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The Huncote Hash is the best way to burn off those extra holiday calories and have some good fun. Just check out the pictures on the website, most are of Hinckley runners in fancy dress. Often a theme too.

Stream is mandatory, a nice 10k (ish) off road course. Great atmosphere and event.

http://www.huncotehash.org.uk/

LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION (www.lraa.org.uk)
90th Cross Country Championships
Saturday 9th January 2016 Burbage Common, Hinckley, Leics

Last year Hinckley Men’s Senior team came 3rd (George Birt, Matt Johnson, Kevin Higham, Jonathan Strong, Paul Ashby and Andy Lauder). The Ladies Senior team came 4th (Katy Grainger, Sarah Garford, Jenny Green, Jo Martin and Celine Guery).
In addition to the Seniors, two juniors competed on their own in their individual categories. Both did very well:
Carys O’Reilly was 14th in the Under 13 girls
Bethan Padbury was 10th in the Under 15 girls

So lets have another good go at this, it is in Hinckley (well Burbage)!

Entry Details: We would like to encourage online entries as these make life more
manageable for us over the holiday period. You can do this on the website link:
https://bookitzone.com/Leics_Athletics/yj2FFX until 10 pm 27th December 2015.

If you do not wish to enter on line then please print off the separate form available from
the L&RAA website (http://www.lraa.org.uk/media/33561/lraa_xc_2016_paper_entry_form.pdf) and send it with your entry fee to the L&RAA Secretary, c/o 41 Highcroft Avenue, Oadby, Leics, LE2 5UH by the earlier closing date of 16th December.

Seniors/Masters/ Junior (Under 20) Age Groups – £7.50 per individual in these categories

Individual County Championship Awards
The Senior* male and female trophy cups will be awarded to the race winners.
Individual County medals will be awarded to the first 3 finishers in each race/age group.
Medals to the first 3 Teams in each age group as per team scoring rule.
Cups and Trophies from last year should be returned to the presentation area prior to
the event in a clean condition.

Team Scoring
Team awards shall be based on the first THREE from each Club to finish in each age group
race, except for the oldest two male groups: Senior Men’s race where the first FIVE from
that age group shall score; Masters Men’s race where the first FOUR shall score.

AGM NOTIFICATION

This years AGM will be held on Tuesday 10th November. 8.00pm for 8.15pm start at The Greyhound, 9 New Buildings, Hinckley, LE10 1HN

A 5 mile fancy dress run with stops for pubs, all welcome, run, or pub or both. As you can see from the above route and picture the route is in the shape of a ghost! Spooky!
Course http://connect.garmin.com/course/8214177
We will be leaving from The Railway (Steamin Billy) at 18:30 sharp and will be in the following pubs at the below times:
Anchor, Burbage – 18:50-19:20
The New Plough Inn – 19:50 – 20:20
The Queens Head – 20:30 – 21:00
The Railway (Steamin Billy) – 21:10 to finish (well continue drinking until closing time at midnight)

Feel free to get a drink in first at the The Railway, I will try to! By sticking to the above plan people can join us part way round or just at a pub for a drink.

For those in need of food, we haven’t factored it in due to time constraints. So eat before, bring gels, buy crisps in the pub etc. Or Tesco is open 24/7 for when we get to the last pub to help with any munchies.

Derby Runner Cross Country League – Race 2

Bagworth Heath Sunday 22nd November 2015

Location: Bagworth Heath Woods, Heath Road, Bagworth, Coalville, LE67 1DL.

Directions: From Thornton or Merry Lees, take signs to Bagworth, then Bagworth Heath Woods.

Parking: VERY LIMITED – CAR SHARING ESSENTIAL – ONLY CARS WITH 3 OR MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PARK IN THE CAR PARK. Also, consider cycling or running there.

Course: On Thornton side of the Heath.

Junior race approx. 10.30am, one or two laps of field depending on age – 1 & 2 Miles – cost £1

Main race: start 11am (note-all runners will start together-no split start for this race) – cost £3;

Approx 6.5 miles; comprising of two long laps; testing hill ; woodland and grassland tracks; approx 150m of compacted gravel over tarmac bridle path on both laps. Note the route has some very slippy sections.

