EHH Winter Fixtures. Chester Marathon. The Snowdonia Marathon. Editorial. Notices. EHH Winter Fixtures. Chester Marathon. The Snowdonia Marathon

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1 EHHNEwsletter October 2018

2 TABLEO FCO NTENTS Editorial 3 Notices 4 EHH Winter Fixtures 5 Chester Marathon 6 The Snowdonia Marathon 7 Contact 9 Notices EHH Winter Fixtures Chester Marathon The Snowdonia Marathon

3 Editorial It's not every day we get 1 athlete representing England, therefore, to have 2 is a testament to the hard work Rob Weekes and Steve Bateson have put in. As luck would have it both reports this month are from the aforementioned Rob, therefore, this is officially unofficially the Rob Weekes special. I don't think anybody would begrudge him that after his performances over the last few years and you find Rob plus Steve on the cover of this months newsletter. Steve has been knocking out great performances long before many of us joined the club and before many of our younger members were even born. Above is a shot of several of our members before enjoying the weekly pack run. They'll be on throughout the winter and you can find the full winter fixture list on page 5

4 Notices London Marathon Places The Club are allocated additional places for which a draw will take place. To be eligible for the draw you must meet the following criteria: - First claim member, (joining date prior to 01st October 2017). - Paid the relative fully active subscription since 1st October Paid the current season (2018/ 2019) subscription by 31st October Members who have received a club place in the previous 3 years or who ran the current year?s marathon with a club place (ie deferred from the previous year) will be excluded from the draw unless the number of places exceeds the number of members for the draw in which case they will be eligible to draw for the remaining place(s). - Rejection pack (including outer packaging) or rejection to be submitted to the Julie Ferguson, Committee Secretary by 31st October 2018 The?draw?will take place after the November Winter League event (17th November) and successful members must be aware that the entries are not transferable Senior Citizens* Non- active * After One Year Full Membership Second claim members do not pay the EA Registration fee as this is collected from their first claim club. Discontinued Membership If you wish to resign, please send your request in writing to the Membership Secretary with any outstanding subscriptions/ debts. Note: A special non- active category of membership is available for long- term absence from training, competition, or use of the club facilities. Payment can be made by bank transfer, standing order (details on website),cheque or cash (do not send cash in post) pay at Club or to Committee member. Thanks in advance for your prompt payments. Paul Nippress Winter League 2018/ 19 Final call for names for race 2, if you want to be included in the handicap & haven?t got your name down already please add your name to this post. Race day is Saturday 17th 2pm (see Mike post on FB: / groups/ / permalink/ ) Mike Petersen Julie Ferguson Subs Reminder Club subs fall due 1st October 2018 with no increase for the the year as follows Annual Subscriptions Subscriptions are due on 1st October 2018 and must be paid by 31st December to be eligible for Club Championship medals (See rules for London Marathon) Category Membership EA Reg Total 18 years & Over F/ T Student Pie and Pea Night The annual Pie & Pea / quiz night will be held at the Lodge on the 18th December. I will put a list up in the club house for names. We will also be asking for raffle prizes nearer the time Alison Hayes Notices Send details to info@easthullharriers.com for inclusion in the newsletter

5 EHHW inter Fixtures Saturday 10th November Saturday 17th November EHH Winter League 2? Cross Country 3m Saturday 24th November Pack Run (J Nicholson)? Leven Leven Sports Club, Leven, HU17 5NF Saturday 1st December Saturday 5th January Humberside CC Champs (TBC) TBC 11:00-17:00 Championship Race - club pays fee Saturday 12th January EHH Winter League 4? Club CC Championship 4m/ 8m Hull, Saturday 19th January Pack Run (M Carrick)? Wawne Village Hall Main Street Wawne Saturday 26th January Saturday 8th December Hull, Pack Run (round Xmas CC Course)? Club Northern CC Champs Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract Park, Park Rd, Pontefract WF8 4QD 10:30-16:00 Championship Race - club pays fee Saturday 15th December Saturday 2nd February EHH Winter League 3? Christmas CC 6m Saturday 22rd December Tuesday 25th December Xmas morning run 10:00 Wednesday 26th December Boxing Day 10k :00 TBC Saturday 26th December Pack Run? Millington (13 or 20 mile) Gait Inn, Millington York, YO42 1TX Start times 7.30 am onwards Pack Run (K, D Barnes)? Market Weighton Market Weighton School, Spring Road Market Weighton, North Yorkshire YO43 3JF Saturday 2nd February Hull, Saturday 9th March Hull, Saturday 16th March EHH Winter League 6? Paull 5.5m The Old Lighthouse Townend Road Paull, HU12 Saturday 23rd March Hull, Sunday 24th March East Hull Harriers 20 Mile 2017 Hull, 10:00-14:30 TBC Sunday 30th March Pack Run (P Nippress) - Stamford Bridge Stamford Bridge Car Park, YO41 Saturday 9th February EHH Winter League 5? Riverbank Race 6.2m Ennerdale Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Hull, HU7 6EA Saturday 16th February Pack Run (P Nippress)? Sproatley Sproatley,Park Road, Sproatley. HU11 4PG Saturday 23rd February Hull, ECCA National Cross Country Champs Harewood House Leeds LS7 9LG Fixtures If there is a fixture I need to add to the newsletter and/ or website then please send details to to info@easthullharriers.com. To include a fixture I need the - Date and time - Event name, - Location - Cost - And entry form ot link

