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Sat 13 March swimming CANCELLED but bike ride instead

2010-03-06T15:22:20Z

Due to a gala taking place at the Quays on Saturday 13 March there will be no swimming. Poppy's usual cycle training session will be replaced by Darryl and Linda leading a bike ride round the New Forest starting from Eling as usual at 1045. see here http://tinyurl.com/m84t4c for map

As I am away on Sunday 14th and 21st are there any volunteers to lead a bike ride at 0900 on either of those two days?

Julian

Weekly News 4 March

2010-03-04T08:59:49Z

AGM - it is very important that as many of you attend as possible. It is YOUR club and YOU need to help us decide how best to run it. Saturday 6th at 1015 at the Quays. If you wish to stand for any of the roles please notify the Secretary at petergillott@tiscali.co.uk

BEGINNER cyclists. A few of you have either not done much cycling or have lost fitness and have said you are worried about holding others back on the club ride. So THIS SUNDAY we will do a short ride (plan is 27km (16 miles) from Otterbourne, taking it REALLY easy. So come and give it a try to kick start your season - no published route, but Julian will be leading this and it will be REALLY steady.

Club ride this Sunday 7th March. THIS WILL BE AT 0900 and there will be a BEGINNERS and a faster group. I will be leading the slower ride and I will need a volunteer for the faster one. The BEGINNERS group will be 16 miles and as slow as needed for people to keep up.The faster one will be about 35 miles

The meeting point is at Otterbourne Village Hall (SO21 2ET) see here http://tinyurl.com/yay6l5h
For a high quality OS PDF of the longer route see here http://tinyurl.com/yadsftt

Club ride -changes or cancellations will be posted on the website by 0800 on Sunday

Book of the week - Peter Jordan put me on to an excellent book all about nutrition for optimum performance. No barmy diets, just good science and common sense. see here http://tinyurl.com/yd697l4

TRAINING

Friday 5th swim 2000 at Applemore coached by Kathy

Saturday 6th swim 0900 at the Quays

Saturday 6th bike ride. This will not take place, due to the AGM. On March 13 it will be the 7 mile time trial x 2 with warm up and warm down

Sunday 7th bike ride at 0900 see above

Monday 8th swim at 1900 to 2000 and 2000 to 2100, coached by Jo Haley

Wednesday 10th swim 2030-2130 at Oaklands coached by Mike Ballard

Any queries on this email please contact Julian on 07766-682500 or stc@jmhr.com

Weekly News 25 Feb

2010-02-26T08:57:58Z

updated to show correct ride date as 28 Feb.....

Club ride this Sunday 28thFeb. THIS WILL BE AT 0915 and there will be a BEGINNERS and a faster group. I will be leading one of the rides and I will need a volunteer for one of them . The BEGINNERS group will be 16 miles and as slow as needed for people to keep up.The faster one will be about 35 miles

The meeting point is at Otterbourne Village Hall (SO21 2ET) CLICK HERE
For a high quality OS PDF of the longer route CLICK HERE

Club ride -changes or cancellations will be posted on the website by 0800 on Sunday

March club rides start times. From Sunday 7th March rides will start at 0900. We will review April but probably move to 0845

TRAINING

Friday 26th swim 2000 at Applemore coached by Kathy

Saturday 27th swim 0900 at the Quays

Saturday 27th bike ride. 1045 with Poppy Holmes. MAP HERE - . Poppy will be doing the longer sprint of 1.5 miles from Ipley Cross to Beaulieu Road junction. Last time we did this 4 times so this week will be aiming to incease by 1. The following Saturday March 6th is the AGM so there is no planned ride and March 13 is 7 mile time trial x 2. All these will take place if drizzle but not heavy rain.

Sunday 28th bike ride at 0915 see above

Monday 1st swim at 1900 to 2000 and 2000 to 2100, coached by Jo Haley

Wednesday 3rd swim 2030-2130 at Oaklands coached by Mike Ballard

Any queries on this email please contact Julian on 07766-682500 or stc@jmhr.com

Wokingham Half Marathon - 21st February 2010

2010-02-23T20:57:34Z

On Sunday, I competed in the Wokingham Half Marathon, along with nearly 2000 other runners, which included Nick Austin, Keving Harding and Sarah Cook from the club. The race is best known as a warm up event for the London Marathon, and attracts a high calibre of runner. The race itself was won by Jean Ndayisenga, a runner from Birchfield Harriers, in a time of 1hr 04m 04 secs, which I believe is a new course record. Liz Yelling also competed and she won the women's race in 1hr 16m 53secs.

