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15 March 2022

Marathon places   Well done for all of you who got a ballot place in the London Marathon in October. We are looking forward to cheering on all the Chasers on the day.   We have 3 or 4 club places available for this year's London Marathon on Sunday 2nd October.  To qualify for a club place, you must have entered for the ballot and been rejected (proof required). You must also:  be a fully paid up first claim Mornington Chasers member have been a member for at least 12 months not have used a club place for the London marathon within the last three years. If you would like to be considered for a club place, please email the Secretary, Phil West, on plwest6@hotmail.com by 31st March at the latest. Places will be awarded based on past and present contribution to the club, rather than running speed.     Handicap   Date: Thu 21 April 2022 Time: 18:45 This is a handicap race with a staggered start, with handicaps chosen so that if everyone came in PB shape on the day everyone would finish simultaneously.   The route is 3 laps of Highgate Woods, which comes to a total of about 6km. It's a flat route and not too bad under foot, but the are tree roots, dog walkers and their dogs to avoid.   We'll need marshals and timers, so if you are planning to be injured please do volunteer.   To get a handicap you will need to have completed at least one race and recorded the result on our website. Our website does a decent job of automatically finding your race results on The Power of 10 and uploading them for you. If you are a new member you might need to help our website out by telling it your ID number for the Power of 10 (assuming your results are on it) or by uploading results manually.   Once you have results on our website, it will choose a handicap for you. If you visit your personal results page on our website and scroll to the bottom you will see your handicap written as a race time in Highgate Woods. This is how we will figure out the start order.   If you have never run a race or if you want to run with a different handicap to your official handicap you can do so. Just let us know in the comments below what you thnk your handicap should be, and if it makes you feel better you can tell us what your excuse is. However unless you accept your handicap as-is or choose to make it harder you will not be eligible for any prizes.   We will produce a detailed schedule nearer the time, but we expect that the first runner will be asked to set off at about 19:00.   Milton Keynes Festival of Running – Hattie Lowe   Getting to races is never straight forward and stress free, and this time it was cancelled trains, some very unhelpful station staff at Euston and Rosie’s last-minute need for a coffee from Pret that threw our well-planned travel arrangements into the air. We all (eventually) arrived in Milton Keynes on time, with big hopes for PBs, sightings of shopping robots, and a post-race Wagamamas.   We managed to wave off the Chasers doing the 20 miler, and then those of us doing the half warmed up and huddled in Wetherspoons to keep warm before the start, talking tactics and ignoring the elephant in the room (the big hill in the last mile).   The first 5 miles felt okay, a few twists and turns and lots of going down under roads and back up, but there was a nice lake and the novelty of new springy shoes. The first 5 miles were done, we’d gone out a bit faster than planned but we were surviving.   The second 5 miles were tough, we were getting tired, the wind felt stronger and it still felt like we had so far to go, with the torment of the big hill at the end always in the back of our minds. It took a lot of internal coaching and counting to 100 over and over before we finally left the dark place and got to the ‘3 miles to go’ stage. Just as things were getting back on track and the last gel was kicking in, the Milton Keynes Schnauzer Club appeared (around 30 miniature Schnauzer’s and their blissfully unaware owners sauntering along the path)! The guy in front of me was forced to come to a standstill, but somehow I managed to dart around without tripping. Ok, one last obstacle now. The big hill…   At the start of the last KM the dreaded hill appeared. It was steep and quite long, but the sighting of Andy (who had smashed his 20 miler and had come back to cheer us on) at the top, and the sound of the loudspeaker at the finish line somehow pulled us up. I did have to repeat to myself “If I can run up the hellish hills of Highgate, I can run up anything”. Before we knew it we were crossing the final bridge and running down the home straight. The crowds were great and everyone was cheering and shouting our names from our bibs. Despite the average pace creeping up over the last few miles, we’d hit our target and we happily hobbled to find some post-race fuel.   Unfortunately, to our misery, Wagamama’s didn’t open until 4pm (ed – this was a ridiculous policy by Wagas, some people were looking forward to their Chicken Katsu), but the post-race Nando’s as a substitute hit the spot perfectly.   