Footwear: Spikes, or ‘off-road’ shoes would be suitable. Note – there are some sections of gravel track.

Enter only on the day, for adults, payment to your Captain or Vice-Captains before the race. They may well want to warm up etc so please turn up with plenty of time to spare (also to help improve your chances of getting parked). Juniors sign up on the day at a central registration desk.

Toilets, showers and changing: SiD, Peckleton Lane, Desford LE9 9JU. Approx. 2miles from race, see map.

Results: SiD, Peckleton Lane, Desford LE9 9JU. Approx. 2miles from race, see map overleaf

Contact: Steve Morris, Race Co-Ordinator, 07926 152345

All runners enter at their own risk. The organisers will in no way be held responsible for any loss or damage to property or for any injury incurred.

Link to Desford Striders site with maps: http://www.desfordstriders.co.uk/bagworth-heath-xc2-2015.html

Please find some information below about the Cross Country races from the Derby Runner League website (http://www.derbyrunnerleague.com/).

These races are CLOSED events, i.e. only members of affiliated clubs can take part.

This closed league consists of 7 cross country races of 5-7 miles, October-March. Individuals score for their team if they are in the counting 8 (men) or 4 (ladies). If individuals attend 4 out of the 5 races they can win the individual awards.

The team events have three components. The mens event needs 8 men to count, including 2 vets. The ladies event needs 4 ladies to count, including 1 vet. The overall team event needs 7 men (including 2 vets) and 3 ladies (including 1 vet). Vets are runners aged 40+, for both men and ladies.

Although the races can be competitive, they are fairly low-key events with a good friendly club atmosphere. The courses are usually proper cross country, so muddy and hilly. Results are usually finalised after the race in a nearby pub.

Start times: Junior race; 10:15am, Senior Race 10:55am
Distances: Junior U/11; 1 mile, Junior O/11, 2 miles, Senior; 8-11K
Entry fees: Junior; £1, Senior £3
Club kit: Club vests or T shirt must be worn for all races
Footwear: Studded fell shoes or cross country spikes. Trail shoes/studded road shoes may be ok depending upon conditions and the course

Prize Categories: Men

Senior (up to 39), VM40 (40-49), VM50 (50-59), VM60 (60+)

Prize Categories: Women

Senior (up to 39), VL40 (40-49), VL50 (50-59), VL60 (60+)

Age status for veterans – age as on 2nd October 2015

Car parking is often a problem because the races are popular and most of the locations are small village areas, so please car-share if possible.

Rules:

-Runners, MUST return their finishing disks (to the Captains or Vice Captains)
-Runners must run in club kit (Club vest mandatory, please contact Penny Masser if you require one)
-NO Earphones MP3s or other devices – it makes insurance invalid
-At stiles if you jump any queue, you and your team will be disqualified
-Host clubs are to make sure that all marshals know the mobile phone number of the first aid co-ordinator
-Host clubs are to make sure that the children’s race has hares and/or marshals
-Please turn up early and car share
-Finally, enjoy

Derby Runners Cross Country Leauge, Markfield XC, organised by West End Runners. Sunday 11th October 2015.

SOUTH CHARNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, BROAD LANE, MARKFIELD, LE67 9TB

Start times;

Junior race: 10.20am  – juniors do not need to be affiliated with a club

Men’s race: 10.55am

Lady’s race: 11.05am

Entry fees;

Children £1

Adult £3

Enter only on the day, for adults, payment to your Captain or Vice-Captains before the race. They may well want to warm up etc so please turn up with plenty of time to spare (also to help improve your chances of getting parked). Juniors sign up on the day at a central registration desk.

CAR PARK SPACE IS LIMITED AT THE SCHOOL

CAR SHARING IS ESSENTIAL: ONLY CARS WITH 3 OR MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PARK IN THE SCHOOL CAR PARK.

