Reading Roadrunners Club News
An Evening with Rosie Swale-Pope MBE + PRESENTATION OF LONDON MARATHON TEAM MEDALS – Wednesday 14 July 2010, 8pm at Palmer Park. Guaranteed to be a fantastic evening listening to Rosie’s stories of her various adventures of “Running Round the World” and “26 Marathons in 26 Days” to name but a few!!
Rosie along with a representative from England Athletics will be presenting the London Marathon Team Prize to the rightful winners – Sarah Gee, Karen Hathway and Nikki Aitken.
Ridgeway Relay - The A team finished 3rd in just under 10 hours, 4 minutes behind Headington in 2nd place. The Winners VOACC (Vale of Aylesbury) finished in just under 9h30min setting a new record. The B finished 22nd and Vets team 38th.
South Downs Marathon Relay The “A” team came in 3rd place out of 100 teams and 12 minutes behind the winning team.
Help needed for Dinton Pastures Relays Richard Hammerson is looking for helpers at this years Dinton Pastures Relays on Thursday 8th July. Dont worry if you want to run as you will still be able to....see Richard for further details and check out the Help Poster on the Dinton page.
Reading Roadrunners Ladies wins Team Gold at London Congratulations to Sarah Gee (2:40:06) Karen Hathaway (2:57:06) and Nicki Aiken (3:13:16) who put together a sterling team performance to win Gold for first team at the Virgin London Marathon.
Sarah Gee wins London Marathon Sarah Gee, running in the Championship race at the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 25th April finished 1st lady and 1st vet lady in 2 hrs 40 minutes and 06 seconds, a personal best by 5 minutes and 29 seconds.
Overall Sarah was 25th lady, 8th British lady and 1st vet overall beating Romania's Constantina Dita's time by over a minute. An awesome achivement for Sarah, well done.
London Marathon Well done to all 48 runners who completed the course after months of hard training, our marshals and supporters.
Gait Analysis MOTI Run-Fitness-Triathlon Specialist Store located in Alfred Street, Reading, will be at Palmer Park on Wednesday 19th May offering a free Biomechanical Assessment and Video Gait Analysis.
Discount MOTI Run-Fitness-Triathlon Specialist Store, 5 Alfred Street, Reading is now offering Reading Roadrunners 10% discount on production of your membership card along with The Sweatshop and Lace Ups. Cotswold Outdoor Store in Basingstoke Road offers 20%.
Cross Country Championship Carl Woffington has now published the results of the Club Championship which is run throughout the Sunday cross country season. Full details along with rules are found on the Cross Country page.
Car Boot Sales Please see the Charity webpage for details of the Charity Car Boot Sales. If you need any further information please see Tim Povey or Geoff Chaffer on a Wednesday evening at Palmer Park.
Membership renewals The deadline for renewal of your membership has passed. If you missed the deadline you will now have to rejoin as a new member for the higher fee. Membership form is on the Join Us page. Any questions regarding membership please email – membership@readingroadrunners.org.
London Marathon Coach - Seats are still available on the coaches ferrying runners and spectators to Charring Cross Station from Palmer Park at 6am on Sunday 25th April. Tickets are priced at £12 and you need to pay when booking your seat at a Wednesday track session. This is a good stress free way to travel to London.
Reading Half Marathon - Well done to all that helped out at the Reading Half Marathon on Sunday 21st March. There were lots of helpers behind the scenes as well as at the start. It is much appreciated by the organisers. As is the support of the ladies in our tent supplying refreshments much appreciated too. We had a good turnout for our charity, well done to all the bucket runners who raised over £600 on the day. And finally, well done all of you that ran, showing our huge presence on the streets of Reading. Wear your club colours and be seen.
Club Kit - Details of our kit are now on the Club kit page. An order form is in the process of being created and details how to order will appear soon.
Team Events a new page for team events has been added to the website. This was earmarked for the Results page but as club results are reported in the newsletter it was decided to change it to Team Events.
Charity 2010 As no Charity was put forward at the AGM in February it was left for the main charity committee to pick a local charity, or a few, for us to support for the year. Tim Povey and Geoff Chaffer has come up with Daisy's Dream (see Charity page) and dates for Car Boot Sales will be added to the Charity page soon.
Mortimer 10km The Entry for for the Mortimer 10km is now available.
Bramley 20/10 The date of 20th February has been set for the 2011 race.
Sarah Gee competed for GB in the Barcelona Half Marathon Championships on Sunday 14th February 2010. After unexpected snow on the start line, Sarah ran a person best time of over a minute and a half, 1:16:01 to finish fourth overall and 1st vet and 1st British lady. A fantastic run and achievement, well done Sarah.
Sports Personality of the Year Awards - Reading Roadrunners was awarded 'Team of the Year' in the recent Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Sarah Gee was awarded Veteran of the year for her sterling efforts throughout 2009.
Website Update - The website is being revamped for ease of use and updating news now Lee Hinton has passed over control. Please be patient while everything is converted to the new format. The committee is looking into a more professional site where members will be able to log in, order kit, update results etc.....watch this space.