Hi All- The second Mid-week Race is on Wednesday 29th May at 7.45pm. The venue is in Chingford and is hosted by Orion Harriers. The race distance is 10K. The link below gives the directions etc. Although it is half term I hope that ERC turn up in numbers so that we can score some points. I can promise that the weather will be good unlike the first race. We can arrange to pool cars to go to the venue.

There will be refreshments provided after the race.

http://www.orionharriers.org.uk/hq.htm

Regards

Naresh

There was a great turn out for the latest Club Championship Core Race – the Crouch End 10K – as an incredible 22 members (plus a couple of ‘other halves’) donned the yellow vests for this pernnially popular race.

There was a very festive feel to the race with lots going on around it including the mass participation warm up – attempted with various degrees of competance by our members.

The race itself was a busy affair. You need to start near the front of this one if you want to avoid the ‘traffic’ but after the first 2k, the field started to spread out a bit. It’s a two lap course with a small hill up towards Ally Pally station. Probably not a PB course but not too taxing either.

The ERC crowd were led home by Tim Luck just shy of 45 minutes. Fastest lady was Hannah in exactly 50 minutes. See the full results here.

What with this and the midweek road race and the Nike Female 10K, there’s been plenty of scoring in the Club Championship. Victoria has built up a healthy lead at the head of the women’s competition and Marc has a fragile lead over Vas in the gents’ event.

Upcoming point scoring opportunities are the next midweek race at Chingford (details to be posted very soon) and the Triffik Trail in June.

Report by Catherine Turley.

On Saturday evening, May 18th, six members of Edmonton Running Club; Victoria, Tracey, Roisin, Claire, Sylwia and Catherine took part in Nike’s “We Own the Night” 10k female race at Victoria Park. Thousands of females took part in this vibrant race, all wearing bright orange running t-shirts designed by Henry Holland a young English fashion designer.

Nike did a great job of creating a fun festival atmosphere; there were bean bags for lounging, bright lights and keeping the energy high after the race was music by DJ’s Gemma Cairney and DJ Neev and copious amounts of free Prosecco; ERC did its duty and fully participated in the post-race fun.

Paula Radcliffe was the star guest, she opened and ran the race; Victoria and Sylwia were hot on Paula’s heels and managed to secure a lovely photo as a memento of the night. Victoria Park itself is a lovely flat running course but on the night due to the volume of people and narrow running lanes set up, it was difficult to manoeuvre around the course. However this did not stop the Edmonton girls as a few PB’s were secured on the night.

Baggage collection was a little chaotic, resulting in none other than our Tracey having to jump in and find her own bag after three different members of staff tried but could not locate it. Bag secured it was on with the post-race celebrations of drinking free Prosecco and eating food, which was plentiful, including “Eat Natural” bars wof hich Edmonton secured so many they could now set up a stall selling them. The overall consensus was that it was a great night / race, everyone had a great time and all agreed that Nike know how to throw a party!

Photos to follow soon. Results available on Latest Member Results Page.

ERC’s first appearance in the Herts Midweek Road Race League took place on Tueday 15th May. Here’s Tim Luck’s report of the occasion:

ERC had a strong turnout of 14 running members with support, including Andrew who stood waiting for us to all cross the line in his fashionable poncho, and Avtar who drove the minibus to the final destination – albeit via a couple of detours around Stevengae en route!

Race conditions were – what can only be described as – dreadful. Howling wind and rain did not put us off though, and ERC recorded points to place us 7th in the League table. The only way is up!

Steve O’Donnoghue led the ERC men home with a time of 43.11 and Victoria Lovelock led the ERC women with 47.41. Some good results all round – check them out in the Latest Member Results section.

The next race is on Wednesday 29th May at 7.45pm and the venue will be Chingford. Hopefully summer will remember to turn up for this one and leave the rain behind. Let’s get involved!

Well done to all who took part in the first round of the ERC Town Park (Handicap) Championship.

After age adjustments, Chaiman Vas (who told Lorraine he was 94 years old) and ‘forever green’ Pauline lead the embryonic table, which can be viewed here.

The Club Championship table is currently led by Marc and Victoria.

Upcoming point scoring opportunities are at Tuesday’s midweek league race and the next core race, which is Trent Park’s Triffik Trail.

Keep on running.

The ballot for the 2014 VLM has now closed and we wish all ERC members who have applied the best of luck.

