bristol Half Marathon - Sunday 30th September 2012

parkrun # 72 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 29th September 2012

59 finishers.Don reports:- A quiet week this week with the final ELVIS
scheduled for next day. Thomas hung behind Patrick till the last 10 metres and
then battle commenced for the line. Good to see Mark back at Wanstead this week
and Russell & Derek both made the top 10 as well. New member David Irwin made
our results for the 1st time and a course pb for Emiko. I ran the 1st lap in 14
minutes, then hung around for over 10 minutes and jogged round after the last
runners collecting the signs. In reality just 36 minutes of running. Thank's to

Virgin Active London Triathlon - Sunday 23rd September 2012

Olympic Distance - 1500m Swim, 40km Cycle, 10km Run.
Ninette Fernandes 32.46 / 1.32.18 / 1.00.22 + transitions = 3.14.10.
Former member Rita Kingdon also competed in :-
29.40 / 1.15.49 / 53.06 + transitions = 2.45.49 / 859th place.

Pleshey Half Marathon (Essex AA Championship) - Sunday 23rd September 2012

332 finishers.

New Forest Half Marathon - Sunday 23rd September 2012

1597 finishers.

UFD Hackney Half Marathon - Sunday 23rd September 2012

Beauty & the Beast Trail Marathon, Stoner Park, Henley On Thames - Saturday 22nd September 2012

102 finishers.

parkrun # 84 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 22nd September 2012

100 finishers.

parkrun # 71 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 22nd September 2012

75 finishers. Don reports:- Great turnout from ELR with 15 runners.
Eight pb's from ELR with Tom and Fiona both 30 seconds faster, and a couple of
members whose age grades don't do them justice, with Miguel knocking 1.53 off
his time and Harsh after his Magic Mile time knocking four minutes off his
time. Well done Harsh, now just slow down so you don't pass my time.
Thank you to Sarah Burns for her volunteering, first nervous time on the timer
but she did fine and thanks for collecting the signs afterwards.

Marathon Talk Magic Mile - Tuesday 18th September 2012

The Marathon Talk Magic Mile is now in it's 2nd year. A competition between the
UK vs USA vs Rest of the World to run 1 mile as fast as you can. This year
there were 1,150+ from UK. The mile could be run between the 3rd - 16th
September and results logged by 12 noon on the 18th September. This year we had
2 organised mile events locally at Ashton Playing Fields on the track and
Wanstead Flats parkrun Magic Mile on a trail course organised by Paul Lewis of
EERR.

Clavering 10km - Sunday 16th September 2012

Sheila reports:- Having somewhat obsessively managed to enter 20 races
in 2011, I've only managed 5 so far in 2012.
This lack of training (together with the several hills and the
multi-terrain surface, mostly along farm tracks) is my excuse for my time
for this 10K - one of my slowest to date. 1:01:14.
(The prizes were already being presented as I crossed the finish line!).
Having said that, it was a well organised race, two laps around route which

National Forest 10km - Sunday 16th September 2012

363 finishers.

Great North Run 2012 - Newcastle - Sunday 16th September 2012

Maidenhead Half Marathon - Sunday 16th September 2012

1,828 finishers.

Pride Run 10k - Sunday 15th September 2012

Treeathlon 5km - Battersea Park - Saturday 15th September 2012

Pride Run 10km, Victoria Park - Saturday 15th September 2012

768 finishers.

parkrun # 83 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 15th September 2012

105 finishers.

parkrun # 70 - Wanstead Flats 5km + Magic Mile - Saturday 15th September 2012

80 finishers. 10 more East London Runners did their Magic Mile after the 5km
run at Wanstead Flats. East London Runners soared past the 500 run mark with 67
runners and 524 run's at Wanstead Flats. Thomas once again let Patrick lead
until the last second and then went past him. Course pb's from Ashley, new
member Lee, Lisa (back from summer break) and Katherine a course pb for
Wanstead.
Good to see Emiko back from her South America travels.

