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Masters 10 - editorial October 2005 24-10-05
After many a night burning the midnight oil, I have
managed to construct what I believe to be an up to date (October 22) Masters
10-mile Road Ranking list for this year.
I wanted to get a list out before the end of the year
so that the punters out there can advise as to any performances that may be
missing prior to the final lists being published early 2006. There are
probably quite a few amendments/additions that need to be made so please let
me have some input. I won’t be offended!
I have also made substantial inroads to the all-time
lists, thanks to a discovery of an American web site, particularly on the
men’s side, which you may note, now contains greater depth.
There are a few marks on the all-time lists that have
been recorded this year but all within the older age groups: M55 and W55
upwards. A sign of falling standards?
Not sure if masters’ performances are following the UK
trend of senior runners whose times appear slower than that of previous
years. Jason Henderson, the Editor of Athletics Weekly, referred to the
decline in a recent editorial.
On this latest list there is only one category (W35)
that has achieved 100 performances within my standards set. These standards
were formatted based on previous year’s listings. Still, there is the BMAF
10-mile championships to come, plus a few more ‘classic’ tens, so perhaps
the lists will lengthen.
Just one British record shown, with Daphne Ellmore
recording 64:27 at Heckington on July 30, just three seconds quicker than
Sue Cariss’ previous record set just seven weeks earlier. This must be the
shortest time span of any masters’ record.
Thanks to those you have emailed details of
individual’s times, especially in the older age groups, many of which are
never indicated on a result sheet. There were a few web results that showed
individual ages of each competitor, which was a great help.
Even the Cabbage Patch 10 showed, on their club result
list, the individual ages, whereas in previous years men over 60 and women
over 55 were not indicated. And there are usually some quick oldies in this
event.
You will note that in many an instance, first names
are not shown. I will attempt to eradicate this situation at the end of the
year by a spot of Googling. If I attempt it now, a) it will slow down the
process of having these lists on site, and b) some of the performances may
be replaced or fall off the top 100 placings.
Also, no clubs on the Great South Run in Portsmouth
were indicated, and apart from known runners the clubs are left blank on my
lists. They did show dates of birth, which helped, for most of the
competitors and after a long trawl of the 10,000 plus finishers, many have
made my lists (a staggering 106 in total). If anyone can fill the gaps
regarding club names it would be appreciated.
Thanks to Terry Eakin, who has proved to be my
Northern Ireland correspondent, often pointing me in the direction of
results from that region.
As most of you are aware, the M35 category is now an
official masters’/veterans’ age group. Not sure if future results will
indicate them, but Tim Grose tells me he has 67 such performances (thanks to
his comprehensive database) to his albeit higher standards so hopefully they
will be made available to me. I’ll have to check out the British M35 record,
which I believe belongs to Paul Evans with his 46:10 set in the Great North
Run in 1997.
If there are any errors in these pages please contact
Pete on petehwac@aol.com and not
the web master. Amendments are always appreciated.
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Vets 10 - editorial March 2005 4-03-05
Masters 10 2004 Rankings
TWO British age records over ten miles were achieved
during 2004 and both came courtesy of the female of the species with Sandra
Branney and Louise Gilchrist supplying the goods.
Branney became the first British W50 athlete to breach
the 60-minute barrier - and how- with her stunning time of 59:06, well
inside the previous mark of 60:30 held by Paula Fudge.
This run by Branney was over the much-debated Brampton
to Carlisle course and the argument as to whether it should be classified as
‘downhill’. Tim Grose, the statistician who supplies the official British
middle and long distance rankings, admits, “After a study of the Ordnance
Survey 1:25,000 map by John Falvey the course appears downhill as it exceeds
a drop of 1m/km.” However the Association of Road Running Statisticians (ARRS)
sets a limit of 5m/km before a course is designated as downhill so Grose
feels that these performances cannot be ignored.
In setting a W70 record, Gilchrist proved that no
matter what your age is you can improve as she re-visited Sale to record
77:57. This carved a mighty chunk from her UK record of 78:28 recorded over
the same course 12 months previously.
One who came close to setting a UK record was M55
Jimmy Bell who ran 54:59 to go second on the all-time list a mere eight
seconds behind the time set by Steve James in 1993.
Topping the W55 listings is a new name to many a
British road fan and that is Theresa ‘Terry’ Mahr, a formidable athlete who
graces the American road running scene.
Moving from Marlow, Bucks to the States many years
ago, Mahr took up running in her over there as a W45, since when she has
made quite an impression. The aforementioned John Falvey, who discovered
that she is still a British citizen, has brought her exploits to our
attention.
Her W55 topping time of 66:20 puts her third in the UK
all-time lists and further research also shows her well to the fore in the
W45 and W50 lists.
Second to Mahr in the 2004 listing is Ros Tabor with
69:39 which was run shortly after her 55th birthday. However, just a few
weeks before her birthday Tabor clocked 67:03 which although good enough to
place her sixth in the 2004 W50 lists, if run a few weeks later it would
have seen her in fourth position on the W55 all-time.
As an exercise I thought it would be interesting to
compare the 2004 lists with those of 2003 and on the evidence came away with
the following conclusions:
M40: Almost identical over the two years.
M45: An improvement over the earlier times with a falling away in the later
times.
M50: Not so quick up front but improvement shown with later times.
M55: Identical towards the leading lights but a dramatic falling away for
the lesser lights.
M60: The top half shows massive improvement and thereafter maintains 2003
listing.
M65: Performances throughout the list shows a dramatic slowing down of
performances.
M70: Much similar to the M65s.
M75: On figures available there is a marked improvement.
W35: Times on average are around 30 seconds down on 2003.
W40: A marked improvement on 2003 times throughout.
W45: Not so quick up-front but massive improvement as the list continues.
W50: Improvement also in this category but perhaps not so marked as the
W45s.
W55: Similar comments as for the W40s
W60: Leading lights not so quick in 2004 but the tail enders are much
improved.
W65: On figures available this age group has slowed somewhat.
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2004 |
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10th |
50th |
100th |
10th |
50th |
100th |
M40
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53:31 |
56:12 |
57:14 |
53:28 |
56:11 |
57:28 |
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M45 |
54:52 |
58:01 |
59:35 |
54:41 |
57:50 |
61:43 |
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M50 |
57:26 |
60:07 |
61:53 |
57:57 |
59:55 |
61:43 |
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M55 |
59:45 |
63:07 |
65:40 |
58:45 |
64:11 |
67+ |
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M60 |
63:46 |
68:28 |
71:28 |
62:45 |
67:38 |
71:31 |
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M65 |
67:50 |
76:15 |
81:20 |
69:18 |
78:11 |
??? |
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M70 |
76:10 |
89:37 |
2:21:29 |
77:14 |
92:11 |
2:28+ |
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M75 |
1:46:39 |
N/a |
N/a |
1:41:30 |
N/a |
N/a |
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W35 |
61:02 |
65:19 |
68:38 |
61:33 |
66:53 |
69:01 |
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W40 |
63:40 |
67:46 |
71:25 |
62:11 |
67:20 |
70:45 |
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W45 |
65:43 |
71:30 |
75:34 |
65:58 |
70:34 |
73:08 |
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W50 |
69:13 |
75:50 |
79:38 |
69:04 |
75:35 |
??? |
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W55 |
74:56 |
82:09 |
88:08 |
74:05 |
82:33 |
87:26 |
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W60 |
84:49 |
96:29 |
2:30:02 |
83:09 |
1:42:02 |
2:21:31 |
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W65 |
87:48 |
N/a |
N/a |
90:16 |
N/a |
N/a |
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W70 |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
If there are any errors in the lists please contact
Pete on petehwac@aol.com and not
the web master. Amendments are always appreciated.
