Another busy week of activities for the club’s runners.
Recent races
Sandhurst Joggers out and about strutting their stuff. A busy weekend indeed. We can’t guarantee capturing every participant in every event: unless we have advance notice or there’s been lots of chatter regarding a national event, we depend on the information that can be gleaned from the Strava group for the longest run for members, but typically only for 16k+ activities; there are too many general runs under that distance to justify the amount of time it would take to capture every detail. There are also a good number of private profiles. We do our best but do rely on submissions from participants for the fuller picture.
Half Marathons
- Well done to Gary Dowling for a personal best (by 4 minutes) in Amsterdam.
- A great effort by Jon Green in the Palma half event.
Marathon round-up
- Jonathan Taylor completed his 169th event at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Runners in Runnymede
Other races
Well done to Monica Banerjee Burbidge and others for completing the Great South Run
Club special events
In addition to the regular club runs, we’re now getting into the autumn season.
We’re now back into the Thames Valley Cross-Country (TVXC) series with the first event having taken part.
The upcoming TVXC events are:
- Bracknell at Lightwater Country Park at 11.00 on Sunday 22 October
- Datchet at The Brocas at 11.00 on Sunday 12 November
- Sandhurst at Lord Wandsworth College at 11.00 on Sunday 26 November
- Marlow at Henley Show Ground at 11.00 on Sunday 12 December
- Reading at Ashenbury Park at 11.00 on Sunday 7 January 2024
- Handy Cross at Bradenham Woods at 11.00 on Sunday 21 January 2024
- TVT at St.Neots Preparatory School at 11.00 on Sunday 4 February
The club members are sure to turn out in force for the upcoming Milocarians AC coming soon.
Social media
We’re trying to include a bit more attention on some of our social; feeds:
- Twitter – club run notices andf other updates
- Instagram – early days for this; need some ats, tags and photos
- Facebook – The private Facebook group as the source of club updates
Club-funded events
Sandhurst Joggers funds teams entering a number of local relay events:
- Milocarians XC (Sandhurst Royal Military Academy) – 28 October 2023 – TBC
There is no expectation of performance level or times, just a willingness to commit their time and be able to complete the distance (typically max. 10k). The Clarendon run is the most challenging so some experience of trails and hilly terrain would be advised.
These events typically require at least one female entrant per team.
Please send any suggestions for recommended team or individual events to the events mailbox or Facebook group page
2023 HANDICAP SERIES
The overall positions for the year to date. It’s getting very close for the minor positions.
| Name | Runs | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Rob Jerrett | 10 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 28 | 29 | 20 | 27 | 30 | 195 | ||
| Jon Payne | 8 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 29 | 188 | ||||
| Gerry Mepham | 8 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 178 | ||||
| Julian Rawcliffe | 7 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 176 | |||||
| Paul Biggs | 8 | 1 | 19 | 26 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 173 | ||||
| Emy Circuit | 10 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 28 | 24 | 168 | ||
| Janet Rogers | 7 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 164 | |||||
| Cat Wickham | 9 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 157 | |||
| Blanche Barnes | 6 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 141 | ||||||
| Patrick Wadsworth | 6 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 113 | ||||||
| Nick Metcalfe | 5 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 16 | 110 | |||||||
| Newton Johnstone | 4 | 28 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 92 | ||||||||
| Ian Watkinson | 4 | 1 | 29 | 30 | 24 | 84 | ||||||||
| Alfred Boese | 4 | 1 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 78 | ||||||||
| Graham Robinson | 4 | 17 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 76 | ||||||||
| Max Woods | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 19 | 70 | |||||||
| Martin Steadman | 4 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 63 | ||||||||
| Hannah Whitman | 3 | 1 | 29 | 25 | 55 | |||||||||
| Gary Dowling | 2 | 24 | 27 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Rob Harwood | 3 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 47 | |||||||||
