October Minutes

MAIDEN NEWTON RUNNERS - MINUTES OF MEETING ON 12 OCTOBER 2006

Present: Phil (chair), Stanley, Dave C, Derek, Richard, Lesley, Martin, Lin, Dave W, Pete, John, Dan, Eric,

Apologies: Guy (had something better to do), Charles, Jackie (after last month’s frosty welcome, she knows when she’s not wanted)

Minutes: it appears that the pearls of wit and wisdom, encapsulated in these monthly minutes, have been eluding a number of members. Back copies can be found in the British Library.

NewTen: still some life left in this topic. Runners Imp claim to have been thwarted in their attempt to deliver the T-shirts for our race helpers to a location in Plymouth. They then suggested that all 20 t-shirts have been safely despatched to an unspecified hospital. No doubt an entire psychiatric ward is now smartly kitted out.

Past Events. We had 8 members in the Sydling 5K, Martin (1st male), Lin (1st female), Phil, Ian, Di, Dan, Jackie, and Dave C. Dave W did the New Forest Marathon in 3.19 (came 7th in the Dorset County Marathon Championships). Dan did a 10K at an unspecified location in Oxfordshire. Eric moved house. Dave C has been spotted training with Crewkerne. Richard and Lesley have been busy as usual. They did the Isle of Wight Fell Running Weekend , which involves a 3 mile race on Saturday a.m., 7 miles on Sat p.m., and then 13 miles on Sunday a.m. Richard did them in 22.56 (1st MV50, £15 boots voucher), 1.08.48, and 1.48.28 (2nd MV50, £10 voucher). Lesley did them in 31.02, 1.35.54 and 2.32.52 - she came 2nd FV50 every time, getting a £10 voucher each time. Richard also won the overall MV50 category but did not get a medal as we are not affiliated to the Fell Running Association. Dave W to investigate cost of joining. They also did the Musbury castle 7.3 mile multi-terrain in 1.01.30 and 1.20.44, and Richard did the Honiton 12K in 51.12. Martin and Lin both did the New Forest half in 1.34.10 (Lin was 2nd female, Martin 3rd MV50), they did the Clarendon Way Marathon in 3.45.46 (a one-way route from Salisbury to Winchester), and they did the Street 5K in 21.11. Martin did the King Alfred’s Torment in 50.30, and Phil did it in 54.05. I make that a combined total of 27 events in the last month - Stanley never had this much to cope with when he was secretary!

Future Events. Next up is the Parrett Trail Relay on 14 Oct, with our team of Phil, Di, Ian, Lin, Martin and Dave W. The next day Richard and Lesley are doing the Dartmoor Vale Marathon, Lesley’s 1st marathon. The Gillingham Hilly and the Exmoor Stagger are on 22 Oct, the Studland Stampede and the Stickler are on 29 Oct, the Ilminster 10K and the Drogo 10 are on 5 November.

Drinks Break. Martin and Lin scraped together enough change to buy a pint, then we continued…

London. Martin has a good for age entry, Lesley and Phil have entered the ballot.

Members: Dave W asked about the club’s views on people joining if they are unlikely to attend meetings, so as to get cheaper race entry. We agreed that this is OK, though we would appreciate help on club events like the NewTen, we would ask for the annual fee for next year to be paid now, and we would continue to give preference over the London entry to regular meeting attenders. Phil has also heard of possible new members.

Website: Martin has set up a blog (http://maidennewtonrunningclub.blogspot.com) on which members can post items of interest or disrepute or both, eg embarrassing photos of Phil, details of coming training runs etc. Richard was worryingly keen to know if material would be censored in any way - Martin pointed out that this would be the window through which the world looked upon us.

Meeting closed at 8.52 pm.