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Vets 10 - editorial September 2004 13-09-04
UK RECORD FOR LOUISE GILCHRIST
With her clocking of 77:57 at Sale on August 1, Louise
Gilchrist smashed her own UK W70 record of 78:28 that was also set at Sale
12 months previously. Louise is certainly in fine form these days, as the
now Valley Strider (that club name certainly rings a bell) recently ran 10km
in 45:50 which is reported as a world W70 best.
Once again the British Masters Championships held in
Stoke, as it was last year, has made a substantial mark on the year’s
rankings. For the current listings it can be seen that there are 59
occasions (42 men, 17 women) when a performance from the event was of
sufficient standard to be included. Plus the venue has also meant drastic
changes to the top-ten places across all of the categories. Not bad for a
course that has been described as, “A tough cookie.”
Detailed below are the changes to the various top-ten
positions across the board with the likes of Martin Rees, Fred Gibbs, Elaine
Statham, Joan Royal and Louise Gilchrist proudly placed at the top of their
respective age categories.:
M40
5th - Andy Milton after his BMAF Championship win at Stoke in 53:46
9th – Dave Mansbridge with his 54:46 at Stoke
M45
4th – Steve Smith after his BMAF Championship win at Stoke in 54:26
M50
1st – Martin Rees clocked 52:54 when overall
winner at Brecon by some six minutes, to share top time in these lists with
M40 Mark Hargreaves
6th – Maurice Coldman with his 58:02 at Stoke
10th – Richard Grant with his 58:20 at Stoke
M55
2nd – Alan Pover ran 57:22 at Sale on August 1, just a week after taking the
BMAF title
M60
2nd – Dave Waywell after his BMAF Championship win at Stoke in 61.08 just
seven weeks after his 60th birthday. If Dave had repeated his 60:26 from
Leyland on May 30 he would have topped the rankings.
4th- Geoffrey Howard with 61:44 at Sale
9th – Martin Ford, who was later to go on to claim the BMAF 10km title, ran
63:14 at Stoke
M65
1st – Fred Gibbs took the BMAF title at Stoke in a table topping 65:25. Fred
was another who went on to collect a BMAF 10km title.
8th – Bill Atkinson with 70:35 at Stoke that saw him take silver.
M70
3rd – Tony Lewellyn ran 75:19 at Lancaster. Tony, some 50 years ago, was a
vital component of an impressive Walton AC (Surrey) road outfit who at the
time were considered one of the strongest teams in the country.
4th – Brian Campbell after his BMAF Championships win in 76:29 at Stoke.
10th – Mervyn Huggins with his 78:33 at Stoke for the bronze medal.
M75
3rd – Gordon Heeley with his 88:28 for the BMAF Championship.
7th- Reg Ferneyhough with 1:41:30 at Stoke
8th – Hugh Turner with his 1:46:00 at Stoke
9th – James Johnson with his 1:59:26 at Stoke
W35
5th – Lucy Elliott with 58:24 at Brockenhurst.
6th – Gill Keddie with 59:03 at Eccup
Good to see another couple of sub-60s in what is becoming an age group of
class.
W40
6th – Andrea Dennison, after her overall win in 62:01 at the BMAF
Championships.
8th – Julia Myatt who clocked 62:39 for silver at Stoke, one week prior to
placing second in the European Veterans W40 Marathon Championship in
Denmark.
W45
10th – Yvonne Tibble after her 57:39 at Brockenhurst.
W50
9th – Joan Swindells after her 72:15 at Sale
W55
3rd – Lesley Griffin after her winning 71:30 for the BMAF title at
Stoke.
10th – Dot Fellows after her 75:39 at Stoke
W60
1st – Elaine Statham after her 73:27 at Sale making an early impact with her
newly acquired W60 status.
W65
1st – Joan Royal not only goes top with her 75:52 at Brockenhurst but
also now finds herself as fifth on the UK all-time list. Joan was also
another to come out as a winner in the BMAF Champioships.
6th – Evelyn Elkington, 90:52 at Lancaster.
7th – Kitty Garnett, 92:14 also at Lancaster.
9th – Patricia Walker, 93:28 at Eccup.
10th – Judy Burston, 93:34 at Mersea Island.
W70
1st – Louise Gilchrist with her UK record of 77:57 set at Sale
No age categories as of yet are showing 100
performances, which is the lower limit for the year-end rankings. Closest
are the M50s with 92 times listed while the W35s are showing 81.
Top-ten lists will be shown in the October issue of
Masters Athletics Monthly (published September 22) together with coverage of
those BMAF Championships at Stoke. Details of how to subscribe to the
magazine can be obtained by ‘phoning 01959 541444
If you recognise any errors or know of any additions,
please don’t hesitate to e-mail me on
petehwac@aol.com Feedback is always welcome.
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Vets 10 - editorial July 2004 15-07-04
First of all I would offer my apologies for the delay
in getting this year’s performances on the site but here they are with
hopefully all results up to the end of June countered for. I have also
included some data from events held in early July.
The main reason for the delay is that I have been
heavily involved, as the Editor, in the launch of a magazine, Masters
Athletics Monthly, a publication that is due to hit the news stands on
September 22. A ‘sample’ issue is to be incorporated within the issue of
Running Fitness out on August 9, which hopefully will present a flavour
of the real thing.
To lighten my work load I have tightened up some of
the standards required to make these early lists but they have been judged
on performances over the past few years and hopefully there will be
sufficient year-end input to show top 100 in most of the age groups.
Arguably, the finest performance of the year so far is
the 54:59 run by Jimmy Bell of Elswick Harriers for the second best ever UK
M55 mark and just eight seconds away from the record held by Steve James.
The only other performances to make an indent on UK
all-time lists were Jo Lodge’s 55:27 to put her in sixth place on the W35
list and John Johnson’s 77:57 for third spot on the M75 list.
Worthy of note was the time of 59:53 by W40 Margaret
Deasy when breaking the course record at Great Baddow.
Good to see the likes of Dave Buzza making the lists
with his 54:10 at Helston run over a course classified as Multi-Terrain but
actually it was over 10.5 miles over a mainly road course but it is still
good enough for sixth spot in the current rankings.
There was a time of 59:04 credited to an unattached
W55 runner going by the name of Irene Smith at Maidenhead. As this time is
some six minutes quicker than the current UK W55 record held by Carol Ann
Wolstenholme I am minded to ignore the time. It is probably a case of
someone wearing, intentionally or by accident, a wrong number. John Elvey,
of Ealing Southall and Middlesex, believes that such incidents are happening
more frequently and in some instances he has photographic evidence of these
occurrences.
Finally I would like to mention the 10-miler for
veterans/masters only to be held in Belgium on September 22. This event is
attempting to attract the runners that used to attend the classic Bruges
races so if interested just log on to
www.sirenejogging.be and see what it is all about.
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Vets 10 - editorial January 2004 29-01-04
Well, at long last here are the final rankings for the
year 2003 and hopefully there are not too many inaccuracies.
There is no doubt as to the performer of the year. It
must be Martin Rees with his staggering 50:43 at Woking in March to take 1m
40s from Ron Groves previous UK M50 record of 52:43. Martin’s time was in
fact the fastest 10-mile time recorded by anyone over the age of 40! Two
more marks proved to be UK age records with Carol-Ann Wolstenholme capturing
the W55 mark with 65:22 and Louise Gilchrist likewise with her W70 time of
78:28. Also worthy of mention was the Graham Patton’s 57:46 for third M60
all-time and Jane Davies’ 67:17 for a similar position on the W55 list.
