Hi all

Reminder that membership fees are now due

Annual Membership fees for 2009/10   22pounds

Membership Form: An updated membership form (Word Document) for the new membership year 09/10 can now be downloaded from the club website

Other annual reminder: Scottish Athletics operate a separate registration Scheme. Participants in Scottish Athletics “Permit” events (eg road races etc) pay a £2 levy if they have not taken out "Athletics Scotland" registration.  When a road race entry form ask a question about "AS affiliation number" or "Registration number" etc this is what they are referring to (Harmeny does not issue membership numbers). Membership of Athletics Scotland is required far anyone competing in regional or national championships. Members who do wish to register should do so directly with Scottish Athletics.

For any new members, there’s lots of information on the club website and we also have a Facebook group, http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=46768682967

It’s a closed group purely for club members to discuss races, share lifts to races etc etc.  Contact us to become a member of the group.

London marathon places

We’ve received an allocation of three places again this year, and have so far received 4 requests from those who entered the ballot.   Gavin Orr is almost certain he will get a place as a guide for a blind runner so provisionally the 3 places are going to Nicky Freedman, Janis Brown and Elaine Scott.  Good luck to all.

Wednesday evening sessions during Winter

The jogleaders have come up with some suggestions for our sessions on Wednesday evenings during the winter to try and make them more varied and to help relieve the routine of running pavements – does anyone enjoy this??  So we thought a rota might work, with 4 or 5 different types of run.  So we’ve made up a rota – but for some of these weeks we need some volunteers to lead smaller groups – eg the fartlek  and hill rep weeks.  But two things to remember – if for example  you don’t want to do hill reps then we will also have a normal run, and each session will be  suitable for all groups, so don’t panic!  Please let us know what you all think – is this a good idea?  We’re keen to give it a go so hope you’ll all join in.  And please help by volunteering to lead a small group, even for just a couple of weeks, Tom & Paul need some help with the faster runners !

We’ll put the list on facebook as well so you know what to expect each week.  

18^th November

Fartlek   –

25^th November

Torch Run – Iain Morrice, Gavin Orr

Standard Run –

2^nd December

Hill reps -

Standard Run –

9th December

Out and back -

16th December

Standard Run –

23rd December

Fartlek –

30th December

Torch Run – Iain Morrice, Gavin Orr

Standard Run –

6th January

Standard Run –

13th January

Hill reps -

Standard Run –

20th January

Out and back –

27th January

Torch Run – Iain Morrice, Gavin Orr

Standard Run –

Notes

Torch run – will mix between on and off road, probably about 6 miles, but for the beginners we can do a shorter run.

Fartlek – depending on which group will dictate pace. Basic set up is first 10mins is at a “reasonable” pace to warm up, the next 25 mins (or thereabouts) will be covering the Fartlek, routine with the remainder of the run as a cool down at a reasonable pace. The Fartlek session recommendations: fast group 5 mins hard, 2 mins easy times 3 or 4; intermediate 2 mins hard, 2 mins easy times 5 or 6; jogscotland up to jogleader and experience of group but  1min hard and 2 mins rest is a suggestion.

Hill reps – warm up by jogging/running down to the Kirkgate. Idea is to run approx 300m up the hill as hard as possible and jog back down and repeat. The caveat is trying to ensure you run at the same pace each time you go up the hill. Depending on ability set the number of reps as: 10 fast group; 6 intermediates and 4 jogscotland. The warm down will be by jogging/running back to BHS. Again the return route can vary depending on ability.

Out and back – is a test to see if you can run a negative split. The idea is to run out for 25 mins and then turn around and run back the same way, but see if you can do the return trip faster. Another incentive is that those who were at the back become the leaders when they turn around, can you keep there...?

Interval session (paced speed) with Bob D  – this will have a flavour of what we do every Thursday night at the track with Bob, but only on those Weds when the Harmeny kids don’t have athletics

Next Coffee & Cake run

Is on 6 Dec. meeting at the Klondyke Garden Centre, Mortonhall and is about 5-6 miles of easy-ish running. These are gentle paced runs for everyone. Meet at 10.30 at Klondyke GC car park.  And bring plenty of change for the goodies …and Christmas shopping.