6 Chester Marathon By Rob Weekes Training had gone very well over the previous 4 months, setting best times in every distance except half marathon and by using race calculators for my recent race times I knew that I?d be right around 2:30 if conditions were right. Obviously as the day of the race got nearer the nerves kicked in- what if it?s bad weather?, how hilly is the course?, should I carry gels or use the gels at the aid stations?, etc. etc. In the end I just took confidence from the training I had done, using the same training program that Mike.H. had used to break 2:30 at London ( thanks Andy) meant two big sessions a week and a lot of easy miles in between. One of the sessions in particular called for 3x5 miles at goal pace with a recovery mile of marathon pace +1minute between reps, with warm up and cool down well over 20 miles for a Wednesday evening. The weekend workout was a steady 20 with the first 12 around 6:30 pace and the last 8 at target pace. Every weekend for 8 weeks or so I put one of those in solo and every Wednesday a monster session as well. For much of the plan I had Dave Green for my training partner on those Wednesday evenings and some of the earlier sessions the temperature was from the mid 20s up to the 30s one day in particular which really made pace feel like hard work, but easier to dig in when you know someone else is suffering too! All through the training it was good to get advice from the likes of Mike and Andy and they probably got fed up of me sending my splits over after another monster effort. I learned a few lessons too- mainly about knowing when to ease back after overtraining- and after a disappointing Major Stone where I had been pushing a little too hard in training I eased up for a couple of days and managed to get back in the game the following Sunday after a reduced Wednesday workout. Putting it into perspective though it was also my highest mileage week of 95 miles and my second consecutive 90 mile week so no wonder I felt overcooked. I think I had sustained 80+ miles for around 6-7 weeks and 70+ for probably 12 weeks which combined with the early summer speed work and big marathon pace sessions were the key to hitting my targets. Mileage, mileage, mileage! At the same time I?m glad I never went to 100 as that leaves my somewhere to go for next time. Anyway, on to the race, confidence was high on race morning after a few strides left me feeling like my legs were loaded! Right up until the Sunday morning I was concerned I hadn?t eased up enough as I was still tired most of the week and had ran 70 miles the week before. But I stuck to the plan as it had worked before for Mike so I had faith in it. My race plan was to even pace the whole race and push the hills on the up and cruise the downs, I knew I wasn?t going to win the race but thought top 3 maybe an outside bet, even though place wasn?t my priority and breaking 2:30 was. At this point I just want to say how well organised the event was and I?d highly recommend it, as an?elite? starter along with Steve Bateson ( we both qualified for the England masters team) we had access to the jockeys changing facilities ( Chester racecourse was the venue) and some other nice perks like free tea/ coffee, free parking, free lucozade and water in the changing area, post race buffet etc. I genuinely felt like an imposter being pampered in the nice warm elite area but reminded myself I?d earned the privilege, hahaa! Looking at the competition there were some African fellers who looked in good nick, plus the other England team members and I knew at least 4 or 5 not including Steve had broken 2:30 recently so was confident of a strong group to run in. I wasn?t to be disappointed. So the race started and after the first mile I was in about 10th place in a large chasing group, the lead group of 4 had gone ahead and there were a couple of lone runners between them and us. At around 3 miles a v45 made a break and Steve who had been in the same group went with him, that move lasted about another 7 miles before the guy fell off the pace and Steve dropped back into the group which by now was down to 6, passing the guy who had gone and my old nemesis tango Holland who had blown up big time. By halfway we were down to 4 then the lad who was to eventually finish third made off after the lead v35 who was about 15 seconds up on us. The Kenyan bloke dropped out somewhere after that and I realised the group I was in was 5th 6th and 7th with the two leading v35s about seconds up on us and the top 2 out of sight. I felt comfortable all the way through the race and after taking my double espresso gel with 10k to go knew I had only to run a 37 minute last 10k to get my time. There was a couple of hills the last 5k and on the second we caught up the next man, running together into the last k he, Steve and myself dropped the other guy as shit started to get real! Here I was in a championship race with 800 to go leading Bateson and only a few seconds behind the guy with the number 1 on his vest! I was all in the last 500 then the damn course finished on the racecourse on the grass! The guy got away and I focused on not letting Steve close the gap and finished in 2:29:02, only 15 seconds off third and 6 behind 4th, 5 seconds in front of the big dog! What a race! Finished 5th overall and 3rd in the English masters championship. Onwards and upwards