Debbie Robinson came so close to another number three as her 55:17 for
fourth W35 all-time was just one second from slower than the current number
three Angharad Mair.
Mike Boyle led the M40 listing from way back in March
but a late dash by Guy Amos and Mark Burnhope has seen the Herne Hill
Harrier drop to third Guy made a substantial improvement on his previous
2003 best 54:15 at Wymondham in June to got top with his 50:58 at Nene
Valley while Mark entered the lists with 52:18 to go second.
Here are the current movers and shakers for the races
that took place during December which proved a quiet month for ten-mile
races.
M40:
1 Guy Amos up from 17th.
2 Mark Burnhope.
6 Steve Murdoch up from 31st.
M45:
10 Ian Van Lokven up from 16th.
M50:
3 Phil Carbutt
M65:
7 John Dawson
8 Bill Atkinson up from 11th.
M70:
7 John Roberts up from 14th.
W40:
5 Jane Clarke up from 6th.
10 Kim Masson
W65:
5 Evelyn Elkington up from 12th.
The most productive ten-mile road race as far as these
rankings go? Why the BUPA Great South Run at Portsmouth with no less than an
amazing 105 mentions in the final 2003 listings. Second best with some 60
mentions was Stoke, scene of the British Masters Championships closely
followed by Llandudno with 58 and the Brampton to Carlisle with 53. A major
factor in why these venues appear so high up in the ‘appearance list’ is
that all of their results were in five-year-age bands and ages of
competitors in the older age groups were shown. I’m sure that many a M45,
M55, W40, W50 plus those of a certain age have not been credited with their
rightful places in these lists because of lack of identification. The
provision of the web site has been a great help with correspondents pointing
out various omissions and/or corrections during the year all of which have
been gratefully received.
Speaking to Roy Webb it appears that his time of 70:12
published as leader of the 2003 M70 rankings was incorrect. “It should have
read 80:12,” he admitted. Roy’s best time of the year was 74:54 set at
Hayling Island on November 30 a time that now sees him as eighth best M70
for the year. “That’s fine with me,” Roy said, “as I am still in the top ten
it gives me a concession to use the local sports centre, the Tone Zone and
that’s the name of the club I compete for.”
Received an e mail from Dave Hill of Thames Hare and
Hounds and former World Masters but now domiciled with his wife Michele in
Tucson, Arizona.
Hi Pete
We settled here about a year ago and we are enjoying the lifestyle. Tucson
can get a bit hot in summer - up to about 110 fahrenheit - but we all have
air conditioning, so it's no great problem. We run at about 4.30am, when
it's typically 70 to 75 degrees - very pleasant! In mid-winter, the daily
maximum rarely falls below 60, although being a desert area at about 2500
feet altitude, we do get occasional overnight frosts. It certainly beats
London weather, though!! Running wise, I've gone through a long
recuperation from my foot surgery in April 2002, but I'm starting to show
a bit of form again. My best performance to date was in December at the
Tucson half marathon, where I ran 74.40 (I've just emailed that result to
Mr Duff for his rankings). Michele is also getting her running back
together after years of niggling injuries (the heat seems to have helped
in that regard) So far both Michele and I remain unbeaten in the O/50
category in Arizona, at all distances from 5km upwards. We both turned 53
in December, so the clock is ticking, but we remain enthusiastic about our
running. The stimulus for writing to you was that I stumbled across your
10 mile ranking lists the other day, whilst 'surfing' the internet and I
have a few corrections to your all-time list. In 1994, at the Erewash
'10', I ran 49.34 and Mike Hagar was right behind me at 49.58. I'm
attaching a scan of the results as they appeared in AW, so that you can
verify my information. I don't know how deep your rankings go, but there
are also some other worthy performances in the results. I hope that this
finds you fit and well. I'll keep in touch with future results, as and
when I have anything worth reporting. We're running a 10k race next
weekend, so we'll see how that goes!
Best wishes, Dave & Michele Hill
PS: The M40 all-time list has now been amended to include both Dave’s and
Mike Hager’s performances.
For those of you considering whether to participate in
the Ballycotton 10 to be held in County Cork, Ireland on March 7…you can
forget it. Entries are now closed with over 2300 applications received. Last
year, painted on the road was, ‘A classic race over a classic distance.’ I
don’t think they are far wrong there.
A letter in the Daily Mail
December 29
‘Who says you slow down as you get older? I’m 70 and can put £10
worth of petrol into my car three times faster then I could when I was 30.’
The following reminds me of a
competitor who always entered races as a W35 even into her late 40s.
‘Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of
women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained
thirty-five for years’ Oscar Wilde. ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ 1895
Stop press: Jo Lodge
finishes sixth overall in the Canterbury 10 miles on January 25th with 55:27
to go sixth on the W35 UK all-time list.
Some 10-mile races for February
2004
1 Ferriby 10, Hull
www.cityofhullathleticclub.co.uk
8 Pontypridd Roadents Reverse 10
www.pontypriddroadentsac.org.uk
15 Kent AC 10, Sidcup
22 Great Bentley 10, Essex www.gbrc.co.uk
22 Plymouth Hoe 10
29 Netherall 10, Cumberland
29 Bramley 10 & 20, Hampshire
www.readingroadrunners.org.uk
29 Goring 10, Nr Reading
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Vets
10 - editorial December 2003 7-12-03
November was a hectic month as far as 10-mile races
go (14 at last count) with three - Brampton-Carlisle, Llandudno and
Hayling Island - leading to major input on the site.
Three new number one positions with M75 Peter Thomas
also making 4th place on the UK all-time with his 78:53 at Hadleigh.
Newly qualified as a W60, Kathleen Robertshaw ran
73:58 at Preston at Harrogate - Kathleen is also 8th on the W55 listing -
and Iris Hubbard's 1:50.57 at Hadleigh is good enough to top the W70
lists.
Complete top-ten inclusions from November
results:
M40
3 Rob Hand
5 Andy Magnall (up from 21st)
M50
4 Stephen McGuiness
6 Dave Cox
M55
3 Dave Waywell (up from 4th)
M60
10 Phil Lancaster
M65
7 Denis Hayes
M70
7 Mike Kilgour
M75
1 Peter Thomas (was 1st with 82:06)
7 Reg Ferneyhough (was 7th)
10 Leonard Hadley
M80
3 J Johnston (Shown as M75 at Brampton-Carlisle but believed to be M80)
W35
8 Tracey-Anne Morris
W40
4 Lesley Whiley (up from 4th)
8 Christine Thomas (up from 10th)
W45
2 Sheila Allen (was 2nd with 62:15)
8 Joan Jackson (up from 15th)
9 Sheila McVeigh
W55
4 Veronica Manly (up from 5th)
7 Elaine Statham
W60
1 Kathleen Robertshaw
W65
6 Francis Classon (up from 9th)
W70
1 Iris Hubbard
Patton marches into third
Talking to Graham Patton, after his runaway M60 win at the Masters
International Cross-Country in Cardiff, it was only by chance that his
time of 57:46 at the Nuneaton 10 on September 21 was discovered. Now this
puts Graham into third place on the M60 UK all-time list just one second
ahead of former European 5000m champion Bruce Tulloh, with Steve James
still heading the category with his 57:04 at Leyland in 1998. Note: Steve
also heads the M55 lists with 54:51.
Steve, as proved by his M65 win at Cardiff, is now
probably back to something like his form of old so could he became the
first Briton in this age-group to crack the hour barrier for ten miles?
The Nuneaton result also threw out the fact that
Garry Payne is an M45 so his 54:22 at Rugby on October 12 which saw him as
15th M40 on this year's list now moves on to third in the M45 listings.
