As we move from the season of light to the season of dark (and damp, and cool….) Hugh has devised a schedule for Wednesdays through until March. You can always find out where the main HJ group is running from on the Find Us page here. Though there will almost always be a group running from Henfield Leisure Centre on a Wednesday – check out the Facebook group for up to the minute details and updates.
The latest September results are in – I wont spoil the suspense not least because this message from Chris explains why every Months results in 2017 have been revised!!
“Chris apologises for gremlins which have crept into the results back to the start of the year. This came to light when Andy James pointed out that Eb Gargano seemed to have an extremely ambitious target time for her run in June. Investigation showed this to be the result of a transcription error, easy to correct. However the wrong time did not appear to have had the severe adverse effect in the results to be expected.
Further probing revealed that the code to implement the ‘best time from the last three’ rule was incorrect for Eb and for a further 8 runners (fortunately not all active in recent months). The results from the start of the year have therefore been recalculated, but this has altered the points for other runners as well. In most cases, the difference is 1 point, but in three cases, changes of 3,5,and 5 points emerged in the results to June.
Hopefully, all is now in order.”
This Saturday morning will be different from usual, as there are 2 activities on offer – a return bike ride to Shoreham, Brighton, and possibly beyond with a breakfast stop at the mid-point, or a 15 mile run up to Southwater Country Park and back, with shorter alternatives to Copsale or West Grinstead. Neither option involves any hills and both are mainly along the Downs Link. The choice is yours. However both options start at the Leisure Centre at 8am as usual!
Hello to everyone coming to the summer social on Saturday. Mark has produced this guide:MYSTERY TOUR TO WHITE HORSE which has a variety of cycling walking and running routes, directions to follow a ‘mystery’ route, and approximate times, all of which end, of course, at the White Horse in Maplehurst. There are two related maps below depending on whether you are walking/running or cycling. Mark said he will be at the Leisure Centre at 8am on Saturday if anyone wants any more directions, and will be running there later if anyone wants to join in with him?
Congratulations to all those who took part in the annual Seven Stiles run on Sunday. We had an absolute record number of runners with over 600 people entering across the two events, more than 20% more than we have ever seen before. In turn that meant that we were quite challenged in terms of facilities so we apologise for any inconvenience (hem hem!) experienced by anyone in the queues to the facilities. We will be reviewing all aspects of the event with a view to improving this for 2018.
However it was a tremendous day, and thanks to Barry Cornelius you can view a range of runners photographs on his website here.
The provisional results can be found on the West Sussex Fun Run League website here.
If anyone has any feedback on the Results then please email us at: enquiries@henfieldjoggers.co.uk
And last, but by NO means least! Thank you to ALL the Henfield Joggers, family and friends, who helped out on Sunday, and of course to Simon and his team at Henfield Leisure Centre without whom, quite simply, it would not be possible to hold this event!
As many of us know, Hughs beloved dog and honourable canine member of the Joggers, passed away this week. Hugh wants to scatter his ashes on his beloved Downs and invites as many Joggers as can be there to join him on his last adventure. I’ve created an Event for the morning of 8th July – you can find the details here.
Meet at HLC at 8am, as usual, then head up to the Steyning Bostal, starting the run about 8.30am. There will be a choice of distances of 6,7 and 10 miles [not shown] and Max’s ashes will be scattered at an appropriate place.
The June Handicap results are now available as we head into the summer recess. You can find the June and Cumulative results here.
And June was a bumper month with many from the recent and highly successful ‘Start Running’ course taking part. along with some new people exploring what Henfield Joggers have to offer!
Remember that we now take a pause for July and August as we enter the summer period, and return for the Autumn season in September! Can’t believe I even mentioned the ‘A’ word so early in the year!!! At least it wasn’t the dreaded ‘W’ word though!!!
What another fabulous day we had. I’ll try to get a full report up here soon, in the meantime a massive THANK YOU to everyone who took part, in whatever capacity – running, driving, supporting, marshalling etc – and you can find the FULL gallery of images here.
The latest Handicap results are in, and like Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest, a clear lead is starting to open up….. see the full results here!
This Saturday morning both Hugh and Mark will be missing as they will be running the Three Forts on Sunday. So Brian will be leading us on a 10 miler which will take us over to Ashurst and and into the bluebell woods around Spithandle Lane while we still can. 8am, Leisure Centre as usual
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