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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR OUR ROADRUNNERS
FROM THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY we are going to move the Thursday run start point/meeting place to Wimborne Town Football Club and run from there. This means the last occasion where
we meet at QE for a Thursday run will be the Time Trial on 4 February.

RIDGEWAY 100k RELAY 23 MAY 2010
Phil Burgess has stepped forward to co-ordinate our Ridgeway effort this year, so if you would like to take part please contact Phil. Over the years probably more than 50 of us have competed on the Ridgeway so many of us know what is involved, but for those who are new to it – this is a brief introduction:
100km relay race cross-country from Tollard Royal to Uplyme (near Lyme Regis), split into 12 legs (average distance 6 miles), teams of 6 so each runner runs 2 legs/12 miles. There are marshals only at the start and finish and at two of the major road crossings, we finish in the pub. Runners have route notes to tell them the way, you will need to go out in the week’s preceding the race to learn the route. How inspiring is this race? Well, last year we had 5 teams (30 runners) out there and they came back so enthused that three of the teams wrote race reports! Here are the links to those stories and the stories from the previous year.
Ridgeway 2009
www.wimborneac.co.uk/ridgeway_2009.htm
www.wimborneac.co.uk/wessex-ridgeway-2009.htm
www.wimborneac.co.uk/wessex-ridgeway-2009-2.htm
Ridgeway 2008
www.wimborneac.co.uk/ridgeway_2008.htm
www.wimborneac.co.uk/ridgeway_wildcats.htm

Read, feel inspired, then contact Phil. The day is a mighty adventure, make sure you are part of it.

HAVE YOU ENTERED YET
A reminder about up coming league races – there can’t be many places left in the March Hare

14 Feb   RRL   Lytchett 10   www.lytchettmanorstriders.org

14 Mar   RRL   March Hare 20/10   www.zoomtri.com

Racing back to fitness at Parliament Hill – 30 January 2010
Click here for David Long’s report on his excellent WAC race debut

January 4mile Handicap Time Trial  
David Long records his first win in the time trial. Click here for report and results.
 

Wimborne AC Roadrunners include members with a wide range of age, experience and ability. We aim to provide a friendly and supportive environment to enable our runners to enjoy their running to the full and help them towards their own personal goals, whether competitive or simply to maintain a healthy level of fitness.

As well as road races, many of our roadrunners take part in endurance off-road and multi-terrain events and we also have a few triathletes in our ranks.

There are many social activities over the course of the year, including beach runs, barbecues and our annual Christmas party plus of course the monthly ‘good to talk’ post-run drink held on the first Thursday of each month.

We publish an extensive quarterly roadrunners’ newsletter.  

On 21 November WAC Roadrunners will stage the annual ‘Wimborne 10’. This rural 10 mile road race is now in its twelfth year. More details of this event can found at   www.wimborne10.co.uk.

Wimborne 10 Photo Gallery   Click here to view images from the 2007 race

Wimborne AC take part in a number of leagues throughout the year, with both team and individual competitions. These include:

The Dorset Road Race League
The Dorset County Championships
Poole Runners Winter series
Poole Runners Summer series
Dorset Doddlers Hill series

The Dorset Road Race League fixtures for 2010 are:

  Broadstone Quarter             January 1   
  
Blackmore Vale                   February 7   
  
Lytchett 10m                            February 14   
  
March Hare 20m                     March 14   
  
Purbeck 10k                             May 12 (Wednesday evening)   
  
Puddletown 20k                       June 13   
  
Portland 10m                           July 4   
  
Sturminster Half Marathon    August 1   
  
Littledown 5 miles                   September 19   
  
Gold Hill                                     October 10   
  
Weymouth 10m                       October 23 (Saturday morning)   
  
Gilly Hilly                                   November 7  
 

Club members also take part in a number of other races and events during the year.

For more information on these competitions and leagues and the performance of the Wimborne AC Runners over the years and for reports on specific races click on the links below:



Date

Status

Race

Contact

Close Date

Late Entry

Start Time

10 Jan

 

Milborne 10

John Mills, 4 Middleton Row, Milton Abbas, Dorset,E8 DT11 0AT  www.dorsetrrleague.co.uk/milborne%2010.pdf

 

Yes

10.30

16 Jan

HXC

Prospect Park, Reading

Contact Ian 01202-577081

 

Yes

 

24 Jan

WXC

To be advised

Contact Ian 01202-577081

 

Yes

 

29 Jan

PRWS

Boscombe Pier 5k

www.poolerunners.com

 

No

19:30

30 Jan

 

South of England XC Champs

Contact Ian 01202-577081

 

No

 

07 Feb

RRL

Blackmore Vale ½ Marathon

John Old, Brookfield, Ottery Lane, Sherborne, DT9 6ED           www.bvlions.co.uk/marathon2010.html

03.02.10

No

11.00

13 Feb

HXC

Old Sarum, Salisbury

Contact Ian 01202-577081

 

Yes

 

14 Feb

 

Inca Trail (7m), Ilchester

Race Secretary, 5, Abbots Road, Ilchester, Somerset. BA22 8NA Tel:  (01935) 84051
incatrail07@aol.com          www.yeoviltownrrc.com

12.02.10

Yes

11.00

14 Feb

RRL

Lytchett 10

32a Sandecotes Road, Parkstone, Poole BH14 8NZ
www.lytchettmanorstriders.org

06.02.10

Yes

10:30

19 Feb

PRWS

Boscombe Pier 5k

www.poolerunners.com

 

No

19:30

21 Feb

WXC

Ham Hill, nr Yeovil

Contact Ian 01202-577081

 

Yes

 

05 Mar

PRWS

Boscombe Pier 5k

www.poolerunners.com

 

