Archive for January 2012
Fodac - Adidas Trail mixed relay - 29th April
31/01/2012 by Ivan.
Local event for your diaries
On the 29th April FODAC are hosting A mixed relay race at mallards pike around the Adidas trail, 1st leg 5.5k, 2nd 3.3k we will also have shorter kids races I will send out forms next week please could you let your members know.
http://www.facebook.com/events/269018379831650/
The Week Ahead 30 Jan 2012
30/01/2012 by Dick.
Elm Road is Tuesday’s workout. An ideal session on a quiet road with an up and down on each lap – great for leg speed and leg strength.
Then it’s that old favourite, the Tour of the Town, on Thursday.
And finally, the next round of the Leisure Centre League cross-country series. Up at Parc Bryn Bach, with its mixture of mown grass, moorland and tram road bed, there’s never a dull moment on this circuit. Hot showers and hot drinks in the Visitors Centre afterwards make this a great running experience. Be there!
Meet at 9am to share cars.
Lliswerry 8 Getting Full
27/01/2012 by Dick.
Message from Lliswerry: “Can’t guarantee entry on day. Enter now.”
Awards dinner and ceilidh, saturday 28th
24/01/2012 by Vanessa.
A reminder that the Annual Awards Dinner and Ceilidh is on this Saturday, 28th January, at Chepstow Athletic Club.
6.30pm for 7pm, home made main courses and desserts, followed by the Awards, the Ceilidh and all manner of entertainment!
Look forward to seeing you all there!
Parkruns for Club Championship
23/01/2012 by James.
As everyone should know by now (and here’s a reminder), one of the optional races for this year’s Club Champs is any Parkrun 5k throughout the year. And as there are loads of them - all over the world now in fact - and I can’t check them all every weekend:
If you want your parkrun time counted in the club championship then you must email me at stats@chepstowharriers.org.uk with the place and date that you ran (so I can find you in the results), or simply provide a link to the parkrun results website. If you don’t and I don’t know that you have run, then you won’t be included in the results. It would also help if you let me know fairly soon after you have run, as it would be a pain to correct the results retrospectively (i.e. we don’t want people in November saying they did a parkrun back in March).
I will put this message on the Bulletin Board and the Club Champs page as well.
Thanks, James
PS If you’ve run at the FoD, Newport, Cardiff or Colwick since the start of the year, then you don’t need to email me as I’ve got all your times down.
The Week Ahead 23 Jan 2012
23/01/2012 by Dick.
Steep Street is this Tuesday’s venue dear runner. Six long and six short hills will give you a marvellous cardio-vascular boost as well as upping your leg strength for improved running efficiency in all your future training and races.
Then try out that improved efficiency and cardio-vascular ability on Thursday in the Severn Bridge 5k Time Trial. Regular time triallists find that their racing know-how and race times have benefitted from the monthly no-pressure Bridge runs.
Hope to see you on Saturday evening at the annual awards dinner. I hear that there are still a few places left for this informal gathering. The delicious and plentiful home-made food alone is worth the admission price, folks.
Tough Ten and Forest of Dean Half Marathon - Club Champs
20/01/2012 by Vanessa.
Don’t forget to put your entry in for the February and March club championship races.
February: Tough Ten, Weston super Mare, 19 February. Entry form:
tough-10-entry-form.pdf
March: FOD Half Marathon, 1 April (yes I know but it’s the March race). There are 1708 entries as of today, last year 1837 finishers. Enter ASAP!! 32 Harriers entered so far.
http://www.forestofdean-halfmarathon.co.uk/
The Week Ahead 16 Jan 2012
16/01/2012 by Dick.
It’s the good ol’ Thornwell Loop on Tuesday. We’re expecting some of the older Juniors to join in so it’ll be a jolly Club night. To save energy and time don’t be afraid to drive down to the shops car park, but try to avoid patronising the chip shop before your run. Afterwards yes – they’re nice and you get very generous helpings
Either the Itton 8 on Thursday, or the Strivers have a nice 6-miler that mentor Ms Jackie will be emailing you about.
Have a good week.
Chepstow Harriers Races 2012
11/01/2012 by Ivan.
All of the Chepstow Harriers races for 2012 are set - and initial details and dates can be found on the attached flyer. Further information will become available on the website in due course.
Chepstow Harriers 2011 Races Flyer
