THE HARRIER

(JULY 2018 NEWSLETTER)

ALISON ENGLEDEW AT THE TORBAY HALF MARATHON

Our athletes have performed very well in these remarkable hot conditions. Well done to all. It was also hot for our Relays. What a great night with records tumbling and our ladies winning their category. Many thanks to Katy Mogridge for submitting an article on Parkruns. On Saturday Erme Valley are hosting the event at Plym Valley so why not turn up to see what’s it’s all about. Katy can no doubt provide you with further information.

Dave Fox (EDITOR)

From the Chair

Hello everyone again I hope I find you all well.

Having spent all of the winter moaning about the cold I am the last person you're go if to hear say it's too hot! That said as runners we do need to be conscious of the heat. I was talking to the doctor recently about a foot issue and he asked about my hydration regime - based on the level of exercise / runs I do he asked if I was drinking 4 pints of water / fluid a day, I wasn't which can have a detrimental effect on your body - food for thought I suspect for most of us.

We continue as a club to be really well represented at local races – these have included the Burrator Horseshoe, Torbay Half Marathon and the Muskies Madness. Well done to all of you who have taken part and again to all both seniors and juniors who have represented the club in the last month.

Whilst I am on the subject of club representation can I give a quick shout out to Andy Trigg who has been selected for the GB Seniors Marathon Team - congratulations and a real inspiration to all of us at the club.

Following on from our successful 10k event, we held our relay event led by Paul Ross here at the Rugby Club on Friday 6th July 2018. It was a fantastic event which this year hosted 145 teams (580 runners). I am sure there will be a fuller report in this edition of the Harrier but a huge thank you from me for all EVH members families and friends who volunteered that night to make it the success it was.

And finally as mentioned last month Ken Summers has set the date of Friday 15thDecember 2018 for our Christmas Meal. I think we have hit the minimum numbers to go which is excellent news. More to follow shortly.

If you have any feedback or notes you want me to cover next month, please do not hesitate to e-mail markanddebs.livermore@sky.com.

SECRETARYS NOTES

The long hot summer !!

What a summer it has been, which is good if you are a sprinter or jumper

but not so great for a distance athlete. Running in the heat can be tough and does affect your times. Anyway I am

sure no-one will complain if it goes on. Our relays were an outstanding

success thanks to a great all round team effort by the club, led by Paul.

We are truly the envy of other clubs in the way we put on events.

Congratulations to Ella Isaias who took part in the English Schools final in Birmingham and to Andy Trigg who earned an England vest at Masters level. Well done to all of you who represent the club in whatever

competition.

Training and Coaching The away day morning run went well

despite the rain !! The Tuesday evening sessions are still well attended and the junior endurance training are still going well. Thanks to Steve for planning the Tuesday routes including some new ones. Our junior training will revert to one session from 26th July for the rest of the summer holidays. Training will run from 6 – 7.15pm on a Thursday evening.

We are still trying to recruit young people for the Gameschangers project. There are a host of opportunities to get involved with the club. Please speak to Keith,

Sharon or Liam if you want to know more details

Track and Field The track and field season has

continued and our athletes are doing well. We haven’t had that many

competing this summer and we had to cancel the Devon Open at Tavistock because of England’s success in the World Cup and a lack of officials. The next Devon Open will now be held at Tavistock (moved from Braunton) on Sunday 12th August. Timetable will be reissued. It was good to see Chris Prall in the Devon 10000m Track

Champs at Exeter on June 20th. Chris won a silver medal. Shaun Bell also took part in the SW Vets Track and Field Champs at Exeter. It would be good to get more seniors taking part

in events on the track.

Road Running Well done to all those who took part in the

Hope 24 run at Newnham over the weekend of 16th/17th June. There were some impressive performances by our ladies in the Muskies Madness and also in our relays where they once again won the title and Ali McEwing recorded the fastest leg by a female. The results and individual leg times are on the website. The Armada 5K for July was cancelled because of the World Cup semi-final and the next one will now be in August. We are planning a trip to the inaugural

Torbay Relays in August.

Athletes of the month. The athletes of the month for June were Liam Hallows and Andy Trigg.

