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MARCH 2010 |
| March 29th: Worthing 20
results are available, well done to everybody that took part ... |
March 25th: Reading Half
Marathon results are available well done Federico and Ali ...
Don't forget that this Sunday is our 20 / 22 mile Marathon training run meet
at the buff on Sunday ready for a 9am departure .... Mr Amos has kindly
mapped the
route in advance, see you there .... |
| March 21st: Hastings Half
Marathon results are now available .... |
| March 15th: Results are available for the
Lydd Half Marathon, the
Spitfire 20 and the
Sevenoaks 10k. The
Personal Fundraising page has been updated
again and check out our Kit page |
| March 13th: Results are in for
the final winter handicap race, well done to Jason Cherriman for taking the
honours in the 10k .... |
| March 8th: Eastbourne Half
results are now available |
| March 7th: Thanet 20 results
are now available |
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FEBRUARY 2010 |
| February 28th: Tunbridge
Wells and Brighton Half marathon
results are available ... |
| February 17th: Results are
available for the Sidcup 10 ... |
| February 10th: Results are
available for the latest 10k handicap race .... |
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JANUARY 2010 |
| January 31st: Canterbury 10
results are now available and I have now updated the
kit page with our latest ranges ..... |
| January 24th: The latest Grand Prix
results are available
... |
| January 17th: Results for the
Dartford Ten are available .... The Dates have been agreed for our
Pre-London Marathon Training runs - the 20/22 miler will be on March 28th a
9am departure from the buff and the Westerham 17 miler on the 11 April a
9.30 am departure from the Grasshopper Pub Car Park 1 mile west of Westerham
on the A25 ... |
| January 9th: BREAKING NEWS: DUE TO THE SEVERE ICE AND SNOW THIS
TUESDAY'S HANDICAP RACE HAS REGRETTABLY BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH IT MAY
STILL BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A RUN, RUNNING AGAINST THE CLOCK WONT BE SAFE ... |
January 4th: The ORR vidi printer has been very busy and results
are now available for the Knacker
Cracker 10k, the End of Year 10k
and the Tadworth 10 ...
Are you going to be fundraising for charity this year ? Let me
know if you are and I will add your details onto our
Fundraising page ... Likewise you can
sponsor your fellow ORR's through via our
Fundraising page including your very own webmaster who will be competing
in his first marathon next April .... |
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DECEMBER 2009 |
| December 30th: What better way to shake off the excesses of the festive season and
kick of the New Year in style than by joining the annual New Years Day
run. It will start from John Mackay's house 31 Wilmington Avenue,
Orpington, BR6 9BJ at 1.00pm. On offer are three options –
A long very steady cross country run to be lead by Chris Marshall that
aims to be back before it gets too dark.
A shorter off road run of about 7 miles lead by John, or
A five mile cross country walk lead by Elaine. All will finish with the offer of tea and cakes to recuperate. |
December 19th: Tomorrow is our Mince Pie Run meet at the High Elms
 car
park at 10am sharp for a cross country run and carol singing afterwards, fancy
dress is optional .... |
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December 9th: Results are now
available for the December 10k Handicap, £44 pounds was raised on the night for
our nominated charity the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign ... |
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December 6th: Results are available for the
Swanley Christmas Caper and I
have updated the Yellow Shirts Calendar up until July
2010 .... |
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NOVEMBER 2009 |
|
November 29th: Results are available for the
Beckenham Trail 10k and the
Crowborough 10k Congratulations to Steve
Wherle for being the fastest over 60 runner at the Beckenham Trail 10k... |
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November 15th: Brighton 10k results
are now available, well done to Dave Burtonshaw for securing another 10k PB,
well done sir ... |
November 11th: Don't forget that next Tuesday at 9pm is our AGM at the
Greenwood Centre in Green Street Green High Street. This is your one big chance
to discuss how your wonderful club is run, plus there will be tea and cake and
much more importantly our London Marathon Draw ....
Results are available for the November Handicap
race .... |
November 8th: This Tuesday is the first of our Winter 10k Handicap races,
don't forget your £1 entrance fee and good luck everybody .... |
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November 5th: Wilmington 10k
Results are now available, apologies for the delays in publishing these the
organisers had technical problems ... |
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OCTOBER 2009 |
|
October 31st: STOP PRESS - Results are
available for today's mob match, huge congratulations to us for retaining our
title and a big thanks to our friends at New Eltham Joggers and Petts Wood
Runners ... |
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October 26th: Beachy Head marathon
results are available ... |
October 19th: Results are available for the
Croydon 10k,
Maidstone Half and the
Cardiff Half. Well done to Michael Bennett
and Dave Burtonshaw for setting PB's at the Maidstone Half Marathon and your web
master for knocking 6 minutes off his Season's Best time at the Cardiff Half
Marathon ...
We are hosting a MOB MATCH on SUNDAY 1st NOVEMBER at 11AM,
the start and finish is at the OLD HILL RECREATION GROUND behind the
ROSE AND CROWN PUBLIC HOUSE. Please come along and help us to retain our
title ...
We are also looking for people who would be interested in being marshalls, if
you are interested in being a marshall please let
Sheila know
.... |
October 11th: Results are available for the
Petts Wood 10k - huge congratulations to our men taking first place ...
Well done to Zoe Wright on completing her first Half Marathon - the
Royal Parks Half marathon and
finally I have also updated the results for this years
Dulwich 10k |
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October 6th: Results are available for the
Sittingbourne 10 ... |
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SEPTEMBER 2009 |
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September 27th: Results are available for the
Run to the Beat Half Marathon ... |
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September 20th: Results are available for the
Great North Run, and well done to
Michael, George and Jerry in the London to Brighton trail run an awesome
achievement .... |
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September 13th: Eridge 10 results are
now available ... |
September 7th: Results are available for
Dry Hill 10 and the Kent
Coastal Half Marathon ....
Following on from Zoe's successful run at the Dry Hill 10 she is now going to be
competing in this year's Royal Park's Half Marathon raising much needed funds
for Cancer Research UK. Why not visit the personal
fundraising page and sponsor her ....
We are looking for 6 men and 4 women to take part in this year's Will Bolton
Memorial at Sparrows Den on Saturday 19th September, contact
Betty
for more information and to express your interest in competing ...
Our young business entrepreneurs - Lucy Miller (pictured here) and Louise Whyte
have both been very busy, click here to
find out about Lucy's personal training service and Louise's Penelope Fitstop |
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AUGUST 2009 |
|
August 28th: Full results
are now available for the Laces Mob Match |
August 20th: Congratulations to everyone who helped to retain the laces
cup, a job well done...
I have updated the Yellow Shirts Calendar to include
events up to the of December ....
An extra event has been added to our Hectic Social Calendar an opportunity to go
to a recording of Clive Anderson's Radio 2 show "Chat Room" on Wednesday 14th
October 2009 at 7.15pm in Central London. Have a look at our
Social page for more information ....