No

19:30

07 Mar

 

The Grizzly

www.axevalleyrunners.org.uk

 

No

 

14 Mar

RRL

March Hare 20/10

Race Secretary Flat 3, 3 Portman Crescent, Bournemouth. BH5 2ER   www.zoomtri.com

15.02.10

No

10:15

14 Mar

 

Sherborne Castle 10k

Race Secretary: Thorne Lodge Thorne Yeovil Somerset BA21 3PZ  Tel: 0777 1993597
raceentries@hotmail.co.uk     www.yeoviltownrrc.com

05.03.10

Yes

11.00

28 Mar

WXC

Avon Heath Country Park

Contact Ian 01202-577081

 

Yes

 

28 Mar

 

Bournemouth Bay Half/10k

Jennifer Impett, V!B, Westover Rd, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 2BU   www.bhf.org.uk/events_and_volunteering/events/event_finder/ view_event.aspx?ps=1000586

18.3.10

No

09.30

03 Apr

 

Rotary Easter ¼ Marathon

Keith Loveless, 18 Oakley Rd, Wimborne. BH21 1QJ
www.rotaryclubofbournemoutheastcliff.org.uk

30.03.10

Yes

11.00

05 Apr

 

Easter Bunny 10k, Yeovilton

Race Secretary, Wisteria Cottage, Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham Dorset SP8 5HS Tel: (01963) 371324
mob: 07912 611423       www.yeoviltownrrc.com

28.03.10

Yes

11.00

25 Apr

 

London Marathon

www.virginlondonmarathon.com

 

No

 

02 May

 

North Dorset Village Marathon

www.ndvm.co.cc

 

No

 

02 May

 

Round the Rock

Bill Hicks, 11 Parkmead Road, Weymouth, DT4 9AL
www.rmpac.co.uk/index.php?page=round_the_rock_10k_2

27.4.10

Yes

10:30

12 May

RRL

Purbeck 10k

Mike Bush, 1 Romney Rd, Bournemouth. BH10 6JR

06.05.10

No

19.30

23 May

 

Wessex Ridgeway

Contact Ian on 01202-577081

 

 

 

29 May

 

Egdon Easy

egdonheathharriers.com

 

 

 

05 Jun

 

Otmoor Challenge 13.2m (!)

www.otmoorchallenge.co.uk

 

Yes

14.00

06 Jun

 

Poole 10k/5k

www.poolerunners.com

 

 

 

12/13 Jun

 

Welsh Castle Relays

www.lescroupiersrunningclub.org.uk/castles

 

 

 

13 Jun

RRL

Puddletown Plod 20k

 

 

 

 

27 Jun

 

Blandford Bridges 10k

www.blandfordbridgesrun.co.uk

 

 

 

04 Jul

RRL

Portland 10

www.rmpac.co.uk

 

 

 

10 Jul

 

Maiden Castle Loop

egdonheathharriers.com

 

 

 

17 Jul

 

Swanage Half Marathon

L.M. Welsh, Withy Lakes, Church Knowle, Wareham, Dorset. BH20 5NG

 

Yes

10.00

18 Jul

 

Tarrant Valley 10k

www.tarrantvalley10.fsnet.co.uk

 

 

 

24 Jul

 

Wayfarers Relays

 

 

 

 

01 Aug

RRL

Sturminster Half Marathon

www.dorsetdoddlers.org

 

 

 

10 Aug

 

Maiden Newton Madness

www.maidennewtonrunningclub.blogspot.com

 

 

 

30 Aug

 

Shillingstone 5m Hill Race

www.dorsetdoddlers.org

 

 

 

05 Sep

 

The Beast

www.pooleac.co.uk

 

 

 

19 Sep

RRL

Littledown 5

www.littledownharriers.co.uk

 

 

 

19 Sep

 

King Alfred’s Torment 7m

Race Director, Blue Cedar, Gunners Lane, Houndstone,
Yeovil, Somerset BA22 8SB Tel 01935 422887
philmacquaid@hotmail.com     www.yeoviltownrrc.com

13.09.10

Yes

11.00

26 Sep

 

Berlin Marathon

www.real-berlin-marathon.com

 

 

 

03 Oct

 

Hobourne 5m

 

 

 

 

10 Oct

RRL

Gold Hill 10k

www.gillinghamtrotters.talktalk.net

 

 

 

23 Oct

RRL

Weymouth 10

 

 

 

 

07 Nov

RRL

Gilly Hilly 7.5m

www.gillinghamtrotters.talktalk.net

 

 

 

21 Nov

 

Wimborne 10

www.wimborne10.co.uk

 

 

 

 

PRSS – Poole Runners Summer Series, RRL – Road Race League, WXC - Wessex Cross Country, HXC -  Hampshire Cross Country

The road runners have three regular sessions:

For the next two Thursdays (28 Jan & 4 Feb) we will meet at QE Leisure centre in Wimborne at 6:30pm. FROM 11 FEBRUARY ONWARDS WE  WILL MEET UP ON THURSDAYS AT 6.30PM AT WIMBORNE TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB. Usual distance 4-7 miles. Come along - give it a go, no session fee. On the first Thursday of the month we meet afterwards for a drink, have a chat and race entry forms get handed out! We generally follow a pattern throughout the Thursdays in the month. Week 1 – Time trial, then jacket potatoes and a drink; Week 2 – General Run; Week 3 – Speed Work; Week 4 – Hill session.

On Tuesdays from QE Leisure Centre at 6.30pm coach Ed Arnold takes a session aiming to put some speed into your endurance running, all ages and abilities are encouraged to come along. Session fee £2.

There are also a groups meeting up on different days of the week.

 


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