Forthcoming events July 19th – Tavi Relays July 20th – Chudleigh 6 Miles July 21st – Mag 7 Haytor Heller July 22nd – SW Track and Field Champs – Exeter July 26th – Kingsbridge 10K July 28th – Cornwood 10K July 29th – Six Moor Miles YDL Play off Final – Newport July 31st – Exeter Open Track and Field Aug 5th – Indians Queens Half - Totnes 10K - SW league Cup – Braunton Aug 8th – Armada 5K - Saltram Aug 10th – Forest Flyer Aug 12th – Devon Open – Tavistock Aug 17th – St Levan 10K Aug 18th – SAL Track and Field Plymouth

Finally……For those who are going away on holiday we hope you have a good time. For those staying in the UK let’s hope the heatwave continues.

Keith (01752 893573) reedy41c@googlemail.com

R A C E N E W S

BURRATOR HORSESHOE - SATURDAY 16 JUNE

This tough race starts at Meavy and takes in the area of Sheepstor, with its very steep climbs! Well done to everyone. Results: 30 Craig MacAlpine 51.56 47 Dave Church 54.48 52 Kevin Paull 55.33 68 Ken Summers 58.52 76 Dan Marks 60.21 98 Dave Lloyd 63.11 100 Richard Lane 63.39 (154 finishers)

TORBAY HALF MARATHON - SUNDAY 24 JUNE

We had three athletes in this ‘hot’ race run in Paignton and Torquay. Dave Engledew was 147th in 1.34.57, with Alison was 522nd in 1.54.17 (3rd fv55) and Rose Bralsford 573rd in 1.56.10.

MUSKIES MADNESS - SATURDAY 30 JUNE

We had some impressive results in this popular race, with our ladies doing extremely well. Cleo Perry was 1st lady, with Emma Lake just behind her, then Sarah Hirons and Suzie Spooner. Results: 17 Cleo Perry 47.14 19 Emma Lake 48.43 30 Sarah Hirons 50.57 77 Suzie Spooner 52.46 82 Dave Church 54.36 145 Tony Doonan 70.19

ASHBURTON 10K - THURSDAY 5 JULY

Two athletes made the trip to Ashburton for this hilly race. Jaine Swift was 14th in 47.03 and Dave Church 17th in 48.33. There were 109 finishers.

Meanwhile Craig Maclellan made the long trip to Lundy Island and completed the 14.2 ‘off road’ race in a time of 2.33.50.

Richard Lander Stow continued his impressive recent form and again found an unusual race to do exceptionally well. Richard made the trip to Bath to compete in the Two Tunnels Half Marathon and had a great run to finish 9th overall out of 392 finishers. Richard was 1st in the 40-49 age category and also achieved a pb with a time of 1.29.28. It was also a very hot day! The medal for finishing is rather unusual and there is also a post-race buffet of fresh fruit, jelly beans, oranges, bananas and other tasty treats! It is worth checking the website for other events put on by the organisers: www.relishrunningraces.com

TUESDAY TRAINING RUNS

Tuesday 17 July ‘Spirit of the Moor’ Tuesday 24 July Speed Endurance - Filham Lake Tuesday 31 July Filham Park, Penquit, Ermington, Television Mast, entrance to Endsleigh Garden Centre and back to the Rugby Club Tuesday 7 August ‘Handicap Race’ Tuesday 14 Aug Filham, Penquit, Dunwell, Ugborough and back to the Rugby Club Tuesday 21 Aug ‘Spirit of the Moor’ Tuesday 28 Aug 30 minutes out and back

There will be NO AWAY DAY in July due to the

Cornwood Challenge on Saturday 28th July

ERME VALLEY RELAYS

A record breaking 145 entries and a record breaking lap time recorded for

a man and all held in glorious weather. What a great night!!

The feedback received on the night, by emails and from the latest Network

Meeting has all been very complimentary.

Special thanks to those who helped with the set up of the start and finish

area, Race HQ and signing off the course. Thanks also to the large team of

marshals to manage the course and the team who were directing traffic in

the Station Car Park.

Registration on the day went well with a great team in Race HQ who input

65 team’s information as well as carrying out team changes that arose on

the night. We had received a record 80 pre entries!!!

It was good to have teams representing the club so well with our Ladies

team winning their category. It was also pleasing to see our Girls team

doing so well.

As Race Director I would welcome any feedback or improvements on the

event so we can improve on what we delivered this year.

It is recognised by other Race Organisers that Erme Valley Harriers do

event organising well and it wouldn’t be possible without all the help and

support we receive. Thank you one and all.