If you are unsuccessful in the ballot, you should retain your rejection note for a chance to win a place in the draw held at the ERC Christmas party.  There are however, qualifying criteria for entry into this draw, reproduced below:

Eligibility rules governing Marathon Places for ERC  members 

The following eligibility criteria will apply for members’ entry into the draw for the Club’s (usually four) Virgin London Marathon places. 

1. The applicant must have applied and been rejected in the original ballot and must provide their rejection letter, which will be used for the actual draw.
2. The applicant must have been a member (or associate member) of the club for the whole year of the date of the draw.
3. The applicant must have volunteered on at least one occasion in the December to November season preceding the draw.  (This will be evidenced by having earned points for volunteering in the club championship).
4. The applicant must have represented ERC in at least one race in either the Herts Sunday Cross Country league or the Herts Midweek Road Race league in the December to November season preceding the draw.
5. The applicant must have earned at least 20 participation points in the Club Championship.  Participation points are awarded as follows:

• Herts Cross Country League: 15
• Herts Midweek League: 10
• Core Races: 10
• ERC Town Park (Handicap) championship: 5
• Other race with ten or more club participants: 8
• Other race with five or more club participants: 4

In the unlikely event of there being more marathon places available than applicants meeting the criteria, all those satisfying the criteria will be awarded a place and the criteria will be relaxed in reverse order to enable more members to become eligible for the remaining places.

These eligibility rules can be viewed in the member file area, accessed from the menu route: ‘Member Links’ | ‘ERC Files’ and clicking on ‘Constitution’

If you are logged in, you can access the file directly by clicking on the link below:

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These criteria are very easy to attain but will be enforced so please ensure that you have done enough to qualify if you want to use this route to a VLM place next year.

Now the marathons have been run, its time to turn our attention to a bit of speed! Tuesday 7th May 2013 see the 1st Handicap race. This is a timed 5k free event. We hold one the first Tuesday of each month until September. It is in Enfield Town Park by the Cecil Road entrance. Start time is 7.30pm. You can jog from the club or meet in the park.

It is a good indicator of how you are improving and your time is age graded so even if you are not the fastest you might still lead the way!

So no matter your speed come along and give it a go!

Hi All

The Triffic Trail 10k is on 23rd June 2013. It is a designated club race and after the race we have a club BBQ at the club house in the afternoon. Please apply quickly as it is a popular race. You will be able to enter on line by visiting the Trent Park Running Club website.

Naresh

Visiting the other city well known for its tower, ERC had a small contingency of 2 for the Paris Marathon this weekend, otherwise known as Team Kenannah. (Ken and Hannah to clarify)

The race boasted an overwhelming 50,000 runners and it certainly felt like a momentous occasion. The start was slow due to sheer numbers, with a 45 min wait to cross the line whilst organisers were busy clearing the debris of ditched ponchos and disguarded clothes from each start group before ‘releasing’ the next! Thankfully we had a clear blue sky and although chilly at first the weather gave us perfect running conditions.

Starting and finishing at the Arc de Triomphe, the route took us down the Champs Elysees, taking in the sights of Notre Dame, Musee D’Orsee, the Eiffel Tower to name a few. The support was amazing with the crowd often picking out names from our race numbers and offering individual support. I was glad I wore my small union jack badge which got lots of ‘go Team GB’ shouts, which was a great boost!

The drinks stations were plentiful, and signposted in advance with a poster of a knife and fork! I half expected to get a napkin and a glass of red wine in true Parisian style, but was pleased with the abundance of bananas, oranges, water, sugar cubes and raisins!

The finish line was a wonderful vision, and circling the Arc de Triomphe to the final straight really did feel triumphant. A brilliant run for Ken, especially coming back from injury and a birthday PB for me.

Although Ken and I didn’t see each other amongst the other runners, we did join forces for a celebration beer that evening. We are ERC after all…. it would be rude not to toast the medals wouldn’t it.

Hannah

The marathon season has well and truly begun in earnest. Ahead of the big London event in two weeks and Brighton next week, several runners took to the shores of Blackpool for the big 26.2:

A four and a half hour drive (a 9 hour drive in total!) in order to run over 26 bloody miles does seem a bit ludicrous. But we had the delights of the Big Dipper to look forward to at least! The journey up was in convey on Saturday morning for the Blackpool gang with Victoria joining us as a last minute replacement, content (smug might be a better word) with only having a half marathon to run. After a pub liquid lunch, Saturday evening consisted of the delights that Blackpool had to offer and a walk along the coastal line which would act as the main route on Sunday. After passing numerous hen parties and stag dos, we were contemplating how many sick patches we would have to jump over on race day! We also attempted the Big Dipper on Saturday, only to find out it was closed; Sunday it was.