I planned to run the race at a steady sub 9 min mile pace as preparation for my first marathon in April, but slightly overcooked it and came home in 1hr 51m 48 secs. However, the two dynamo's from the club finished in rattling good times of 1hr 27m 46s (Nick) and 1hr 35m 14s (Kevin). I don't remember them passing me though because the last time I saw them was in a queue of 500 people trying to get their kit into the kit tent, whilst wading through pools of mud in the process. I suspect many runners started way after the gun. An honourable mention to Sarah as well as she posted a time of 2hrs 17m and 40s.

Next stop is the Fleet Half on 21st March.

Weekly News 18 Feb

2010-02-18T11:27:45Z

Social Evening 1930 Thurs 25th Chilworth Arms Chilworth, Southampton SO16 7JZ Tel: 023 8076 6247

From M3 - go right to the end of the M3, round the roundabout all the way and head left signposted A27 Romsey and Chilworth - pub is 1 mile on left.
From Southampton - up the Avenue right to the top then head left signposted A27 Romsey and Chilworth - pub is 1 mile on left.
From M27 heading east (coming from Bournemouth direction). Leave M27 at Junction 3 (M271). Head North on A3057 towards Romsey. After approx 2 miles turn right at roundabout onto A27. Pub is 4.1 miles on right (after North Baddesley)
From M27 heading West (from Portsmouth direction). Leave M27 at junction 5 and head towards Southampton on the A335. After about 1000m turn right into Basset Green Road (A27). Follow this up to the Chilworth roundabout, then head left signposted A27 Romsey and Chilworth - pub is 1 mile on left. Google map CLICK HERE- Pub website CLICK HERE

Club ride this Sunday 21stFeb. THIS WILL BE AT 0915 and there will be a slower and a faster group. I will be leading one of the rides and I will need a volunteer for one of them . The slower group will be 25 miles and the faster about 37 miles. Route is CLOCKWISE

The meeting point is at Otterbourne Village Hall (SO21 2ET) CLICK HERE
For a high quality OS PDF of the route CLICK HERE

As before our aim is to ensure that no-one is left behind. If you have any concerns about your fitness/cycling ability contact Julian to see how we can help you! You may wish to print out the map in case you decide to slope off early and make your own way back. The route planned should be around 2hrs . Our intention is that you can have a fun/challenging ride and still have time for your family/friends/running/swimming!

Club ride - be prepared - if you come on the club ride, bring a pump, a spare inner tube and be ready to mend your own punctures. It is not fair to rely on someone else's generosity in handing over their tube.

Race plans for 2010. I am doing a chart with all the races you are doing - useful to help plan ahead and see what is available and who is doing what, so please CLICK HERE to update us on what you are doing

TRAINING

Friday 20th swim 2000 at Applemore coached by Kathy

Saturday 20th swim 0900 at the Quays - Kathy away so I will have some sets avaiilable

Saturday 20th bike ride. 1045 with Poppy Holmes. MAP HERE - . Ideal for those new to cycling

Sunday 21st bike ride at 0915 see above

Monday 22nd swim at 1900 to 2000 and 2000 to 2100, coached by Jo Haley

Wednesday 24th swim 2030-2130 at Oaklands coached by Mike Ballard

Any queries on this email please contact Julian on 07766-682500 or stc@jmhr.com

What races are you doing this year?

2010-02-16T15:13:09Z

Can you email me which races you plan to do this year? I will try and keep a track and share them with other club members so we can all support each other. send to stc@jmhr.com

Julian

Race Report: Bramley 20

2010-02-15T17:57:42Z

By Nick Austin

Pretty good conditions greeted athletes at Bramley yesterday, where the weather stayed largely dry, surprising after having driven through a snowstorm on the way to the event. This is a really good marathon training run and as in previous years it attracted a large field. 10 mile runners completed one lap of the circuit, 20 mile runners completed the same lap twice. This made it a really good course for seeing how well you can maintain your pace, or even aim for a negative split.

The course itself was gently undulating for the most part, and on quiet roads, although the second lap did seem less flat than the first....