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August 6th: Check out our Mob Matches web
page for details of the Laces Mob match on the 18th AUGUST 7.45PM at the
WILLETT RECREATION GROUND in PETTS WOOD. This is our opportunity
to do battle with Petts Wood Runners and keep hold of the very precious Laces
cup. Hopefully as many of you as possible will be able to make it.
Not sure where the Willett Recreation ground is?? check out the
map .....
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JULY 2009 |
July 24th: Check out Nick's social page for
details of an upcoming talk from a Lucozade Specialist, a talk about Sports
Massage and some details about this years Christmas panto ...
The date for this years mob match against Petts Wood Runners has been agreed as
August 18th at 8pm, look out for more details ...
Don't forget about Paul O'Grady's Saturday
morning speed sessions and remember that the session's are open to anybody
that wishes to improve and not just the elite ....
Your webmaster is going on holiday for 10 days in Austria, so there won't be any
updates on the website for a while, so look out for any important emails from
Michael and don't forget to log onto our
chat forum
for any important messages ...
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July 19th: Results from the Dartford
Half Marathon are now available .... |
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July 7th: Bewl 15 results are available ... |
results are available ...
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JUNE 2009 |
June 29th: Latest Grand Prix
results are available ... |
June 21st: Provisional Results and
photo's are now
 available
for the 2k Junior and Senior races and the 10k. Congratulations to everybody
that took part today and a huge thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers ..... |
|
June 18th: The Orpington 10k is now FULL
and their will be
NO ENTRIES on the day for the
10k. Here is
the list of the
501 competitors taking
part in
this year's
race ... |
June 15th: IMPORTANT NOTICE - Entries are now
closed for the 10k race on Sunday with no late entries on the day. However there
are still places available in the school 2k run's and the fun run with late
entries available on the day. Click here to
register for the 2k school run's and the fun run ...
Here is the list of entrants for this year's
Orpington Races on Sunday 21st June |
June 14th: Results are in for the
Bluewater 10k ...
363 runners have now registered for the Orpington 10k at this years Orpington
Races on Sunday 21st June including multiple winner Peter Tucker of Blackheath
and Bromley Harriers, places are going very fast so
signup today ....
Here is the current entrants list ....
Eric Enock is cycling from London to Paris on July 22nd a seriously tough
challenge. Check out Eric's fundraising page on our
Personal Fundraising Page ...
If you fancy something different Mike Abousselam has some important information
to share with us about Boot Camp Training
sessions at Shortlands Park and Belly Dancing!!
This Tuesday is the 2nd of our trilogy of Summer Trail Runs - the Chevening Run.
Departure times are as follows :-Meet promptly at 7.30pm at the buff
for the full distance circa 11 miles or if you fancy a shorter Chevening Run of
approximately 4 - 5 miles then meet at the end of Pound Lane at the junction of
Knockholt Main Road at 8pm ...
Chris Marshall's "long group" are also planning a 12 miler departing from the
buff at 8pm which may be heading towards Chevening ....
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June 8th: This Tuesday is the first of our Trilogy of Summer Trail runs -
the Nash
Circular Run departing at 8pm from the lamppost with the normal shorter
options as well ..... |
June 7th: We now have 247 runners for
the
10k race at this years Orpington Races on Sunday 21st June, we are limited
to 500 runners so don't delay and signup
today ....
Here is an updated list of this years confirmed
runners ....
From this Tuesday night our Membership Secretary - Paula Ferguson will be
running a beginners group running for 10 weeks until Tuesday 11th August. Click
here for more information ....
Results are available for the Beckenham 10k
and the Eltham Park 5 and I
hope you all enjoyed the post race picnic in Eltham Palace Park ....
Don't forget to have a look at Lucy Miller's
Sports Nutrition web page and the Ask Lucy email service, feel free to ask
her about anything nutrition related ....
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June 1st: The Grand Prix page has been updated with the results of the
opening 2 events of the 2009/10 Season
Good luck with the Beckenham 10k and Eltham 5 on the 7th June and the picnic in
Eltham Palace Park...
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MAY 2009 |
May 27th: 179 runners have now
registered
for the Orpington 10k on Sunday 21st June, click
here for details of how to enter the Orpington Races and
here is the current list of runners ....
Results are available for the BUPA London 10k
and the Canterbury Half Marathon ...
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May 24th: Results are available for the
Myra Garrett 10k ...
We currently have 135 runners registered for the Orpington 10k on
Sunday 21st June, click here for details of
how to enter or use the
Runners World Website ...
Click here for a current list of runners ... |
May 11th: The vidi printer has been very busy and Results are available
for the Sevenoaks Seven,
Three Forts Marathon,
Ted Pepper 10k and
Whitstable 10k
Check out the Social page for a brief review of our
annual bash and don't forget the High Elms walk on Sunday 17th May at 2pm .... |
May 3rd: So far 55 runners have registered for the Orpington 10k
on Sunday 21st June. Click here to register
or register online on at the
Runners World website ....
The final results are available for the
2008/09 Grand Prix Series, well done to everyone who has taken part and many
thinks to Peter for all his hard work compiling the results ....
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APRIL
2009 |
Apr 29th: We still have 15 spare tickets for this Saturday's Annual
Awards
 Party
in the beautiful surroundings of High Elms, contact Nick directly if you are
interested in going ..
For the early birds there will be a quiz at 7, food at 8.15, the awards at 9 and
then you can dance the night away until midnight .... |
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Apr 27th: Don't forget that tomorrow is the Last Tuesday of the Month and
a very interesting discussion on Hydration will be taking place in the Buff
after tomorrow night's runs .... |
Apr 26th: Results are available for the
London Marathon many congratulations to
the 50 finishers,
let me
know if I have missed you out ....
You can also upload your images of the day onto our
photo site ....
Don't forget that you can email our
Pulse Editor with any stories that you might like to share with your fellow
road runners..... |
Apr 22nd: IMPORTANT LONDON
MARATHON INFORMATION - If you are running
in the London Marathon then join the
07:24
train service from Orpington Station to meet up with your fellow ORR's ...
After the race the ORR baggage handlers will be on the first three
GREEN lorries in the Mall be
sure to give them a wave ...
The post marathon celebration will be held at the Royal Oak Public House in
Green Street Green, from 7pm. The pub has kindly agreed to lay on some free
table snacks, but are also offering a special two meals for £10 deal with those
with healthier appetites ...
Also check out the
latest weather forecast for Sunday and finally the very best of luck to
everyone competing in the race ....
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Apr 19th: Results are available for the
Darenth 10k .... |
Apr 10th: Happy Easter to all of my fellow
 ORR's.
I have updated the Personal Fundraising page
again - check it out, also take a look at Nicks social
page - for an update on this year's Annual Dinner Dance, a family picnic in
Eltham Palace Park and a guided tour of High Elms .... |
Apr 5th: Results are available for the
Paddock Wood Half Marathon and the Worthing Twenty ....
