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The Piece of Cake – Summer special
Posted by Site Admin in Club Events, Everything Else on July 25th, 2011
It has often been noted that the Piece Of Cake, South London’s Legendary cake-shaped cycle sprint consists of 3 parts, Left Leg, Right Leg and third (pub leg) well it could be that last thursday was a record entry, but for the pub leg. We seeemed to fill most of the back of the jolly woodman celebrating our various summer travels. Which is a mystery because initial legs of the piece of cake were represented more exclusively. Well done simon, by the way.
Left Leg Right Leg
Nicky 5.06 5.11
Andy 4.38 3.36
Simon 4.12 4.12
Sophie 4.51 4.52
Ben 5.16 5.10 (Thats bromptons for you).
Beckenham’s unofficial Velo Club does the Dunwich Dynamo
Posted by Nolan in Monday Musings on July 18th, 2011
The downpours which blighted the weekend for most of us didn’t look like ideal cycling weather, but somehow the ‘weather gods’ saw fit to leave open a 9 hour window of dryness which was enough for this lot (plus a couple of others) to ride over night to complete the Dunwich Dynamo. Starting in Hackney they arrived at the beach of the small Suffolk coastal village after riding a grueling / epic 120 mile route across London, Essex and Suffolk to arrive by sunrise for some rest and sleep by the sea. Awesome effort lads and ladette!
Here’s Simons garmin info Dunwich Dynamo
Riders prepare for the off
Sunrise in Dunwich
Introducing our new Associate Membership
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else on July 1st, 2011
Beckenham Running Club are pleased to announce that we now offer two levels of membership:
As of today 1/7/11 you can now join our running club as an Associate Member for £30 per annum (£35 inc EA Affiliation) per year. This entitles you to run with us on Wednesday club nights and use of the extensive facilities at Beckenham Cricket (multi-sports) Club on Foxgrove Road, including access to changing rooms, showers, and bar for the important post run food and drink refueling! Please note that there are no additional on-the-night subscription charges to pay. Associate members are also welcome to train with us at other times when we meet at other locations ie for track sessions, represent Beckenham at races (subject to 1st/2nd claim status) and join in on club events and trips.
Full Running Club Membership includes all of the above and full social membership of the Beckenham Cricket (multi-sports) Club so you can use the facilities and bar 7 days a week (so not just on club nights) for £90 a year.
Whether you’re new to running,
or fancy running with like minded indiviuals who enjoy keeping fit,
or want to push yourself and run further and faster than you thought possible,
or want to join in with the camaraderie at races and compete in competitions,
or just want to be social and run for fun and make some friends…
Then why not pop along on a Wednesday to find out what we’re all about. We meet at 6:45 every Wednesday for organised group runs leaving at 7pm.
If you’ve got any questions then feel free to email beckenhamrunning@yahoo.co.uk or download the Beckenham Running Club Application Form and bring it along.
parkrun
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else on June 27th, 2011
Nothing to do with my 50th run (honest) ….
parkrun in Bromley has been going for nearly 2 years now, and has provided a great way to get an early weekend run in and be sociable too. It’s also been popular with us Beckenham runners. 45 of us have run at least once and here’s the list of who has run 10 runs or more… between all us we’ve run 591 times at an average of 13 runs each. That’s alot of missed lie ins!