3000m Track meet at Ashton Playing Fields - Tuesday 11th September 2012

Grunty Fen Half Marathon - Sunday 9th September 2012

parkrun # 82 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 8th September 2012

114 finishers.

parkrun # 7 - Barking Park 5km - Saturday 8th September 2012

27 finishers. Ramesh & David returned to Barking again this week. Ramesh was
only 2 seconds slower than last week with 22.29. But David ran a course pb of
24.30 which left him 12 seconds short of his overall parkrun best time. Good
news was that his time took him past a certain club chairman's time who went
past him a few week's before at Elvis 6.

parkrun # 69 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 8th September 2012

73 finishers. Don reports:- Great turnout from East London means we
should pass the 500 run mark next week. Patrick conceded that his time last
week was a result of timekeeping errors and it didnt matter because he broke
through the 18 minute barrier this week anyway. Andrew Baxter made his long
awaited parkrun debut with 20.07. Course pb's also from Russell, Roger, Chloe &
new member Paul Courtney. Even Saheb's and Jonathan's time's would have been
pb's as the disputed time's from last week are still being sorted out. New

Essex Way Relay Race - Sunday 2nd September 2012

The day started bright and clear for the 2012 running of the Essex Way route,
with the two ELR runners Aaron and William setting off in fine style for the
leg
to Chipping Ongar, and Aaron coming an impressive 3rd (only going wrong once –
he’ll get it right one year… J). William trailed in a little later, and like
several others this year, continued on to do two legs – or nearly in his case…
Grant led us off in leg two, finishing 28th, before continuing on to leg 3 –

Great Scottish Run Half Marathon - Sunday 2nd September 2012

Alderney 10km - Sunday 2nd September 2012

Race Report:-
I entered this event quite a while ago, whilst I was still recovering from
a ten-month long hamstring injury. It's a very nice event, but a very
challenging hilly course with some tight corners and cobbled
streets. If you can imagine THAT hill from the old Hovis tv commercial
where the young lad pushes his bike to the sound of Antonin Dvorak's
Symphony No. 9 rearranged for brass, then you would go some way to

Kent Coastal Marathon - Sunday 2nd September 2012

242 finishers.

Patrick reports:- I ran the Kent Coastal today (inc. kent county
championship).Scenic run taking in Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate and
surrounding coast line. Most of which is the historic viking walk way. Marathon
and half Marathon runners run the first 13 miles together to Ramsgate and back,
this is quite hilly but the view of the sea and chalk cliffs provide good

Regents Park 10km Summer Series - Sunday 2nd September 2012

Another pb for Katherine who wanted to break the 50 minute barrier.

The Weald, St George 10km,Sevenoaks. - Sunday 2nd September 2012

333 finishers.

Ultra Tour du Mont Blanc 2012 - Saturday 1st September 2012

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Jimmy's report.





Jimmy in full race togs!

A bit of déjà vu again this year for the UTMB, a day before flying out to the
Alps, the race organisers were already sending out texts about heavy snow and

parkrun # 68 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 1st September 2012

51 finishers. Pretty sure that these are the correct times for the run and hope
to get the official results changed soon. Well done to the members who did
course pb's.
Thanks to Katherine Harris for volunteering before her 10km next day.

parkrun #6 - Barking Park 5km - Saturday 1st September 2012

parkrun # 81 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 1st September 2012

87 finishers.

Thomas came second to the winner who did 15:35. Dan was running with bruised
ribs. Derek was running with his pram as normal. Mary showed an improvement on
her recent 5K runs.

Elvis 6 - Barking Park 5km - Monday 27th August 2012

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* unofficial parkrun pb.







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Sikh Relay Marathon - Sunday 26th August 2012

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12 teams competed and finished.