In truth though, the course well cleaned and prepared by the marshalls. It was certainly a PB course; relatively flat throughout, mild temperature of around 10c and not too bright sunshine encouraged pace. Lining up at the very front of the start line were ERC – all donning the famous yellow jersey (aside from Vas’s son Andreas wearing Red – perhaps to showcase TPRC!?) and after a slight delay we were off, saluted by the great Ron Hill. The course was a two lap run along the main coastline, with the second lap  emptying out as half runners finished.

There were plenty of water stations, and support, but also a few lonely spots along the final back straight by the cliff edge where the mental ability to keep going was truly tested. Despite this, all of ERC managed a Personal Best in Blackpool. Vic knocked off 9 mins to record 1hr 38mins in the Half Marathon (the 8^th fastest woman and 3^rd faster in her category). Andreas limped home first of the marathon runners across the line in 3.32, followed by Tim in 3.48 and Vas in 3.49 (Vas led Tim the whole race until the 25^th mile. Good pacing!). Sylvia crept in under the 4hr 30m mark with 4.29 soon followed by the Tracey and Roisin who crossed the line together in 4.34 (though the chipped times confirm Tracey beat Roisin by only a second!). Hara, on a remarkable comeback from injury topped it off to record a very respectable 4.44.44 according to official timings – could not have timed that one any better! The finished line was inside the Blackpool FC stadium, and made for a nice end to what was an enjoyable run. Fortunately, the hotel we stayed at was a stone’s throw away from the finish line, so we could all get back easily and not worry about bag drop-offs.

Some people came back on Sunday, and some on Monday. Disappointment ensued however, as the Big Dipper shuts early on a Sunday and we missed out on the ride again! I guess that means we’ll have to go back to Blackpool next year….

A Spring Half Marathon we thought but even though the vernal equinox had passed a few days back, we found ourselves lining up in minus two degrees.  Ironically, Jan and Gillian had targeted ‘sub 2’ for their first half marathons but for their times rather than the weather.  And successful they were, coming home in 1:56 and 1:58 respectively.  Well done to them.  Marc also scraped eleven seconds from his PB.

If you like to run on roads,Brentwood might be your type of race but if you don’t like mixing with our four wheeled friends, maybe not.  Although marshalling was enthusiastic and plentiful, with next to no road closures, they always had a gargantuan task on their hands, which they nevertheless carried out in good spirits.  There was also a good turn out from the locals, given the weather.

Talking of turn-outs, ERC’s was poor for this race, due probably to the race filling very quickly.  We will vote on next year’s March core race at the AGM to avoid that happening again.

Next core race is the Crouch End 10K (http://www.ymcahornsey.org) on 19^th May.  That will be full soon too so get in quick.

Links for results and Championship Table to be added soon.

Cold driving rain made for difficult conditions for running but ERC still had a good turnout across the country.  Enjoy Claire Vanstone’s report on the Finchley 20 below. 

Paris Half Marathon Race Report by Roisin Heffernan

Où se trouve la Gare du nord?

This race had a number of challenges, the first one the Paris transport system. We eventually worked that out (after almost getting duped by pick-pockets). Once we got to the race, we swiftly split up to drop off our bags, although there were 40,000 people we somehow managed to find each other again and got in the queue for the toilets.  We waited in line and then we waited some more and continued to wait for about 40 minutes, apart from the lack of toilets the race seemed to be well organised

We eventually made it to our pen, surrounded by very few French people and quite a few English speaking people, we were ready for off, due to the endless sea of runners the race got off to a very slow start.

There was no shortage of water, refreshments, entertainment or sights along the route (at some stations it looked like a food fight had broken out with lots of orange peel splattered everywhere)
The course was mainly flat with two hills along the way and plenty of supporters to cheer us on.

Victoria was the first home with an impressive sub 1hr 50 minute time, she was followed by Pauline, Tony, Dino, Catherine, Me (Roisin) Tracey and Susie. Overall it was an enjoyable event, a good weekend away and best of all we got a very nice medal.

