Recent races
Sandhurst Joggers out and about strutting their stuff. Please email publicity2 with a race report of any recent races you have participated in and we’ll try to include a write-up in another post.
Club special events
17th July – Wednesday Pub Run
19.15 at The Bird in Hand, Sandhurst
The Wednesday pub run is here again for 2024! Join the club and fellow runners for a 6-8 mile (10 – 13.5 km) run before tucking into some food and drink at the local pub, amongst good company!
Please arrive in sensible time to order food at the bar before we head out.
Hope to see you there!
19th July – Annual Track Challenge
18.45 at Bracknell Athletics Track, RG12 7NN
Track challenge is coming this Friday 19th. We have 4 teams and the last two to enter will be reserves now, unless we can get some more people to enter. This event is for anyone in the club, as long as you can run 1 mile you can do this event.
Please email Carl if you can do it, with your current 5km time. We start at 18.45 not the usual 19.00 start.
Trophies for the winning teams and pizzas for all afterwards.
See the Facebook group discussion for details on how to register interest.
Social media
We’re trying to include a bit more attention on some of our social feeds:
- X (formerly Twitter) – club run notices and other updates
- Instagram – early days for this; need some ats, tags and photos
- Facebook – The private Facebook group as the source of club updates
Volunteers willing to take on the challenge on raising the Social Media profile of the club are very welcome. Email publicity2@sandhurstjoggers.org.uk to express interest.
Social Activities
Club-funded events
11th August – Hart 4 Trail Relay
1030 – 1430 at Minley Manor, Minley Rd, GU17 9JT, UK
https://hart4.co.uk/
The Hart 4 is a 4 hour relay event for teams of 4 on a 4km off road course at Minley Manor, Hampshire. The event starts at 10:30 on the second Sunday in August and finishes four hours later at 14:30. During this time, teams will try to complete as many laps of the course as they can! There will be three team categories; male, female and mixed with prizes awarded to the first, second and third teams in each category. Laps started before 14:30 can be completed and will count towards the team total, so plan your laps to try to squeeze that last one in!
Email events@sandhurstjoggers.org.uk for more information regarding submitting a team.
A typical set of events for a season would include:
- Windlesham pairs – popular with Joggers and this year will be a club-funded entry
- Endure24 – popular in years gone by but we struggle to generate teams for this (also only subsidised rather than fully funded team)
- Mapledurham Rapid Relays – multiple categories, no gender restrictions
- Runnymede Relay in Windsor Great Park- a great introduction to an off-road relay event
- Hart 4 relay – teams of 4 run asd many laps of a 4k loop in 4 hours – 11th August 2024
- Stragglers River Relay (link not working right now; should appear later on)
- Clarendon Relay – off-road course from Salisbury to Winchester in 4 stages (highly recommended)
- Milocarians cross-country – undulating autumn off-road fun at RMAS
These events typically require at least one female entrant per team.
Please send any suggestions for recommended team or individual races to the events mailbox or Facebook group page
2024 HANDICAP SERIES
The 2024 season is well under way and results of the latest race is now available.
The next race will take place at the Morgan Rec in Crowthorne at 19.30 on 14 August.
Just under 140 runners took part in Sandhurst Memorial Park parkrun event #153.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | Dominic ALLEN | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:20:14 |
| 23 | 22 | Andrew HIBBITT | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:25:41 |
| 37 | 6 | Mo WILLCOX | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:27:24 |
| 53 | 11 | Emma OWEN | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:29:04 |
| 87 | 60 | John POWTER | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:32:17 |
| 102 | 68 | Ray HALE | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:33:56 |
| 105 | 37 | Emma HANDLEY | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:35:19 |
| 115 | 43 | Sam GOODALL | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:38:07 |
| 126 | 53 | Catriona WICKHAM | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:44:03 |
| 132 | 73 | Richard BOESE | Sandhurst Joggers | 00:48:00 |
The bulk of the volunteer roster are Sandhurst Joggers and more are always welcome.
This Week’s leaderboard and recent events.
Club Announcements:
The next committee meeting will take place at 19:45 on 5 September at the Hive Coffee Shop in Crowthorne.
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 with email).
A club vest or T-shirt needs to be worn by each athlete taking part in the TVXC races.
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 Yateley Waitrose car park running on local roads, or, during the lighter evenings, at the Yateley Orchard Hall (Little Gems pre-school) car park (GU46 6LU, off Monteagle Lane) 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 evening:
A run with Paul Biggs will contain hills, tall tales, 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 19:15; lights and high vis clothing are advised during the winter months. 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. Typically between 12 and 25 athletesparticipate 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:
A longer off-road run in Swinley Forest. We spilt into groups of similar pace who stay together for a run of around 90 mins, followed by coffee and chat.
Runners taking part on Sunday are encouraged to wear team colours on the last Sunday of each month as a way of promoting the club out on the road.
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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