East London Runners win Sikh Marathon Relay. Team of Manjit Singh, Thomas
Grimes, Mohammed Aklaqul-Ambea, Derek Wright and Paul Thompson finished in
2:38:05




Paul Thompson, Don Bennett, Russell Price, Mohammed Aklaqul,Thomas Grimes,
Fiona Day and Kieran Brown


East London Runners also had a team consisting of Keiran Brown, Don Bennett,
Fiona Day and Russell Price who finished in 4th place in 3:19:10!

Teams of between four and seven runners competed over 26 miles by lapping a 2k
course.

The challenge started at Roding Lane South, Redbridge and takes in Woodford
Bridge Road, Lodge Hill and Woodford Avenue before returning to the start point.

The 2km route is the same used for training by 101-year-old Fauja Singh, of
Goodmayes, believed to be the only centenarian to complete a marathon and
runners will tackle 21 laps.

In the 2011 event ELR broke the course record finishing in 2:35:10.

parkrun # 80 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 25th August 2012

88 finishers.

parkrun # 67 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 25th August 2012

44 finishers. Don reports:- Five finishers in the top 8 this week.
Weather couldn't make its mind up for rain, cloud or sun. Mark went through the
first lap in the lead, but asked how far Thomas was behind him. We all knew
Thomas was too close behind. Good to see George and especially Katherine on a
rare visit back. Thanks to Mohammed for the timer duties and the cakes and
doughnuts afterwards and for Thomas collecting the signs in. I was Run Director
this week.

3000m Track , Woodford Green Ashton Playing Fields - Tuesday 21st August 2012

Clapham Common 5km Series - Sunday 19th August 2012

126 finishers.

Leonard Cheshire Sprint Triathlon, Crystal Palace - Sunday 19th August 2012

185 finishers. 400m Swim 12.57, 15km Cycle 40.04, 5km Run 32.18.

parkrun # 4 - Barking Park 5km - Saturday 18th August 2012

27 finishers.

parkrun # 79 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 18th August 2012

97 finishers.

parkrun # 66 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 18th August 2012

52 finishers. Don reports:- Really warm day even by 9am. Big turnout
from East London Runners with 14 running. Thomas was 2nd by mere seconds with
Patrick in 3rd place. Close run with James & Mark in 6th & 7th place.
Kate Mercer was 1st lady in a course pb of 21.25 for 11th overall. Only other
pb was from Roger Stubbs in 24.08 knocking 16 seconds of his time.
Still fighting a cold i decided to be tail runner and collect the signs in. Had
to wait 6 minutes between 1st and 2nd lap for a latecomer who started 8 minutes
after us to come through. Thank you Colin Purvis for being that late runner.
Sarah once again forgot her barcode , but the bribe worked, lovely rock cakes,
Sarah.

Olympic Men's Marathon - 12th August 2012

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parkrun # 78 - Valentines Park 5km - Saturday 11th August 2012

119 finishers.

parkrun # 65 - Wanstead Flats 5km - Saturday 11th August 2012

53 finishers.Don reports:- Brilliantly sunny day with a slight breeze.
Great for pb's as was evident by the 4 pb's by East London Runners. Saheb went
under 21 minutes for the first time, Kieran under 23 minutes for the first
time. Roger a pb from his debut 25.23 last week with 24.24 and Fiona a pb of
27.19 from 27.41. Winner was Thomas in 18.03 back from his holiday, and Sarah's
excuse this week."The dog ate my barcode".Most people use pet food.
A great ELR team of volunteers as well with David Wyatt on registration,
Katherine Harris on timer and Patrick Brown on numbers.

Elvis 5 - Orion Forest Five - Saturday 4th August 2012

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203 finishers.





With some rain falling overnight and earlier on the race morning, there was a
little bit of mud on parts of the course. However most of the race was on good
forest paths and trails. ELR were led home by Patrick this time followed by
Mark and Manjit Bedi. ELR numbers were down on previous ELVIS races owing to
holidays and injuries and other previous commitments. Congratulations to Kate
Mercer and Jonathan Wooldridge and Fiona Day making their debut for ELR. Thanks
to supporters Julie, Svetlana and Annushka, Christina, Andrew and Frank.