Links

Club Championship News
Club Championship Table

Following Le Voyage to Paris and the efforts of the Silverstone Baggage volunteers, Victoria is still the leading the table. The gents’ league is a close affair with Naresh still in front but only by three points from Rajiv and Vas.

There could be plenty of changes this month with the core Brentwood Half and various other races being taken on by club members. Please be sure to advise me (championship@edmontonrc.co.uk) of any races where five or more members take part.

THE CORE RACE FOR MAY WILL BE THE CROUCH END 10K.

This fills really quickly so enter now at http://www.enter4.co.uk/ymcahornsey/enteronline to avoid disappointment. It should be a great club day out.

THE NEW MIDWEEK LEAGUE RACES WILL EARN CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS!!

10 points will be awarded for participation with up to 5 bonus positional points.
Dates are in the web calendar (first event is 14th May) but please keep an eye on the website for more details closer to the time.

Links:
Paris Race Report
The Club Championship Table
Latest Member Results

ERC runners were everywhere this weekend. Five plucky souls (Austen, Marilyn, Bob, Helen and Sonay) took on the East Sussex coastal breeze for the Brighton Half Marathon whilst Hannah took on the Barcelona Half and then – thanks to a previous weather induced postponement – we had a double bill of Cross Country.
Read on…..

Southern Cross Country Championships – 16th February
(Race report by Tracey Ruane)

Surrounded by many muddy teenagers recalling horror stories of mud and much more mud, women & men separated to go into battle…….The women of the ERC stood at the start which included an Olympic athlete and took the stance of a runner going into battle, leaning into the wind, poised for the off – the shot of a gun rang out and we were off, sprinting up the hill with the wind at our backs. Unfortunately that’s where the gazelle like speed stopped…..the remaining race was bog style mud with treacherous conditions.

A big shout-out to the boys who had to complete 9 miles of this muddy madness – well done guys.  All ladies were sub 1hr with Victoria flying in at 47.38 doing it for the girls, and doing it for the boys was Rajiv with 1hr.2 followed closely by Graham @ 1.05.  All boys sub 1.42.

Well done everyone; we Rock!!

Tracey

Watford Cross Country (Herts XC League) – 17th February
(Race Report by Tracey Ruane)

Finally, beautiful blue skies for the last X Country of the season…Hooray I hear you cry
Having completed all of the XC races, I think Watford may be the nicest course!
Not too much mud in comparison to the Southerns the day before (quick ‘Go ERC!’ for all of those who completed both Southerns & Watford).

Some of the 6.1 mile course went through forest which made a lovely change from cold & windy open fields.

We had 14 ERC members running which was an excellent turn out.

Rajiv finished in an amazing time of 40.30, 37th overall, with the fastest lady Victoria at 53.45.

A great performance by everyone.

Thanks to Vas for the minibus suggestion, with special thanks to Rick for driving, getting us there & back safely.

Tracey

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All these fun and games mean that early season leaders, Hannah and Marc, have lost their way as Victoria and Naresh soar through the pack to take up the pace.

See below.

Championship Table.

Latest Member Results.

ERC have joined the Mid Week League. Let me explain-Apparently many of the running clubs based in Herts/Essex belong to this league. The format is

• there are 2 divisions with about 6 to 7 teams in each division
• each club enters two teams- Men ( to get points we need 12 members to enter) Women ( to get points we need 6 to enter)
• races are between 5 to 7 miles but mainly 10k
• they are popular and usually have 200/300 runners
• there are just 4 races from May to July and are run on weekdays either Tuesday/Wednesday and they usually start at 7.45
• all the races are predominantly road races
• each year bottom two teams from div one get relegated and top two from div 2 get promoted
• Fee for all the races and joining the League is £65
• the runners are of varied abilities and not just for the faster runners

Our application was accepted by the league and we start in division 2-  the dates are

Tuesday 14th May       – FVS

Wednesday 29th May  – Orion

Wednesday 19th June   – Harlow

Wednesday 26th June  – Herts Phoenix       

The 1st meeting of ERC race committee will be held on Tuesday 19th February at 8.30pm.   in the meeting room at the club.

If you volunteered to help please try and come along to see how you can help. It should only take about an hour, just to run through all that is involved and to divide the jobs that need to be done. If you can not make it, but still wish to help let me know and I can add your name to the list.

Lorraine

Hi All

There is a change of venue for the minibus on Sunday. All those taking part in the Watford XC please note that we will be meeting outside the Club House on Sunday at 8.45 am.

