Sunday 29th April - Club 10K and Bracknell Half

Well, if you were one of the helpers, it was really vile weather. If you were one of the runners, it was also really vile weather!

There's a runner there somewhere.....

Anyway, our notebook has dried out enough to be able to get the pages apart and read the results of this morning's 10K. Well done to our 15 valiant runners, including Anne-Marie who twisted her ankle in the wet and was unable to finish the course. We hope you are over it quickly Anne-Marie. Well done as well to the five soggy helpers, Dave, Nathan, Dee, Bob and Steve, who escaped after the start to the only coffee bar in Windlesham that doesn't have any table or chairs, but did serve nice hot chocolate for us to drink standing up.

The results were:

Peter Mannion	39.02
Laura Hales	42.02
Keith Hull	42.09
Geoff Williams	42.51
Russell Conaway	44.50
Roland Clapton	45.40	PB
Jo Obertell	45.43	PB
John Coffey	50.38
Nick Askem	50.52
Mark Coxhead	53.06
Malcolm Vaughan	53.52
Pam Berriman	54.12
Lyn Taylor	56.10
Yvonne Lubbock	57.13

Brave souls!

But at least twice as brave were those taking on the Bracknell Half Marathon today, with a 9.00am start and the wind blowing the rain sideways across South Hill Park.

The survivors were:

Danny Mahoney	1:24:19
Julia Robinson	1:32:25
Gordon Trout	1:47:53

Those times gave all three age-graded ratings around 72%. Looking outside the top 20 finishers in the race, very few had age-gradings over 70% so this was excellent running all round, great stuff!

London Marathon Photo's

Will add to this set as we get more, so check back. Thanks Tony for the first five.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegwr/sets/72157629877569865/with/6957859518/

Windle Valley Runners finish London Marathon in 44 hours 12 minutes 56 seconds!

Well done to all our London Marathon runners today!! Some excellent times and PB's in the race today.

Here are all our team's times:

Laura Hales: 3.09.52
Keith Hull: 3.24.08
Chris McAneny: 3.54.15
Robert Littlejohn: 3.55.53
Mark Wye: 4.02.36
Simon Calderbank: 4.02.46
Russell Conaway: 4.03.44
Robin Wakefield: 4.17.17
Martin Cox: 4.18.33
Sue Hadwen: 4.25.57
Luan Mahoney: 4.37.55

We eagerly await photos and race reports!

Come along to the Surrey Cricketers tomorrow night to congratulate them all.

And don't forget, ballot entries for the 2013 race open a week tomorrow on April 30th at http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/

What nice cups, Mr and Mrs M

Here are Danny and Luan Mahoney with their trophies awarded in the 2011 Club Championship:

1st place men : Danny

3rd place ladies: Luan

 

Well done to you both.

 

Also best wishes to Luan who will be running the VLM next Sunday! 

 

 

 

Towpath 10 (15 April) - well done to Pam and Pete

A sunny cool Sunday morning for a picturesque 10 mile riverside 'jaunt' along the towpath between Chiswick and Richmond and with 2.5 miles on road through the outskirts of Richmond.

Well done to our WV runners, Pam Berriman and Pete Mannion who ran it. Here they are running the final straight. A very happy Pam, me thinks! 

Pete: 1 hr 7 mins

Pam: 1 hr 29 mins

Olympic Park Run - short video - Robin

In addition to Steve & Tony's reports on the Olympic Park Run, here's a link to a 3-minute youtube of the event I put together, including 2 clips of Steve and my wife Lucia entering the stadium for the last 300m.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPXr0zlixyU

Next stop, VLM….

Robin

Olympic Park 5M Run by Tony

Tony Sheridan was one of the club's four runners at the National Lottery Olympic Park Run on 31st March.

His report on the day can be read by clicking here.

Photos from Easter 10 road race....

Some extracts from the Maidenhead 10 mile road race on Good Friday. (Photo's (c) by Maidenhead Athletic Club and ProSport Photo's) 

“Keep up Simon”

“Nearly there Chris....”

“The Greens in their greens!”

Mark looking very dashing

Well done to Keith on third place in his category!

A very happy Laura on getting 3^rd place in her category

Teresa May marshalling.........

WELL DONE TO YOU ALL!

Easter 10 road race

Well done to our runners who did the 10 mile road race today in Maidenhead. A good turn out for WV:
Keith Hull, Chris Dent, Mark Coxhead, Simon Edwards, Nathan Green, Dee Green and not forgetting Laura Hales (in her orange vest!).
Congratulations to Keith and Laura for taking the prizes for third place in their category.
Pictures to follow.....

http://www.maidenheadac.co.uk/easter+10/results

Prague Half Marathon - 31-03-12 by Simon.E

With Fleet Half Marathon selling-out in record time this year, and a spot of decorating beckoning, I decided to escape to the Czech Republic for a quick sight-seeing trip around the City of Prague in the form of their annual Half Marathon (much cheaper than paying for an actual tour!)

Flying time from the Heathrow is only 90 minutes, so I was able to evacuate chez Edwards undetected early Friday morning and arrive in Prague just in time for a spot of luncheon (pancakes). Having only approximately 36 hours to immerse myself in the local culture and inflict my dodgy Borat Czech accent on the locals I decided  to 'walk the City' briefly rather than flounder in the hotel. I started off with a view from Letna Park, before heading down to Czech-out the famous Charles Bridge, visit the Easter Market (filled with the smell of strudel, sausage, beer and delicious baked treats) and witness a mob of stag-do revellers egging-on the Easter bugler at the top of Astronomical Clock Tower in the Old Town Square. Bizarre.

The race was the next day at noon which saw 8000 plus runners from all over Europe crammed into a side road waiting for the start gun, preceeded by a rousing rendition of the national anthem (stirring stuff indeed -I was actually a little choked-up!). The streets were packed with with supporters and well-wishers and the route was lined with historic stuff and several heavy metal bands (and tram lines and cobbles, which very nearly ended me on several occasions). I crossed the finishing line in 1hr 39 mins, happy for the experience but pleased to be getting on a plane 3 hours later, making it home in time for a late tea and before anyone had noticed I'd gone.....before the cry "...and why are you limping?!"