Bronze Medal in Middlesex Masters Championship for our women's team The final race in our cross country season was the Middlesex Masters Championships last Sunday, 19 February. In a season that has seen many club members, new and established participate in the various races, it was a fitting end that three of our most dedicated runners, Fiona Russell, Avril Riddell and Maki Kimura, won the women's team Bronze Medal. Anne Caspi has done a fantastic job as team manager this year and I know we would all like to say a huge 'thank you' to her. Cross Country is a fantastic way to build strength and endurance through the winter months and has traditionally been the way to maintain training levels before the start of the track season. The many benefits have proved valuable to our road runners and triathletes too.- Andrea Karl Baddeley Memorial Beer Mile There were some stellar performances at the Karl Baddeley Memorial Beer Mile. David Nelson rewrote the record books with a time of 16:22, shaving an impressive three minutes onto William McNulty’s previous record for slowest beer mile. No-one in the 30 year history of the club has ever done worse. The Vets were in good form too. John Armstrong set a V40 record for fastest beer mile (7:52), and won the race overall. Impressively, everyone who took part achieved either a personal best, or a personal worst. Many achieved both. The competition for shortest shorts was too close to call. If that wasn’t enough, our athletes raised over £200 for Tiny Lives, a charity to support premature babies and their families. Visit our fundraising page if you would like to donate. Thanks to everyone who has donated, to all our athletes and to Carmen, Stephen, Emma, Jenny and Alice for organization and moral support. You were all wonderful. The only person who really let the side down was Myles, but what did we expect? A great event all round.- John Coached Sessions this week Avril will be coaching tomorrow evening at Primrose Hill, after a warm up jog from Talacre. Various drills and then 2x(8 mins @ threshold/marathon pace [90s jog], 5 mins @ 5k [90s jog], 2 mins @ 3k). 3 min RI. This session is suitable for all, recognising different speeds and good for endurance. Thursday’s session will take place at Parliament Hill track. Further details will be posted on the facebook page later in the week. !URGENT! - VOLUNTEER MARSHALS NEEDED We still need an additional 3 volunteer marshals for our race this Sunday 5th March. You can sign up to marshal via the calendar. Our Regent’s Park 10k series is vital to the clubs finances and needs the support by all members.  This is the last in the current series of races. We are teaming up with Autistica for this race and are hoping to see as many people as possible running in fancy dress- it’ll be the perfect occasion for those of you planning on running your spring marathons in fancy dress to practice running in costume.  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 Sun 5 Mar 2017 Regent's Park 10K - 5th March Road Sign up to marshal (3 of 12 left) Wed 8 Mar 2017 Marathon Seminar Series - Part 3 Other Sat 11 Mar 2017 Thames Meander Half Marathon Trail Sun 26 Mar 2017 Gade Valley 20 Mile Marathon Training Run Road We are also currently taking names for the following events. Date Event Type Sign-up link Sat 15 Apr 2017 Southern Athletics League- Match 1. Parliament Hill Track Sign up to run Sat 20 May 2017 Southern Athletics League- Match 2. St Albans Track Sign up to run Sat 17 Jun 2017 Southern Athletics League- Match 3. Lee Valley Track Sign up to run Sat 8 Jul 2017 Southern Athletics League- Match 4. Mile End Track Sign up to run Sat 19 Aug 2017 Southern Athletics League- Match 5. Parliament Hill Track Sign up to run Results If you want to upload a photo or your results are missing, visit log in to our website and update your picture and Power of 10 ID. Parkrun 18/02/2017 Alexandra Palace Mike Hurford 20:08, 13 (1)   Fiona Carr 25:45, 89 NEW PB Chelmsford David Nelson 20:45, 42 Finsbury Park Daniel Berry 20:59, 46   PATRICK GILMORE 25:17, 146   michele Griffiths 25:36, 157 (1)   Jennifer Moore 28:14, 220 Gladstone Park Alex Renton 22:31, 30 Gunpowder Park Martin Mcguinness 31:08, 103 Hampstead Heath Alon Caspi 27:50, 145   Anne Caspi 29:52, 196 Highbury Fields Georg Isola 24:03, 99 Kingsbury Water Park Michael Shelton 21:09, 33 Redbridge Paul Matthews 26:03, 80 (1) Tooting Common Simon Fuller 27:39, 274 Middlesex County Veterans' Championships (Ealing), 19/02/2017 6KXC Fiona Russell 27:39 (27:34), 14 (5)   Avril Riddell 27:58 (27:53), 15 (2) Hampton Court Half Marathon (Kingston upon Thames), 19/02/2017 HM Myles Preston 78:33 (78:32), 29 NEW PB   John Mehrzad 82:51 (82:50), 64 NEW PB   Lauren Longhurst 94:07 (93:40), 387 NEW PB   Julia Groves 1:43:39 (1:42:06), 861 NEW PB Seville Marathon (Seville, ESP), 19/02/2017 Mar Daniele Biagi 03:06:51 (03:06:37) NEW PB Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon (Tunbridge Wells), 19/02/2017 HM Gary Clarke 89:15 (89:04), 103 (31) Karl Baddeley Memorial Beer Mile (Regent's Park), 23/02/2017 Beer Mile John Armstrong 00:07:52, 1 NEW PB   Simon Fitzmaurice 00:08:15, 2 NEW PB   Ben Barker 00:08:26, 3 NEW PB   Russ Hall 00:09:54, 4 NEW PB   Anthony Williams 00:10:07, 5 NEW PB   Sam Blackburn 00:11:02, 6   Matt Thomas 00:12:31, 7   Paul-Emmanuel Guinard 00:13:01, 7   David Glencross 00:15:46, 9 NEW PB   David Nelson 00:16:22, 10 San Pellegrino Myle (Regent's Park), 23/02/2017 SP Myle Myles Preston    DNS Brooks Serpentine Last Friday 5K (London Hyde Park), 24/02/2017 5K Avril Riddell 23:00, 183 (2)   Andrea Sanders-Reece 23:13, 190 (3) RunThrough Lee Valley Park 5K (London), 25/02/2017 5K Victoria Cleaver 33:28, 45 ECCA Saucony English National Championships (Nottingham), 25/02/2017 8KXC Kelly Thorneycroft 33:10, 88 Thorpe Park Half Marathon (Chertsey), 26/02/2017 HM Sara Prisco 1:58:38 (1:52:24), 1222   Suzanne Janes 1:59:52 (1:53:39), 1288 NEW PB Links Send your stories to newsletter@chaser.me.uk. 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