There are only 11 tickets left for the Annual Dinner and Dance, so if you have not already booked your place, please contact Nick directly to reserve your place, and don't forget that you have until Easter to make your nominations |
Apr 4th: Entries are available for the Orpington Races including 2k
Senior and Junior School races and our legendary 10k race on Sunday 21st June,
to avoid disappointment sign up today !!
Have a look at the Orpington 10k web page or
the Runners World Website |
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MARCH 2009 |
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Mar 30th: The Hillcrest 10k on Sunday 17th May has been added to the
Yellow Shirts Calendar .... |
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Mar 15th: Results are available for the
Hastings Half Marathon, some very important information about the
Annual Dinner and Dance and also don't forget
that you can sponsor your running friends through the
Fundraising page ... |
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Mar 11th: Results are available for the last of this year's winter
handicap series |
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Mar 4th: Results are available for the
Eastbourne Half Marathon and the
Steyning Stinger |
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Mar 1st: Results are available for the
Greenwich Meridian 10k and the Thanet 20 |
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FEBRUARY 2009 |
Feb 22nd: I have published the information used in
Steve Wehrle's Marathon Talk and check out
Ashley's Marathon File for some details of
Thursday night marathon training runs.
Results are also available for the Brighton
Half Marathon |
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Feb 16th: Peter "stats" Amos has been busy again and the
Grand Prix Standings have been updated
again and Nigel's 100th Marathon interview is
available for your viewing ... |
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Feb 15th: Results are available for the
Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon |
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Feb 11th: Latest Handicap results are
available ... |
Feb 8th: IMPORTANT HANDICAP MESSAGE The February Handicap is
due next Tuesday 10 February and at the moment the course is clear of snow.
However, the forecast for Monday night and Tuesday is for more heavy snow. If
there is lying snow on Tuesday, we will postpone the Handicap to the following
Tuesday 17 Feb.
Nick's Social page has been updated with some
exciting dining offers at the Royal Oak and lots more ...
Results are available for the Sidcup 10
....
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Feb 5th: I have created the Personal
Fundraising page for 2009,
email me
if you would like me to include your details |
Feb 1st: The Yellow Shirts Calendar has been
updated with the dates of our two Pre-London Marathon Runs, the Westerham 17
miler is going to take place on March 29th and the 22 miler on April 5th. Keep
checking the web site for more information ....
Nick's social page has been updated to include details
on how to watch the ORR 20th Anniversary DVD on-line .... |
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JANUARY 2009 |
Jan 27th: Yes it's that time of year folks, it's membership renewal time,
if you haven't already paid your membership subs for this year don't forget it's
£10 a year for
 first
claim members and £5 for second claim members. Check out the
Frequently Asked Questions section of the website
for payment details and have a look at all of the fantastic
benefits that you can be entitled to as
well
Paula is also going to be in the Buff after tonight's run if you would like to
pay her directly ... |
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Jan 25th: Results are available for the
Canterbury 10, well done to Mark and Annette ... |
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Jan 21st: The Grand Prix page has
been updated with the latest standings following on from the Dartford 10 ... |
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Jan 20th: Results are available for the
Dartford 10 ... |
Jan 14th: Results are available for last nights 10k Handicap ...
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Jan 10th: Do you fancy going to the Little Shop of Horrors launch party
at Churchill Theatre on Thursday 15th January at 6.30pm , check out the
Social Page...
I have started to upload parts of the ORR 20th Anniversary DVD onto the internet
check out the Video page and keep checking back as
more files are uploaded ....
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Jan 6th: Nick's social page has been updated
again, check it out .... |
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Jan 2nd: Results are available for the
Knacker Cracker 10k, well done Mark and
Dave... |
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DECEMBER 2008 |
Dec 23rd: Our Charity of the year for 2009 is the
Muscular
Dystrophy Campaign. Thank you to everyone who has helped throughout the year
to raise £2045.32 for the
Bromley Autistic Trust. Check out the ORR
Official Charities page for more details ...
The Yellow Shirts Calendar has been updated with the
Penshurst 5 Cross Country race
on the 4th January and the
End of 08 10k at Harrietsham, kent |
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Dec 14th: Results for the Hastings
Marathon are now available, congratulations to everyone that took part in
this historic event |
Dec 10th: 10k Handicap results are
now online how did you get on ...
Nick's social page has been updated to include some
exciting events in December, some more discount vouchers and some information
about discount holidays ... |
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Dec 8th: Another Charity has been added to the
ORR Official Charities Page,
SportsAid ... |
Dec 7th: Results are available for the
Swanley Christmas Caper. Also
entries are now open for three of our Grand Prix Events, the
Dartford Ten
on 18th January, the
Tunbridge Wells
Half Marathon on 15th February and the
Hastings Half Marathon on 15th
March so sign up early to avoid disappointment ...
This Tuesday night is the second race in our
winter Handicap series so don't forget your £1 entrance fee and good luck to
everybody .... |
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Dec 4th: Crowborough 10k results
are available |
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Dec 3rd: The ORR Official Charities
page has been updated with the details of another potential charity the
Marfan Trust |
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NOVEMBER 2008 |
Nov 30th: A huge thank you to all the dinners that Attended ORR Dining
Around the World Part One on Wednesday night. Helen Amos has chosen Spanish for
ORR Dining Around Part Two so keep checking Nick's social
page for more info ...
Don't forget that anyone can email me with what their group did a Tuesday night,
just drop me an
email
including which group you were in and what you got up to ... |
Nov 25th: Nick's social
page has been updated again to include another discount voucher
for 40% of wine and Champagne, just what you need to get that party
started.
The ORR Official Charities page has been
updated to include the details of potential charities for our Charity of the
Year 2009. Potential charities for next year are Muscular Dystrophy Campaign,
The Icare Centre in Green St. Green and the Orpington Gateway Club
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Nov 21st: A big thank you to every who attended the clubs AGM on Tuesday
night and vey well done to Collette Gebbett, Rachel Bailey, Shelia Sherman, Eric
Enock, Danny McLaughlin, Karen Kent and Lauren Downie for winning places in the
London Marathon ... Thank you to John for all of his fantastic work as
chairman over the last 4 years and hello to Jan Lenton our new chairman ..