(Ed: Now you know why I harp on about 5-year age bands being shown in the
results!)
NB: Thanks to Irene Nicholls of Midland Vets I have
now received a full copy of the Nuneaton results and as a bonus it shows
all of the runners individual ages. (Ah! What luxury.)
Shown in these results was a Sheila Carey who, as
Taylor, was an Olympic 1500m finalist and former UK record holder for that
distance. What with Sheila (5th W55) and former world 10,000m champion Liz
McColgan (2nd W35) now gracing the lists, there is certainly a touch of
class about the women.
Morris Major
Tracey Anne Morris becomes the latest female veteran to breach the
one-hour barrier this year with her 59:48 in the Guy Fawkes 10 held in
Harrogate on November 2. However, even more impressive was the fact that
she finished fourth overall from a field of 607 runners over - judging by
the times of the men - what was a not too easy course. In fact Tracey was
the first veteran of any gender to finish.
Don't be shy
In discussion with one of the principals of the company that produces the
popular Racemaster results package the question was raised as to why they
had altered a key aspect of their product.
Formerly, when producing the age-graded result the
exact age of each competitor was displayed. This meant even if the
category showed e.g. M60+, W40-W49 etc the relevant five-year age banding
could be ascertained for ranking purposes. However, this no longer
happens, the reason given being that not all athletes want the whole wide
world to know of their age.
Thankfully there are still a number of results
providers that show these individual ages but it would be interesting to
hear if they have had any adverse comments.
Name that club
Visitors to the site will note that on the all-time lists there is many an
athlete that doesn't have their club indicated. If anyone out there can
fill in some of these gaps, it would be much appreciated. A complete
up-to-date list for these will appear in January.
New model Ford
Noted in the results of the Llandudno 10 was a Leon Kata who was
classified as an M70 with a majestic time of 64:22; an amazing two minutes
inside the late Bob Peart's UK best for the category. There was a question
mark indicated against his name so unless I hear otherwise the mark will
be ignored.
Mind you, he was competing for Ford Halewood so
perhaps he is the latest model to roll off the production line!
M70s required
Currently the M70 listing shows 98 recorded performances so if two
more compete in that category during December the 'magic' ton will be
achieved, probably for the first time ever. There have probably been
during the year some M70s shown on result sheets but designated e.g. as an
M60+
If you add the 15 in total M75s and M80s listed it
makes a pretty impressive statistic for the older runner.
Quick Templer
You won't find any references to the Templer 10 at Newton Abbott on
November 16 listed as after keying all the results in was discovered that
the race was advertised as 'approximately 9.5 miles.' Mind you it should
have been sussed that something wasn't quite right, as some runners had
knocked around five minutes from their previous season's bests and no less
than 34 entries from the race had been inserted into these lists. (Ed: I
must remember this one for next year.)
Of Mice and Men (and Women)
Working out 'may lead to a physical addiction'
By David Derbyshire, Science Correspondent
A team led by Dr Justin Rhodes, of Oregon Health
and Science University, studied the brain activity of two groups of mice
deprived of exercise wheels. One group were normal laboratory animals,
the others had been bred for their love of running.
Dr Rhodes said: "All mice run on wheels and
therefore have a motivation to run." But the specially bred mice
had a genetic predisposition to run longer distances. "They may
represent those few extreme individuals in the population with an
intense desire or compulsion to run," he added.
Over six days the normal mice ran about two miles
while the specially bred mice managed six miles. On the seventh day,
half the mice in each group were removed from the exercise wheel. All
mice denied exercise had higher levels of brain activity in 16 out of 25
brain regions.
The activity was highest in the specially bred
mice.
"In the high running mice, certain brain
regions displayed extremely high levels of activity," said Dr
Rhodes. "These were the same brain regions that become activated
when you prevent rats from getting their daily fix of cocaine, morphine,
alcohol or nicotine."
The findings suggested that the mice had a
physical craving for exercise if prevented from running. People may have
a similar reaction to exercise, the team believes. The above appeared
in the Daily Telegraph 1/12/03
December, as the more observant of you will be
aware, is the final month of the year. This means that the next up-date on
these lists will be held over to appear later than usual in January to
enable the final 2003 rankings to be as accurate as possible. In the
meantime if any callers to the site discover any errors please advise on petehwac@aol.com
Some ten-milers for December
7 Nene Valley 10 (Peterborough) www.nenevalleyharriers.fsnet.co.uk
7 Thanet Coastal 10 (Margate) www.thanetroadrunners.freeserve.co.uk
7 Mince Pie 10 (Peacehaven) www.seafordstriders.org.uk
7 Full Montycute 10 (Yeovil) www.crewkernerc.org.uk
14 Turkey Trot 10 (Lowestoft) www.waveneyvalleyathletics1.fsnet.co.uk
14 Christmas Pudding 10 (Walsall) www.sneydstriders.org.uk
14 Stockport 10 e-mail p.beaver1@ntlworld.com
And January
4 New Years Day! 10 (Epney, Gloucs)
4 Tadworth 10 (Epsom) www.tac.org.uk
11 Milborne 10 e-mail janemills5@btopenworld.com
18 Fred Hughes 10 (St Albans) www.stalbansstriders.com/fredhughes/htm
18 Dartford 10 www.dartfordroadrunners.co.uk
18 Blaythorne 10 (Camborne)
25 Canterbury 10 www.invictaeast-kentac.org.uk
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10 - editorial November 2003 11-11-03
Once again, this latest input has been somewhat
delayed, the reason this time being that I have been employed for some
weeks up in London Town. Shouldn't be allowed at my time of life!
There where major inroads made during October into
the higher ranks of the various age categories with races at Portsmouth
and Twickenham having some say in the matter.
Four new names, for this year, now head their
respective categories, namely M75 Peter Thomas, W45 Fiona Kennedy, W50
Paula Fudge and W65 Ena Urich. Two current number ones, M40 Mike Boyle and
M60 Graham Patton both consolidated their positions with improved
performances.
Both 2003 Flora London Marathon veteran winners Mark
Hargreaves and Michaela McCallum now grace the lists while former outright
women's winner of that event. Liz McColgan has entered the realms of W35
10-milers for, I believe, the first time.
Top Ten Changes
M40
1 Mike Boyle. No change but his 52:36 improves on his 52:44
2 Mark Hargreaves. Up from 5th.
6 Mark Aspinall.
M45
4 Steve Payne. Up from 10th
10 Paul Hammon
M50
7 Alan Power. Up from 9th.
8 Paul Kelly
M55
4 Eric Ranicar Up from 21st.
5 Dave Wayner Was 5th with 59:06, now 59:05
M60
1 Graham Patton. No change but his 59:18 improves on his 59:34.
4 Emyr Davies . Up from 7th
M65
2 Fred Gibbs. New to this age group. Fred is also 10th M60.
3 Cyril Leigh. Up from 5th
9 Gordon Wiltshire
M70
2 Graham Hawkins
3 Derek Howarth. Up from 6th.
M75
1 Peter Thomas.
2 Don Adie. The UK M75 record holder (75:41 last year) improves his 2003
time from 82:31 to 82:13 but finds himself dropping a place.
3 Brian Heeler. Also runs faster (86:50 to 84:15) but drops a place
W35
2 Liz McColgan
4 Michaela McCallum
W40
5 Lesley Whiley Up from 8th.
8 Revis Crowle. A faster time (63:17 to 63:08) but drops from 7th.
W45
1 Fiona Kennedy
W50
1 Paula Fudge
3 Sally Musson. Up from 6th
4 Zina Marchant. Up from 43rd!
6 Jane Georghiou. Up from 7th
W55
2 Jane Davies 67:17 at Wimbledon puts Jane 3rd on UK all-time list.
Earlier this year Jane ran 71:27 for 14th W50.
