Running into 2024: Country to Capital, Battersea Park Half and parkrun

Happy New Year, Race Report fans. I hope that 2024 sees good times for you, your friends and family as well as lots of running ambitions fulfilled. A huge well done to all who took part in today’s county cross-country championships. Look out for Steve P’s report in the coming days.

This week the racing results all come from yesterday, Saturday 6 Jan. There were plenty of all-time parkrun PBs at Rickmansworth: William Shield (16.44); Felix Danielli (18.38); and Neil Walker (19.05). Meanwhile, at Cassiobury Park, Ash Finch raced in to a joint first placed finish in a course PB time of 16.34. Finally, Alan Crozier and Sylvia Moss both earned themselves course PBs at a muddy Church Mead (23.01 and 26.09, respectively).

Rik Edwards and Annelize Colquhoun braved the 43 mile point to point ultra marathon Country to Capital. Starting at the Shoulder of Mutton Pub in Wendover, and finishing in Little Venice in London, the route takes in the mud of the Chiltern Link as well as the gruelling miles of the Grand Union towpath. Annelize and Rik both had brilliant runs, coming home in 7.47.42 and 9.39.34, respectively.

Millie Hughes was also in the big smoke for the Battersea Park Half Marathon, which she completed in a very credible 1.48.13.

Well done, everyone!

And finally, some news for the New Year: I wanted to share some changes which Chiltern Harriers will be making to its club internal communications. These changes reflect the results of the survey which was completed last year. Thank you for your assistance with that exercise.


The reason for making these changes is to improve consistency of communications by streamlining the number of channels which the Club uses; to increase transparency of the channels being used and to reduce the burden on volunteers of maintaining many, disparate channels.

The changes being made are as follows:

• the Facebook Group and Slack platform will be retired (NB. the Club will retain a presence on Facebook, through its public-facing Facebook page, for the purposes of reaching external audiences)
• all existing WhatsApp Groups for senior members will be migrated onto a new WhatsApp Community, which you will shortly receive an invite to join via email. The platform also contains an ‘Announcements’ channel, which will be used to share key information with all members and ensuring such information is not ‘hidden’ in closed Groups
  
  

COMING UP LOCALLY: the fourth match of the Chiltern League at Cassiobury Park, Fred Hughes 10 mile, Last Friday of the Month 5k and Mornington Chasers Regents Park 10k. More details on these events and more on the Club Calendar.

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