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General news and announcements.

Derby Runner XC – Race 3 Information

Here’s the info from Hermitage Harriers for the race at Holly Hayes Woods on Sunday 26th Nov:

Holly-Hayes-Woods-XC-Details-2017.pdf (click to view PDF)

Note £4 for adults and and £1 for juniors. We will arrange a car share as usual – look out for info. All HRC members are welcome encouraged to take part – a club vest is available for £15 if you don’t have one yet. There is no need to book a place in these races as they are “turn up on the day” and open to all members of the club. Hope to see a big load of you there ?

Edit: Car Share

Start line @ Holly Hayes October 2016. Photo by Nick Moore.

University of Leicester Relays

University of Leicester Relays is a fun looking event coming up on Sat 25th November:

The UOLRAC Relays are an annual event that takes place in Victoria Park, Leicester every November with teams competing in 3km relay races! The event is open to everyone whether you’re in a club or just a group of friends, get a team together and join in! (You just have to be over 16 to take part)


It looks like quite a few members are planning to do it. (Club members can comment on the post in the Facebook group to coordinate teams – or just let me know.)

Final Bagworth Results

Final XC results have now been received for the Bagworth race and I have uploaded these to the Races 2017/18 page. Now with correct Ladies league table 🙂

Derby Runner XC – Race 2 Information

Here is the information received from Wreake & Soar Valley AC for the race this Sunday, 12th November at Prestwold Hall:

DERBY-RUNNER-LEAGUE-Notes-Prestwold-2017.pdf (click to view PDF)

This race is £5 for adults and £1.50 for juniors. Juniors race starts 10:20am and adults race starts 11:02am, described as “good running with some surprises to test the hardy”.

All members are welcome and encouraged to take part, it doesn’t matter how slow you think you are or if you haven’t done one before! You will need some trail shoes (or spikes) because it is likely to be very muddy. A HRC vest will also be needed and these are available for £15.

Remember there is no need to book a place in these races – they are “turn up on the day” and open to all members of the club. England Athletics affiliation is not needed to race in Derby Runner league.

Car Share: Unlike most venues, there is plenty of parking for this one, but we will do a car share anyway — meet at the usual place (old leisure centre car park, Trinity Vicarage Lane) at 9:00am to depart 9:15.

Car Share for Prestwold Hall XC

For the next XC Race on 12th November, we haven’t had the full details yet but we know the races will be at the usual times (11.02am seniors, 10.20am juniors) and that the price for this race will be £5 for seniors and £1.50 for juniors (please note: not the usual price). Pay on the day as usual, no need to pre-register and it is open to all members of the club.

For car share, we will meet at the old Leisure Centre car park (Trinity Vicarage Road, LE10 0BU) from 9:00am, to leave at 9:15am.

We will have hot water again so don’t forget to bring a mug or what have you ?

XC League Setup

We have received this useful chart from Stan, who does the results for the Derby Runner league. As you can see all our teams are in the top division this season.

Bagworth XC Results

28 senior club members and 21 juniors ran in the first Derby Runner Cross Country League fixture at Bagworth Heath on 22nd October, with several members doing their first race with the club.

RESULTS Derby Runner XC League – Race 1 – Bagworth Heath – 22nd October 2017
Seniors Results – Team Tables – Juniors Results

The ladies team did particularly well finishing 2nd out of 25 teams, the men came a respectable 11th (7th in div 1) and combined team 9th (6th in div 1). I am also told the cakes Jenny and Kirsty brought were very good, and that our new hot drink facility provided welcome fortification against the high winds.

Juniors race at Bagworth Heath October 2017. Photo by Steve Wrightam.

We have raised a query about the league tables as Hinckley ladies team are showing in division two despite winning the division last season. (Edit: Confirmed Edit 2: final tables now updated above) We also understand the juniors results may currently be incomplete due to some problems with duplicated/missing numbers.

The next XC league race is at Prestwold Hall on Sun 12th November – details to follow when available.

Halloween Run ?

Friday’s Halloween pub run was a big success with more than 40 from both the club and the All Sorts coming out to frighten the town across 4 miles and 5 pubs in some fantastic costumes. Here are a few of the photos from the night.

Bagworth XC Update

XC update from Céline:

The official results haven’t been published yet but I managed to get the team results from another club member who went to the results afterwards and here they are:

Men came 11th out of 25 men teams ??
Ladies came 2nd out of 25 ladies teams ??
Mixed team came 9 out of 24 teams ??

Well done everyone! Hopefully the full results will be available soon!

Rich at the start of the Bagworth Heath XC race. Photo by Chris Langham.

Conditioning & Injury Prevention Session

Rebecca will be doing another conditioning/injury prevention session on Tuesday November 7th – this will be in the downstairs room of the Leisure Centre after the usual training session. It should start about 7:45 pm and will focus on hips and knees and the muscles in between, with some drills too. Please bring your foam roller if you have one – this can be stored in the lockers (£1 operated) during training.

LRRL Dates 2018

These are the 2018 dates for the Leicestershire Road Running League, as agreed at the LRRL delegates’ meeting on Monday night. Please note all details are provisional, and subject to final confirmation by the host clubs.

Winter League
Sun 25th Feb – Stilton 7 (organised by Stilton Striders)
Sun 4 March – Kibworth 6 (Fleckney & Kibworth)
Sun 25 March – Desford 5 (Desford Striders)

Summer League
Sun 13 May – Bosworth Half Marathon (Desford Striders)
Sun 3 June – Swithland 6 (Birstall RC)
Sun 24 June – Prestwold 10k (Barrow Runners)
Sun 8 July – Hungarton 7 (Wreake Runners) – WITHDRAWN
Wed 1 August – Joy Cann 5 (Huncote Harriers)
Sun 12 August – Carl Rutt Memorial 10k (Hermitage Harriers)
Sun 2 September – John Fraser 10 (Wigston Phoenix)

HRC AGM 2017

Paul has sent out an email to all members about the club’s Annual General Meeting which will be held on Tuesday 14th November 2017, 8pm at The New Plough Inn – please check your inboxes for the full info.