8 Rosemarie Osborn. Up from 15th.
W60
4 Anne Gomer
10 Brenda Jones
W65
1 Ena Urich. Ran 77:06 over the same Twickenham course where she set her
UK best of 72:25 last year.
2 Joan Royal. Her 77:18 improves on the 77:25 to maintain 7th on UK
all-time.
3 Pam Jones. Still third although a drastic improvement from 82:18 to
77:42.
5 Sandra Brady
7 Jean Palmer. Up from 9th
Ballycotton 10
One of the most popular events in the road racing calendar must be the
Ballycotton 10 held in Ireland and which this year celebrated its 25th
anniversary. The long-standing organiser of the race, John Walshe, already
has next year's race well in hand and if anyone wishes to get an early
mark for the 2004 rankings, now is the time to make plans.
The 2004 Ballycotton '10' takes place on Sunday
March 7th (1.30pm) and anyone interested can write for entry forms to:
Ballycotton Running Promotions, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, Ireland. Instead of
a limit as in previous years, a closing date of December 16th will apply.
Full details are on the race website at: www.ballycottonrunning.com
John also submitted a brief look at the event
with the emphasis being on the veterans' scene.
The small seaside village of Ballycotton in East
Cork has been home to a ten-mile race for the past 25 years. Starting
with just 31 runners in 1978, the race now struggles to cope with the
massive numbers wanting to run this spoon-shaped, mainly flat, course on
quiet country lanes.
Pete Flatman from the City of Hull was one of the
first cross-channel visitors back in 1984. Just turned 40, he finished
tenth overall in 50:32, a time that stood until 1995 when four-time
overall winner Liam O'Brien set the current M40 best of 50:06.
Known as the 'Flying Ferret', Malcolm Martin from
Sheffield has the M45 best of 52:42 from 1992, which was three seconds
inside the time Corkman John Buckley recorded the previous year -
Buckley would go to win four medals that summer at the World Veteran
Championships.
After losing one record, Buckley got his name on
the books again in 1988 by establishing a M50 mark of 54:09. Adam Jones
from Dublin set the M55 record the same year with a time of 58:05.
Flor O'Leary, who ran the inaugural race back in
1978 in 57:55, had the remarkable achievement of 'breaking sixty at
sixty' when setting the M60 best of 59:15 in 1994. Five years later, he
was still able to break 65 minutes with a M65 record of 64:19.
Another of the many British visitors over the
years, Jack Kirk from Middleton Harriers, holds the M70 best of 70:11
from 1996.
Among the women, Cathy Shum holds the W35 record
of 55:29, a time she set when finishing just one second behind overall
winner Marian Sutton in 1997. These are still the two fastest female
times - one Sonia O'Sullivan is fourth on the all-time list with 55:37
from 2001.
Trudi Thomson from Scotland, winner in 1999, set
the W40 record of 56:22 the following year when finishing second.
Ann Kearney, a tri-athlete from Dublin, holds the
W45 best with her 62:59 from 1996. Margaret McCreery set the W50 mark of
69:12 this past year, which also saw the W55 record go to Joan Coyle
with her time of 69:14. And finally, the W65 effort stands to Catherine
O'Regan at 83:37 from 2002.
Ian Bloomfield - a mystery
solved
In a previous editorial I enquired as to who was Ian Bloomfield
whose M40 best of 49:23 shares fifth place alongside Nigel Gates on the UK
all-time list. Well, thanks to the following e-mail I have now been
enlightened.
I have only just come across your excellent
web-site service - I haven't run any 10's for a while so hadn't picked
your site up. I think it's really informative and interesting - well
done!
The reason I'm writing is that your August
newsletter refers to 'an Ian Bloomfield' who ran a fast 10 in the
Brampton to Carlisle race of 1993. Ian in fact runs for the
Chester-le-Street club in the North-east, about five miles north of
Durham, and, although racing infrequently these days, has a very good
record from the past - he ran a marathon in the region of 2:12 to 2:14
in his pre-vet days, I think in New York.
I will keep reading your site now, and might even
be tempted to turn out in a '10' again!
Best wishes,
Richard Harvey (O/60)
Newton Aycliffe A.C. (also in the North-East)
(Ed: Thanks for that Richard, feedback on the site is always more than
welcome,)
Mileage - Quantity or quality?
When researchers at the University of South Carolina studied 583
veteran runners recently, they found that the most important predictor for
injuries was total mileage. Those who ran 40 miles a week or more were
more likely to get hurt. This doesn't mean you should never do more than
40 miles a week in your training; some people handle the high mileage just
fine. (Also, most marathon training plans have you doing more than 40, but
only for a short period.) However, the research does suggest that, over
the long haul, running more quality miles may be the way to go.
Did you know?
En route to his UK record breaking 66:42 on October 26 in the
Stroud Half marathon, Martin Rees went through ten miles in 50:30…faster
than his current UK best of 50:43 set at Woking in March of this year.
When I was 40 my doctor advised me that a man in his
forties shouldn't be running. I heeded his advice carefully and could
hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.
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10 - editorial October 2003 8-10-03
Eleven new top-ten placings during the month of
September with Don Adie (M75) providing the only number one spot with his
82.21 set at Epsom Downs. A far cry from his UK record of 75:41 but the
course was a bit of a toughie and I understand that injuries have played a
role this year.
M40: 4 John Brown. 6 Geoffrey Wiseman
M60: 2 Martin Ford
M75: 1 Don Adie. 6 David Gammage
W35: 2 Sharon Morris. 9 Margaret Deasy
W45: 10 Helen Morton W50: 2 Lynn Tanner (up from third)
W55: 8 Maureen O'Hara W60: 6 Carol Fossard (up from 12th)
I am still short of the full results for the
following October races:
14th Warminster 10
21st Mileta 10
28th Cautley 10.
If anyone out there has a copy of any of these it
would be much appreciated
There are now five categories showing the maximum
limit of 100 names plus the W50 group, which is almost there.
You will see from the lists what you have to achieve
to get among these particular listings but with both the Great South Run
and the Cabbage Patch 10 due to take place in October, dramatic changes to
these times look set to me made.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
The September update is a little later than usual as my computer
'went down' and a few days in a local intensive care unit was necessary.
Well now all is well, and thankfully my lists survived the experience.
I have taken the opportunity of including in the
current list the Wimbledon 10 held on October 5th for which I was
responsible for producing the results. (At least I ensured that it was in
five-year-age bands!)
In this race Jane Davies of Epsom & Ewell H ran
a magnificent time 67:14 for third place on the W55 all-time list. Having
just turned 55, Jane has time on her side to improve on this mark which
was run over a testing course but Carol Ann Wolstenholme's 65:22 set
earlier this year looks daunting.
YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD
The M80s are just like a London bus, you wait ages for one and then
two come along at once. After discovering Bruce Davidson's efforts in the
New Forest (see September Editorial) a race held in Ballyclare, Northern
Ireland on August 29 shows that John McKeag has run 1:39:12 to now head
this category for 2003.
It is unusual to receive a result from this part of
the world but Lagan Vale's Terry Eakin, a frequent visitor to England and
who often stays in southwest London, kindly sent the Ballyclare details to
me. I have often invited him to come for a training run from the famous
Lauriston Cottage in nearby Wimbledon but as of yet he has been unable to
make it.
For those of you not familiar with Lauriston Cottage
click on to www.herculeswimbledonac.org.uk
where you will discover a tribute to Arthur Whitehead, the man who made it
happen.