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parkrun # 64 - Wanstead Flats - Saturday 4th August 2012

40 finishers.

parkrun # 77 - Valentine's Pk 5km - Saturday 4th August 2012

89 finishers.

parkrun # 2 - Barking 5km - Saturday 4th August 2012

39 finishers.

Adidas Thunder Run - 24 hr XC Relay - Saturday 28th July - Sunday 29th July 2012

Thunder run www.tr24.co.uk
is a 24 hour cross country relay run by teams of 8, 5 or 2 as well as about
150
crazy solo runners. In total about 2,500 runners in 500 teams.

Dan said. Taking part in a team of 8 seemed like the sensible option
for
my first try at
this so I got to run 4 laps of the 10k course, 2 in daylight and 2 in the dark
with just a headtorch for light.
If you took the hilly 5, made it longer and an awful lot hillier and threw in
lots and lots of tight chicanes in the woods then you'd be close to getting
what the course is like. To give you an idea of how hard it is my 4 laps were
the 4 slowest 10ks I've ever run yet I was only overtaken 9 times during the
whole 40km, people were really not going too quickly.
As well as our team of 8 runners we had an amazing support crew including a
cook, physio and doctor though we certainly weren't taking it as seriously as 2
teams who both had massage tables and exercise bikes in their tents

In the end we finished in 7th place out of approx 200 teams in
our category having completed 300km

My times- 47:55 @3 pm Saturday; 47:26 @9.00pm Saturday mostly in
the dark; 51:43 @3.40 am Sunday in complete darkness and 50:13 on
rather tired legs @10.30 am Sunday)

Bedford Sprint Triathlon - Sunday 29th July 2012

200m Swim (10.32), 15km Bike(44.23), 3.3km Run (22.44).

Resolution 15km, Finsbury Park - Sunday 29th July 2012

parkrun #76 - Valentines Park - Saturday 28th July 2012

75 finishers.

parkrun # 63 - Wanstead Flats - Saturday 28th July 2012

22 finishers. A quiet day after the Opening Ceremony the night before. Only 2
East London Runners with Patrick on Registration and Don was Run Director.

Paddy Ryan Memorial 10km, Pallasgreen, Co Limerick - Thursday 26th July 2012

140 finishers.

SACA Birmingham to London Marathon Relay and Charity Bike Ride 2012 - Saturday 21st July 2012

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ELR member Majit Singh is on the far right of the picture. Fauja
and Manjit Singh with the Race trophy.

Congratulations to ELR's Manjit Singh and the rest of the
Fauja Team in completing the Birmingham to London relay marathon that took
place alongside the Saca Charity Bike Ride 2012. Manjit ran at both the
beginning and end ofthe relay. The distance ran by the team between all 8
members was 130 miles raising money for the Rainbow Trust.

parkrun # 62 - Wanstead Flats - Saturday 21st July 2012

Technical problems mean results may not be sorted out until midweek. If you
were there contact the webmaster or the link on our facebook page if you
remember your finish position and approx time.

parkrun #75 - Valentines Park - 21st July 2012

143 finishers.

Katherine Harris achieves her first sub-23 minute 5k, improving on last week's
pb of 23:50. The Olympic torch was doing the rounds and many runners took part
in fancy dress.

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parkrun # 39 - Gunpowder Park - Saturday 21st July 2012

Elvis 4 - Newman Hilly 5m - Wednesday 18th July 2012

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200 finishers. Attendances:- East London Runners 45, Havering 23,Ilford
AC 22, Eton Manor & East End Road Runners 17, and Orion, Dagenham & Barking 16.