Also Dave King is looking for volunteers to Marshall at
the 100 Marathon Club AGM Marathon at Norman Park on January 4th 2009. Click
here if
you are interested in volunteering |
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Nov 17th: DON'T FORGET about the AGM tomorrow night 9pm at the Greenwood
Centre, Green Street Green. Also Nick's social page
has been updated again to now include some 2 for 1 restaurant vouchers yummy ... |
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Nov 16th: Results of the Brighton 10k
are in check them out ... |
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Nov 12th: Results of the 1st 10k Handicap
race are live, how did you get on ... |
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Nov 11th: The Crowborough
10k has been added to Yellow Shirts Calendar |
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Nov 10th: The results of the Bexhill Half
Marathon are in well done to Dave, Alison and Karen ... |
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Nov 9th: The Yellow Shirts Calendar has now been
updated to include the dates of this years 10k Handicap series and the AGM ... |
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Nov 8th: Don't forget that its the first of our Winter 10k Handicap races
(with a 5 mile option) next Tuesday (Nov 11th). Click
here to see last years results and a
description of the route, but more importantly don't forget your £1 entrance fee
.... Also the date, time and venue have been agreed for this years AGM,
Tuesday 18th November 9pm, at the
Greenwood Centre, Green St Green, this is your chance to discuss the running
of the club and the highlights will include, the chairman's report and Nigel's
London Marathon draw ... |
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Nov 5th: Our Sports Nutrition page has
been updated check it out ... |
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Nov 1st: Nick's social page has now been
updated to include some more of our upcoming social events and I have also
created a page that is dedicated to Sports
Nutrition containing the information from Lucy's talk |
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OCTOBER 2008 |
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Oct 29th: Thank you to Lucy for her very informative and enjoyable talk
on Sports Nutrition on Tuesday night .... Results of the
Dublin marathon are now available
and I have been informed by Nick that there are only 10 tickets left for the
Cinderella Pantomime on Sunday 7th December at the Churchill theatre. Click
here to book your ticket
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Oct 26th: NEWSFLASH - Just to let everybody know Peter Amos and Simon
Clarke are
both safe and well after the terrible weather in Cumbria and are expecting to
arrive back in Orpington this afternoon ...
Results of the Beachy Head Marathon are
available well done to everybody that took part and especially Nigel Webb -
100 Marathons a fantastic achievement ... |
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Oct 23rd: Nick's Social page has now been
updated and the latest Grand Prix
standings are now available ... |
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Oct 20th: The results are now available for the
Maidstone and
Cardiff Half marathons ... |
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Oct 15th: The latest Grand Prix
results are now available and I have added two races onto the
Yellow Shirts Calendar the Bexhill Half Marathon on 9th November and the
Knacker Cracker 10k on 1st January - just what you need to cure that hangover !! |
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Oct 13th: Results of the Petts Wood 10k
are now available, how did you get on ... |
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Oct 8th. The Social page has now be updated to include all of the planned
events for the rest of this year and next spring as well, including the Annual
Dinner Dance. Click here to find out more |
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Oct 6th: I have updated the results pages for the
Dulwich 10k and 5k races the
Great North Run and the
Run To The Beat Half Marathon |
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Oct 1st: Have you ever fancied travelling back in time to the Swinging
60's for one evening. If the answer is yes then why not join your fellow ORR's
to watch a production of SHOUT! "The swinging 60's musical" at the Churchill
Theatre on Monday 13th October at 7.30pm. Click
here for information Also best of luck to any ORR's competing this Sunday
including your webmaster in either the Run To The Beat or Great North Run Half
Marathons. I have managed to find an
interactive map of the
Great North Run course that might prove to be useful |
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SEPTEMBER
2008 |
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Sept 23rd: Peter Amos has very kindly
mapped the route for the HEROS pre-marathon 22
mile training run this Sunday. Meet
9am in the
Sainsbury's car park at Locksbottom, Peter will
endeavour to put some water out but advisable to
bring your own supplies as well Click
here
for more information |
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Sept 22nd: The results of the
Beckenham
10k Trail race are now online well done to
everybody that took part. |
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Sept 20th: Don't forget Nick's 10 mile
road bike ride next Saturday. Click
here for more
information |
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New website editor!! Watch this space!! |
Sept 14th: We're now listed on
Time Outdoors! Not that you need to
know, of course, since you're probably already a
member!
Results page for
Dry Hill 10
updated (5 finishers).
Photos from the Dry Hill 10, and Brockwell Park
Fusion Aquathlon, are now on
Flickr.
From Nick Kasper... 21st June is confirmed date
for the 2009 Orpington Races! DO NOT book
your holiday on that weekend!! :)
Also from Nick - all the links from the recent
Social Newsletter are now on his
Social Page! Check
them out and use these clever submission
features to get your names down for all the fun
events coming up this autumn/winter! Book
early to avoid disappointment! |
Sept 6th: New Month, new website
management!! As you will have now seen in
Pulse, Steve Wright is stepping down at the helm
from website duties to focus on his running!
"In the last two years,
I've made some significant changes to the way
the club has communicated internally and I'm
particularly proud when I've received praise
from the general road runner who may have even
started their Tuesday night association with ORR
because of having seen the website.
The two most important improvement I've made to
the website, which I'd like to see continued
and/or developed further, are the ORR Club
results pages that attach to the Yellow Shirts
Calendar, and the migration of all of our photos
to the Flickr website. The first, combined with
the google search bar, means that we can review
own own and our Club's performance at our
favourite races across the year. With the
second, we can all directly share our
photographic experiences of races with each
other!
Thanks to everyone that has contributed and
supported the development of the Club over the
last couple of years. And finally, watch
out for the White Rabbit he's out there,
training somewhere!!"
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AUGUST 2008 |
 August 28th:
Our discussion forum has been upgraded
and is even better than it was before!
Join over 50 users for regular chat about
upcoming races!
Login, upload a picture, and get blogging!!
Follow the link to the right:
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August 21st:
Nick Kasper has got something to SHOUT about.
Check out his
page for more details!!! |
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August 13th: This Tuesday the prize draw
for the social
events survey was decided... but who
ended up bringing home a GOLD (or florescent
yellow, anyway) for Orpington? |
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August 12th: Dates for the Autumn Round
Orpington/Westerham runs confirmed by Peter
Amos! Check out YSC
for the details. |
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JULY 2008 |
 July 30th: Nick K has updated his
Social Events
page.
The
ORRC contact details page is updated. Also, did you know
that you can find the Minutes
of the quarterly ORRC meetings in the 'governance'
section of the (password protected) Forum? |
 July 29th: Some of our newer runners are loving the long summer evening
runs and want to see more of the Kent countryside. Have you seen what we have to
offer on Sundays?
High Elms Runners on Sundays (H.E.R.O.S.) is a
splendid way to see more of High Elms and the surrounding towns and villages.
For a friendly and reasonably paced way to ease yourselves into Sunday, check
out the linked page! |
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July 24th: Have you completed the social events survey?
Nick has got an important update for us on his
social events page... |
July 22nd: Peter 'Stats' Amos has updated the
Grand Prix results to reflect the
positions after the Dartford Half Marathon
(12 runners). Where do you stand in the rankings... ?
Also, results from the Bewl Water
Fifteen updated (8 runners). |
July 17th:
 An
official Club vest is up for grabs to a lucky runner in a prize draw!
All you have to do is spend a few moments telling us about your leisure
interests and what you think of ORR Club social events, and your name will
automatically entered into the draw if you respond by 31st July. Nick Kasper
(right), our new Social Events coordinator is keen to find out what sort of
social activities really appeal to Road Runners. Your feedback will help him to
organise a series of fun events to suit all. For your chance to win the Club
vest, click on the link that will be sent to you directly on or around 18th July
and enter the Survey Monkey system to complete the survey. The wonders of
advanced technology will ensure that your name gets entered in the draw!!