Thanks

Naresh

We  accommodate runners with all abilities during our weekly runs and traditionally members volunteered to escort some of the newer members around the various routes.The objective is that new members must not get isolated and can run with a group.We are therefore looking for volunteers who can accompany runners around. Please let me know if you can help.

The Watford XC is this Sunday. Please see website for minibus. We will be meeting at 8.45 am on Sunday at Southbury Leisure Centre car park.

I will send out an email for the usual Sunday runs later on in the week

Regards
Naresh

Take a look . All club administration paperwork such as agendas, minutes of meetings etc are now on our website in tab Members Link under ERC files. The minutes of AGM have now on the website. If members cannot access then please contact our webmaster Marc or let me know.

Regards

Naresh

Hi All

COACHING    

Chris Wilson, a coach from BodyLab, has agreed to give ERC some coaching lessons. He will concentrate on the bio-mechanics of running. Initially we were planning to have three sessions on a Thursday evening spaced at two weeks intervals. The sessions will be held at Oak Hill Park, East Barnet. There is a car park near the pitch and putt golf area here.

The three sessions are scheduled to take place on 21^st February, 7^th March and 21^st March. Each session will start at 7.15pm and I will confirm details again shortly.

I am sure a lot of members will be interested but can you please let me know whether you will be able to attend as we need to know how many members are interested so that we can action the sessions.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. If we have too many members for one session then we may need to have a rota system in place.

MINIBUS-  TICKET TO RIDE

Whenever possible for club races and cross country races ERC will try and arrange a minibus to take members to and from races. Members will be asked to make a minimum contribution of £2.00. The minibus can carry a maximum of 15 people.

A minibus has been arranged for the Watford Cross country race on 17^th February and all members who are taking part please let me know as soon as possible if you wish to take a ride on the ERC bus.

VOLUNTEERS FOR RACES

ERC provide marshals for various races which provide an income for the club. Whilst we have enough volunteers for the London Marathon and Silverstone Half Marathon. The following races will require volunteers:

BUPA 10K on 27^th May 2013

Lea Valley 10K on 14th July 2013

Great City Run – Date to be announced

All those interested please let Marc or me know.

Happy running

Naresh

The teams for the Southern XC Champs are confirmed, however due to the change of date some members can no longer race. If your name wasn’t on the original team list (see below), then please let Rajiv or Lorraine know that you would like to run. This needs to be done before 6pm on Tuesday 29th Jan.

If you are on the team and are no longer able to run please get in touch, so that we can find somebody for your place. We need at least three more women.

Full details of the race can be found here:

http://www.edmontonrc.co.uk/2013/01/23/southern-xc-champs-rescheduled/

Women’s Team:

Susie Dutoit
Hannah Kelly
Victoria Lovelock
Marilyn Manze
Hara Markos
Aggie Minas
Lorraine Pichelski
Tracy Ruane
Sylwia Tokarska

Men’s Team:

John Bennett
Theo Hajoglou
Tim Luck
Rick Oliver
Rajiv Ratan
Austen Slattery
Naresh Trivedi

The Southern XC Champs have been rescheduled for 16th February 2013. These were due to take place this coming weekend (Saturday 26th January), hopefully ERC will still be sending full men’s and women’s teams.

See article Athletics Weekly: http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/southern-cross-back-on/

More information will be posted here, when it becomes avaialable.

You can also check the SEAA website: http://www.seaa.org.uk/home.html

Alas the run tonight is cancelled as the pavements are too dangerous. Hopefully conditions will improve for our Thursday run.

Thanks

Naresh

February 17th sees the last Cross Country of 2013 season, Race HQ will be the West Herts Sports Club, 8 Park Avenue, Watford, WD18 7HP , it will be usual distance of 5/6 miles across grass and through woodland. Everyone welcome even if you have not competed at any of the other races. We will meet at 9am Southbury Leisure Centre.

For those who have competed in at least 3 others this final race will count towards your final points.  Tracey Ruane is in 5th place at the moment in the W35 and Hannah Kelly is in 14th after 3 races, so by racing at Watford could see her move higher. In this age group the first 5 get a trophy.

In the W55 Pauline Edmunds is in 2nd position.

Lets see if we can get as big a turn out as last time for this final race and we might be bringing home some trophies!

Billed as ‘one of the best cross country races out there’, Royston bought the biggest ERC XC team together so far this season.  With a fantastic turn out, we had full to brimming mens and ladies teams, including a couple of XC newcomers, who hopefully weren’t put off by the bracing cold and challenging 5.5mile hilly route.