Athlete  |
Best |
Avg |
Worst |
Best |
Avg |
Worst |
Runs |
Runs  |
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| Georgina SELWAY | 22:33 | 24:32 | 28:23 | 71.54 % | 65.59 % | 55.73 % | 53 | 53 |  |
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| Richard P SELWAY | 18:16 | 19:15 | 22:36 | 77.43 % | 73.36 % | 62.76 % | 52 | 53 | |
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| Paul CREGG | 24:25 | 27:08 | 29:15 | 59.93 % | 53.68 % | 49.51 % | 53 | 53 | |
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| Nolan WILKENS | 17:28 | 19:38 | 23:09 | 74.43 % | 66.76 % | 56.16 % | 40 | 50 | |
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| Ruth BUNN | 24:36 | 26:11 | 27:56 | 71.48 % | 68.25 % | 63.72 % | 44 | 44 | ||||
| Jim ADDISON | 16:57 | 18:21 | 21:59 | 79.71 % | 73.58 % | 61.18 % | 38 | 39 | ||||
| Stuart J SCOTT | 17:48 | 19:12 | 22:44 | 79.03 % | 73.28 % | 61.88 % | 28 | 28 | ||||
| Deborah FORD | 24:57 | 26:58 | 29:41 | 62.32 % | 57.61 % | 51.99 % | 23 | 23 | ||||
| Will WITHECOMBE | 17:08 | 18:50 | 20:00 | 75.29 % | 68.61 % | 64.50 % | 19 | 22 | ||||
| Christopher LYDON | 18:14 | 19:46 | 25:02 | 80.26 % | 73.86 % | 57.99 % | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Melanie BURDETT | 19:32 | 20:27 | 22:30 | 76.88 % | 73.35 % | 66.44 % | 16 | 19 | ||||
| Gail ARNOTT | 21:45 | 22:56 | 24:32 | 77.78 % | 73.59 % | 68.14 % | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Melanie WARD | 23:42 | 24:23 | 26:54 | 62.45 % | 60.75 % | 55.02 % | 14 | 15 | ||||
| Simon C CARTER | 18:32 | 19:22 | 21:01 | 70.41 % | 67.66 % | 62.41 % | 12 | 15 | ||||
| Ameet PATEL | 22:48 | 24:08 | 25:57 | 62.21 % | 59.18 % | 55.04 % | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Stephen WINFIELD | 20:17 | 21:12 | 22:28 | 71.57 % | 68.32 % | 64.09 % | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Nicky HOWARD | 22:59 | 24:45 | 27:46 | 67.66 % | 62.95 % | 56.00 % | 14 | 14 | ||||
| David Andrew REES | 22:56 | 24:14 | 25:17 | 67.01 % | 63.36 % | 60.25 % | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Carolyn TUSTIN | 27:12 | 28:04 | 29:48 | 65.44 % | 63.34 % | 59.73 % | 10 | 10 | ||||
Vanguard Way
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else on June 23rd, 2011
So off they go! Clinging on to their valuables outside East Croydon Station, our 8 intrepid hikers this morning began their epic trek to find there way out of the concrete metropolis of Croydon. They hope to follow the Vanguard Way all the way down to Newhaven, all being well they should hopefully reach the coast for a well earned paddle for sore feet by Saturday.
So who remembered to bring the map?
Anyone seen Craig?
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else, Races & Reports on June 15th, 2011
Do you remember that tall bloke, not alot of hair, he spoke with a funny accent and often wore dresses to the Christmas party….shouted alot at the start of a race… yes Craig that’s it!
It was abit like finding Wally, but news from across the pond in Los Angeles is that he’s still running 10k’s and showing the LA folk how it’s done. He minced around the LA Frontrunners Pride 10k in just over 38 mins finishing 4th overall! Pride 10k results
Craig looking like a pro.. but what is it with Yanks running bare chested, just don't get any ideas Ben my hairy chested friend!
Yeah yeah, new world record…..whatever!
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else on June 10th, 2011
On a breezy evening 7 runners layed their lives on the line and hurtled round the Piece of Cake time trial course on their assortment bicycles in an attempt to beat the previous World Record 3:58….
We probably had some of the fastest set of times ever recorded since records began. However Ed ruined the fun for every one, by smashing the above (and mightily impressive dare I say) record, setting a new time of 3:43. Even Bradley Wiggins would struggle to beat that! He even showed up with a posh bike that even had areo handle bars..FFS! I’m not bitter, honest 
Well done Ed…hmmph.
Left Leg Right Leg
Ed 3:43 3:50
Andy 4:51 4:42
Simon 4:50 4:05
Nolan 3:59 xxx (retired with the hump)
Nicky 5:04 5:01
Will 4:35 4:32
Richard 4:07 4:16
Feel the burn... click on photo for more action!