You may also respond anonymously to the survey but you will NOT be
entered into the draw if you respond using this method. For the link, see
the social events page. The survey
will close on 16th August and feedback on the responses will appear on
the 'social events' page shortly afterwards. |
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July 15th: We're back and ready to receive updates!!! Watch this space
because coming up in the next couple of days you'll receive a personal invite to
complete a short social events survey to give Nick plenty of data to muse over
as he takes up his new role!! |
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July 3rd-13th: The Editor is away catching some surf in Cornwall, so no
updates here! Check out the
Forum and
the Photo Site for updates that other people
may make! |
July 1st:
Tonight is the third summer run -
the
Lullingstone Run
. It's a 12-mile route all in; departing promptly from the usual place at 8pm.
There will be shorter options!
Make sure you are confident of your capabilities within the groups you depart with...
all groups should be familiar with best practice - i.e. group leaders, group back-markers, a common understanding of the route, and so on, - remember that Yellow Shirts 'don't lose anyone'!
Check out our safety policy for more details.
Nick Kasper steps into
Linda Kemp's shoes as our new Social Events
Coordinator! Check out the link for news and developments in the next couple of weeks!
Thanks to Linda Kemp for looking after the club's AGM and other social events
for the last couple of years! This weekend is Bewl Water Picnic
to coincide with Bewl Fifteen.
Finally - some people have been asking why all the race results are not
up to date and why we don't have photos of every Tuesday run... well remember
guys, this is a running community website!! If you don't provide
the information, we can't share in the fun of it! So get writing, snapping,
contributing to discussions and send it to the right people so we can find out
what we're all up to!
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JUNE 2008 |
June
25th:
Results of the Upper Junior 2k race are
now finalised; and a page for
Saturday created!
Did NO-ONE take any pictures of this
year's Chevening Run? Tsk tsk |
June 23rd:
The results of the 10k race, and the
three 2k schools races are now online
- here!
Having organised a fantastic day of
races for the 11th year in a row, time for
Yellow Shirts to do a bit of running themselves!
Here's a line up of this week's big activities:
Tuesday
24th June |
Summer
Run #2: The Chevening Evening
Possibly one of the best
club trail runs of the year!
For those who want to do the
full route (12-ish miles), meet
at the usual spot near the Buff
for 7:30pm! You will
then run to
Knockholt Pound and await the
other groups before running the
Chevening loop all together, and
then return to the Buff.
For the shorter option meet
at the Buff for an 8pm sharp
meet, jump in and grab a lift
with friends to Knockholt Pound,
followed by a 4.5 mile loop of the
Chevening North Downs area (aiming
to leave Knockholt at about 8:15pm)
If you know Knockholt village, simply
drive there and look for the big
bunch of lunatics in yellow shirts!
Those who want to stay local, Nick
K will rustle up something in the
6-8 mile range - 8pm depart.
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Friday
27th June |
Summer Mob Match
New Eltham Joggers invite
Petts Wood Runners and Orpington
Road Runners to a mob match at Avery
Hill park - starting 7.00pm.
An approx 4 mile race around Avery
Hill park is planned, running club
which has the highest # of finishers
above the other clubs wins!
After which it's back to the Metro
Gas bar for drinks and some food.
Changing rooms and showers are also
available at Metro Gas (Avery Hill
Road SE9). What's a
Mob Match?
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June 21st:
Today (Saturday) - 5k time trial at Darrick
Wood track for Road Runners wanting to get
a leg stretch before...
Sunday - the
11th Orpington
10k and 2k school races!!!
Let's keep fingers crossed for great weather!
In 2007 it rained in the afternoon, but
after the main race, and in 2006 I believe
it was the hottest day of the year!
So somewhere in-between would be good for
2008! Good luck everyone, results
will be posted as soon as verified by Race
Results Command!
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June 19th:
Orpington
10k - less than 25
places remaining for the adult race. Go
get 'em while they're hot!
And after the 10k, an event for ourselves!!
Betty has received this invitation for us
all:
FRI 7pm
27th Jun: 3-Way Mob Match
Following on from the very enjoyable
mob match held at High Elms in autumn 2007,
New Eltham Joggers would like to invite
Petts Wood Runners and Orpington Road Runners
to a return mob match at Avery Hill park
on Friday 27th June at 7.00pm. We plan a
4 mile plus race around Avery Hill park
and then back to the Metro Gas bar for drinks
and some food. Changing rooms and showers
are also available at Metro Gas (Avery Hill
Road SE9)
What's a Mob Match? |
June 17th:
This Tuesday is the first of our
summer runs
- the Nash Run! 8pm depart from lamppost.
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Orpington
10k - with
less than one week to go we can
now advertise 50 final places
obtainable by Runners World
Online only. Follow the link and
enter -- it's strictly a first come,
first served basis!
We're at 91% capacity!!
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Results pages are
updated for this year's
Bluewater 10k (9 runners)
and
Beckenham 10k (17 runners).
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June 14th:
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Orpington
10k - there
are now over 400 processed entries
and several dozen more to be dealt
with on Monday, so we have now closed
the entry process for the adult
10k race. The school races are still
open! There will be no on-day entries
for the 10k. Not even if you're
Paula Radcliffe!!! Rules is rules
;) |
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June 12th:
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We now have 389
starters registered for the
Orpington
10k!!
Make sure that you've entered as
there are unlikely to be any day-entries
available!!! |
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Peter has updated
the
Grand Prix table to show
results after four races. Who is
leader of the pack? |
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June 9th:
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Results pages are
updated for the
Eltham Park Five (19 runners),
and
Darent Valley 10k (35 runners).
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Photos from the
Beckenham 10k now uploaded
to our
Flickr site. |
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Check out the
Euro 2008
page for the start of Nick's
commentary on how the leader board
is progressing! |
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June 6th:
| Race Day -16:
Another 31 places allocated, now
close to 300 of the 500 capacity
for the 10k. Don't leave it till
race day as there is unlikely to
be entries available for this very
popular road race!! Visit
the
10k
page to register your interest
or review the starters list.
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It's a game of two halves...
Bookmark
this page
and re-check daily to find
out who is in the running for buying
a winning round of drinks to celebrate
their victory in Nick's Euro 2008
Sweepstake! |
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June 3rd:
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Race
Day -19: Another 20 places
allocated to the Orpington 10k -
this is looking like a SELL OUT
year again. Get your entries in
quick - less than a fortnight before
postal entries close!! Even
Peter Tucker, many times winner
from previous years, has got his
#1 place!! |
 A
note from John Mackay: "Following
our recent Annual Do and a number
of years of leading on all things
social for the Club, Linda Kemp
has decided to pass on the baton
to somebody else.
With the help of a willing band,
Linda has organised a variety of
different events ranging from the
Annual Do, Barn Dances, nics, quizzes
and Christmas do's. It is only fair
to let Linda sit back and enjoy
the next round of social events.
So the opportunity exists for somebody
to take a lead in pulling the social
calendar together.
There is no fixed pattern to the
events, in fact variety has been
the spice of life. There is plenty
of advice and assistance on offer,
including Linda's wide experience.