This race definitely brings a whole new meaning to the word undulating. Not for the faint hearted, it was two and a half raw rollercoaster loops through Royston’s Therfield Heath. Although a little slippy at times, the frost seemed to keep the mud at bay which was a bonus, and despite the tough course, spirits were high, with a great sense of achievement for everyone at the end.

It was a well organised event with plenty of encouraging marshals and great facilities for re-fuelling and de-frosting afterwards.

Thank you to those who came for support and to those who baked and bought well deserved cakes and hot drinks.

Well done everyone on a great team effort. Let’s keep the numbers up, and hopefully see you all in Watford for the final chapter in the league…

Hannah

View the piccies.

Training tonight – Ladders!  Up them hills, down them hills. This is a speed session all welcome.Meet at the club 7pm – ready to leave for a warm up jog at 7.15pm. If you do not fancy this session there will be a group doing a normal run. Distance 6/7miles.

Also reminders Cross Counrty on Sunday 13th Jan  – meet at Southbury Leisure Centre 9am sharp. See club site or Facebook for full details.

Lorraine

The fourth cross country race of the season will be held on Sunday 13th January 2013 at Therfield Heath, Royston, hosted by Royston Runners.

Race Location
The race HQ is: The Heath Sports Centre, Baldock Road, Royston, SG8 5BG: Race Location

Transport
We will be meeting at Southbury Leisure Centre in the car park (see location), and leaving for the race promptly at 9:00am. Where possible we will car share, and there should be spaces if somebody needs a lift. There is limited car parking near the sports centre in Royston.

Race Details
Race HQ is The Heath Sports Centre, Baldock Road, Royston, SG8 5BG. The race starts at 10:30am, and consists of a two lap course over approximately 5.5 miles, the course is very hilly and one of the best cross country races out there. Trail shoes or spikes are best suited to this course which is over grass, and care should be taken as there may be rabbit holes at places on the course. There is no fee for club members to participate in this race, as the club pays the league membership fee.

Facilities
There are changing and shower facilities at race HQ. Bags can be kept in cars or near the Start/ Finish with somebody watching them during the race.

Teams
We need 8 men and 5 women for complete teams, so please come along and support your club. If you are unable to run please come and support your fellow club members and cheer them on.

Please note that when racing you should wear your Edmonton Running Club racing vest if you have one, if not there are a few spares which other club members may be able to lend (if you have a spare vest bring it along as another runner may need it).

Post Race
If you would like to bring along any cakes, biscuits, snacks, hot drinks etc to share with team mates these would be very much appreciated. Also make sure you bring a warm set of clothes to change into. There is a bar in the sports centre which will be serving food and drink.

Race Report and Photographs
If you are not able to run please bring your camera to take a few photographs of ERC taking part. We would also like a race reporter to put together a post for the club website.

If you plan to run this race, please confirm on the ERC Facebook event page.

As the Christmas and New Year holiday approaches it is time to plan our training. Eating and drinking too much over the festive period is inevitable, so getting out for a run might go some way to assuage the guilt of all those extra calories.

This list is provisional and subject to change, so check back here for updates. Also note that some club runs may be less well attended than ususal as members may be away or have other commitments.

If you have any suggestions, or are going to a race or event over this period please let us know and it can be included on this list.

The Romans’ capital city, Verulumiam (aka St Albans) was the venue for our club’s latest Cross Country outing where a dozen ERC legionaries gallantly battled the artic wind, galloping their way round three undulating laps. Spikes were a huge advantage here – most of us will just have to remember that next time!

Everybody felt better for it afterwards – or so they said. And for those that didn’t rush back to catch that totally uneventful Manchester derby, a Starbucks rendez-vous provided ample refuelling opportunity whilst comparing muddy stories.

Want to see what it’s all about? Make a note in your diary of the Royston round on Sunday 13th January.

Results available here. First edition of the 2013 Club Championship table will follow very soon.

A new secure area for storage of documents and other files has been set up on the ERC website.  It can be accessed directly at:

http://www.edmontonrc.co.uk/erc-files/

or from the menu route: Member Links | ERC Files.

For obvious reasons, you will need to be logged in to the website to view anything other than just the forms.