COME RUNNING
A letter published in the Daily Mirror September 15, 1925 shows a
correlation between the world of ballroom dancing and 10-mile road racing.
So long ago that even the two M80s mentioned earlier were too young at the
time to take heed! 'New steps of a more strenuous character will never
become popular in the ballroom so long as dancers indulge in their
favourite pastime not for an hour at a time, but for five at least.
One would never ask long-distance runners to get off
the mark at full speed when starting on a 10-mile race and to keep up the
pace throughout. It is the same with present day dancers. They need to
'nurse' their stamina by means of low stepping.'
SHAKING ALL OVER
The Daily Telegraph reports that shoes with vibrating soles could
help elderly people to avoid falling over. An experiment with men and
women with an average age of 73, found that special soles - fed with a low
noise signal to make them vibrate - gave them the balance of someone in
their 20s.
During the study, originally reported in The Lancet,
15 young people and 12 elderly people stood with closed eyes for 30-second
period on the vibrating insoles. Both groups swayed less when the soles
vibrated but the effect was greater with the older group.
Personally, I only fell over once and that was when
tiring towards the end of the Folkestone 10 but if a running shoe company
wishes to develop this idea further, New Balance springs to mind.
I haven't included the results of the Rydale Run 10
held on September 7 as no age groups were indicated. With a winning time
of 59:29 it was obviously a tough one so it is unlikely that any of the
runners would have featured.
Some races for October (&
early November)
12 Derwentside 10 www.derwentside-ac.co.uk
12 Ropsley 10 Lincolnshire www.ropsley.org.uk
12 BUPA Great South Run (Entries closed) www.onrunning.com
12 Marathon Windows Coulsdon 10 www.southlondonharriers.org.uk
12 Deviock Bounder 10 Cornwall
19 Tiptree 10 www.tiptreeroadrunners.freeserve.co.uk
19 Stragglers Cabbage Patch 10 www.cabbagepatch10.com
26 Fenland 10, Wisbech
26 Fordingbridge Fire Station 10 www.fordingbridgefirestation.com
Nov. 2 Flying Fox 10, Staffordshire www.stonemm.co.uk
2 Ronhill Derwentwater 10 www.keswick-ac.co.uk
2 Guy Fawkes 10, Harrogate www.niddvalleyroadrunners.co.uk
2 Templeton Woods 10, Dundee www.dundeeroadrunners.co.uk
2 Lordshill 10, Southampton www.lordshillroadrunners.freeserve.co.uk
2 Drogo 10, Exeter www.swrr.co.uk
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10 - editorial September 2003 5-09-03
Following in the footsteps of Martin Rees (M50) and
Carol Ann Wolstenholme (W50) we know have another UK record holder gracing
the 2003 lists. Step forward W70 Louise Gilchrist of Middleton Harriers
whose 78:20 at Sale on August 3 annihilated the previous best mark of
83:24 set by Jose Waller in March 1993.
Apart from Louise the only other current 2003 number
one placing came from M75 Brian Heeler with his 86:50 just topping Eddie
Naisby's time by eight seconds.
In spite of one of the hottest ever August months
since records began there was still some input on the top ten placings
with the following now in these positions.
M40: 7 Geoffrey Wiseman
M45: 2 Alan Rowe. 7 Carl Price
M50: 8 Alan Pover
M70: 4 John Roberts
M75: 1 Brian Heeler
W50: 8 Pat Partridge
W55: 3 Veronica Manly
W60: 10 Maureen Kirby
W65: Pam Jones
W70: 1 Louise Gilchrist
I haven't been able to secure a full result of the
Strete 10 held on August 2 so if anyone out there has a copy, receipt of
such would be much appreciated.
I am also awaiting full results of the Chesterfield
Spire 10 but understand that they will be appearing on the North
Derbyshire RC web site any day now.
Top of the Wold
A fine W50 time of 63:14 has recently come into my possession with
the discovery of the results of the Heckington race held on July 27th when
Wold Veteran Daphne Ellmore finished sixth overall.
This time eases Daphne into 6th position on the W50
UK all-time list, a mere second clear of Jane Davies.
Our elder statesman
We now have a M80 in the lists with Bruce Davidson's run in the New
Forest Alternative 10. This event, dedicated to the memory of Peter
Holdway, is held on the eve of the official New Forest 10 and is only open
to members of the promoting club New Forest Runners. Bruce says, "As
most of the members know the course backwards we run the route in reverse,
with just a few marshals required, leaving us free to assist on the race
proper the following day."
Bruce, by the way, is responsible for the upkeep of
the veteran's 10km lists.
Keeping up with the Jones
Good to see that Pam Jones of Ilford AC up and running again after
a serious accident at home had put her out of action for much of the year.
She ran 86:49 at Harlow on August 3 and just three weeks later carved this
time down to 82:18 at Mersea Island to place her second on the W65 list
for this year.
As Michael Caine might say, "Not many people
know this, but some 50 years ago Pam (nee Fry) won the English Schools 80m
hurdles championships."
A new date and venue for the
Warminster 10
Due to unforeseen maintenance work being
carried out at the Warminster Football Ground, our usual venue for the
Forest 10 miles, we have had to move both the venue and the date for
this year's race to Sunday 14th September 2003, at Warminster Cricket
Club, Sambourne Road Warminster.
The Warminster Forest 10miles is run on road
and forest track. The course climbs steadily out of Warminster Town for
the first 2 miles until the Forest is reached. The course is then
undulating forest tracks through the Longleat Estate and around the
Center Parcs complex.
Water stations are available around the course
however if the weather is hot and sunny once into the Forest the trees
give some welcome shade.
Unfortunately our web site is down at the
moment. We look forward to seeing you on the day.
Regards,
Mike Wilkinson
Ballycotton real times
In the August editorial mention was made of June Johnson's chip
time at Ballycotton and as a result John Walshe, the organiser of that
race has been in contact.
Pete
Just a brief note to say well done again on your excellent site. Great
to see the 'tens' getting the coverage they deserve. Looking back
recently through some AWs from the 80s, it is amazing the number of
races at the distance that have disappeared.
I know you will be updating the site next week,
so just thought I would mention June Johnson's comment on her
Ballycotton time of 78:58 versus her 'chip' time of 78:25. We have used
the chip for the past two years and use the 'gun' time as the official
time. I know this is the procedure in New York, Boston, etc, but was
surprised to read that London go by the chip time.
British Runner did a piece on it a few months
ago - I even sent in a letter, but it wasn't published. The first time I
came across the chip was the Dublin Marathon on 1999. My chip time that
day was 2:59:26, but (being from the old school!) the time that went
into my diary was the official one of 3:00:08! I would be happy with
either clocking these days.
Anyway, I must send you on a piece on the
Ballycotton '10' vets (still can't get around masters) records. They
make interesting reading.
Regards,
John Walshe
Some advice from an American
Army physical training manual dated 1950
'When individuals pass 30 years of age, it becomes increasingly
difficult for them to reach and maintain a high level of physical fitness.
Ample evidence is available that this can be done but these men must work
harder, longer and more conscientiously at conditioning themselves. They
must practice hygienic health habits and they must learn how to conserve
themselves.
Some races for September
6 Lincolnshire Wolds 10
7 OWLS John Fraser 10 Countesthorpe, Leicester www.owlsac.org.uk
7 Fell Rescue 10 Richmond, Yorkshire www.sfro.freeserve.co.uk
7 Rydale Run 10 Malton, Yorkshire
7 Welwyn Garden City 10 www.gardencityrunners.org.uk
7 Dry Hill 10 Lingfield, Surrey www.lingfieldrunningclub.com
14 Cotswold Classic 10, Witney, Oxon
14 Warminster Forest 10
21 Mileta 10 Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
21 Epsom 10, Epsom Downs, Surrey 28 Cautley 10, Sedbergh, Cumbria www.settlebeck.cumbria.sch.uk
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10 - Editorial August 2003 5-08-03
The lists are Stoked up
Well, the British Masters 10 mile Championship at Stoke on July 27
certainly had an affect on this year's rankings. Almost 80 performances
from the event qualified for inclusion and major inroads were made into
the top ten positions throughout the age scales.
