General details:
Tuesday Sessions: Ready to run at 7pm
We are continuing to operate a more standardised monthly posting of training session details, and in order to locate the meeting points we are using: what3words.com to enable the accurate location of the car parking and meeting point for each training session:
Thursday Sessions: Ready to run at 7pm
At the Track at Merchant Taylors School, through to September. Thank you to Mike Shrive for planning and organising these very popular sessions!
Sunday Social Runs: These are in different locations each week and provide different distance runs from 6 miles up to 12 miles. Full details are available on our website, usually a few days before the event at:  www.chilternharriers.com/club-runs. Our thanks go to Graham Palser and Tony Molesworth for creating the routes.
TUESDAY NIGHTS - Ready to run at 7pm.  The Tuesday night routes will usually be on trails in various locations, sometimes with an opportunity to regroup for refreshments after the session, at a local pub. There will not generally be a Hall to access, or Toilet facilities during the summer activities.
Tuesday 1 August -
 Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting by the entrance to Rear Hall at the Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG (stove.simply.froze), with free parking in the adjacent Star Yard Car Park, Chesham.       

Tuesday 8 August -
Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at Peterley Manor Farm Car Park, Peterley Lane, Prestwood HP16 0HH (crackled.flickers.cackling). Toilets are available next to the car park at the venue. Drinks, and food will be available until 8.30pm, after the session at The Chequers Tree, High Street, Prestwood HP16 9HD.

Tuesday 15 August - 
Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting opposite The Crown Public House, Blackwell Hall Lane, Ley Hill, Chesham (pads.epic.artist) 
 
Tuesday 22 August -
Ready to run at 7pm: Parking and Meeting at Dovecote Meadow Car Park (free after 6.30pm), Old Amersham (risk.trial.focus). 
Link to route can be found here

 
Tuesday 29 August -
​Ready to run at 7pm: Free Car Parking at the Westwood Park Car Park, Little Chalfont (known,grain,prefer) and meeting on the playing field (forced.mole.scenes) near the Pavillion
 
Thursday Track Sessions organised by Mike Shrive at Merchant Taylor’s School, Moor Park. Individuals may design their own session, or run on the grass playing field.
 
Thursday 03 August - Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at Merchant Taylor’s School Track (inspector.once.reader) and parking in the school car park at (activism.space.pills)
 
Thursday 10 August - Ready to run at 7pm:  Meeting at Merchant Taylor’s School Track (inspector.once.reader) and parking in the school car park at (activism.space.pills)
 
Thursday 17 August - Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at Merchant Taylor’s School Track (inspector.once.reader) and parking in the school car park at (activism.space.pills)
 
Thursday 24 August - Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at Merchant Taylor’s School Track (inspector.once.reader) and parking in the school car park at (activism.space.pills)
 
Thursday 31 August - Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at Merchant Taylor’s School Track (inspector.once.reader) and parking in the school car park at (activism.space.pills)

Trevor who was one of the early members after the Club was formed in 1978 has sadly passed away at the age of 91. He was a 'Life Member' of Chiltern Harriers. For many years he was an enthusiastic and talented athlete often seen vaulting styles and obstacles.

When he started to slow down he organised 'Pub Runs' from 1990 on the first Sunday of the month and he must have visited most of the 'watering holes' in The Chilterns. Unbelievably the group known as 'Trevor's Trekkers' have held over 450 such 'Pub Runs' involving a 5 mile walk and for our runners a run of 8-10 miles.

We will miss him terribly!

Our thoughts are with his wife Clare and the family"

Trevor Davies--Chairman

School may be out for Summer, but Race Report is still here. (How is that fair, I hear you ask?!) Things are looking commensurately quieter in terms of racing. As in previous years, Race Report would love to receive your parkrun postcards. If you do a parkrun on holiday, please send a picture to [email protected] and I’ll include in the week’s report. ​

Ahead of Tuesday evening's senior training session, Steve Field has produced a map of the route.
It would be advisable for athletes planning to attend the session to familiarise themselves with the route. You may also wish to save it to your phone. 

You can find the route here: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2328032?units=miles

For users of Garmin, a course can be downloaded using this link

Please meet at the Blue Ball pub in Ashridge (HP5 2UX), ready to run at 7pm.

There was good representation from Chiltern Harriers at the 92nd English Schools Track and Field Championships at Birmingham on Friday and Saturday. Most competed for Buckinghamshire Schools but there were also two in the Hertfordshire Schools team and one in Middlesex Schools.
Conditions were cloudy and a bit drizzly on the Friday but mild for the most part across the weekend in the recently revamped, state-of-the-art Alexander Stadium.
 
Senior Girls
Towards the end of the second day Chisom Nwafor took part in Long Jump. Chisom was recently third in the England Athletics U20 Championships where all three podium places saw great jumps but all with strong following winds. Conditions were similar in Birmingham but Chisom put in a colossal jump of 6.53m with a +3.1 m/s wind to win gold this time.
 
Senior Boys
Tom Emery wrapped up his school running career in the heat of the 1500m. Tom, running for Middlesex Schools, was ninth in heat 2 in in a good time of 4.03.33 but didn’t make the final. Tom leaves in August on a running scholarship at university in the US.
 
Inter Girls
Chiltern had several athletes in the Intermediate age groups. For the girls Frankie Baxter, despite having a light competition season, had a great run in 1500m steeplechase to be fourth in a great time of 5.14.79. Lucy Wilkinson has had a breakthrough season and had qualifying times in 800m, 1500m and 3000m. In heat 2 of 1500m in her first big championships, Lucy put in a strong time of 4.41.70 but was tenth and therefore didn’t progress to the final. Emily Ford recently acquired the 3000m qualifying time and, running for Hertfordshire Schools in the straight final here, ran 11.06.41 to be 18th.
 
Inter Boys
Euan Pinder was involved in 1500m steeplechase. Although a newcomer at the event, Euan was highly ranked going into the champs with the distinct possibility of a medal. With many qualifiers this year there had to be two races to determine the medals. Euan was in final 2 and with a strong last 100m finished second in the race and logged 4.33.15, the bronze medal winning time. Archie Pinder ran in the 1500m heats on Friday and was an automatic qualifier in 4.03.50. Leon Doran was also running 1500m, but for Hertfordshire Schools. Leon was running well in his heat but was badly baulked with 200m to go and was therefore promoted to the final as a 13th runner. In the final Leon was tenth in 4.12.25 and Archie 13th in 4.21.05. Isaac Jessop-Tranter recently ran a PB of 1.57.48 in 800m. In heat 1 Isaac ran another good race of 1.59.26 but was sixth and didn’t progress. Alex Hughes was in a straight final in 3000m and was 20th in 9.14.82.
 
Junior Boys
Taye Awuku-Chan is a first-year junior and gained great experience here to jump 1.64m in high jump to be equal 16th. Isaac Collier was also in his first big championships and ran 2.08.43 in heat 4 of the 800m to be seventh.

Good Evening, Race Report fans. We’ll kick things off with some snippets from last weekend when Your Humble Reporter went AWOL. ​