Category Archives: Races & Reports
Grand Prix Race 5: Ted Pepper 10k
Jim writes: Congrats to everyone who ran Ted Pepper today. Another good turnout of 25 club runners with Chris second overall and Mel 3rd lady – please say if i’ve missed any other prizes. Grand prix points and updated tables … Continue reading
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London Marathon Race Report: Go On Miss Langton!
Alice’s race report! VLM 2011 So, 17th April has finally been and gone. Following my “good fortune” in acquiring a Club place in the Christmas draw I really had to pull my finger out to get some training done. As … Continue reading
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London Marathon 2011
Not as hot as Paris last weekend but London at midday wasn’t that far off. So really well done and many congratulations to everyone that ran the Virgin London Marathon yesterday in what turned out to be toasty conditions. Pictures … Continue reading
Paris Marathon 2011
We train all winter in the freezing cold, trudging through snow….to run a marathon in 25 degree heat, great for spectators but carnage for the runners. Fortunately David Scrimshaw survived the roasting in Paris to smash his marathon PB by … Continue reading
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Croydon Half, Dartford 10, Sussex Marathon
In addition to the mob match mayhem on Saturday, there were also a few other local races taking place which attracted some of our runners…. Croydon Half Marathon 26 Richard Selway 01:29:08 143 Andrew Rees 01:53:07 Dartford 10 (rearranged from … Continue reading
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parkrun Mob Match
On Friday I got email after email with tales of sick notes and injuries so I was a little worried that I’d set up a mob match that no one was going to attend! In the end we had a … Continue reading
Worthing 20
5am, 6am…. I didn’t have a clue what the time was when I got up, all I knew is that I had to ignore the fuzz in my head thanks to the 5 pints the previous day watching England destroy … Continue reading
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Paddock Wood Half Marathon
Considering Paddock Wood wasn’t a Grand Prix race this year, there was a quite a good turn out of Beckenham Runners. Chris Minns had an excellent run despite some difficulties but did enough to get a superb PB. Richard aslo ran a stormer with … Continue reading
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Lisbon and Hastings Half Marathons
On Sunday the British half marathon record fell, sadly Mo Farah isn’t a member of Beckenham, but we do have a Stephen Farrar who was a part of a contingent of Beckenham abroad! Edgar showed the way round his hood at … Continue reading
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Orion 15
This weekend I took the place of Sophie and Anika’s usual long run partner Ben (while he was in Lisbon), and escorted them to Chingford for the Orion 15. Thanks to Sophies 10 year old who programed her cars inbuilt … Continue reading
