Race Report- Race to the Stones 100km 15/16th July 2017 On Saturday 15th July, Eamon and I met at 5am at Victoria and boarded the Oxford Tube to get to the start of Race to the Stones, a 100km adventure across the Chilterns and the North Wessex Downs ending at the neolithic stones in Avebury. We heard rumours that Matt Thomas was another Chaser embarking on the challenge, but he was so super speedy we didn’t even spot him! The route is absolutely stunning and along the way we met lots of lovely people who were happy to chat away to us for a little while. So different from a marathon, we stopped at each aid station for between 10 and 20 minutes to have some real food, a chat and, on the second day, have my blisters professionally wrapped by medics who usually work on the air ambulances and major traumas (which it was to me at the time!) We opted for the two day option and so we spent Saturday night in basecamp at the 50km mark where we had a tent ready and waiting for us, access to a hot meal and a super hot shower and even a free massage! We spent the evening sitting in camping chairs drinking mugs of hot tea and talking to new friends we made along the route. At 6am on Sunday we set off to conquer day two, unsure how we would feel having run 50km the day before. I enjoyed day two more than day one, the weather was glorious and it felt like we were on the home stretch, even with 31 miles still to go. I would certainly recommend the event to anyone who is looking to make the leap from marathons to ultras. It isn’t cheap, but what you get for your money is reassurance and lots of home comforts. Dubbed a ‘baby-ultra’ it gives you the opportunity to try something challenging while knowing you have lots of support. And of course a brilliant medal and bragging rights! I’d like to thank Eamon for all his support, for getting me through it and for putting up with me. I moaned a lot. On day one it rained. It wasn’t forecast to rain. This made me mad. On day two I got a blister (have I mentioned that?!) and used all his Compeed plasters. Thank you Eamon, your patience is infinite!- Suzanne Summer Picnic Come along to the Chaser's Summer Picnic on 28th August from 2pm. Cheese and wine will be provided, all you need to bring is yourself and whatever extra food and drink you fancy. The picnic will be held at Hampstead Heath (exact location tbc). If you're interested in coming, please sign up here. Friends and family are also welcome. Volunteer needed! The club needs to put an order in for new t-shirts. If you’d be willing to help out and take charge of this, please contact Alice alice.sullivan@ucl.ac.uk 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 Sat 5 Aug 2017 Orion Forest 5 Trail Sat 19 Aug 2017 Southern Athletics - Match 5. Parliament Hill Track Sign up to run Sun 20 Aug 2017 Summer League Battersea 10k Summer League We are also currently taking names for the following events. Date Event Type Sign-up link Mon 28 Aug 2017 Summer Picnic Social Sign up to register interest Sun 3 Sep 2017 Essex Way Relay Trail Sign up to enter (8 of 20 left) Sun 3 Sep 2017 Hampstead Heath Duathlon Triathlon Sign up to enter (3 of 10 left) 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. Virgin Sport British 10K (Westminster), 09/07/2017 10K Jeff Bannister 38:24 (38:21), 50 (5)   Christiana Akingbola 46:31 (45:51), 392 NEW PB Southern Counties Veterans' League Mid London Division (Perivale), 12/07/2017 3000 Avril Riddell 13:26.2, 1 800 Avril Riddell 3:13.2, 1 Al Andalus Ultimate Trail 230 km (Loja), 14/07/2017 Other Tina Bergman 27:38:37 (27:38:37), 7 (2) Parkrun 15/07/2017 Alexandra Palace Luke Healy 22:55, 38 Chelmsford Matt Mead 22:21, 88 Crane Park Daren Morley 26:50, 63 Edmonton Hannah Jean McQuarrie 23:54, 18 Finsbury Park David Glencross 20:14, 28   Ronan Hoare 21:16, 40   Peter Faulkner 21:55, 46 Hackney Marshes Jennifer Moore 30:09, 202 Hampstead Heath Simone Stoppa 23:54, 79   Gary Homewood 25:26, 111   Abdul Salam 26:47, 136 Kingsbury Water Park Michael Shelton 20:17, 15 (1) London Southwark Park Steve Satchell 26:04, 156 Oak Hill Park Philip West 28:04, 108 Roding Valley Paul Matthews 25:50, 46 (1) Tooting Common Simon Fuller 28:35, 346 Summer League (Regent's Park), 16/07/2017 10K Craig Johnston 00:37:55, 14 (10)   Adrian Cathersides 00:37:58, 15 (3)   Simon Fitzmaurice 00:38:20, 16 (11)   Myles Preston 00:38:30, 18 (12)   Donal Moran 00:38:57, 23 (5)   Ronan Hoare 00:39:21, 26 (17)   John Armstrong 00:39:43, 32 (8)   Brandon Leung 00:39:47, 34 (21)   David Thorne 00:40:57, 41 (9)   Simone Stoppa 00:41:19, 45 (30)   Richard Silverton 00:41:19, 46 (31)   Daniel Berry 00:42:05, 51 (3)   William Watt 00:42:50, 58 (11)   Nikolas Stephan 00:43:17, 61 (38)   Ian Girling 00:43:38, 68 (41)   David Renton 00:44:18, 74 (15)   Matt Mead 00:46:30, 89 (19)   Joe Fennell 00:47:24, 96 (51)   Hope Sloly 00:48:00, 108 (4)   Josh Franks 00:48:15, 112 (55)   Emma Hayward 00:49:12, 126 (6)   Blanka Horvath 00:50:00, 135 (9)   Alice Sullivan 00:50:31, 139 (5)   Camilla Ray 00:51:01, 144 (7)   kirsty Bunning 00:51:57, 152 (10)   Aideen Dunne 00:53:31, 167 (15)   Georg Isola 00:53:36, 168 (23)   Michael Teixeira 00:57:47, 201 (24)   Alexander Reddicliffe 01:07:21, 251 (18)   Peter Torre 01:12:02, 259 (1)   John Bickley 01:16:23, 264 (15) Self Transcendence 5K (Battersea Park), 17/07/2017 5K Carl Heron 19:42, 80 (4) NEW PB   David Nelson 21:37, 110   Avril Riddell 22:14, 124 (1) Self Transcendence 10K (Battersea Park), 22/07/2017 10K Alexander Reddicliffe 46:30, 70 (5) Links Send your stories to newsletter@chaser.me.uk. 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