Chasers Beer Mile:   This Thursday is the hotly anticipated return of the Chaser's beer mile at Regent's Park dust track.   After a tough training schedule culminated in Wokingham and Parliament Hill – we all deserve a break from 800m reps and instead punish our legs and livers in equal measure in a pedal to the metal 4 x 400m time trial with 355ml recoveries.    For those who have not participated before – this is a terrific event, and the rules are as follows:   Each runner drinks four bottles of 355ml beer and runs 4 laps around a standard 400m running track (start with chugging a beer, then run a lap, then beer, then lap, then beer, then lap, then beer, then lap - finish) Competitors who vomit before they finish the race must complete one penalty lap at the end of the race (immediately after the completion of their 4th lap). Vomiting more than once during the race still only requires one penalty lap at the end As you can see, this is perfect mix of pace, mental fortitude, tactical nous, and thirst   Please could you sign up using the link below so I can order the appropriate amount of beer   We will then be heading to the Princess of Wales by Primrose hill for a St Patrick’s Day social (of course non-racers are encouraged to spectate the event and/or join for the social)   The Chaser’s Beer mile was founded by Karl Baddeley, a Chaser who made a huge impression on the club during the time he was a member. Unfortunately, Karl lost his life earlier this year – and in recognition of his contribution to the club and this event specifically, we will be raising money for the British Heart Foundation. For those who wish to race, a donation of £10 would be much appreciated. You can donate here   Beginners Graduation Parkrun   Our Beginners did an amazing job over the past 8 weeks and and are now running their first 5k. Join us at Hampstead Heath parkrun this Saturday, and come along for coffee and cake afterwards!   For info on route and start look here: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/hampsteadheath/course/ 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. 27/03/2022 Middlesex Masters XC Champs Run - deadline 2022-03-15 04/04/2022 Committee Meeting 26/03/2022 Sri Chimnoy Mad March 10K - Battersea 17/03/2022 Mornington Chasers Annual Beer Mile I am in 19/03/2022 Beginners Graduation Parkrun Join 17/03/2022 Track Thursday Sign Up Here 19:00 (25 of 25 left) Sign Up here 19:20 We are also currently taking names for the following events. 21/04/2022 Club Handicap 🏃 Run Volunteer (6 of 12 left) Results If you want to upload a photo or your results are missing, log in to our website and update your picture and Power of 10 ID. RunThrough Lee Valley VeloPark (Lee Valley), 26/02/2022 10M Stephen Fabes 58:20 (58:18), 1 (1) [78.42%] ECCA Saucony English National Championships (Parliament Hill), 26/02/2022 12KXC Callum Gathercole 60:04, 1047 [53.88%] 8KXC Tamsin Ogilvie 54:16, 912 [51.07%] Wokingham Half Marathon (Wokingham), 27/02/2022 HM Nelson Goh 1:31:12 [64.78%] Parkrun 05/03/2022 Alexandra Palace Evelyn Howe 00:28:02, 121 [52.68%] Cambridge Half Marathon (Cambridge), 06/03/2022 HM Will Taylor 82:51, 385 [70.49%] NEW PB   Lauren Longhurst 87:35, 675 [74.96%]   Emily Morgan 97:29, 1701 [66.88%] NEW PB Mornington Chasers Regent's Park 10K (London Regents Park), 06/03/2022 10K Rendy Prakoso 37:14 (37:14), 6 [71.89%]   Andy Davies 37:51 (37:50), 11 [70.62%] NEW PB   Rahul Mohindra 39:33 (39:30), 16 [67.64%]   Philip Barnes 44:31 (44:23), 28 [60.20%] NEW PB   Mehul Kotecha 45:18 (45:09), 30 (5) [67.11%]   Stephanie Mercier 49:07 (48:55), 54 [62.45%]   Nick Fenner 49:46 (49:30), 62 (11) [64.48%]   Ciara McManus 53:05 (52:51), 82 (7) [59.89%]   Tamsin Ogilvie 57:30 (57:05), 105 (3) [61.49%] NEW PB   Robert Wade 59:00 (58:48), 118 (2) [236.65%]   Phil West 64:43 (64:14), 142 (3) [56.28%] Parkrun 12/03/2022 Ally Pally Stephanie Mercier 25:33, 56 [58.19%] Bromley Christopher Leslie 18:12, 7 (1) [71.34%] NEW PB Canons Park Meryl Walker 39:51, 90 [45.96%] Finsbury Park Simon Fitzmaurice 19:33, 27 [67.52%]   Vincent Murray 21:40, 79 [60.92%]   Johnny Chapman 23:57, 158 [54.28%]   Andy Davies 26:58, 278 [48.21%]   michele griffiths 28:10, 326 [63.49%] Gladstone Alex Renton 23:23, 27 (1) [60.30%]   Abdul Salam 27:36, 90 [51.87%] Hampstead Heath John Armstrong 20:00, 10 (1) [73.17%]   Thomas Goodey 20:01, 11 [64.86%]   Lachlan Stibbard Hawkes 22:05, 26 [58.79%]   Mark Lamb 26:21, 90 [51.30%]   Stephen West 32:34, 205 [44.27%]   Dawn Curtis 40:12, 254 [38.76%] Highbury Fields David Renton 21:20, 41 [68.59%]   Lizzy Muggeridge 31:59, 246 [50.03%] Margate Simon Fuller 31:14, 97 [49.09%] Milton Keynes Daisy Wooller 32:55, 268 [44.86%] Portobello Fiona Carr 25:54, 94 [57.27%] Pymmes Juliette Westbrook 30:01, 109 (1) [49.19%] Sunny Hill Nicola Payne 20:44, 3 (1) [71.22%] Bohermeen AC Half Marathon (Bohermeen, IRL), 13/03/2022 HM Ronan Hoare 76:44 (76:43), 37 [77.01%] NEW PB Knighton 20 (Knighton), 13/03/2022 20M Nitesh Thakrar 2:52:42 (2:52:42), 107 (4) NEW PB Links Send your stories to newsletter@chaser.me.uk. 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Marathon places