Paul Ross (Race Director – Erme Valley Relays)

Tavistock Run Project end Exmouth’s hold on Erme Valley Relays title Posted on July 7, 2018 by PLYMOUTH SPORTS GAZETTE

THERE were new winners at the

popular Erme Valley Relays on

Friday night at Ivybridge.

Tavistock Run Project denied

Exmouth Harriers a hat-trick of

consecutive title on a hot evening

in the South Hams.

The Tavistock Run Project quartet

of Jim Cole, Jordan Andrews,

Oliver Smart and Ben Neale

managed to finish 33 seconds

ahead of 2016 and 2017 winners

Exmouth.

Their winning time of Friday was

51 minutes and 33 seconds, which

was a new course record.

Their lead-off man, Cole, clocked

their fastest time at 12.43 minutes

for the approximately two-and-a-

half mile lap.

Only Exmouth’s Tom Merson

(12.09) ran faster on the night.

Youngster Smart was Tavistock

Run Project’s second fastest

athlete with

12.48 minutes. That was fourth

fastest of the evening and he was

the quickest junior. City of

Plymouth’s Matthew Bradley was

third quickest overall in 12.47.

Torbay Tri Club finished as third

team and first male over-40.

Host club Erme Valley Harriers won back the women’s team title that they

had last claimed in 2016.

Their quartet of Emma Lake, Rebecca Lee, Cleo Perry and Alison McEwing

clocked 65.16 minutes, which was 30 seconds faster than second-placed

Tiverton Harriers, with Exmouth Harriers finishing as third female team.

McEwing ran the fastest leg by a women, with a 15.10 minute run.

Tavistock AC’s juniors had a good night. They won both the girls’ and boys’

titles.

The Tavistock winning under-18 boys’ quartet were Euan Botham, Dan

Luckham, Joe Dix and William Russell, while Carolin Vorbeck, Kristina Cade,

Amelia Riggott and Natasha Farrington made up their successful under-18

girls’ team.

An impressive 134 teams finished the event, which was 13 more than last

year.

What’s going on at parkrun?

To get a diverse group of a couple of hundred people, of all ages, abilities and

experience, to take part in a regular informal run is an amazing thing. When you

multiply that experience by a few hundred times all around the world you realise

what a phenomenon parkrun is. Most of us are familiar with the concept – a free,

timed, 5k run for all, ingeniously timed and recorded – as it has been around over a

decade; even the nearest, Plym Valley, run is soon on its sixth anniversary. Although

Plym Valley was one of the first south-west parkruns, the explosion of events since

means that parkun ‘tourists’ have the choice of numerous reachable locations to visit

for a 9 am start any Saturday. Have a look at the map at www.parkrun.org.uk to see

the UK map - in fact the world – pickled with potential destinations; a quick click will

give full details of course, location and of course, results. Each one is different in

terrain, style and character but equal in friendliness and enjoyability.

Although parkrun is billed as a ‘run, not a race’, really it’s whatever the individual

runner wants it to be: time trial, personal improvement challenge, friendly

competition, excuse to visit another town, a social event, basis for a location

collection etc.

Our own Erme Valley tourist group - see ‘Who’s Doing parkrun’ on Facebook – has

become a dynamic active part of the club, informally organizing travel, attendance at

events and the all-important après-parkrun breakfast. Recently Alison Engledew

completed her 300th parkrun with a dozen of us travelling to Bristol to run with and

celebrate with her; Andy Trigg, meanwhile, has completed runs at 58 different

events, including in USA and the Mogridges ‘parkran’ as far away as New Zealand.

Has parkrun reduced participation in other established races? The recent local sell-

out races appear to suggest not. Just getting those new to running hooked on our

great sport is fantastic and they are doing it alongside seasoned club runners who

have found a new inspirational motivation.

And like most other running events, parkrun relies heavily on volunteers to make it

happen, and this provides another area for participation.

Next Saturday -21st July – members of Erme Valley Harriers are volunteering en-masse as a ‘club takeover’ at Plym Valley. We are looking for marshals , cake bakers/cake bringers, photographer, and supporters, seniors and juniors, you would all be welcome to join in, just wear club kit, whether as a runner or a volunteer; or on any other Saturday in fact!

Katy Mogridge ED Plym Valley

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