If anyone is interested in taking
on the role, please feel free to
talk to Linda or one of the Committee." |
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MAY 2008 |
May 30th:
 We
all had a great run on Tuesday, many of
you have dropped me a line to reflect on
what you did/saw. Is your group represented
in the Tuesday File?
If not then let me know what you got up
to! |
May 28th:
 Check
out our
Affiliates
page to see the latest benefit on
being a Road Runner!
Also, review the rules and races for the
2008/9
Grand Prix Series, including results
so far!
With less than 30 days to go until race
day, the
Orpington 10k page is tidied up,
including the results for the last 10 years,
and the 2008 starters list. How many
spaces left for the 10k?
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May 27th:
If you fancy something slightly alternative,
then meet Brian Mead and his group
for one week only convening from Petts Wood
! Starting at the car park next to the News
Shopper, near to the Petts Wood Library
he is setting off with one of his enjoyable
summer trail runs taking in the alternative
woodland around Petts Wood and Scadbury.
Run time is the usual 8pm start! The pace
is likely to be as usual - i.e. quite sharp
but not as unforgiving as Mr Marshall's
group!
For everyone else, it's a swift convene/depart
at our usual lamppost at 8pm. And
- It's the Last Tuesday of the Month - so
see you in the Buff pub after tonight's
runs for drinks! Don't forget to bring at
least £5 for Nick Kasper's Euro 2008
sweepstake, raising money for our official
charity! For details, follow this
link
or follow the first image to the right.
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Web pages are updated
for the
Sevenoaks Seven,
Whitstable 10k, the
Annual Awards... |
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More photos online
from Patrick Bennett, roving picture
reporter, as the family Bennett
they attend the
Myra Garrett 3k/10k runs
(such as the second image to the
right). |
 Have you visited
the Forum recently? We now
have a section devoted to
Thursdays... |
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APRIL 2008 |
Apr 29th: Another
month passes, which means - L.T.O.T.M.
- after tonight's run at the Buff!
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London Marathon
Wall of Fame - have we got
your photo? Not for all 45
of you!!! |
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From today, any
user can now create a lamppost 'poll'
in our
Forum! Pool the collective
knowledge (!) of the 62 road runners
who now have an account!! |
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In addition to being the first Road
Runner to complete
all five world marathon major titles,
Betty Chan has updated details of
some races on the Yellow Shirts
calendar. Follow
this link
and enter all those FAB summer
races! |
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Apr 27th: The first
proper sunshine weekend of the year!
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Check out the results
and photos from today's sea-front
action in
Hastings. |
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Whilst you're on
Flickr, review
over 100 photos from the
London Marathon! We've
got pictures for some, but not all
of you who ran the race. Make sure
you send them through so that we
can add them to our wall of fame!!!
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Apr 17th: Well done
to all 45 Road Runners who completed the
London Marathon!
For a complete breakdown of statistics,
follow
this
link and download the now famous
"Peter Amos" spreadsheet!
Many pictures are now online, such as Nick's
photo (left) of Lucy 'runs with Paula'
Miller. Anyone with photos should e-mail
them (see instructions in Pulse!) so that
we can share them all on the
ORR photo website!!
Also, check the latest fundraising status
of all runners using this
link.
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| Apr 12th: Peter
has plotted the course of the Orpington
10k! Check it out
here. |
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Apr 11th: It will
be a giant challenge to all - including
fundraiser Lloyd Scott (left)...
Good luck to all ORR Runners and Supporters
including Baggage Team - remember:
Morning: Runners depart on the 07:28
from Orpington!
Evening: Stumble to the Buff for 7:30pm
to discuss the event of the day!
Tuesday Evening: Post-Marathon drinks and
celebrations at the Buff |
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Apr 7th: Rupert
and Peter A have uploaded more pictures
from Sunday's run - check them out by following
this link. Want to save bandwidth
and load your photos directly to the club
website? Instructions will be circulated
in the next PULSE!
(I am expecting a lot from ORR spotters
across London with the Marathon!!!) |
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Apr 6th:
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With seven days to go till the
London Marathon, we want
to know what you'll be doing. Visit
the Forum and check out our
poll! Also check out
the 2006
baggage team report! |
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We're well into spring time
now so you might have wanted to
attend our 9am
HEROS
session down in High Elms. If you
didn't get to make it, check out
our photos
here! |
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| Also, did you know that
you can subscribe to a RSS feed to
see the most recent uploaded photos? Follow
this link to find out more... |
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Apr 3rd:
Have you been reading the
Tuesday Files
recently? You know that anyone
can contribute if you would like to add
to the Club's chronicle!!! In addition to
checking out this year's file for any evenings
you may have missed, you can also review
2007,
2006 and
even 2005! |
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Life's a
Beachy Head
then you die! Entry system is now
open for this unique XC marathon, for which
there are just 1000 places. As in previous
years we try to coordinate a group entry
with a continuous set of entry numbers.
Betty is prepared to act as Peter Clinch
and apply for a group entry from ORR, but
she will need entry fee and runner details
upfront. As entries do sell out quickly,
Betty will submit on Wednesday 9th April
so anyone interested should
email her with details ASAP:
Full name
Age on race day (25.10.08)
Category: runner (under 5 hrs), jogger (5-7
hrs), or walker (7-9 hrs)
Address
Emergency contact number
Fee £20 Cheques payable to Mrs LKB Chan
Members who can't decide yet or wish to
do their own thing can access link
here. |
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Apr 1st:
Check out our
Social
page for details of the Annual Dance
and Post-Marathon Drinks...
Have you entered the
Ted Pepper
10k yet?
Review previous
Winners
at the Annual Awards - consider
your nominations for 2008! |
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MARCH 2008 |
Mar 30th:
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Results from today's
Paddock Wood 1/2M are
published; also the
Brands Hatch 1/2M from a
couple of weeks ago is now
finalised. Please advise
of any errors/omissions!! |
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Photos from
Paddock Wood are now on
Flickr - and NEW you can also
look at tagged photos of
individuals from the whole
Flickr archive (under
development as there are over
1,500 photos currently
uploaded!!! |
Read the breaking news about the Farnborough plane crash on the
BBC website.
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Mar 27th: I draw your
attention to this new entry on the
YSC:
And review the
Paddock Wood results from
2004-08 now uploaded to predict 2008's
results!!
Lastly, I've found all that I can from
the 2007 Tuesday files, do you
prefer the colour scheme from
2008 or
2007? Please
let me know as I'm building the
back-catalogue ... and it does go back
quite a way!!! |
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Mar 25th:
It's LTOTM, so see you in the
Buff (left).
And also check out the 'whole season' of
the
Charity 10k Series on this page.
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Mar 24th: Happy Easter!
I've always dreamt of a white Easter,
just like the ones we used to know.