Grant's Report
Elvis 4, the Newman Hilly 5 at Hainault Forest brought 45 runners and several
spectators from ELR as the series went past the halfway point. Ilford AC hosted
an excellent race as always and despite the difficulties created by the
construction works close to the lake requiring a change of course our hosts
took
us up a long gradual climb to a turnaround point close to the Camelot and back
to the Common via a winding downhill path through the forest. From personal
experience from running at Hainault in the previous week our hosts saved
participants from far muddier sections of the forest, unfortunately!

Thankfully all our runners got round relatively unscathed. Thomas led our men
home again finishing in 5th place, closely followed by Ciaran and then the much
improved Mark and Patrick. Manjit was once again our first vet home with our
other vet scorers being Andrew and Webmaster and pram racing expert Derek being
our 6th scorer. There were also excellent runs close to the front from new dad
James and a super debut by Amadeus. Once again our men who were further back
beat scoring runners from other clubs to help the men secure 2nd place behind
Ilford but keeping ELR in first place in the overall standings.






Our ladies numbered 12 of our 45 runners and were led home by Ava who was
4th lady overall winning the prize for 1st female vet 35, with Jo second
home for ELR closely followed by Suzanne and Emily who had an excellent run in
her first ELVIS race which I am sure will keep up her football fitness during
the close season!

Our other ladies all put in a great effort to beat other lady scorers and were
just beaten in a close contest for second. However, the ladies race belonged to
the Ilford Ladies who won by a comfortable margin. Our ladies are still within
striking distance of the top places in the overall standings and with the
ability to drop our two worst scores over the whole series the last three races
take on a great significance in both genders.







So a big thank you to all those who ran and supported at Hainault and on we
go to Elvis 5 at Orion on Saturday 4th August at 10.00am.

Grant



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Fairlands Valley Challenge 2012 - 12 miles - Sunday 15th July 2012

Congratulation to Saheb!

Clapham Common 5km Series - Race 3 - Sunday 15th July 2012

130 finishers.

parkrun # 7 - Beckton - Saturday 14th July 2012

22 finishers. Mohammed was once again running with his younger brother.

parkrun #74 - Valentines Park - Saturday 14th July 2012

120 finishers.

parkrun # 61 - Wanstead Flats - Saturday 14th July 2012

51 finishers. Don report's:- Course was very wet & muddy, probably good
practice for Wednesday's Hilly 5 course. Not a day for pb's. We had a film crew
from the Olympics come down to do a bit of filming and talk to a few runners.
May be shown abroad rather than over here. I was supposed to be doing
registration but got a run with 5 minutes notice when another volunteer showed
up, that was after going round putting signs out earlier as well.

parkrun # 105 - Hackney Marshes - Saturday 14th July 2012

41 finishers.

JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 3.5 Mile Race (5.6km) - Thursday 12th July 2012

Just a quick note to say I ran the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 3.5
Mile Race on Thursday 12th July in 19:36 (51st out of 12,988 finishers)

Standard Chartered Great City Race 2012 - 5k - Thursday 12th July 2012

My chip never worked, I think I am the only the only one out of about 40
runners
in my firm whose didn’t work, would be me! I have never been keen on this
corporate type of event really, too many "runners", over 6000 on a narrow
course. There was meant to be a sub 21 minute section but the runners from the
slower section just jumped over the railings and then got in the way nearly all
the way round. No distance markers so didn’t know when the finish was coming
up.
Time on my garmin was 20.50, just over pb!

Run The River 5, Lea Valley Park - Sunday 8th July 2012

105 finishers.

British 10km London Run - Sunday 8th July 2012

20,088 finishers. Katherine Harris :- I suspect there were a few of us
running the British 10k on Sunday, but they don't seem to have clubs on their
results system so a bit tricky to find us among 20,000 or so runners!
I took part and got a PB of 50.07 - over 4 mins off my previous PB which I got
about 2 months ago :o). Now to find another one to knock of those 8 seconds to
get me under 50!

Orion Harriers Forest Five Series - Race 2 of 3 - Saturday 7th July 2012

121 finishers.