Reports from recent races – Paul Thompson

As always cross country starts off with good intentions, two teams of 4 (A= Boab, Paul H, Jonathon C and Al; B= Gavin, Kenny, Iain and PaulT) ended up as three and a half - I'll explain that one later. The extremes that people go to to avoid running around a field says all! Paul H had obviously been trawling the less salubrious establishments in Edinburgh in search of Salsa and finding a chest infection, whilst Jonathon opted for spraining his ankle at football. Kenny prefers cross dressing (remember the Rigg race this year!) to cross country and Iain had a better invitation via a hill race.
So somewhat reduced in number we still managed to squeeze a team together. Now I suppose I ought to explain that I also came well prepared with an excuse and recovering from cracked ribs and a dodgy Achilles wasn't really it. Lager, Guinness and vodka! Not saying anymore other than my pre race strategy was perhaps imperfect - oh Boab did mumble something about drinking a bottle and a half of red wine, but my fish was definitely bigger than his....!
 
Anyway, the race. This was a one lap affair around playing fields and a ploughed field down the 'Pans. Boab was first out with Gavin, then me and Al as anchor. Needless to say the wine proved no issue as Boab stormed round in 13:30 placing us in 8th; Gavin also cruised round in 15:36 putting us 25th; unfortunately the drink didn't really help me as I lost a place coming in 26th with 16:12; Al did his best to pull us back with another fast time of 15:32 which left us in 27th overall. Not bad for a bunch of "old timers" out of a very competitive field of 54.
 
Suitably shattered after our Herculean efforts we retired for carbo replacement at the Gothenburg for a pint and a panini to plan how to get out running cross country next time round -

Stirling Cross Country (East League fixture 1)

I've always remembered cross-country as spending "quality time" hanging round wind riven, rain soaked muddy fields wondering if I'd be missed if I sneaked off to the warmth of my car without the evil Tom noticing and nagging me to come back and wade through knee deep mud for the greater good of the club - that and trying to beat the girls by at least having a full squad pass the finish line. This was certainly the case 2 years ago at Stirling when a blue looking Stephan clashed with his bright red t-shirt, and the rest of us froze for the glory of the team.

Well this time round things were different. I was the tyrant bending everyone's ear as Tom was away in North Uist (probably fishing Pauline and not actually decorating at all) and the weather was stunning. It was as glorious as ever I remember it in October. I very nearly smiled. At cross country (I've always wondered why the word country is prefixed with cross)!!

Anyway, back to the event. The ladies managed to field a team of 4 and had a 2 lap 6k circuit to run - I'll let them spin whatever yarn the wish about their easy run. As for the guys we managed to get a team of 7 (see how it's done Tom?), and with Kenny turning up it probably reduced the average age to under 40 but not by much. We had 3 laps and 9k to do (equality pah!). Well I started near the back and watched the others shoot off. After spotting Iain further up front I decided to see if could catch him and use him as a pace maker. It took me half of the first lap to reach his shoulder! Having gasped my way that far at that pace I did the bloke thing and instead of keeping Iain company, ran past him. Feeling pleased with myself and seeing Al not to far in front, I thought I'd give him a go as well.

To say I ran the first lap way too fast would be an understatement. At the start of the second, I began to think about waving the "ow my leg hurts" flag and drop out, but never having played that particular joker card (yet) I decided to curse Tom instead and gave up on Al. I did manage to hang on for the 3 laps, and feeling secure in the last 200m eased off (it was going uphill!) only to find Iain sprinting past me. You know, it's surprising how much energy you can find in certain situations. Lets just say though the times were equal, I was first over the line.

Thanks to everyone that turned out and well done to both the adults and the children.

Team Positions after 1^st Round

Men              17^th

(Masters Men    11^th)

Women         5^th

Under 11 girls 3^rd

Match 2 in East District Cross-country League is Sunday 22 Nov at Queen Anne School, Dunfermline.  Details at www.eastleague.co.uk.  Turn up and run – there’s no entry fee.