Check out our new
HEROS
page! Also, bring your drinks
money and some change of clothes perhaps
(!) for the Last Tuesday of the Month
this Tuesday in the Buff, after our
evening's runs! |
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| Mar 19th: Having read
the Pulse! Easter edition, more results
are uploaded:
Thanet 20,
Eastbourne 1/2M, and
Liverpool 1/2M,
Silverstone 1/2M. We have been a
busy lot!!! |
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Mar 18th: There are now
a total of three (3) clubs in the
Web Ring!
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Results from the
Finchley 20,
Fleet 1/2M and
Sevenoaks 10k now updated on
the YSC race pages. Well done to
Danielle Hurley for being the
first lady home at Sevenoaks!!
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Yellow
Shirts Calendar updated to
show many more dates of the 2008
races - thanks to Betty for
reviewing all the sites last
month! Any published
races, let me know and I will
add them. |
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Mar 17th: Happy St
Patrick's Day!
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Members should review the
Forum
to see the latest race reviews
and forthcoming race plans! |
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Results
from this
year's Hastings 1/2M now
published and updated here. |
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Mar 16th:
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Mar 15th: 8,000
hits since September 2007 - thanks for visiting!
Today sees the creation of the UK-London/South
East Running Clubs
Web Ring. The aim is nothing short
of ambitious - to link all of the running
club websites in London and the South East
in a glorious ring! Webmasters, contact
me to get yourselves connected!
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| Mar 13th: A new POLL on
the
Forum requires your urgent attention
regarding this Spring's HEROS runs...
members with an account can access this
here. Road runners can get a free
account on the Forum as long as they pass
the rigorous entry tests!!! |
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| Mar 12th: Results from
the fifth and final
Charity
10k race are published! Thanks to
John for running the 2007-08 series. Now
all we have to do is organise
our own 10k!
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Mar 11th: Oi Oi Trevor
Delahoy! (And Michael Bennett) - your Justgiving
fundraising
links now join six other Road Runners
as the final countdown to London commences!
Support your running pals here... collectively
over £4,000 raised to date!!!
Also, tonight is the LAST of the
2007-08
Charity 10k series races.. show your
support for
Bromley
Autistic Trust and bring your £1
for every race you've attempted (or thought
about attempting)!!
Thirdly - TWO brand NEW HALF MARATHONS in
Central London this October! See
YSC for details.
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Mar 6th: BREAKING NEWS
- Paula "still committed to London 2008"
-- see the latest info
HERE.
Also, browse almost the full year of events
on the Yellow Shirts
Calendar.
Further, check out the updated
Kit page with clear
pictures of our INFAMOUS yellow shirts.
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Mar 3rd:
Support Emma
Coe and others in their London Marathon
efforts, and also
- have you ever thought about running around
Fleet
(the town, not the British Navy)...
Peter Amos also has posted information about
the 30th March pre-London 22-mile race on
the YSC - including
a link of the route! |
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Mar 2nd: Happy Mother's
Day! Tell me you didn't forget!!!
Pulse 61 should now be e-mailed to
you - if you don't have it, e-mail
Michael at the Pulse inbox to find out
why not!
Did you know that we are also on
Facebook? Pledge your allegiance today!
Currently a measly ten members, ... see
some exclusive video postings from the Christmas
Mince Pie Runs!
Also, check out Lucy Miller's
Marathon Training Blog published on
Men's Fitness Magazine!
Finally - check out the latest leg of Betty's
5 marathons in 5 continents...
Hong Kong! |
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Mar 1st: More website updates
(now over 7000 hits since September - thanks!!)
Luton
Marathon, London Marathon pages (one
for the
event,
one for
our
bits) created.
Tuesday 2008 now up to date for Chas
Waterman's latest chapter.
Get Ready for Mother's Day and
SUPER SUNDAY
- plenty of races to take part in!!!
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FEBRUARY 2008 |
| Feb 26th:
GP Results
after ELEVEN races is now up... only one
event to go!!! |
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| Feb 25th: .... Race
entry forms for the 11th Orpington
10k on 22nd June 2008 are now available!!
Get them while they're hot... and share
the link with all your friends and family!!
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| Feb 24th: Results and photos
from this weekend's race activity at
Larkfield
and
Tunbridge Wells. |
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Feb 22nd: Everything has
gone bright yellow!!! Well, it is
our club colours, right - so only fair that
the website should follow suit. Let me know
what you think by
e-mailing me also if you have and other
suggestions for improvements!
New today: to reflect the varied personal
challenges that we all overcome with the
help of distance running, such as done by
the truly inspirational late Jane Tomlinson
(right) I've created a Road Runner
personal fundraising
links page. Please browse and sponsor
your friends!!
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Feb 9th: A mammoth update
to the website!
Read about:
The latest position on the
ORR Grand Prix
- showing results after the
Dartford
Ten.
The 2008 official
charity
for Orpington Road Runners.
Future social
events -- dates to note down for your
diaries.
Forthcoming and recently-completed races
during February on the
Yellow Shirts Calendar:
Brands
Hatch Half Marathon
Sidcup Ten
Punchbowl
Marathon
Brighton
Half Marathon
Larkfield
Aquathon
Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon
There's also a link to the Bromley Vet's
AC 5-miler at Sparrows Den on 1st March!
Sign up today
Finally - next Tuesday is the 4th race in
the Winter
10k series! Bring your
£1 entrance fee. |
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Feb 1st: Pictures and results
from Canterbury 10 now online!
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JANUARY 2008 |
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Jan 18th: 2008 has
arrived!!! See the
2008 Tuesday Files and also the
International
Race calendar. |
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Jan 9th: Results for
the Winter 10k
RACE 3 are now published. How did you
do?! |
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Jan 8th: 10K
RACE NIGHT - bring you £1 charity race
'entry' contribution and this year's
nominated charity will be explained to
all "underneath the lamppost". Results
will be posted here on Wednesday.
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£1 |
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Jan 7th: Betty has been
busy over the Christmas Break and has
added dozens of events to the Yellow
Shirts Calendars! See the
updated domestic calendar
here - and
note that some of the more popular races
are now already open for entries!!
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Jan 1st: Happy New
Year - and good luck to everyone
with your running goals for 2008. Many
Road Runners kick-started their year
with the Todd/Gold Run (see our photo
site on Flickr for an image).
Now is the time to think of Dartford,
Canterbury and the other
10-milers in January. |
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DECEMBER 2007 |
Dec 28th: Happy Christmas to you all! Hope you're
taking a rest from the year's otherwise hectic social and running calendars, and
indeed are preparing for January 2008 - plenty of races to enter - Dartford,
Cambridge, Sidcup... they are all on theYSC for you to browse...
Check out latest
photos from
our
Mince Pie Run and from the
recent
US Trip (thanks to Betty &
Warren, and also with the blessing of
newlyweds Tracey and Glynn) - HAPPY
NEW YEAR ALL!
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Dec 19th: Also, from
Eric:
"Just to let you know that the raffle last night raised £154. Thank you to you all for your help and donations.