If you are only coming for the junior race, please park in the staff car park to allow easier exit at the end of your race.

There are no changing facilities, but toilets are available in the school grounds.

The senior race is approximately 5.5 miles

STRICTLY NO DOGS ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS

Post race venue: Bagworth Working Men’s Club, Station Road, Bagworth, LE67 1BJ

For further details please contact: Elaine O’Connor, West End Runners- XC@westendrunners.co.uk

Course maps: https://app.box.com/s/ooj3u9zx97mu5hhy31wd6dyig97zb8k1

Poster: https://app.box.com/s/x7he2gg6tbtk5jeztau4s45v4yvnxvv4

Google Calendar Event: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=ZjRrZ3BzN

Friday 2nd October 2015 will see the annual LRRL presentation evening, held at Leicestershire County Cricket Club at 7pm. Many from the club will be attending. If you haven’t already spoken to Sarah Garford about tickets, you have until the 26th September.

We have a host of individual and team awards that will be presented on the night, please see below;

Penny Masser 3rd VET 50 Woman

Anne Ashton 1st VET 60+ Woman

Bethan Padbury 1st Under 20 Woman

Senior Men Winners of Division 2

Individual awards for 100% completion; Ben Masser (youngest ever for the league), Céline Guéry, Chris Langham, Ed Batch, Elizabeth Lees, Jenny Green, Julia Waite, Lisa Freestone and Sally Henderson

Following JF10 and the end of the summer LRRL season the results for Hinckley teams are as follows;

Vet Women 6th in Division 1

Women A team 6th in Division 1, Women B team 3rd in Division 2, Women C team 5th in Division 3

Vet Men 3rd in Division 2

Men 1st in Division 2

Well done to everyone who took part in any way, some great individual and team achievements!

Next stop, Cross Country! First being October 11th at Markfield.

Last Sunday saw the final LRRL league race for this season. A great turn out again with the men out numbering the ladies for once (18 men, 16 ladies) with 34 runners, the most for the summer league races in 2015. Thanks as always to everyone who took part either by running or supporting (and/or baking cake).

Results are on the results section and we are awaiting the final league tables and will update once we have them. We are hoping that the men managed to keep 1st in Division 2 (should have done easily), that the Vet men held on to 3rd in Division 2 (close with 4th and 5th place but I’m sure they will hold onto their 3rd spot), the ladies should stay in Division 1 as they were 6th place before JF10. The ladies B team were 3rd in Division 2 so hopefully they will hold onto that spot, whilst the C team were 4th in Division 3 which is a great result for the ‘C’ team.

Below is a list of the HRC runners who have completed 100% of the LRRL winter and summer races this season. This is a massive achievement, something I tried to complete this year along with Sally. Simply fitting them in around other commitments isn’t easy. Then there are clashes with other events, either on the same day, or the day before. That’s before you factor in injury preventing you being able to take part, or the traffic that prevented Sir Ed from making the Hungarton 7 race after work on a Wednesday evening.

A special mention to Ben Masser, who is the youngest person to ever complete 100% of the league races, this year being the first time he could run some of the races over 10k. With JF10 being the furthest distance Ben has ever raced, he did amazingly well with a time of 1:07:18.

HRC 100% of LRRL races 2015:

Ben Masser

Céline Guéry

Chris Langham

Ed Batch

Elizabeth Lees

Jenny Green

Julia Waite

Lisa Freestone

Sally Henderson

Many other great performances on Sunday, including many PBs. Joe Langham had a great run again and good to have more Langham’s on at HRC this year. Runner of the day for the men goes to Tom Wormleighton, Tom has continually improved on his good performance last year over the many races he has taken part in so far this year.

For the ladies, Sarah Garford managed a 10 minute PB (paced by Sir Ed?), another 10 minute PB next year (both?)? Sally Henderson managed a PB based on it being her first 10 mile race, but also a good time for the distance and completing her 100% showing this year coming back from injury she has bounced back stronger than before. Runner of the day goes to Penny Masser, another Gold time for Penny (Diamond next year?), she has been constantly knocking out great times.