7 TheSnowdoniaMarathon By Rob Weekes The Snowdonia Marathon. What a beast of a race. Nearly 3000 ft of climbing over the 26.2 mile course which runs around the highest peak in England and Wales. Twice previously I have done this race and spent a lot of time in specific hill training, logging thousands of feet in training runs and conditioning my muscles to the trauma they would receive on the downhill sections. Not this time. It was my original focus to have this as my A race but as the summer rolled on and I realised how well my training was going I changed focus to Chester and the sub 2:30 and Snowdonia became an afterthought. Big mistake. This is not a race that likes to be an afterthought. Matty, Danny Jones and myself had plotted a smash and grab on the team place the previous year and now it was a reality with both these guys lining up fit and in good shape alongside me on the front of the line, Adi Kamis and Janet Kay also lined up providing a strong Harriers presence in North Wales. The three weeks that separated the two races held very little in real training, mainly recovery and resting with a little cross training and two or three double figure tempo runs to keep my fitness up. There was two previous winners lining up with us as well as an international mountain runner and 68 minute half runner and one or two familiar faces and quality runners including local boy Martin Green and Barnsley lad Gareth Crook. Countdown from ten and off we went with the bright sun on our faces and cold wind behind us, a fast downhill first mile before the long climb up to pen y pass at five miles. I soon realised challenging Russell Bentley on his terms wasn?t going to happen so settled in hoping my fast start hadn?t damaged the end of my race too much. By about 3 miles I realised it was going to be a long day in the mountains and when I reached the top at 5 miles in 8th place I was already fucked! The next section is a super fast downhill bit on a gravel track and if you over cook it here it can really screw up your day. Armed with this knowledge I held back yet still put in a 5:09 and 5:16 before getting back on the road and the long winding gradual descent to Beddgelert and the halfway point. This is when I realised my pace was slower than expected as I was just ticking over at about 5:50 pace, probably due to the cold bug I?d had earlier in the week and the heavy legs that hadn?t fully recovered from the 10.5 mile suicide squad effort 4 days earlier. I reminded myself of all the work I?d done in the summer on tired legs and bit down on the lemon. At the halfway point in 1:17:30ish- a minute and half slower than I wanted I

8 knew sub 2:40 was unlikely now so concentrating on reeling in the guys in front kept on plugging away. I was up another place into 7th after a brief tussle with last years 5th place finisher who had ambushed me on the gravel road but fallen back on the tarmac, and I had overhauled Gareth who had set off hard but was losing touch with the now spread out chasing group. This part of the race was the worst, the climb out of Beddgelert was the easier of the three hills in the race but into an increasingly strong northerly wind on the most isolated part of the course morale was low. On the flip side I could see last years winner- Danny Jones ( what a nice name) up ahead and the gap was slowly closing. Up to mile 16 now and my pace had slowed to just over 6mm pace into the wind, fuelling was going well taking a gel every 5 miles and snatching water and isotonic juice when I passed the stations. At 18 miles I passed a guy from Pontypridd who dropped ( our competition for the team prize), meaning I was now top 6, if you could have stopped the race there I?d have taken it but the best part of the course was still to come and as the miles ground out every step was a step closer to finishing. As we approached Waunfawr I was level with fake Danny Jones but as a previous winner I knew he was no mug on the climbs and a glance over my shoulders let me know Gareth was still there and as a Peniston man I knew he could climb too, this was a horrible feeling because this climb was brutal and I didn?t want to drop any places so I crept past Jones and leaned into the hill- all 2 miles of it!! Fortunately halfway up we passed another blown runner, 4th place now, another glance, Jones on my shoulder, Gareth still there, here?s the top, let?s see what these guys have got on the downhill. I don?t have a lot of experience on the fells like DJ or Matty but I lived in Devon for a long time and know how to bomb hills, as soon as we hit a down track I stretched out testing the guys behind me, no response, awesome! I started the descent into Llanberis. I could see third place up front, this guy was an England international mountain runner but it was his marathon debut so maybe he had pushed too early and I knew if I gave every thing I could catch him. I dropped a 4:56 mile down that hill to reel him in then hit the tarmac and onto the last 600 meters which I covered at 4:49 pace, covering the last mile and half of a marathon faster than 5k pace is a great way to make you feel a bit strange when you finish, but what a feeling! Finishing in front of my family and achieving a podium position in the U.K.?s toughest road race was really special and made even better when the lads came through in 10th and 11th to secure the team prize with great times! Solid performances from Adi and Janet too and the organisers commented at the presentation how usually it?s the locals who win the team and how well we had done really made me proud to be a Harrier! Race Reports If you've enjoyed this month's event write ups then why not contribute to next months newsletter. Reports only have to be a minimum of 200 words with a couple of images. Send your articles to info@easthullharriers.com.

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