 

Well done for all of you who got a ballot place in the London Marathon in October. We are looking forward to cheering on all the Chasers on the day.

 

We have 3 or 4 club places available for this year's London Marathon on Sunday 2nd October.  To qualify for a club place, you must have entered for the ballot and been rejected (proof required). You must also: 

If you would like to be considered for a club place, please email the Secretary, Phil West, on plwest6@hotmail.com by 31st March at the latest. Places will be awarded based on past and present contribution to the club, rather than running speed.

 

 

Handicap

 

Date: Thu 21 April 2022

Time: 18:45

This is a handicap race with a staggered start, with handicaps chosen so that if everyone came in PB shape on the day everyone would finish simultaneously.

 

The route is 3 laps of Highgate Woods, which comes to a total of about 6km. It's a flat route and not too bad under foot, but the are tree roots, dog walkers and their dogs to avoid.

 

We'll need marshals and timers, so if you are planning to be injured please do volunteer.

 

To get a handicap you will need to have completed at least one race and recorded the result on our website. Our website does a decent job of automatically finding your race results on The Power of 10 and uploading them for you. If you are a new member you might need to help our website out by telling it your ID number for the Power of 10 (assuming your results are on it) or by uploading results manually.

 

Once you have results on our website, it will choose a handicap for you. If you visit your personal results page on our website and scroll to the bottom you will see your handicap written as a race time in Highgate Woods. This is how we will figure out the start order.

 

If you have never run a race or if you want to run with a different handicap to your official handicap you can do so. Just let us know in the comments below what you thnk your handicap should be, and if it makes you feel better you can tell us what your excuse is. However unless you accept your handicap as-is or choose to make it harder you will not be eligible for any prizes.

 

We will produce a detailed schedule nearer the time, but we expect that the first runner will be asked to set off at about 19:00.

 

Milton Keynes Festival of Running – Hattie Lowe

 

Getting to races is never straight forward and stress free, and this time it was cancelled trains, some very unhelpful station staff at Euston and Rosie’s last-minute need for a coffee from Pret that threw our well-planned travel arrangements into the air. We all (eventually) arrived in Milton Keynes on time, with big hopes for PBs, sightings of shopping robots, and a post-race Wagamamas.