| Charlie St Aubyn | 2 | 1 | 30 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Issy Hardie | 2 | 1 | 30 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Sarah Hyatt | 2 | 1 | 29 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Andy Provost | 2 | 1 | 29 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Graham Kelly | 3 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| Terry Fegan | 3 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 29 | |||||||||
| Jon Green | 3 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 28 | |||||||||
| Mark Doherty | 2 | 1 | 24 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Simon Whillis | 2 | 1 | 24 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Paul Sliwinski | 2 | 22 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Sasha Kendall Woods | 2 | 1 | 20 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Erol Ali | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tamzyn Evershed | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dominic Allen | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Steve Casey | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dave Bartlett | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dave O’Toole | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Stuart Overhill | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Martin Powell | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ian Freeman | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Carl Bradshaw | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jackie Kent | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Ford | 1 | 1 | 1 |
More than 210 runners turned out for the Sandhurst Memorial Park event #118 on 7 October.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Club | Run Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | Dominic ALLEN | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:21:09 |
| 7 | 7 | Nigel BASSETT | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:21:30 |
| 23 | 21 | Andrew HIBBITT | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:24:59 |
| 50 | 9 | Helen DAVEY | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:28:07 |
| 55 | 45 | Dave O’TOOLE | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:28:33 |
| 63 | 50 | Jonathan TAYLOR | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:29:40 |
| 65 | 14 | Emma OWEN | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:29:52 |
| 108 | 41 | Sam GOODALL | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:38:41 |
| 117 | 70 | Colin CARPENTER | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:42:50 |
| 118 | 47 | Tina ACOCK | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:43:49 |
| 122 | 71 | John BARTLETT | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:48:52 |
| 125 | 52 | Alurie Maye DUTTON | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:51:25 |
Other events attended by Joggers include Moors Valley, Bracknell, Henley-on-Thames, Killerton, Eastville, Houghton Hall, Sheringham, Woodley, Rushmoor, Woking, Guernsey, Dinton Pastures, Edenbrook Country and Stadtpark.
This Week’s leaderboard:
| Rank | Athlete | Distance | Runs | Longest | Avg. pave | Elevation |
| 1 | Nick Metcalfe | 88.5 km | 5 | 35.4 km | 4:46 /km | 680 m |
| 2 | Jonathan Taylor | 70.1 km | 4 | 42.4 km | 7:52 /km | 468 m |
| 3 | Andrew Hibbitt | 59.6 km | 11 | 14.6 km | 5:37 /km | 435 m |
| 4 | Robert Jerrett | 49.4 km | 4 | 21.4 km | 4:23 /km | 412 m |
| 5 | Rob Harwood | 39.6 km | 5 | 14.1 km | 6:00 /km | 251 m |
| 6 | Ruth Powell | 37.6 km | 5 | 9.7 km | 6:31 /km | 490 m |
| 7 | Chris Palmer | 35.7 km | 4 | 11.3 km | 5:12 /km | 352 m |
| 8 | Luke Junior | 34.9 km | 4 | 12.9 km | 5:52 /km | 151 m |
| 9 | Debbie Watson | 32.2 km | 3 | 21.1 km | 7:33 /km | 91 m |
| 10 | stuart overhill | 32.0 km | 5 | 16.1 km | 4:24 /km | 92 m |
| 11 | Ian Freeman | 31.8 km | 7 | 9.3 km | 5:27 /km | 138 m |
| 12 | Iain Watkinson | 31.6 km | 5 | 10.0 km | 6:17 /km | 211 m |
| 13 | Gary Dowling | 31.4 km | 3 | 21.2 km | 4:40 /km | 65 m |
| 14 | Issy Hardie | 31.2 km | 5 | 8.9 km | 7:38 /km | 108 m |
| 15 | Nik Light | 30.5 km | 4 | 11.1 km | 5:53 /km | 632 m |
| 16 | Nigel Bassett | 30.0 km | 4 | 10.0 km | 5:19 /km | 185 m |
| 17 | Kirsty Dovey | 29.0 km | 4 | 9.7 km | 11:19 /km | 75 m |
| 18 | Jen R | 28.4 km | 4 | 10.8 km | 5:43 /km | 162 m |
| 19 | Lucy Hale | 27.7 km | 2 | 21.1 km | 7:14 /km | 238 m |
| 20 | Iain Ransome | 26.9 km | 3 | 14.9 km | 5:58 /km | 227 m |
Club Announcements:
Purchasing of club kit:
Our club kit purchases has now gone online! If you would like to buy kit such as vests and t-shirts, please use this link https://membermojo.co.uk/sandhurstjoggers/store (you will need to log in).