Jedburgh Half

This was my first attempt at anything like this distance since July when Hugh made me fall off a mountain bike at Glentress and crack my ribs - just joking Hugh, I'll be back there with you and Ian again sometime soon I hope! To add to my addled mental state, the physical conditions were not really the best I've ever seen. Kinda reminded me of cross country but without the mud.

However, what was great to see was the large contingent from the club turning up for both the 10K and the half, the bright red shirts adding a cheery flash to a grey day.

 I was more than surprised to finish in 1:34, off my pace for a half when fit but much better than I thought it would be considering my preparation (or lack thereof) and the weather.

Handicap Winners from jedburgh are:                                         

                                             Time      Handicap  under          over                                                    

Bill           MURPHY              1:26:53 1:28:19      0:01:26     

Paul         THOMPSON      1:34:21  1:36:45      0:02:24     

Darren    CAVOROLI         1:38:27 1:35:04                        0:03:23

Keiran     MORGAN             1:43:29 1:38:26                        0:05:03

Frank      TOOLEY               1:45:03 1:48:00      0:02:57     

Howard OKELY                  1:50:36 1:51:22      0:00:46     

Kirsty     STODDART        1:54:44 1:50:49                        0:03:55

Nicky      TORTINGTON  1:57:09                                      

Fiona       DONALDSON    1:59:12   1:49:07                        0:10:05

Elaine      FRANKLIN         2:00:15 2:05:26    0:05:11     

Karin       MCKENDRICK    2:01:40 1:54:11                         0:07:29

Norma    BONE                   2:08:40 2:04:19                        0:04:21

Amanda PENNYCOTT      2:32:54                                                                                                

Male winner                        Frank     TOOLEY                     

Female winner                    Elaine    FRANKLIN                 

Missing results from last month…..

It’s  not easy keeping up with all the results, Tom does an excellent job, but PLEASE remember to put your club as Harmeny.  And if we miss your race/times then email us or Tom so we can keep the list up-to-date, and also in case you have broken a club record!!

Forth Road Bridge  10k  9 Aug 09       306 Runners

138    Lorna Broadhurst           49.03 ( Lorna’s first sub 50 10k??)    

139    Kirsty Stoddart               49.05  (Kirsty’s first sub 50 10k!!)      

143    Mo May                             49.15 (Mo’s first sub 50m 10k!!)           

Glasgow 10k 6 Sept 09          

3119      Alan Fleming               59.11

13 Sep Hawick Half

Howard Okely

38   1:49:06  69 runners

Dumfries Half  27 Sep

132 Howard Okely   1:47:25

173  Alan Price       1:56:12

and the latest results:

