Race Recap Well done to everyone who raced last weekend. There was a fantastic Talacre of Chasers that journeyed up to Edinburgh for the marathon there. Congratulations to everyone who ran and to all those who cheered. Welcome new committee members Thank you to those who attended the Annual General Meeting on Monday. We can unveil two new signings to the committee, welcome Ellie Holloway and Jodie Pearlman who will no doubt do a sterling job leading the line organising social events for the club. Henry Woodward has departed the role and we thank him for his efforts particularly for last year’s Christmas Party. Henry will be helping Rebecca with the kits. Congratulations to David Nelson who has been given lifetime membership. Thank you for all your efforts. Post Track Pub Tonight after track Jodie and Ellie have really hit the ground running by organising a post track drink at The Stag in Belsize Park, please sign up so that they can see numbers Run Swim Bun After parkrun come for a paddle and then a pastry at Hampstead Heath. A great way to start the weekend! Sign up here so that we can wait for you after the parkrun Parliament Hill Athletics The deadline for signing up to the Parliament Hill Athletics is 9th June. Please add your name here if you would like to get involved. Big Half Update Thank you to Sarah for organising 30 cheap places for this year’s Big Half. If you would like to take advantage, please sign up here.   Summer League It’s been a long time since we have had a full set of normal summer league fixtures. Summer League is a series of 5 races across London of either 5 miles or 10 kilometres followed by picnic and, for those selected, relays where you will be cheered by your fellow chasers against our London rivals. The first fixture is on 19th June at Headstone Manor in Harrow. Please sign up here so we can gauge interest and possibly look into getting a coach if it’s a mission. Golden Stag Well done to Rob for pulling the Golden Stag from the brink when it looked like it wasn’t going to happen. Keep the 22nd of July free in your diaries! Race Report - Emily Morgan An ode to the Edinburgh Marathon, dedicated to the spectacular chasers who travelled 15.3 marathons (that’s 401 miles) to spectate! -  Edinburgh Marathon 2022, three years in the making for some. Diligent long runs, ticked off like homework, Dollis Valley, Greenwich & Kew. Inches away from the starting gun, staring in horror at the endless Porto-loo queue.  No time for an emergency wee! Is there a bush? Bubbling with energy & nerves, are my laces too tight? Oh no, my trail vest’s too front heavy, bounce bounce bounce…  Ubiquitous cheers and start line selfies.  Ready, steady  Go Hooray we’re off! Mile 2, we’re running (or positively sprinting) down the historic Royal Mile. Our first spectator in sight, Liam & it’s nothing but elation, smiles and joy.  Andy, hello! My first chaser sighting. An enthusiastic wave as we loop around Arthur’s Seat. Running ‘better than Scot Rail’ a poster declared, as we descended into Portobello & caught our first glimpse of the sea.   At mile 6, our second spectator, Fin on a bike! Through to mile 12, where we’re greeted with thunderous cheers. The best support squad in history, a team of chasers! Halfway now. 13.1 miles to go. Feeling good. 14,15,16, starting to dwindle. 17, loosing the plot. Why did we do this? 18. Soul searching. Where’s that hero inside of me at? 19, 20, the mental half way point. The final 10km. Just a Tuesday run. Or two park runs? Chasing the finish line. Thoughts of sticky toffee pudding. Slow, steady, call me Tommy. 23.5, a second emotional cheer from the chasers to get us over the finish line! Ouch.  Now to the pub!  Enjoy the long weekend! 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. 