All change at the top
From the July races two new number ones were provided by Graham
Patton (M60) and Roy Webb (M70).
Other top-ten entries were:
M45: David Hollins 3rd
M50: Doug Cowie 8th
M55: John Exley 10th
M60: Les Davis 5th, John Clements 8th, Fred Gibbs 9th & Mike Shipway
10th
M65: Bob Newell 9th
M70: Tony Lewellyn 3rd, Derek Howarth 4th, Mike Walsh 5th, Ken Bingley
8th, Malcolm Ball 10th
M75: Hugh Turner 2nd, Reg Ferneyhough 4th, David Gammage 5th
W35: Margaret Deasy 9th
W40: Andrea Denison 9th
W50: Lynn Tanner 2nd
W55: Sheila Baucop 5th, Dot Fellows 8th
W60: Jeanne Bryan 7th
W65: Evelyn Elkington 6th, Margaret Fox 8th
It is no coincidence that many of the older age
groups for the above were run at Stoke where it was pleasure to get a
result sheet showing ALL the age groups and all in 5-year-age bands.
The only result I haven't been able to obtain in
full was the Ballater 10 of July 27 with some leading results being
obtained courtesy of Athletics Weekly.
It gets tougher at the top
Only two age groups, M40 and W55 are now showing the top 100 limit
applied to these lists. By end of June, M40 times quicker than 59.04 were
sufficient but now it requires 58:48 to make the grade. The W55 lower
limit was 102:00, but now it's down to 98:34.
New standards set
There is now a web site set up by the International Association of
Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) that aims to establish a valid criteria
for road record-keeping and also maintain a list of world records based on
these valid criteria. Not sure if they will involve themselves with the
Masters scene but of interest the world record for ten miles is 45:20 set
by the Kenyan Julius Maina in Japan last year.
If race organisers want to know the criteria for a
course being recognised for record purposes take a look at www.mattoleriver.com/arrs.htm
Promotion for Sheila
The previous listings showed Sheila Allen as sixth W40 with her
time of 62:15 but it was pointed out to me by George Harden that Sheila is
in fact a W45 and this time of her promotes her to the top spot in that
age group.
Might be something to do with my age but like
policeman, veteran runners are also looking young.
June's joy
June Johnson of Sevenoaks AC points out that her chip time for the
Ballycotton 10 was 78.25 whereas her result was shown as 78.58 and chip
times were on their website. BUT my best race of '03 is the Canterbury 10,
when I won the Kent W55 champs with a very pleasing time of 76.17.
Ed: This Canterbury time, which was inexplicably
missed, now sees June as seventh on the W55 list, an improvement of five
places.
New entry for Gates
Nigel Gates e-mails to advise that he ran 49.23 at Chelmsley Wood
(AAA 10 mile) in 1993 which places him firmly in equal fifth place in the
M40 all-time list. According to a ranking list published in Athletics
Weekly in 1994 an Ian Bloomfield of Clayton-le-Street ran an identical M40
time in the Brampton-Carlisle event of 1993 but I must admit he is a new
name to me.
As a postscript Nigel adds, "I still hope to be
in future rankings but my Achilles are causing problems."
PS: I also did a 10 in about 50:50 as an M45 but
I'll have to hunt for that one as well.
Re Joyce
Looking at the current all-time lists it appears that the longest
standing leading mark belongs to Joyce Smith who set her W45 time of 55.33
in the Shaftesbury 10 on October 5, 1986, a former very popular event but
since disbanded many years ago. Vis-à-vis, this must be one of the
classiest times overall and is emphasised by such talent as Priscilla
Welch, Anne Roden, Sandra Branney, Bronwen Cardy, Eleanor Robinson, Ann
Ford and Zina Marchant who follow her in this category.
Tidied up in Notts
Pat Carlan e-mails to say that his Notts 10 time of 55:25 should be
in the M45 list (not M40 as was shown). This now puts Pat as sixth best
M45.
Ed: This 'slip' confirms the benefits of having
5-year-age bands in results.
The errors of my ways
There have been quite a few e-mails pointing out errors or
omissions and these are much appreciated. That is the beauty of a site
such as this in that an ongoing dialogue can be carried out and
corrections are made prior the year-end lists being published.
The new age of man
With the new ruling from the World Masters Association it appears
that my workload will increase for, subject to approval from IAAF, men are
to be classified as masters from the age of 35 meaning another category to
maintain.
Not sure as to whether race organisers will consider
35-year-old men as veterans/masters but that will be their prerogative so
I am unsure as to how accurate the list will be.
Also what about the all-time lists? Do they start
from 2004 or will times have to be 'dug out' retrospectively? Could be
fun!
Ed: Following my article in Athletics
Weekly quite a few of the new 'soon to be vets' have contacted me
saying that they are looking forward to entering the category.
Thought for the month
Next time someone says to you, "Why are you still running at
your age?" just quote Bob Monkhouse. "Growing old is compulsory
but acting old is optional."
Some races for August
2 Strete Challenge 10
3 Brecon 10
3 Harlow 10 www.thehrc.org.uk
10 Askern Ringways 10
13 Southern (Isle of Man) 10
17 Veterans 10, Belgium (See July editorial for details)
24 Mersea Island 10 (Essex)
31 Chesterfield Spire 10 www.ndrc.co.uk
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10 - Editorial July 2003
Have you made the lists yet?
Current standings up to end of June are now shown, the only results I
haven't been able to obtain was the Hereford Leisure 10 of June 22. If
anyone out there has a copy receipt of same would be appreciated. Also, I
understand that no times were available for the Glossop 10.
All change for 2003 top tens
Only one new leader from June's results with Sue Lambert now heading the
W60 lists.
Other top-ten additions for the month are:
M40: John Hunter 7th and Guy Amos 9th.
M45: Eric Williams 4th and Richard Jordan 9th.
M50: Martyn Fisher 8th.
M60: Tony Hawkins 8th
M70: Bill McNeill 7th.
W40: Sheila Allen 6th and Andrea Dennison 10th.
W50: Celia Duncan 3rd, Lesley Griffin 4th, Jane Davies 7th and Veronica
Manly 10th.
W55: Rosemary Gibson 7th
W60: Carol Fossard 7th.
Note: Isabel Conaghan was shown as 7th W60 with her Pocklington time of
88:49. I understand she is in fact a W65, which would see her 4th in this
listing.
Still only one category showing the 100 listing
limit and that is for the M40s. You now have to run a touch faster to
warrant inclusion for at the end of May the 100th time was 59:50, now it
is 59:04. As a guide, the 100th best 2002 time was 57:15.
From Martin Rix
'Sandiacre was the venue of the Erewash 10 Miles road race. Think it's
been discontinued now but was a high standard event in late 1980's early
1990's. Law to Motherwell is significantly downhill (certainly outside the
IAAF limits).'
Note: Martin is responsible for what I believe to be
the most comprehensive athletic records site on the world-wide-web, the
United Kingdom Track and Field All-Time Lists on www.gbrathletics.com
More news on Sandiacre
It appears that the last running of the Erewash 10 at Sandiacre was in
2000 and a certain Martin Rees was the first veteran home.