So, if my maths are correct the money collected so far is £676. Sally Hurd at
The Kent Association For The Blind
should be meeting us at midday after
the Mince Pie Run on Sunday to collect
the cheque. " |
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Dec 19th: At last
night's LONDON MARATHON Draw in the
Buff, we can reveal the lucky holders of
club places are as follows:
Graham Rogers,
Nick Moran,
Karen Samuel,
Dave Tibbles,
Tonia Cook,
Richard Smith,
Barry Hobday,
Reserves:
Colin Holmes,
George Fairbrother,
Mark J Russell
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Dec 17th: We're all I'm
sure thinking about 2008 membership
subscriptions and allocating budgets
accordingly!!
The subscription rates for 2008 are £10 annual subscription fee plus a one-off joining fee of £5 for first claim members and for second claim members - £5 only.
This is as you know because of the
unique affiliation to UK Athletics that
we're doing this year.
Send a cheque of £15 for first claim
members or £5 for second claim members,
to Paula, or this year can make a direct
payment to our bank - details are on
membership page:
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Dec 16th: Latest News!
Female runners are getting smaller, according
to recent population studies. As a result
we've introduced a new mini-size 32" singlet.
Head straight to the
KIT section to find out more...
Also this week...
Tuesday - depart 8pm from the
lamppost for a quick tour of Orpington's
festive lights, before reconvening in
the Buff (pub!) for the London Marathon
Draw. At least SEVEN PLACES up for
grabs, and a chance for the London
Marathon Team for 2008 to get together
and start panicking!!!
Sunday - Our Mince Pie Run, from
the first High Elms Car Park, a little
later than normal, fancy dress is
strongly recommended, as is mince pies,
mulled wine, and a collection of family
friends and pets for carols and
tomfoolery in the car-park after the
run. More details to follow in
PULSE and on Tuesday night.
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Dec 12th: Results from
Race 2 of the
Charity
10k series are out.
Also check out the
Forum for this
week's seasonal poll...
And also keep a look out for bright lights
of a different nature whilst out on the
streets in these dark months - else you'll
find yourself looking like our mystery Road
Runner (see photo!) |
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| Dec 10th: Don't forget
your GOLD NUGGET to pay for your entrance
to this month's
Charity
10k series race!
Also check out pictures
from this weekend's
Christmas Caper,
now uploaded onto our Flickr website.
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| Dec 5th: Find out how to
pay your 2008 membership
fees! |
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Dec 4th: An updated, slicker
YSC, information
about the Penshurst
XC Five, and a
new poll has been released on the Forum
(also see the results from
last week's shocker poll!!)
(Alas, Forum
is restricted to paid-up Road Runners) |
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Dec 1st: Countdown
to Christmas Season key events!
Next Sunday: The
Swanley
Christmas Caper!
Tuesday 11th December: The 2nd
Charity
10k Handicap Race!
Tuesday 18th December: Club
London Marathon
Draw!
Also, we've updated the page for our
Orpington 10k!
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NOVEMBER 2007 |
Nov 27th:
1. Get your entry form in for the
Swanley
Christmas Caper, which sells out every
year and kick-starts the silly season of
fancy-dress running!!!
See also:
2. Also, if you've not got in to the
FLM via the public ballot, all is not lost
if you follow the rules you can get into
the Club ballot! See
here
for details...
3. Finally, there's been a LOT of activity
on the Forum this week.
Nearly 50 Road Runners out of a club population
of 220 have an account and are able to chat
openly about future running events and in
fact any other subject under the sun/moon.
The site is free for paid-up members and
is secure. This week in particular there
is a very topical item that you can express
your views on. Not got an ID yet?
Visit the site, create your account, log-in,
and join in the tomfoolery! Check
here for details.
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Nov 25th: Don't forget,
this Tuesday (27th) is the
LTOTM (Last Tuesday of the Month)!!!
So... bring some money for the Buff afterwards
because Nigel Webb certainly won't be buying
the drinks all night!!! |
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Nov 20th: Let's get ready
for the 2008 London Marathon!
On our new dedicated
page,
find out how to get one of our club places
for the Flora London Marathon, and also
how you can help out on the day if you don't
want to run the distance!!
The following pages have also been updated/revised:
And thanks also for making over 3,000
hits since September! |
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Nov 11th: We now have a
Charity
Page!
This will include details of the local charity
that we support every year (for 2007, this
is the Kent Association for the Blind),
and also of any other fundraising events
that Road Runners are involved with!
So dig deep and support your friends in
exceeding their targets! |
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Nov 9th: All change at
the helm! Following last night's AGM
a number of new faces will be adding their
own unique distinctiveness to the Club's
operations!
We welcome:
Graham Johnson as the new Secretary,
Ashley Smith, now confirmed as Treasurer,
and
Michael Bennett picks up responsibility
for the Pulse! newsletter.
Also, the Yellow Shirts
Calendar (YSC) has now been updated
to reflect all confirmed race dates in 2008
up to an including the London Marathon.
Sign up to everything today! |
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| Nov 6th: Results of the
1st Winter Series Race are published. |
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| Nov 4th:
Results and
photos of the November 3-Way Mob Match
are now online. |
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OCTOBER 2007 |
| Oct 27th: 101 photos from
the Beachy Head
Marathon are now online. Well done everyone!
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| Oct 23rd:
Grand Prix page
is now live! |
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| Oct 23rd: Our PWR10k photos
page is updated to show the thumbnails from
the race's official photographer.
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Oct 22nd: Yellow Shirt
results from the
Maidstone Half
now have their own page - see from the Yellow
Shirts Calendar. Also check out the Forum
for details of next month's AGM!
Also, the
winter handicap
race page is ready for action - first
race is 6th November 2007. If you've not
done this before, you'll need to estimate
your finish time to John Mackay. |
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Oct 17th: Linda's photos
from the Petts
Wood Runners 10k are now online!
Find yourself amongst the 50+ Road Runners
taking part in Sunday's highly-successful
event. |
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| Oct 15th: The Kit page
has been updated. Don't forget to order
your long-sleeve shirts, and your new running
vests for the road-racing season! |
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| Oct 14th: As Ashley celebrates
his forty-something birthday, take a look
at him back at January's Disney Marathon.
Also, the mass entry by ORR of its neighbours'
inaugural 10k race has its own page from
the Yellow Shirts Calendar. |
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For the autumn/winter Tuesday
nights, don't forget to meet promptly the
Lamppost on Shire Lane to both see the light,
and avoid the "fan club" (e.g. to the right)!
Show me!
And don't be a black stealth runner, wear
something reflective on these winter nights!!!
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Oct 8th:
Road Runners wake
up to a new issue of Pulse! and Paula shares photos from the
Beckenham 10k.
The Website approaches it's 1000th hit!
The Forum has 46 users, 22 topics and 144
posts! |
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| Oct 6th: Betty Chan's photos
from the Berlin Marathon have been added
to the Flickr website. |
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SEPTEMBER 2007 |
The birth of the new website!
A more resilient discussion
board Road Runners is established - log
into the
Forum!
Photos from the
Dorset Doddle
and
Will Bolton Relays added to Yellow Shirts
Calendar. |
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