athletes

Milton Keynes Park Run

Coventry Godiva Harriers’s Damian CARR was the first athlete across the finish line today, 18th September 2010. He completed the course in 16:15 and posted an age grade score of 79.38%. The first female athlete to cross the line was Bedford Harriers AC’s Sally CARTWRIGHT in a time of 20:52 posting an age grade score of 75.16%.

The following athletes from Midland Masters AC from took part in today’s Milton Keynes parkrun.

.. Milton Keynes Results by Club … Position Athlete Sex Run Time Club Name Age Grading % Age Category Personal Best 12 Alan WEBB M 20:41 Midland Masters AC 77.52% VM60-64

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Half Marathon Workshops

University of Birmingham SPORT are running 2 workshops on half marathon training and preparation which your members may be interested in attending. The first is THIS THURSDAY!!! 9th September 2010

Our speakers include accredited sport scientists, Commonwealth Games athletes and UKA Endurance Coach Bud Baldaro!

We’ll be covering topics from training , nutrition, preventing injury and psychology in an ‘open floor’ format – so bring your questions along for the panel.

The cost is £5/3 on the door for adults and concessions. See http://www.sport.bham.ac.uk/events/2010/09/halfmarathonworkshops.shtml for more information

Eleanor Jones

Senior Sport Scientist

BASES Accredited – Physiology

Performance Sport and Fitness

University of Birmingham Sport

T: 0121 414 8583

E: e.jones.2@bham.ac.uk

W: www.sport.bham.ac.uk

http://www.youtube.com/user/HiPerformanceCentre

Brueton Park Run, Solihull

Knowle and Dorridge Running Club’s Jonathan JENNINGS was the first athlete across the finish line today, 04/09/2010. He completed the course in 17:12 and posted an age grade score of 81.20%. The first female athlete to cross the line was Northbrook AC’s Rebecca L SMITH in a time of 18:50 posting an age grade score of 79.73%.

The following athletes from Midland Masters AC from took part in today’s Brueton parkrun.

.. Brueton Results by Club … Position Athlete Sex Run Time Club Name Age Grading % Age Category Personal Best 23 John KEEGAN M 21:00 Midland Masters AC 72.54% VM50-54 New PB 28 Sheila Janet CAREY F 21:25 Midland Masters AC 95.72% VW60-64 New PB

RUNBRITAIN

RUNBRITAIN LAUNCHES REVOLUTIONARY ONLINE SCORING FOR ROAD RUNNERS

runbritain has today announced the launch of its revolutionary new handicap scoring system designed to give road runners of all abilities the ability to benchmark their progress and compare their results across a range of distances and terrains.

The scoring system, which has been developed in conjunction with the team behind the McCain Power of 10 website, enables runners to claim a ranking score based on any single performance at 5k, 10k, half marathon and marathon distances, and allow them to make comparisons against fellow runners of varying degrees of ability. It also offers guidance and support on future racing selections and opportunities to improve current runbritain handicap scores.

Visit the runbritain website at http://www.runbritain.com/home/ for more information and to claim your handicap ranking and you will be provided with a bespoke personal running biog page on www.runbritain.com featuring:

·       current rankings at each distance

·       personal progress graph

·       direct comparisons with other runners with a ?head-to-head? function

·       handicap score updated automatically after each run

·       target times to bring score down by 1.0 handicap points

·       and much much more!

Benefits of Supplements to Master Athletes

A reminder to take part in a very useful survey…….

Hello,

My name is Paul Astles I am a post graduate student at Leeds Metropolitan University, England. I am currently studying for an MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology and I am planning on undertaking my thesis around Masters Athletes. Specifically, the aim of my research would be to investigate attitudes towards supplement use (for example, the research asks questions about what supplements are taken, perceived health or performance benefits of supplements and sources of advice regarding supplementation).

The data collection for this research is going to be an online questionnaire. The link to the questionnaire pack is beneath this text, simply copy and paste into your browser to go straight to questionnaire pack and begin. It is important that you read the first page of the questionnaire pack as this will hopefully answer any questions that you have regarding the benefits of the research. There are contact details on that first page should you have any further questions regarding the questionnaires or the research.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/supplementsurveycarnegie

Thank you for your time

Paul Astles

Winter/Spring “Old Guard” Meetings

Details are now available. Please go to our “Entry Forms & Other Event” page for the information http://wp.me/PDLtv-bo

Relays 4x800m & 4x1500m

Relays at Horspath – 11/12th  September

In conjunction with the combined events at Horspath, Oxford on September 11th and 12th, it has been decided to add a series of 4x800m and 4x1500m relays to the programme. This will give our athletes an opportunity to fill in the gaps in the British records, and possibly even mount an attempt on the world record in one or two age groups.

At the moment we are canvassing for interest, so there is no specific timetable set down. Meet Manager Bruce Charles has asked me to coordinate the relay entries so that we can establish a timetable of events.

I would be grateful if regional secretaries would publicise the relays within their area, and ask interested athletes to contact me directly. They can either organise a team of four themselves, or just enter individually and I will combine into teams’ cross-area.

Information I need is athlete’s name, region, age group on September 10 and email address.

Entry cost per athlete will be ₤2.

Many thanks

John Oldfield (MMAC)

Oldfield.jc@gmail.com

(Amended dates 19/08/2010)

EAMA Inter-Area Challenge – Results

The EAMA Inter-Area Challenge Track & Field Match took place last Sunday, 8th August in Solihull.

Full Results both Women & Men plus overall results can be downloaded here…..

InterAreaResults Women 2010 V4

InterAreaResults Men Overall 2010 V4

Amended 19/08/2010

Park Run – Solihull

I went along to the third Park Run at Brueton Park, Solihull this morning to have a look at what goes on and to take a few photos. Brueton Park is a beautiful park and ideal for these relaxed, free, 5k runs that are intended for all ages and abilities. Over 50 runners took part beating the showers and all having a good time. Volunteers are sought after, so anyone willing to give up a few hours of their time are welcome. Please see the website at http://www.parkrun.org.uk/brueton/

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A few images from this morning appear below and a full set can be viewed on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockontom/sets/72157624547835127/