12/06/2022 Athletics Fixture 2 - Parliament Hill! Join - deadline 2022-06-09 19/06/2022 Summer League | Headstone Manor Confirmed To help me with admin / You can just turn up on the day (992 of 999 left) - deadline 2022-06-17 04/06/2022 Run Swim Bun Join 12/06/2022 Big Half Community Entries Sign-up Join - deadline 2022-06-12 We are also currently taking names for the following events. 01/07/2022 Finsbury Park 5000s Are you in?! 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. Sri Chinmoy 10K (Battersea Park), 21/05/2022 10K Rahul Mohindra 38:09, 48 [70.03%] NEW PB   Lydia Thomson 41:47, 71 (10, -) [72.60%]   Daniel Lewis 51:42, 92 [55.77%] Brecon Carreg Cardiff Bay 10K (Cardiff), 22/05/2022 10K Danielle Smreczak 46:44 (46:17), 426 (47, 8) [69.46%] YVAA Grand Prix 6 (Honley), 22/05/2022 6MMT Carl Heron 47:56, 42 (2) Southern Athletics League Division 3 North London (Lee Valley), 22/05/2022 200 Stephen West 38.76, 6 DT2K Stephen West 21.19, 1 HT7.26K Stephen West 14.99, 5 JT800 Stephen West 21.27, 1 SP7.26K Stephen West 6.56, 5 Great Manchester Run 10K (Manchester), 22/05/2022 10K Paul Simons 49:59, 1533 (58) [64.42%] Hampton Court Palace 10K (Thames Ditton), 22/05/2022 10KMT Marcos Cuevas-Nunez 43:22 (43:15), 55 (7) [68.86%]   Juliette Westbrook 47:15 (46:59), 124 (18, -) [64.56%]   Eleanor Childs 50:41 (50:22), 193 (33, -) [60.23%] RunThrough Clapham Common 10K (Clapham), 25/05/2022 10KMT Marcos Cuevas-Nunez 47:49 (47:43), 42 (6) [62.42%] Wesham 10K (Preston), 25/05/2022 10K Katrina Kelly 43:03 (42:59), 67 (5, -) [70.57%] NEW PB Parkrun 28/05/2022 Ally Pally Stephanie Mercier 26:12, 78 (-, 1) [56.74%] Bois de Boulogne, FRA John Mehrzad 19:30, 9 [71.79%] Burgess Rachel Rosenthal 19:57, 43 (-, 1) [74.35%] NEW PB   Rebecca Taylor 20:07, 48 (-, 1) [79.54%] NEW PB Cardiff Sophie Fenner 29:38, 417 [49.83%] Cassiobury Brandon Leung 20:51, 26 [67.63%] Finsbury Park Henry Woodward 17:12, 3 (1) [75.48%]   Rahul Mohindra 19:39, 28 [66.07%]   Rafaele Lamour 27:59, 276 [59.02%]   Eamon Byrne 40:05, 440 [39.21%] Gladstone Abdul Salam 26:00, 64 [55.06%] Great Denham Daisy Wooller 22:02, 26 [67.02%] NEW PB Hackney Marshes Jennifer Moore 26:42, 184 [55.37%] Hampstead Heath Thomas Goodey 19:33, 10 [66.41%] NEW PB   Simon Fitzmaurice 20:33, 22 [64.23%]   Daniel Berry 21:39, 40 [73.13%]   Pete Calvert-Barr 21:50, 45 [60.15%]   Yan (Patrick) Li 25:51, 122 [57.96%]   Robin Smale 26:03, 127 [56.62%] NEW PB   Alex Renton 26:24, 135 [53.41%]   Lydia Thomson 26:25, 136 [55.90%]   Alina Williamson 27:56, 174 [53.58%]   Tina Sharkey 28:20, 191 [57.06%]   Phil West 44:41, 384 [39.09%] Hellbrunn, AUT Stephen Nash 21:35, 3 [66.33%] Highbury Fields Philip Rutnam 22:01, 57 [70.17%] NEW PB   Fiona Russell 22:27, 63 (-, 1) [76.10%]   Johnny Chapman 24:16, 100 [53.57%]   Lizzy Muggeridge 33:30, 293 [48.26%] Mile End Christopher Leslie 18:17, 6 (1) [71.01%] Portobello Juliette Westbrook 23:16, 80 (-, 1) [63.47%]   Andy Davies 23:17, 81 [55.83%]   Jodie Pearlman 23:23, 83 [63.15%]   Gaby Anderson 23:37, 85 [62.53%] NEW PB   Hattie Lowe 23:49, 92 [62.00%]   Ellie Holloway 23:49, 93 [62.00%]   Nick Herbert 30:43, 261 [42.27%] Queen's, Glasgow Mark Lamb 21:33, 5 [63.19%] Southwark Steve Satchell 29:47, 251 [212.31%] Sunny Hill Meryl Walker 40:39, 30 (-, 1) [45.06%] Upton Court Carl Heron 21:04, 11 [75.79%] RunThrough Lee Valley VeloPark (Lee Valley), 28/05/2022 10M Marcos Cuevas-Nunez 76:52 (76:47), 8 (2) [63.58%] NEW PB   Eleanor Childs 89:53 (89:48), 18 (5, -) [54.96%] NEW PB Devil's Lite Ultra 50km (South Downs), 28/05/2022 Other Andrew Disley 08:50:54 (08:50:54), 37 Edinburgh Marathon (Edinburgh ), 29/05/2022 Mar David Stark 03:38:04 (03:38:04), 1687 (1465) [56.44%] NEW PB Links Send your stories to newsletter@chaser.me.uk. Home Facebook Twitter Strava