 

We managed to wave off the Chasers doing the 20 miler, and then those of us doing the half warmed up and huddled in Wetherspoons to keep warm before the start, talking tactics and ignoring the elephant in the room (the big hill in the last mile).

 

The first 5 miles felt okay, a few twists and turns and lots of going down under roads and back up, but there was a nice lake and the novelty of new springy shoes. The first 5 miles were done, we’d gone out a bit faster than planned but we were surviving.

 

The second 5 miles were tough, we were getting tired, the wind felt stronger and it still felt like we had so far to go, with the torment of the big hill at the end always in the back of our minds. It took a lot of internal coaching and counting to 100 over and over before we finally left the dark place and got to the ‘3 miles to go’ stage. Just as things were getting back on track and the last gel was kicking in, the Milton Keynes Schnauzer Club appeared (around 30 miniature Schnauzer’s and their blissfully unaware owners sauntering along the path)! The guy in front of me was forced to come to a standstill, but somehow I managed to dart around without tripping. Ok, one last obstacle now. The big hill…

 

At the start of the last KM the dreaded hill appeared. It was steep and quite long, but the sighting of Andy (who had smashed his 20 miler and had come back to cheer us on) at the top, and the sound of the loudspeaker at the finish line somehow pulled us up. I did have to repeat to myself “If I can run up the hellish hills of Highgate, I can run up anything”. Before we knew it we were crossing the final bridge and running down the home straight. The crowds were great and everyone was cheering and shouting our names from our bibs. Despite the average pace creeping up over the last few miles, we’d hit our target and we happily hobbled to find some post-race fuel.

 

Unfortunately, to our misery, Wagamama’s didn’t open until 4pm (ed – this was a ridiculous policy by Wagas, some people were looking forward to their Chicken Katsu), but the post-race Nando’s as a substitute hit the spot perfectly.

 

Chasers Beer Mile:

 

This Thursday is the hotly anticipated return of the Chaser's beer mile at Regent's Park dust track.

 

After a tough training schedule culminated in Wokingham and Parliament Hill – we all deserve a break from 800m reps and instead punish our legs and livers in equal measure in a pedal to the metal 4 x 400m time trial with 355ml recoveries. 

 

For those who have not participated before – this is a terrific event, and the rules are as follows:

 

Each runner drinks four bottles of 355ml beer and runs 4 laps around a standard 400m running track (start with chugging a beer, then run a lap, then beer, then lap, then beer, then lap, then beer, then lap - finish)

Competitors who vomit before they finish the race must complete one penalty lap at the end of the race (immediately after the completion of their 4th lap). Vomiting more than once during the race still only requires one penalty lap at the end

As you can see, this is perfect mix of pace, mental fortitude, tactical nous, and thirst

 

Please could you sign up using the link below so I can order the appropriate amount of beer

 

We will then be heading to the Princess of Wales by Primrose hill for a St Patrick’s Day social (of course non-racers are encouraged to spectate the event and/or join for the social)

 

The Chaser’s Beer mile was founded by Karl Baddeley, a Chaser who made a huge impression on the club during the time he was a member. Unfortunately, Karl lost his life earlier this year – and in recognition of his contribution to the club and this event specifically, we will be raising money for the British Heart Foundation. For those who wish to race, a donation of £10 would be much appreciated. You can donate here

 

Beginners Graduation Parkrun

 

Our Beginners did an amazing job over the past 8 weeks and and are now running their first 5k. Join us at Hampstead Heath parkrun this Saturday, and come along for coffee and cake afterwards!

 

For info on route and start look here: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/hampsteadheath/course/


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.

27/03/2022 Middlesex Masters XC Champs
Run - deadline 2022-03-15

04/04/2022 Committee Meeting

26/03/2022 Sri Chimnoy Mad March 10K - Battersea

17/03/2022 Mornington Chasers Annual Beer Mile
I am in

19/03/2022 Beginners Graduation Parkrun
Join

17/03/2022 Track Thursday
Sign Up Here 19:00 (25 of 25 left)
Sign Up here 19:20

We are also currently taking names for the following events.