Linlithgow 10k  27 Sept 09                    491 Runners

12       Bill Murphy                     38.30                      

89       Margie Leitch                45.03                      

174     Lorna Broadhurst         49.23                      

193     Nicola Tortington         50.06                      

216     Kirsty Stoddart             50.54                      

265    Fiona Donaldson           52.42                      

East Neuk 10k 26 Sept 09                     281 Runners

1         Robert Turner               33.34                      

Dunbar 10 Mile  2 Oct 09                      75 Runners

27       Keiran Morgan               1.20.36                   

46       Lorna Broadhurst         1.28.14                    

47       Chris Morgan                 1.28.20                   

Oban Half  3 Oct 09                              84 Runners

80       Helen Robinson              2.25.41                   

Loch Ness 10k  3 Oct 09                        2435 Runners

2         Robert Turner               33.14                      

1666   Elaine Sandeman          1.02.30                   

Loch Ness Marathon  3 Oct 09             2171 Runners

275    Kenny Tindall                 3.27.54                   

615     Bill McKendrick              3.47.07                   

1382   Karin McKendrick         4.22.33                   

East Dist 4x4k Relay Champ 10 Oct 09              

1         robert Turner                13.30                      

2         Gavin Orr                        15.36      27th/54 Teams

3         Paul Thompson               16.12                       

4         Alan Kerr                        15.32                      

East Dist X/C League 16 Oct                               

Under 11 Girls                                           25 Runners

12       Zoe Bates                       7.32                        

17       Olivia Reynolds              7.50                        

21       Shona Hogg                    8.56                        

Under 11 Boys                                           44 runners

30      Alex Bates                   6:51

Under 13 Girls                                          40 Runners

23       Alison Broadhurst        12.30                      

Under 13 Boys

48      Chris Scobie                 15:09

Under15 Girls                                           50 Runners

49       Sarah Broadhurst        16.43                      

Senior Women                                         75 Runners

54       Amanda Pennycott       28.35                      

60       Chris Morgan                 29.14                      

61       Lorna Broadhurst         29.14                      

71       Fiona Donaldson            32.07                      

Senior Men                                                197 Runners

81       Bill Murphy                     34.11                       

114     Alan Kerr                        35.59                      

125     Paul Thompson               36.29                      

126     Iain Morrice                   36.29                      

142     Kenny Tindall                 37.11                       

183     Frank Tooley                  43.10                      

187     Bob Douglas                   44.15                      

Park Run 5k Cramond  16 Oct 09         204 Runners

2         Robert Turner               15.53                      

175     Elaine Sandeman          29.53                      

195     Frances Carnie               33.34                      

Aviemore Half 17 Oct 09                       1000 Runners

145     Ian Smith                       1.38.43                   

178     Hugh Chalmers              1.41.24                    

260    Carol Blamire                 1.45.48                   

284    Ali Gordon                      1.46.43                   

285    John Gordon                  1.46.47                   

366    Alan Price                       1.50.46                   

580    Shona Stewart              1.58.23                   

799    Morag Leitch                 2.09.46                   

Abingdon Marathon  18 Oct 09             706 Runners

126     Gavin Orr                        3.12.18                    

Park Run 5k Cramond  24 Oct 09        129 Runners

36       David Boyle                    22.04                      

71       Lindsay Boyle                24.18                      

Jedburgh 10k 24 Oct 09                        292 Runners

6         Peter Kadobinskyj        37.38                      

74       Bob Douglas                   48.27                      

141     Shona Stewart              54.30                      

258    Angela Nicholson          65.43                      

Jedburgh Half Marathon 24 Oct 09  512 Runners

15       Bill Murphy                     1.26.53                   

61       Paul Thompson               1.34.21                    

96       Darren Cavoroli             1.38.27                   

154     Keiran Morgan               1.43.29                   

176     Frank Tooley                  1.45.03                   

233    Howard Okely                1.50.36                   

293    Kirsty Stoddart             1.54.44                   

322    Nicky Torkington         1.57.09                   

344    Fiona Donaldson           1.59.12                    

361     Elaine Franklin               2.00.15                   

375    Karin McKendrick         2.01.40                   

426    Norma Bone                   2.08.40                   

510     Amanda Pennycott       2.32.54                   

Park Run 5k Cramond 31 Oct 09           166 Runners

17       Gavin Orr                        18.52                      

48       David Boyle                    21.20                      

85       Fiona Donaldson            24.14                      

Templeton 10 Mile  1 Nov 09                 265 Runners

108     Ian Smith                       1.19.09                    

Strathaven 10k  1 Nov 09                      318 Runners

1         Robert Turner               32.42                      

5         Peter Kadobinskyj        36.01                      

Parkrun 7 Nov

12         Peter KADOBINSKYJ   17:46

41         Ian A SMITH                20:43

45        David BOYLE                 20:55

55        Frank TOOLEY              21:24

58        Margie LEITCH             21:29

90        Christina MORGAN      22:59

99        Amanda PENNYCOTT   23:26

103       Fiona DONALDSON      23:44

105       Lindsey BOYLE              23:57

111        Karin MCKENDRICK      24:47

Parkrun 7 Nov

4           Peter KADOBINSKYJ   17:26

72         Graham TAIT                23:04

74         Jonathan PAGE              23:09

94         Karin MCKENDRICK      24:46

Race Dates –

Cross country races:

Sat 16^th Jan 2010 Broxburn Academy ( this is a club handicap race as well – last of this year’s club handicaps)

And the Edinburgh parkruns are held every Saturday at 9.30am at Cramond

See the club website for more local races coming up  http://www.harmenyac.org.uk/prunners/events.htm