Forgotten your password? No problem. Simply click on the link below:

http://www.edmontonrc.co.uk/wp/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

Or, if you prefer, email forgotten_password@edmontonrc.co.uk

Note that reports and other documents relating to the upcoming AGM will also be stored here.

Email webmaster@edmontonrc.co.uk if you encounter any problems or have any questions on this system.  Any other general feedback or comment on the system is also welcome at the same address.

Congratulation to the 2012 Edmonton Running Club Championship winners, Pauline Edmunds and Rajiv Ratan!

Coming into the last points scoring opportunity of the season, the destinations of the trophies were still undecided and it ended up being heartbreak for long time ladies leader, Lorraine, who was unable to run the Grovelands Cross Country event because of injury. That allowed Pauline to sneak past her and win by just two points.

Please check out the links below:

Final Championship Table

Grovelands Cross Country Race Report

Grovelands Cross Country Results

Grovelands Cross Country Photos

Information on St Albans Cross Country, Sunday 9th December 2012. (First points scorring event of 2013 Championship!)

Finally……….

It has been a pleasure being the Club Championship Co-ordinator this year and I hope that all members have enjoyed following and competing in the league.

The committee is always looking for ways to improve things for all members and to that end, I would very much like to hear of any suggestions that can be incorporated into the 2013 Championship. (Technically, this started on 1st December 2012 but it’s not too late to tinker!).

The stated aim of the championship is:

“To reward ERC members’ performances and commitment to the club throughout the year”

You may wish to review how the championship currently works along with the current scoring system.

Please send any thoughts you have to championship@edmontonrc.co.uk by Saturday 8th December so that I can pull any ideas together into proposals that can be voted on at the AGM.

Many Thanks.

Marc Bibaud

The ERC mudlarks were at it again on Sunday putting in a great team performance in the latest round of the Herts Cross Country league.  For our lactic fallout hardened members, this must have seemed a breeze.  For the rest of us, it was quite an effort but with such good support at our ‘home’ venue of Grovelands Park, it was nevertheless a rewarding exertion.

The team was made up of club veterans and newbies alike, all encouraging each other round the three and a bit laps of the course.  Finishers were met by colleagues armed with cake and other goodies to reimburse those burnt off calories.  There followed a very generous open invite to Julia’s – only a short stagger from the park – for hot beverages, croissants and post run conversation.

That’s the pleasure of running for your club and the good news is that the next round is only a fortnight away!  The venue is St Albans and full details can be found here .  A big well done and / or thank you to all Sunday’s runners and supporters.  Let’s make the next one the biggest and best yet!

Links

Results

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Final Club Championship Table

Just a quick reminder Cross Country this Sunday at Grovelands Park, Southgate. Start time 10.30am, by the pond. Aim to arrive a good half hour before hand to warm up. Everyone welcome, this should be a good one to try for those who have not tried cross country before.

See you there.

On Sunday 18th November, six members of ERC took part in the well established St Neots Half Marathon. This race is well supported by runners and the local community alike, starting and finishing in a residential area with the local sports centre forming the race HQ.

Four of us were late entrants, stepping in for injured colleagues. Does that mean that we were unprepared? Not a bit of it. On a beautiful crisp morning, we breezed along the country lanes, reaping the benefit of a final two mile downhill finish to post PBs galore:
Catherine nailed her first sub 2 hour Half, Hannah her first sub 1:50, Vas his first sub 1:45 and Marc shaved over a minute off his previous best.

Feedback was unanimous in praising the excellent organisation and facilities as well as the lovely countryside route, which had just enough hills to prevent any boredom setting in but some very pleasant long stretches of flat or downhill.

A post run lunch stop at a service station topped off an excellent day.

See our results on our member results page. Also, as there were enough members to earn Club Championship points, the updated table is here. The destination of the trophies will likely be settled at next Sunday’s Cross Country race at Grovelands. Come and be part of the club’s team on that day. All the details are here.

As Spring events for next year are already filling up, the club needs to decide the Championship Core Race for March 2013 as soon as possible.

An online poll has been set up at

http://www.edmontonrc.co.uk/vote-for-club-championship-march-2013-core-race/

You must be logged in to vote!  Simply click on ‘Log In’ to the right of the black menu bar that appears on every page of the site.  There is a ‘password reminder’ function if you have forgotten your password or alternatively, you can send an email to

 forgotten_password@edmontonrc.co.uk.

Voting closes on Sunday 18th November and the winning race will be announced on Monday 19th.

Happy voting.