21/04/2022 Club Handicap
🏃 Run
Volunteer (6 of 12 left)


Results

If you want to upload a photo or your results are missing, log in to our website and update your picture and Power of 10 ID.

RunThrough Lee Valley VeloPark (Lee Valley), 26/02/2022

10M Stephen Fabes 58:20 (58:18), 1 (1) [78.42%]

ECCA Saucony English National Championships (Parliament Hill), 26/02/2022

12KXC Callum Gathercole 60:04, 1047 [53.88%]
8KXC Tamsin Ogilvie 54:16, 912 [51.07%]

Wokingham Half Marathon (Wokingham), 27/02/2022

HM Nelson Goh 1:31:12 [64.78%]

Parkrun 05/03/2022

Alexandra Palace Evelyn Howe 00:28:02, 121 [52.68%]

Cambridge Half Marathon (Cambridge), 06/03/2022

HM Will Taylor 82:51, 385 [70.49%] NEW PB
  Lauren Longhurst 87:35, 675 [74.96%]
  Emily Morgan 97:29, 1701 [66.88%] NEW PB

Mornington Chasers Regent's Park 10K (London Regents Park), 06/03/2022

10K Rendy Prakoso 37:14 (37:14), 6 [71.89%]
  Andy Davies 37:51 (37:50), 11 [70.62%] NEW PB
  Rahul Mohindra 39:33 (39:30), 16 [67.64%]
  Philip Barnes 44:31 (44:23), 28 [60.20%] NEW PB
  Mehul Kotecha 45:18 (45:09), 30 (5) [67.11%]
  Stephanie Mercier 49:07 (48:55), 54 [62.45%]
  Nick Fenner 49:46 (49:30), 62 (11) [64.48%]
  Ciara McManus 53:05 (52:51), 82 (7) [59.89%]
  Tamsin Ogilvie 57:30 (57:05), 105 (3) [61.49%] NEW PB
  Robert Wade 59:00 (58:48), 118 (2) [236.65%]
  Phil West 64:43 (64:14), 142 (3) [56.28%]

Parkrun 12/03/2022

Ally Pally Stephanie Mercier 25:33, 56 [58.19%]
Bromley Christopher Leslie 18:12, 7 (1) [71.34%] NEW PB
Canons Park Meryl Walker 39:51, 90 [45.96%]
Finsbury Park Simon Fitzmaurice 19:33, 27 [67.52%]
  Vincent Murray 21:40, 79 [60.92%]
  Johnny Chapman 23:57, 158 [54.28%]
  Andy Davies 26:58, 278 [48.21%]
  michele griffiths 28:10, 326 [63.49%]
Gladstone Alex Renton 23:23, 27 (1) [60.30%]
  Abdul Salam 27:36, 90 [51.87%]
Hampstead Heath John Armstrong 20:00, 10 (1) [73.17%]
  Thomas Goodey 20:01, 11 [64.86%]
  Lachlan Stibbard Hawkes 22:05, 26 [58.79%]
  Mark Lamb 26:21, 90 [51.30%]
  Stephen West 32:34, 205 [44.27%]
  Dawn Curtis 40:12, 254 [38.76%]
Highbury Fields David Renton 21:20, 41 [68.59%]
  Lizzy Muggeridge 31:59, 246 [50.03%]
Margate Simon Fuller 31:14, 97 [49.09%]
Milton Keynes Daisy Wooller 32:55, 268 [44.86%]
Portobello Fiona Carr 25:54, 94 [57.27%]
Pymmes Juliette Westbrook 30:01, 109 (1) [49.19%]
Sunny Hill Nicola Payne 20:44, 3 (1) [71.22%]

Bohermeen AC Half Marathon (Bohermeen, IRL), 13/03/2022

HM Ronan Hoare 76:44 (76:43), 37 [77.01%] NEW PB

Knighton 20 (Knighton), 13/03/2022

20M Nitesh Thakrar 2:52:42 (2:52:42), 107 (4) NEW PB

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