The penultimate LRRL summer league race saw another good HRC turn out with 33 runners, 17 ladies and 16 men. One of my favourite courses, uphill on the way out and downhill on the way back to the finish can lead to a good negative split.Whilst most are happy to improve their times from previous years on the course. Some managed to bag a quicker time than previous 10k races like the flat Prestwold.

Well done and thanks to everyone who took part or supported.

For the men, a fantastic performance saw us finish first in Division 2 again and puts us firmly at the top and so we will finish after JF10 as 1st in Division 2. Well done!

The Vet men managed to improve to 3rd in Division 2. JF10 will decide if they can keep 3rd ahead of Ivanhoe and Roadhoggs who are hot on their heels.

For the men the ROD goes to David Limmer, despite being ‘chicked’ by Gemma Steel, he still had yet another brilliant race finishing 5th overall.

The women once again outnumbered the boys for HRC (this time only just though!). So with another great turn out they had another good performance leading them to being 6th in Division 1, the B team is 3rd in Division 2 (can you hold onto this or even improve to 2nd at JF10?), the C team is 4th in Division 3. The Vet women are also 6th in Division 1!

For the ladies the ROD goes to Kate Perkins with a very strong post baby performance. Great to see Kate getting back on form so quickly.

You can download a PDF of the tables by clicking here.

JF10 is the last race of the LRRL league summer season on Sunday 6th September 2015. Enter here if you have not already http://www.jf10.co.uk/

Details for John Fraser (previously ‘Owl’s’) 10 2015

Race Start: 10:30am

Location: Countesthorpe Community College, Winchester Road, Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, LE8 5PR

Official race website: http://www.jf10.co.uk/

Entry details – Enter online at http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/events/viewevent.asp?sp=&v=1&EN=86103&ms=. Entry cost £12 for affiliated runners. Race numbers are collected from race HQ before the race but look out for other club members as we will try to do a single collection for the club. Entries on the day are £15 and must be done between 8am and 10am.

Minimum Age: 16

Parking: Pretty good. On the field at the community college.

Other Notes: 5 min walk to the start. The last league race in the ‘summer’ series.

Details for Hermitage (‘Carl Rutt’) 10k 2015

Race Start: 10:30am

Location: Hermitage Leisure Centre, Silver Street, Whitwick, Leicestershire, LE67 5EU

Official race website: http://www.hermitageharriers.co.uk/HH-10K.asp

Entry details – Enter online at http://www.evententry.co.uk/eDetail.asp?EventID=29. Entry cost £12 for affiliated runners. Race numbers are collected from the Leisure Centre before the race but look out for other club members as we will try to do a single collection for the club. No entries on the day.

Minimum Age: 15

Parking: ‘Lots!’ On the field next to the Leisure Centre

Other Notes: Quite a long walk to the start (10 min). Usually get a souvenir t-shirt at the end.

The 4th Leicester Road Running League (LRRL) open summer race saw 23 Hinckley members toe the start line. 12 women and 11 men. With plenty of supporters too!

The open races fill up quick and that meant some people found it was full when they came to enter, so if you want to take part in the next two races please enter them now.

Sunday 23rd August 2015 Hermitage 10k

Sunday 8th September 2015 John Fraser 10

After a group photo and before the race started, there was a minutes applause in memory of Malcolm Bassett, a man who gave so much to the club, the sport and so much more.

There were lots of great performances all round, with plenty of personal bests and standard times achieved. Results uploaded on the results page above.

Runners of the day go to Helen Wilebore and Paul Clayton, well done both.

Well done and thanks to all those who took part or supported.

Tables after Prestwold 10k show Men were top of Division 2 but with those in 2nd and 3rd pace catching up. Some good attendance and continued good performance should help us to hold on to the top spot. Vet men were 3rd in Division 2.

Women were 6th in Division 1, with B team 3rd in Division 2 and C team 6th in Division 3. Women vets were 6th in Division 1. Well done everyone, keep up the hard work in the last 2 races of the season.