Sunday 28th October saw eight ERC members travel the long road up the A10 to Cheshunt Golf Club for the first Cross Country race of the season.  On a chilly, but dry morning, Marc, Rajiv, Stuart, Vas, Peter K, John B,  Hannah, Tracey, Pauline and Lorraine lined up at the start.

Many clubs from the local area were taking part and we secured our first points on the board despite unfortunately not quite being able to field a full team.  Everyone raced well and although some corners were muddy, there were no mishaps!

At the post race coffee, we all agreed how nice it is to do something a bit different to our regular road running and the distance only being 5 or 6 Miles, we’re hopeful of a bigger turn out for the next meeting.  Go on, anyone can give it a go!

Thanks to our support team of M.C., Tony and Richard.  Also to Rajiv for the post race cake and to Lorraine for the race report.

The next Cross Country meeting is at Grovelands Park on 25th November. Hope to see you there!

Photos can be found in the gallery and the full results are available on Our Latest Member Results Page.

Finally, the Club Championship Table has been updated to include points for this race and also for the volunteers at our recent Jill Oliver 10K club race.  Rajiv and Lorraine still respectively hold the top male and female places.

Once again, poor weather conditions did not detract from our club’s annual Jill Oliver 10K race so a BIG THANK YOU to all runners and volunteers at today’s event.

The fun runners started the day with two laps of the athletic track. Congratulations to the winners, Oscar Dowling and Sophia Aricoet – we hope to see you in the senior race in a few years time!

Over 160 runners entered this year’s race.  They followed the River Lee for 3.5 k before turning off for a scenic jaunt around the Lee Valley Park, rejoining the towpath and crossing the river at Stonebridge Lock, before finally heading back home to finish with a lap of the athletics track.

Julian Lings of Enfield Harriers soared through the puddles to win in an eye catching 33:54.  Second place went to Paul Quinton (36:34), who was followed home in third by Liam Proudlock (36:53).  First lady was Lisa Webb of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers who crossed the line in 41:33 with Alison Ball (44:25) and Jinaka Ugochuwu (44:32) second and third respectively.

Age category prizes went to Herbert Buvira (MV40), Chris Elliot (MV50), Chas Taylor (MV60), Zoe Welch (FV35), Alison Goodlad (FV45) and Elaine Christodolou (FV55).

A Runners World reviewer has described our race as a “Hidden gem with an uplifting final lap of the track.”

Well 160 runners have now ‘found us’ and so we’ll look forward to seeing you all back next year!

Full results of the race can be found on the Jill Oliver 10K Results page and photos can be found in the Gallery.

Hello everyone,

The race is tomorrow. We need as many volunteers and marshals as possible please, if your name is on the following list we expect to see you tomorrow morning. If not please come along anyway as there will be pleanty to do.

Marshal and volunteer lists

Please can you be at Lee Valley Athletics Centre at 8:30am, as there will be pleanty to do.

A map of marshal points and the course can be found here: Marshal Points

Full descriptions of each marshal point can be found here: Marshal Point Descriptions

Confirmation of marshal roles will be made on Sunday morning, please come and find me, Rick, Lorraine or M-C.

Please dress warmly, and be ready for any kind of weather on Sunday (hopefully sunshine).

Thanks.

Rajiv

Hello Everyone,

Edmonton’s next race is fast approaching – 2 weeks today!

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered so far, if there is anyone who is able to help, but not let us know yet, please do. We need you from 8.30am to about 12 noon.We need at least 30, so far we have 20… ( husbands,wives,partners, etc can all help)

There will be a short meeting on  Tuesday 16th , after usual run in the meeting room up stairs at the club. There we will give a brief run down of whats required.

The entry at the moment if still fairly small, please mention our event to family, friends or work colleagues. Lets make it the best yet.

Lorraine

The club championship table has been updated to include the Enfield Mayor’s run results (see http://www.edmontonrc.co.uk/latest-results/) and volunteering points from our Run the River race.

Leading lady is Lorraine (two trophies in one year?) on 171 points closely followed by Pauline on 166. The men are led by Rajiv on 151 and Stuart on 124.

Future points winning opportunities are the cross country races at Cheshunt on 28th October and Grovelands on 25th November as well as volunteering at our Jill Oliver 10k race on Sunday 21st October.

Also, taking part in any race at which there are at least five club members running scores points. (Let me know if you think that I’ve missed any of these).

View the full table here.