Weekend Extraaaaaaa 5k and Marathon News…..
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else, Races & Reports on May 25th, 2011
As well as Myra Garrett members were in action at a couple of other races over the weekend and Monday night….
Copenhagen Marathon: Serial marathoner Edgar writes, Simon Harris and myself ran yesterday the Copenhagen marathon. Though flat, is not an easy course due to the windy patches. Race organisation, slightly poor.
Our times:
Edgar: 3:08 (my 20th marathon!!)
Simon : 3:12
Sri Chimnoy 5k: Alice, myself and Paul Fletcher braved the swirling gusts and drizzly weather to run this low key race in Battersea Park.
Conditions were quite tough and it felt like we were battling a constant head wind, which led to myself being 37 seconds slower than the last Assembly League race. However it didn’t seem to effect Alice who obviously found someone to draft as she managed to knock another 15 seconds of her PB finishing in the medals as 6th lady. If you haven’t heard of the Sri Chimnoy races, there’s usually a race from 1 to 10 miles on a Monday night and the occasional Saturday morning, they’re really well run and great value Battersea Race Fixtures
24th Nolan 17:50
77th Paul Fletcher 20:56
80th Alice 21:05
Richard Selway reaches 50!
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else on May 15th, 2011
No this is not about Richard reaching the big age related 50, but it is about becoming the 1st Beckenham runner to complete 50 parkruns! Richard reached the 50 landmark at Bromleys 89th event. He ran 18:19, just 3 seconds outside his Norman Park PB in 6th place out of the 222 that took part. Richard took part in the very first Bromley parkrun back in August 2009 and been an ever present since. Richard is now in the “50 club” and will soon receive the red 50 club t shirt… congratulations Richard.
Beckenham conquer the 1066 Relay
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else on May 12th, 2011
Sunday May 8th Beckenham took part in the inaugural 1066 relay between Hastings and Rye and brought home enough silverware and prizes that a larger trophy cabinet is now needed at the club house! Beckenham won the overall mens team prize, mixed team, mens vets and ladies vets team prizes.
From the 1066 website: (photo’s added by me) Many congratulations to Beckenham Running Club men’s senior team, consisting of Ally Thorpe, Jim Addison, Marc Clayton, David Scrimshaw and Will Withecombe, who deservedly captured the Trailguides 1066 Relay Shield in a winning time of 3 hrs 38.31 mins, winning three of the individual stages.
The Overall winners Beckenham Senior Men...yeah!
Beckenham men’s vets team finished 2nd in 3 hrs 47.49 mins, with Dulwich Runners men’s vets 3rd in 3 hrs 56.49 mins.
2nd overall and 1st Mens Vets ..... Beckenham Vets... Double Yeah!
Dulwich Runners women’s seniors ,consisting of Kim Hainsworth, Alexie Shaw, Caroline Schurmann, Andrea Pickup and Mel Edwards, were the first ladies team, finishing 5th in 4 hrs 3.01 mins – they also provided three individual stage winners. Hastings Runners men’s vets were the first 1066 area team home in a highly creditable 7th place, just 4 mins behind the 4th placed team.
Beckenham also plundered the mixed team and women’s vets team trophies. (Unfortunately the Mixed team prize wasn’t given out to us at the time so there’s no photo of the victorious Beckenham mixed team)
1st Vet Ladies .... Beckenham! Treble Yeah!
Icklesham Casuals Football Club took the unaffiliated team trophy, finishing a very respectable 8th in what was a competitive field. The long distance trophy was a shoe-in for the Minnesota Loons, whose 4100 mile journey trumped more local opposition!
The feedback from the 39 participating teams has been extremely encouraging, and the 1066 Relay will definitely become an annual fixture from now on! Full results are now available on www.nice-work.org.uk , RACE SUMMARY as well as links to race photos and your comments. Thanks very much again to all the runners who took part, as well as the huge army of helpers who made the event possible. Nick Brown, race organiser.
Beckenham cleaned up! Click on the above image for more Ben photo's
