UK Inter Counties Championships – Birmingham
A pretty good day was had by those that went up to Birmingham to represent their counties. It was an undulating course, not quite Parliament Hill, but tough enough to test! Continue reading
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Coach development
One of the things that we try and do as coaches at smrac distance is to always look for ways to further our knowledge. Sharing ideas with other coaches is healthy and helps us help you improve. Continue reading
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Training for March
The cross-country season comes to an end and we start to look towards the coming summer season… Tuesday session will be at the track for the foreseeable future. Full March training details are here. Continue reading
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parkrun Saturday
A small contingent of smrackers went to Richmond Park for the time trial. Bradley led the way with Ross following on. There was a good picture on the R&T times of a very blue and white start. Continue reading
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Liz is 2nd Senior at Surrey Champs
Liz Kipling had another great run to pick up her first individual medal at these championships. Lloyd Park provided a good challenge with many undulations and some wet sections. Continue reading | 4 Comments
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U17s win 2 Met League titles
The last round of the Metropolitan XC League threw up a surprise league victory for the U17/U15 boys as the U17/U15 girls defended the title they had won for the last three years.
Numbers were down from SMRAC and from other clubs in the age group races following on from the Middlesex Schools Champs on Thursday and with the Essex version being held today.
Jacques was our sole… Continue reading
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Endurance Training Day
An Endurance Training Day is being held at St Mary’s on Sunday 21st February. This day is open to U15s through to Seniors who have represented their county in the last year. If you are interested in coming please let Noel know.
The timetable for the day is as follows:
9.45 Meet Sports Hall
10.15 Track session believed to be 3 sets of 1000,300,300,300 with amended… Continue reading
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Molly wins and 13 make the Middlesex team
A successful day for SMRAC distance saw 13 athletes named to the Middlesex team for the English Schools Championships.
The outstandingly talented (!) Ben Killip got things off to a good start winning the Y8/9 race; not bad in only his 2nd race of the winter. Ben is also a goalkeeper at the Chelsea academy and national kayak champion. Jivendra made his first schools team in 5th. Jamie was… Continue reading
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Liz Kipling in fine form
Liz had another great run at the weekend, finishing 4th in the Surrey League. This followed on from her 28th place at the Southern Championships at Parliament Hill – a course she had never finished in the top 100 on.
Since joining the squad last year Liz has set track pbs at 800 and 1500 and had her most consistent XC season to date.
Her 1st… Continue reading
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Inter County Gold for Maddie
Running for Surrey Maddie picked up a team gold medal in Saturday’s South Eastern Inter County match. Maddie was 8th of the 64 finishers and 4th Surrey scorer. Such was Surrey’s domination of the event, Maddie finished before any other county had two runners home. I hope this run will have secured her place on the Surrey team at the English Schools XC for the first time. Once you’re on… Continue reading
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