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A.G.M. Tuesday 30th March 8:00pm Cannock Leisure Centre

Check out Barrie's Everest Diary.

Tuesday 9th March Training Session Route

Thursday 11th March Training Session Route

South Staffs Network Free Courses

From Dinner Dance & Presentation 2010

Chase Harriers Dinner Dance & Presentation Evening 6th February

I would like to thank the staff of the St. Thomas Priory Golf Club again for there efforts in making our presentation evening a success. Everyone enjoyed the food the DJ that attended again this year played a great selection of records. Some of our members surprised me towards the end of the night when the drink started to take its toll. There dance moves have been recorded. Pictures will follow shortly and no doubt another club video will be produced of the more embarasing moments. Justified winners were awarded there trophies well done again to those winners. Remember to give me the results of any races that you do and maybe next year it could be your turn to recieve a trophy. Check out the Chase Gallery for the photos!

Derek Loundes chairman Chase Harriers

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Heritage Trail 27th Feb

Anyone interested in walking the heritage trail from Rugeley to Cannock. There is a charge on the car park in Girton Rd. Meet at 9:30 station car park Girton Rd. Train to leave Cannock on the town side platform at 9:44am. Arrive Rugeley 10:04am. Shall leave Rugeley Trent Valley car park at 10:15am to begin the walk. You can bring your own food but a stop for short break at Marquis Drive visitor Centre for refreshments/toilets will be taken. The 10 mile finishes in Cannock town centre by the Witherspoons pub where again if you wish you can take refreshments. Or if you wish you can finish the walk by the station car park but it will be short of the 10 miles.

Heritage Trail Map

Derek Loundes Chairman Chase Harriers

IAAF World Cross Country Trials

The IAAF World Cross Country Trials and UK Cross Challenge Final will be taking place in Cofton Park in Birmingham on Saturday 13 March. It's free to go and watch. Further details (i.e. timings etc) are sketchy at the moment but please check out the following link:: http://www.uka.org.uk/competitions/uk-cross-challenge/cross-challenge-final-birmingham/

Thanks

Lucy Mellor

HARE & HOUNDS

Thanks to everyone who supported our Hare & Hounds run last Sunday including members of Sneyd Striders who support the event every year. This year the charity donation total came to £80. Once again thanks for your support and a big thanks to Steve, Maurice and Pete for being the hares and marking the course. Check out the photos at the Chase Gallery.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 17:35

Blackpool Half Marathon

Monday, 22 February 2010 21:45 Rob Lloyd

All it needed was George Michael to jump in the room and sing "Last Christmas I gave you my heart ..." Ok that was two months ago, but race day doesn't start with a blizzard?? February runs are chilly brisk affairs, digging the car out should'nt be on the check list .... but here I was 'Ooop North' and ready for it. Despite endless taunts from relatives 'Ye must be barrr-mey' and other encouraging words and only having packed vest and shorts ... I felt proud that for me I had over done it already on the preperation.

Trawling through web sites to try and find if the race was on, I finally found the number for the Hilton hotel ... after 20 minutes of engaged tone, there was only one way to find out... sliding round the corner and down the prom, im greeted by a sea of lycra and day glow ... most definitely on then!

I hate bloody hill`s

Sunday, 21 February 2010 19:42 andy downes

wyre forest runaround 8.4 miles Dudley

I woke up this morning to find 3 inches of snow had come down over night and my car had a flat battery not a great start to the day at all.

I had only been back in training for 5 weeks after been off for 2 months with a back injury and wasn't running particular well been at the back of the pack during club runs isn't fun at all.

So my expertations werent that great and i would of been happy running around 8 min miles and a finishing time of around 1.05ish this would of been good time on a very hilly and snowy course

I set off at a good pace as it was fast down hill start for the first 2 miles i still felt good at 4 miles and then the hills kicked in and by god did they hurt ! i managed to reach 6 miles in a respectable 40Min's then you guessed it the 2nd hill came up and so nearly did my breakfast , i managed to pull myself together for the last very hard uphill finish. just to give u a idea of how hard this course was the last hill at 7miles went up 400ft in just one mile

I crossed the line in a very respectable time of 57.34 (6.45min per mile) and to my surprise i finished in 17th place out of 380 my best placing ever only 40secs off 10Th place, not bad for a guy only half fit lol

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Last Updated on Monday, 22 February 2010 11:08

Barrie's Everest Diary

Wednesday, 17 February 2010 20:11 The Yeti

Barrie’s Everest Diary

Thursday29th October

Day one! Drive down to Heathrow without any problems. Queuing at the check in, the penny finally drops; I am on my own with no one to turn to. So I go for a coffee and cake and now £5 lighter.

The planes ok a Boeing 777 plenty of leg room but the food is bland. There’s no chance of a kip too many screeching kids.

With a change of planes in Delhi the clocks go forward 6 hours so now its Friday already.

Birm. League X/C Aston Uni playing fields

Sunday, 14 February 2010 17:24 old timer

Ok its here at last the final race of the 2009/10 cross country season. There are 13 lads that have turned up to race on probably the best underfoot conditions that they have run this season. The course is round the Aston University playing fields with just a short wooded section that they miss out on the 1st lap but do have to negotiate the other 2 laps. Yes it is a little boring for these lads who ars used to much tougher courses but I think they deserve a treat. Especially Phil Crowley recently did the Tough guy (fire, electric fences, sub zero water, scramble nets and more) yes this is going to be easy.