Events of the week
Events page on Facebook page
For the different events that are going on for Sandhurst Joggers and who is attending, I encourage you to look at and add to the ‘events’ page on the private Facebook group. On the mobile Facebook page, you need to press on the 3 lines and then press the ‘events page’, images are below:
Remember that the club funds many team events particularly summer relays such as the Runnymede Relay (in Windsor Great Park), Stragglers River Relay (along the Thames from Boveney to Kingston) and the cross-country Clarendon Relay between Salisbury and Winchester. These events are team efforts for all ages and abilities and we really appreciate as members as possible getting involved.
Club Events for the week ahead…
View the Sandhurst Calendar here.
Monday:
Patrick Wadsworth will be taking the Monday Club run from Sandhurst Sports Centre leaving at 7:30 for 6 miles in an hour (distances and duration are Monday miles and minutes and bear passing resemblance to those in use at other times). Typically between 6 and 10 runners attend this run.
Tuesday:
The biggest club run of the week will as always offer multiple groups to cater for all abilities from beginners through to faster and more experienced runners. It’s perfect for novices and those coming back from injury or a long lay-off because you can start with an easy group and work your way upwards. The start time is 6:30pm as always this week from the regular start at Sandhurst Memorial Park. There can be up to about 15 runners across the various groups taking part.
Tuesday Intervals:
Alongside the Tuesday group runs is intervals and the venue varies but most weeks in the winter months we meet at the Tythings, Yateley (GU46 7RP) running on local roads, or, during the lighter evenings, at the Yateley Red Cross car park (GU46 6LU) for sessions on the disused runway by Blackbushe airport.. The session can support with helping you get faster, building up endurance with the session being for all abilities and no-one is left behind. There are typically from 4 to 8 athletes taking part.
Wednesday Day Run:
If you are struggling to run in the evenings, there is now a run from the Sandhurst Memorial Park at 12:30pm. Anyone of any ability can go and enjoy a run and a chat with a variety of routes. There are typically from 4 to 6 athletes taking part.
Wednesday:
A run with Erol will contain hills, laughs, and a couple of wrong turns (normally), but you can guarantee you’ll end up at the car park eventually, and with a smile at the end of it all! Meet at Sandhurst Sports Centre at 7:15pm and lights and high vis clothing will be required. The run is a great way to improve fitness by running as a group at a slightly harder intensity. There are typically from 4 to 8 athletes taking part.
Thursday:
Thursday is now a rest day from running for the club.
Friday:
Friday night is track night with 4 of our experienced coaches James, Carl, Newton and Vinnett (fortnightly), the sessions are for anyone to take part in and take place at Bracknell Leisure Centre. A session will typically consist of a warm-up, drills and an interval-type track program, focussing on improving agility, flexibility and mobility, with break-out groups for different performance levels. Make it as hard as suits your purpose. Book your place here https://membermojo.co.uk/sandhurstjoggers/store. Between 12 and 20 athletes participate in the different sessions.
Saturday:
Lots of members will be enjoying their weekly Parkrun fix at 9am on Saturday morning, if you’re thinking of going somewhere new then post on the Facebook page as there may be other members planning on running at the same place as you! Wherever you are parkrunning – Don’t forget your barcode! There can often be more than 50 Sandhurst Joggers taking in a Parkrun up and down the country.
Sunday:
The Sunday Lookout run with Scarlett. The Sunday morning run is off-road in the beautiful Swinley Forest. There is lots of chat, a few hills and the opportunity for coffee and more chat afterwards. It’s a really friendly and supportive group and all paces are catered for. Meet at the Lookout – near Go Ape – just before 9.00 for 90 minutes of fun!
Thanks for reading the Run Down, have a safe week of running and I’ll see you next week!
Please do let me know if you are doing any events, I can only report what I see on Strava and Facebook and I hope you appreciate there may be things I miss!
Post a message to the Facebook group and we will include it so others can see what we are doing and may be inspired to try a different event.
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