The women's course record was - and still is - 52:12
by Liz McColgan with Joseph Kibour's 46:08 proving the quickest of the 110
sub-50 performances recorded during the nine years the event was held.
British Masters 10 mile
Championship
This year's championship will be held in conjunction with the long
established Trentham Running Club event to be held from Tittensor Village
Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs on July 27. No specific closing date and
entries will be accepted on the day but please hurry as the books close
when the 500 limit is reached.
First run 34 years ago and now said to be the oldest
road race in the Potteries calendar and now held in memory of John Oultram,
the event is being organised by Cliff Knowles, 30 Danebower Road,
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8TJ (Tel: 01782 644750)
Cliff, in his days as a 'soft southerner' was
instrumental in the promotion of the Camberley half marathon that soon
became established as one of the more popular pre-London events. Now
having moved back to his roots in Stoke, he is attempting to repeat his
success with this event.
Veteran 10 miles in Belgium
There is many a veteran mourning the demise of the Bruges veteran road
races that used to be held every June and always attracted a large British
contingent.
Well fret no more for the good citizens of
Middelkerke, a 15-minute journey by car from Bruges and which is, I quote,
'One of the most beautiful coastal towns in Belgium,' are organising an
inaugural Veterans 10 mile road race.
The event will be part of the '20th editie Sirene-Jogging
te Middelkerke' to be held on August 17, a series of races that will also
include a 10k, a half marathon and some fun runs for both children and
adults: in fact something for everyone.
For further details please contact: SIRENE JOGGING
VZW
Dr. Simon Beheytstraat 9 8430 Middelkerke België
rek 068-2155822-24 Tel.: ++032(0)59/ 31 24 24 Fax: ++032(0)59/ 31 24 24
e-mail: sirene-jogging@belgacom.net
Marc Baele : marc.baele@skynet.be
Roger Herremans : sirene-jogging@belgacom.net
Miller mistake
Michael Miller of Harlow RC should have been shown as 9th M65 with 69:54
in the lists that appeared in the June issue of British Runner.
Unfortunately in the relevant result he was shown as an M60.
The lassies are misses
There's a worrying trend that appears to be occurring in Scottish road
race results and that is while the men are usually conveniently shown in
5-year bands, all veteran women are shown as W35. This makes it very
difficult to place any above that age into the ranking lists so I would
make a plea to all you race organisers north of the border to give these
women the recognition they deserve.
Mind boggling
Nothing to do with veterans 10 miles but the following extract from Peter
Matthews and Mel Watman's Athletics International publication dated June
11 states 'Tegla Loroupe smashed the world 30,000m track record on June 6.
She covered the 75 laps in 1:45:50.00. To put the run into perspective,
Paula Radcliffe reached the 30k mark in the Flora London Marathon in
1:36:36 with another 12k to go."
Heard on Radio 2
You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the
cake.
Some ten-mile races in July
and early August
6 Princess Risborough Festival 10, Bucks
6 Orion 10, Chingford www.orionharriers.org.uk
9 Hereford Leisure Centre 10 www.herefordrunner.co.uk
13 New Forest 10, Hants www.nf10.co.uk
20 Eccup 10, Leeds www.abbeyrunners.co.uk
20 Tarrant Valley 10, Dorset www.tarrantvalley10.fsnet.co.uk
27 Trentham RC 10, Stoke-on-Trent www.trentham-running-club.co.uk
August
2 Strete Challenge 10, Devon
3 Harlow 10, Essex www.thehrc.org.uk
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10 - Editorial June 2003
How are you doing so far?
Now on site are the current lists for 2003, including races held on May
25. The times shown next to each age category is the minimum that needs to
be achieved to warrant inclusion as of now. The M40 list already has 100
names (the maximum to be shown) so in future the relevant time will reduce
as names are added. This will apply to any other categories that extend to
100 performances.
Amendment
Further to my May news regarding additions to the UK all-times lists, note
that Trudi Thomson's 56:11 at Motherwell is the 4th fastest by a W40 (not
3rd). Also I should have recognised Joan Royal's 77:25 at Lychett Minster
as being 7th fastest for a W65.
Flying Scots
The Tom Scott Law-Motherwell 10 made some impact on the ranking lists but
as it is basically a point-to-point course and reportedly of a downhill
nature it is unlikely that any times would be accepted for official
record-breaking purposes.
A warning for race organisers?
News from the web: The 27:02 (10km) reported for Haile Gebreselasie
(ETH) at Doha QAT on 11 Dec 2002 was illegally aided by a sizeable lead
vehicle that provided drafting for the lead men's pack. At times,
Gebreselasie was reported to be within one metre behind this vehicle. A
statistical analysis of the race provides an estimate that this drafting
produced times that were 47 seconds faster than had the lead runners not
had this advantage. IAAF Rule 143 clearly prohibits such assistance.
Sandiacre search
While recently updating the UK veterans' all-time list the race venue of
Sandiacre cropped up quite frequently. Now this is a new name to me and
got me wondering as to why an obviously fast course is no longer in use.
Does anyone out there know why this event, which was normally run late
August/early September, no longer exists or is it now run under another
name?
From the Daily Mail (27/5)
'You know when you're getting old when you've got too much room in the
house and not enough room in the medicine cabinet.'
Some 10 mile races
for the month of June
1 Thirsk 10 www.thirskandsowerbyharriers.co.uk
6 Notts 10
8 Carpenter Glossop 10 Derbyshire
8 Dorking 10 www.dmvac.org.uk
15 Salisbury Fie Station 10
18 Gosforth 10
22 Hereford Leisure Centre 10
22 Southdown 10
25 Otley Motors 10 www.otleyac.co.uk
29 Barrow Classic 10 www.barrow-runners.fsnet.co.uk
29 Portland 10
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10 - Editorial May 2003
Welcome to the first ever web site dedicated to the
wonderful world of British veterans/masters ten mile road racing. An
imperial measurement that is as popular as ever but as I write there are
probably moves afoot within the European Commission to make all
measurements metric. Who knows, perhaps in the future there could be
'metric martyrs' among race organisers who could find themselves
prosecuted alongside errant fruit and veg merchants.
It is intended to display the year's current lists
for which I hope observers will advise of any errors or additions and
perhaps road race organisers may oblige by forwarding their result sheets
to me either to petehwac@aol.com by
fax (020 8766 7099) or by old fashioned snail mail to me at 71 St Julian's
Farm Road, London, SE27 0RJ. Another plea that I would make is that result
providers for the respective races show the ages of the veterans in
five-year age bands. There's many a cry from the lower realms of the
result sheets that their performances are not duly recognised.
Limited results are often resourced from either
Athletics Weekly and British Runner, but to secure more depth it's the
full results from the organisers that is the lynch pin to providing a
fuller service.
By the year-end it is hoped to have a top ten of
each category but of course the higher age groups will not attain such
depth.
I also intend to feature profiles of leading
performers particularly those who have got among the UK records. The likes
of Martin Rees and Paula Fudge spring to mind. Wish me luck and remember,
try and get involved. The success of such a venture will much depend on
input from interested parties such as yourselves.
Pete Mulholland
PS: There is nothing 'political' regarding the use
of the word veterans in the web site address. This is really to
distinguish that it is not an official web site of the British Masters
Athletic Federation (BMAF) and that
veterans is still the more common term in use. Perhaps this will change in
the future…..but who knows.
News
May 24 2003
Now on site the final rankings for 2002 plus a listing the UK best
performances. You will note that Martin Rees (1st M50), Debbie Robinson
(4th W35), Trudi Thomson (3rd W40) and Carol Ann Wolstenholme (1st W55)
have already made an input. Current 2003 lists will hopefully be added
during June.
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