Henfield 9 and Tunbridge Wells Half

Posted on 27/02/2012 by Nolan in Monday Musings, Races & Reports | Leave a comment

A weekend round up….

Three notable runs from Beckenham Runners to tell you about this week!

Congratulations to Will who only went and won his first race!

Will managed to hold off Dulwich’s Tony Tuohy and Clare Elms to win the Henfield 9 in 58:28.

Mel also had a good run as she get’s back to full fitness finishing 3rd lady. Here are the results.

Stephen Thackeray also had an impressive run out at the Tunbridge Wells half marathon. On a hard course he finished in a very impressive 1:14:40 and 9th place. Things are looking good for London! Results

 

Beginners Running Course

Posted on 11/01/2012 by Nolan in Coaching & Running Advice | Leave a comment

If you’ve never run before, or want to start running again in the company of others then this could be for you.

We are pleased to announce another one of our beginners running courses, details as below, or you can down load a copy from here. Our experienced and very friendly runners will be on hand to guide you along and help you get going over an 8 week period starting on the 23 January. If you have got any questions then please feel free to contact Chris. Good Luck!

Kent Cross Country Champs 2012

Posted on 07/01/2012 by Nolan in Cross Country | Leave a comment

We had a great turn out at Wilmington for the Kent XC championships and some great individual performances from the guys and the gals. Overall the mens team came another crediable 7th overall in the 6 to score, and a great 4th in the 12 to score. The ladies matched the men with a 7th place. Mens results & Ladies Results

Click on photo for link to more taken on the day

2012 Beckenham Races…

Posted on 05/01/2012 by Nolan in Everything Else, Grand Prix | Leave a comment

Happy New Year to everyone!

Here’s a list of races to take us up to the summer. Please note the races highlighted in green which are the Grand Prix races. First up is the B&B mob match, hope to have as many of you there as possible…. more details to be circulated on the club email soon.

Sorry for the short notice, but the 2nd Grand Prix will be the Ashford 10k 5/2, which you can enter online and is in four weeks time, so get in your entries!

 

The provisional plan for the second half of the year is:

  • 29 July – Les Golding 10k
  • 2nd Sept – Weald St George 10k
  • 14th Oct – Titsy 10k
  • 18th Nov – Brighton 10k
  • 2nd Dec – Hogs Back or Thanet 10.

 

 

 

Kent Masters Cross Country

Posted on 12/12/2011 by Nolan in Cross Country | Leave a comment

Well done to Carl Ferri who ran the Kent Master Cross Country race at the weekend and came 3rd in the V40 race! Maybe next year it could be a race for the vets at the club to target, as I’m sure we’d do well in the team stakes….

Kent Masters results.

Grand Prix 2011

Posted on 12/12/2011 by Nolan in Grand Prix, Races & Reports | Leave a comment

A final round up of this years Grand Prix….

Following on from the Brighton 10k results which included PB’s for Chris Minns and Helen Garrett, the final Grand Prix of the year took place at Bromley parkrun. Click here for event 118 results, Kate Marchant took her turn to get a 5k pb beating the 21:00 minute mark in 20:53.

Anyways, results are now in for the final Grand Prix standings as follows… (I’ll add the full table when I can get it off Jim)

Premier League

1 Stuart Scott, 2 Jim Addison, 3 Chris Lydon

Division One

1 Mel Burdett, 2 Simon Carter, 3 Steve Ferra

Division Two

1 Ed Osbourne, 2 Georgina Selway, 3 Nicky Howard

Congratulations to everyone, details of next years racing to be announced soon.

Kent League XC Race 3 Sparrows Den

Posted on 05/12/2011 by Nolan in Cross Country | Leave a comment

A great turn out of 16 runners took part in the latest round of the Kent League Cross Country. In the four to score competition strong runs from Chris Minns, Stephen Thackeray, Carl Ferri and Jim Addison collected a score of 105 points, just beating the previous best of 108  from last months race. It was enough for 5th place on the day, and put’s Beckenham 6th overall. We also had enough runners out to qualify for the 12 man competition, coming 4th out of 6 teams. All in all a very pleasing day, long may the new enthusiasm for cross country continue…… next up, the Kent Championships 7/1, I’m sending off the form at the end of the week. If you want to put your name down contact me ASAP! Full results


Brighton 10k Pics

Posted on 20/11/2011 by ben in Beckenham Photos, Races & Reports | Leave a comment

As I was feeling lazy, I went along to brighton to take photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40624647@N06/sets/72157628064128989/

Brighton 10k

Brighton 10k

Beckenham Charity 10k Trail Race

Posted on 13/11/2011 by Nolan in Beckenham 10k Trail Race, Races & Reports | Leave a comment

Many thanks to everyone who ran in todays 10k trail race which was raced in fantastic sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures. A full set of provisional results are now available BRC 10K Trail Race 2011.

This year the race was held on Rememberance Sunday and proceeds from the excellent turnout will be donated to the Royal British Legion. A special thanks goes to the winning Blackheath and Bromley mens team who donated their cash prize to the charity. Also now available are Tom Simpsons photographs of the race, just click on the picture below.

Click on the photo above for more shots taken by our Tom


							

	

			

		


		
	


			

			
Dublin Marathon


			

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The organization for the starting pens was very slick as we lined up in Upper Fitzwilliam Street for the start.

I chose an orange pen (sub 3:30 ) placing myself midway in that group,

We trundled forward towards the start line in Dublin’s fair city on a dull but warmish morning, temperature around 12c.

The first two miles or so were meandered around the city roads but annoyingly kept coming to a logjam where some of the twists and turns slowed the runners down.

Once mile three had arrived the roads were longer and straighter and i decided to tag along with the 3:15 pacer as he had a giant orange balloon tied to him I thought that this might be the safest way to stop me from getting lost. Passed six mile mark in 42 minutes by this time we had reached Phoenix Park.The group I was running with were still quite bunched so much so that a few competitors tripped up over the speed bumps in the roads.

Still with the 3:15 balloon at ten miles I was starting to get slightly miffed that the big orange orb kept hitting me on the head about every 3-4 paces so decided to try and quicken up reaching 13 miles in 1:32 ish just about spot on for the time I was looking for.

Stopped at 15 miles for a call of nature ( mostly due to bombing to much free water and energy drinks inside me) I was running alongside another bod who looked like he was a seasoned runner, he had a better idea. The runner in question had carbo gels cross strapped all over his body in the same way the Mexicans had their bullets in old wild west films.

So back to the race; after my comfort break I managed about another half mile and the legs gave out. Noooo your having a giraffe, still 11 miles to go!!

So 11 miles of run, jog, walk, well at least it gave me a chance to take in the sights as i finally slumped over the line in 3:26.

I feel better for the experience and may even do another marathon some day.


For those wishing to do Dublin Marathon, its well supported by the crowds, well organized, fairly urban with a Phoenix Park insert and undulating but no big hills. A bit expensive to enter though 70 euros minimum.


Keep on running,


OK Chris