Good to see Andy Moore at the start who is training for a 50 mile offroad race in Paris in April, as well as a second Double Ironman later in the year (incidentally he told me he'd entered this the day before he did the last one...). Sarah did really well as well in what was only her fourth 10 mile run.

I was pleased with my time, knocking about 6 minutes off last year and climbing about 60 places.

Results

20 Mile

1. John McFarlane 1:55:36

121 Nick Austin 2:18:40

274 Andy Moore 2:33:33

10 Mile

398 Sarah Cook 1:40:58

Sunday club rides

2010-02-14T12:25:19Z

Thanks to the 17 people who came along today for the club ride, and also to those faster riders who held back a little to allow slower people to catch up (eg me!). I am normally slow on hills and today was very slow.

I would like to look at formally splitting the group in two (or even three) once the numbers get above about 10 or so. To do this we need some volunteers to take charge of the sub groups if and when we split up.

Any volunteers? You don't need to commit to attend every week, but I would obviously prefer people who are keen to do this than allow groups to fend for themselves

Julian

Weekly News 11 February

2010-02-11T22:01:34Z

(A bit long but even if you ignore all other club emails, this one is essential reading!)

AGM Sat 6 March at 1015 - whilst this might sound like the dullest thing imaginable our club relies on you, the members, to make it work. We need a quorum of a minimum number of members to be able to conduct the meting, so I would urge all Saturday swimmers to stay for this meeting, and help elect the people who you want to represent you next year.

Membership Secretary. Sonia Povey has taken over this essential role and we are delighted to have such a keen and welcoming person as the face to greet potential and new members

Dave Murchie: welcome back Dave, after a period of illness. Dave is the second longest serving club member, former club Chairman, high ranking GB age grouper in the World Champs in 2008 (70-74 age group). We are glad to see you back in the pool with the same cheerful enthusiasm and a physique 20 years younger than its real age!

Club ride this Sunday 14th Feb. THIS WILL BE AT 0915 NOT 0930 as stated in my earlier posting, starting from Otterbourne. I will be leading the ride . The route this week is less hilly (quite flat in places) and is 37 miles. We will be heading clockwise on the route attached. There is the option of cutting off down the road towards Winchester when we get to Stockbridge, saving a few miles but adding some hills.

The meeting point is at Otterbourne Village Hall (SO21 2ET) CLICK HERE
Interactive map of route (anticlockwise) CLICK HERE
For a high quality OS PDF of the route CLICK HERE

As before our aim is to ensure that no-one is left behind. If you have any concerns about your fitness/cycling ability contact Julian to see how we can help you! You may wish to print out the map in case you decide to slope off early and make your own way back. The route planned should be around 2.5hrs or a little longer. Our intention is that you can have a fun/challenging ride and still have time for your family/friends/running/swimming! Forecast is dry and cold.

Club ride start times. To save confusion from changing these too often, the February ones will be at 0915, and from March we will move to 0900. As I personal preference I would like to move April to 0845 and 0830 for May. I am happy to consider all views! Also as stated above if it needs to be changed or cancelled at short notice we will post an update at 0800 on Sundays (earlier if we can)

Club social. Reminder of this on Thursday 25th February at the Chilworth Arms. For full details CLICK HERE

TRAINING

Friday 12th swim 2000 at Applemore coached by Kathy

Saturday 13th swim 0900 at the Quays coached by Kathy

Saturday 13th bike ride. 1045 with Poppy Holmes. MAP HERE - this week Poppy will be doing a warm up, then some hill intervals, changing up one gear each time, followed by a warm down. Ideal for those new to cycling

Sunday 14th bike ride at 0915 see above

Monday 15th swim at 1900 to 2000 and 2000 to 2100, coached by Jo Haley

Wednesday 17th swim 2030-2130 at Oaklands coached by Mike Ballard

Any queries on this email please contact Julian on 07766-682500 or stc@jmhr.com

AGM - Put Date In Your Diary - 6th March

2010-02-11T12:01:55Z

This years AGM will be held on the Saturday 6th March at 10:15am in the creche at the Quays Swimming pool. This is one of the few opportunities the members have to meet the committee and give direct feedback on how the club and committee is serving your interests.

The committee will be presenting any potential changes and members will have the opportunity to vote on those items.

PLEASE make every effort to attend this important meeting and demonstrate that as members you have an interest in the clubs future development.