The awards for 2018 were made only last night but the 2019 season is already underway. More than 70 HPRC members completed the Turkey Trot last Sunday to get the new season off to a flying start. It already looks like many of the age groups will be just as competitive as last year. Don’t forget that if you want your result to count from any certified distance road race (5M, 10km, 10M, HM or M) then it must be in Running Free. Use the button at the bottom of this page to enter it.
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Club Champs close soon
John Oldfield writes – The Club Championships close on Sunday week, December 2nd. Any certified races up to and including that date are counted. Age groups this year are SW, SM, then 35, 45, 55, 65, 75. To be included, your result must be in Running Free (via the Google sheet). I’ll take results from the sheet up to close of play on the 5th.
Hill Sessions are Back
Pete Savage writes…
The annual winter treat of running up and down Selby Rd counting lampposts will return on Thursday 25th October.
This year to ensure HP Reception doesn’t look like an off-putting ghost town we’ve adjusted the times a little. We will be leaving reception at 7pm for a gentle warm up jog to Selby Rd. This should allow more members time to join in the jog as well as giving anyone new on a Thursday a better idea of the usual turnout. This means that anyone who must go straight to Selby Rd should aim to be there for 7.25pm.
As the winter goes on I’ll keep my eye on the number of reps we’re doing so that we don’t finish too late. If you are new to the club these sessions are structured so all abilities can take part so don’t worry about being too slow and it’s impossible for you to be too fast. Running short reps at speed, or interval training, particularly uphill has been proven to have positive benefits for your speed when racing etc. There’s no need to come every week but the more often you come the greater improvement you should see.
The mechanics of how the sessions work are explained at the start of each one so you can join in any week but essentially if you can run at all and count to 6 you’ve all the skills required. If you don’t want to join in with us there will always be “normal” group runs leaving HP at 7pm.
Bramley Apple Challenge 13th September
The annual Bramley Apple Challenge against our friends at NOTFAST, Newark Striders and Southwell is scheduled to take place at 6pm on Thursday 13th September at Caythorpe Cricket Club. The early start is to ensure that runners are finishing in good light.
HPRC are the current holders of the Bramley Apple Challenge trophy so we’d like as many members as possible to join us and held us retain it!
Improvers Course
Are you looking to run further than 5k? If you are, then our “5-10k; the easy way” course starting in September might be of interest. This course is aimed primarily at non-club members.
This is a six-week course designed specifically to help those who can already run 5km (e.g. a parkrun) in 30-35 minutes and want to extend their distance to 10km. An experienced set of run leaders will lead small groups, gradually increasing the distance each week, with a 10km, timed run on the final week. Both male and female leaders will be there each week, so there’s no need to be shy. The group size will be around 20, split into smaller groups of 3 to 5, each with its own run leader. We expect to be in daylight each week, so routes will vary. Some will be on roads, some on riverside tracks or a mixture of the two. Our group of friendly leaders are all trained, experienced runners so there are eager to help you achieve your goals. AND IT’S FREE!
To register and for more details go to:
Club Calendar
We have a new monthly club calendar for you to show what’s going on when this month. We’ll shortly find it a permanent home on the website but for now you can enjoy it just by reading the full blog post where you’ll find the link to it.
Dream Mile 4th June
The wind blew!
It came from the east for once, but we had a good tailwind for this year’s Dream Mile and we had some great times. Fastest was RAC’s Marlon Dunkley, with Oliver Matharu the fastest HPRC runner and the only one to break 5 minutes.
| Name | Time |
| Marlon Dunkley (RAC) | 04:39 |
| Marc Scott (RAC) | 04:42 |
| Steve Dickens (RAC) | 04:49 |
| Oliver Matharu | 04:56 |
| James Scott (RAC) | 05:01 |
| Graham Moffatt (RAC) | 05:04 |
| Neil Cooper | 05:06 |
| Duncan Martindale | 05:07 |
| Will McNulty | 05:07 |
| Tom Davies | 05:11 |
| Will Meredith | 05:11 |
| Richard Kelsey | 05:11 |
| Rob Nason | 05:17 |
| Matthew Grainge | 05:25 |
| Mark Wyszynski | 05:28 |
| Keith Jamieson | 05:32 |
| Ed Ducker | 05:35 |
| Colin JK Hallam | 05:39 |
| Rob MacDonald | 05:40 |
| Christine Heaton | 05:42 |
| Gary Cragg | 05:48 |
| Stuart Turner | 05:49 |
| David Corbett | 05:49 |
| Natalie Hoffman | 05:53 |
| Simon Ross | 05:54 |
| Peter McConnochie | 05:56 |
| Chris Allen | 05:58 |
| Janet Atkinson | 05:59 |
| Shaun Harrison | 05:59 |
| Tony Madge | 05:59 |
| Paul Griffiths | 05:59 |
| Joon Ho | 05:59 |
| Joseph Eccles | 06:00 |
| Glyn Sawford | 06:04 |
| Rupert Killik | 06:06 |
| David Hodson | 06:06 |
| Luke Rising | 06:06 |
| Ruth Brandon | 06:07 |
| Rachel Dearden | 06:09 |
| James Nichols | 06:09 |
| Jogger Devonport | 06:13 |
| Rob Smith | 06:13 |
| Darren Fisher | 06:15 |
| Michele Noble | 06:16 |
| Jack Tomlinson | 06:16 |
| Ann Gould | 06:18 |
| Simon Leadley | 06:18 |
| Lisa Chan | 06:20 |
| Abigail Cast | 06:24 |
| Euan Henderson | 06:25 |
| Sarah Tyler | 06:26 |
| Jonathan Irvine | 06:27 |
| Neil Gregory | 06:40 |
| Vicky Thurlby | 06:44 |
| Richard Ranby | 06:44 |
| Stuart Brook | 06:47 |
| Simon Heaton | 06:54 |
| Elouise Dobson | 06:58 |
| Penny Durance | 07:03 |
| Andy Sharp | 07:03 |
| Amy Matharu | 07:07 |
| John Oldfield | 07:11 |
| Rachel Grant | 07:12 |
| Katie Holmes | 07:13 |
| Rachel Samuel | 07:13 |
| James Middleton | 07:53 |
| Lucy Chadborn | 08:15 |
| Dick Durance | 08:19 |
| Derek Rose | 08:30 |
| Becky Orford | 08:41 |
| Friedel Palnt | 08:44 |
| William Scott | 08:47 |
| Sandy Poole | 09:01 |
| Neil Hamilton | 11:52 |
AGM Minutes and Reports
Here are the minutes and reports of our recent AGM:
HP represent Nottinghamshire at the British Fell Championships
Three Holme Pierrepont RC members represented Nottinghamshire at last weekends British Inter Counties Fell Running Championships held as part of the Lad’s Leap race in Derbyshire.
Gina Granger, Sam Williams-Duncan and Tom Davies donned the green Notts vest and took on some of the countries finest fell runners (from much hillier counties) on a swelteringly hot day in the Peak District.
Nottinghamshire didn’t feature towards the top of the results tables but it was a great day out on the fells and excellent to have three club members representing the county.
Results here…
