London Marathon elite drinks station Every year, the Mornington Chasers organise one of the elite drinks tables at the London Marathon, in exchange for places in the race.  We need Chasers to volunteer to help out between 7am and around 11am/12pm on the day.  It's an early start but lots of fun and a unique perspective on this amazing event.  Sign up at the Events Calendar on the website.  Beer mile On Thursday 18th February, as an alternative to the regular session (which is still going ahead at Parliament Hill track), club members are attempting the Beer Mile (see www.beermile.com). We will be leaving Talacre at the usual time and jogging to Regents Park track to attempt this true test of endurance! Everyone is welcome, whether spectating or participating but please bring torches/head torches to help illuminate the route for participants. There will be a Regent's Park session for spectators beforehand too with more laughter guaranteed! We will also go to a Primrose Hill pub after which everyone is welcome to join (location TBC).  If you didn't sign up on the website but still want to take part then you can just turn up, but please bring your own supplies! Disclaimer: Please note this is not a club race and any risks arising for running while consuming alcohol are at your own risk.  Coached sessions this week Both the Tuesday and Thursday (track) coached sessions will be led by Andrea this week and details will be posted on the Mornington Chasers Facebook page in advance for anyone unable to attend.  The Thursday session will take place as usual at Parliament Hill track – the ‘Beer mile’ is a separate event.  Race Reports If you have something to say about a race you’ve run or can recommend any upcoming races, please email newsletter@chaser.me.uk.  Barcelona Marathon Six Chasers travelled over to Barcelona for the half marathon and two (Karl Baddeley and Emma Hayward) got fantastic personal records despite John Armstrong feeding them a kilo of shellfish each the night before. Everyone performed well on the day and had a very enjoyable time. Bramley 20 I’ve run two marathons but this was my first 20 mile race.  It’s easy to get to from London, especially with a 10:30am start and it's well organised.  The 2 lap course is mostly flat with a few hills, but nothing terrible.  The first few miles were pretty busy as the Bramley 10 takes place at the same time but it thinned out and the second lap was quite a peaceful countryside run.  I was pleased with my time and worked out that if I can run 20 miles in the same time at the Brighton Marathon in April, I could probably walk the rest and still get a PB there!    Calendar Here's whats happening over the next few weeks other than our usual Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday runs. You can find our full calendar on the website. Date Event Type Sign-up link Thu 18 Feb 2016 Karl's Beer Mile Track Sign up (to participate or spectate) Tue 1 Mar 2016 Pub night Social Sun 6 Mar 2016 Regent's Park 10K Road Sign up to marshal (2 of 10 left) Sun 13 Mar 2016 Finchley 20 Road We are also currently taking names for the following events. Date Event Type Sign-up link Sun 24 Apr 2016 London Marathon elite drinks station volunteering Other Sign up to volunteer (14 of 15 left) Sat 7 May 2016 Staveley 17K and 10K - Lake District Trail I'm doing it! (4 of 12 left) Results If you want to upload a photo or your results are missing, visit My Details on our website and update your picture and Power of 10 ID or submit your result manually. South of England Championships (Parliament Hill), 30/01/2016 15KXC John Lynch 1.14.40 8KXC Fiona Russell 38:14, 156   Hope Sloly 00:39:27 (00:39:27), 202   lynne connolly 46:56, 390 Parkrun 06/02/2016 London Southwark Park Steve Satchell 25:57, 104 Booth Decorators League (Chesterfield), 07/02/2016 4.7MXC Kelly Thorneycroft 37:47, 62 Great Bentley Half Marathon (Great Bentley), 07/02/2016 HM Annaka Charters 92:39 (92:37), 122 Mornington Chasers' Regents Park 10K Winter Series (London Regents Park), 07/02/2016 10K Georg Isola 41:49 (41:47), 38   Hope Sloly 42:10 (42:08), 46   David Renton 42:47 (42:45), 54 (6)   Paul Matthews 52:54 (52:45), 188 (2)   Phil West 57:14 (56:30), 254 (3) Watford Half Marathon (Watford), 07/02/2016 HM Ronan Hoare 85:34 (85:30), 107 NEW PB   Fiona Russell 93:14 (93:12), 272 (5)   David Nelson 96:35 (96:21), 354   William Watt 99:14 (99:03), 451 (137)   Rafaele Lamour 2:00:07 (1:58:53), 1311 (103) Parkrun 13/02/2016 Aldenham Mansour Radjabi 22:35, 4 (1) NEW PB Alexandra Palace Mike Hurford 21:00, 13 (1) Finsbury Park Dave Glencross 22:39, 60   Vernon Clement 23:49, 83 (1)   David Nelson 24:25, 94   michele Griffiths 25:36, 121 Highbury Fields Georg Isola 20:18, 24   William Watt 21:24, 39   Hope Sloly 21:27, 40 (1) Kingsbury Water Park Michael Shelton 20:03, 5 Redbridge Paul Matthews 26:32, 73 Tooting Common Ronan Hoare 18:31, 5 (1) NEW PB Mitja Marató de Barcelona (Barcelona, ESP), 14/02/2016 HM Sebastian Rule 01:30:41 (01:29:52)   John Armstrong 1:23:31 (1:23:19)   Karl Baddeley 01:24:46 (01:23:57), 592 NEW PB   Kelly Thorneycroft 88:51 (88:05), 1051   Emma Hayward 01:39:52 (01:36:22), 2531 (74) NEW PB   Alice Sullivan 2:05:46 (1:59:51), 9735 (693) Bramley 20 (Bramley), 14/02/2016 20M Lizzy Muggeridge 3:16:37 (3:14:27), 627 (40) NEW PB St Valentines 30K (Stamford), 14/02/2016 30K Andy Myers 2:29:38 (2:29:25), 233 Links Home Facebook Twitter Strava