AUTUMN 2007 - Serpentine
AUTUMN 2007 - Serpentine
AUTUMN 2007 - Serpentine
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NEWS<br />
SERPENTINE RUNNING CLUB<br />
SEYMOUR<br />
CENTRE<br />
One of the many extra benefits<br />
of being a Serpie is that you<br />
have free access to use the<br />
Seymour Centre’s changing<br />
facilities and showers at times<br />
outside our usual Wednesday<br />
and Saturday club runs. So if<br />
you want to run in Hyde Park (or along Marylebone Road if<br />
that takes your fancy) before work, you can leave your bags<br />
at the Seymour and shower afterwards at no extra cost.<br />
There continues to be no problem for Serpies wanting to<br />
use the Seymour facilities “out of hours” – leaving bags in<br />
the lockers and using the changing rooms and showers<br />
after a run. The Seymour management have asked,<br />
however, that this is limited to individual Serpies or small<br />
groups of up to 5 people, so that they are not inundated<br />
with large groups except for regular Serpie runs.<br />
If you want to use this facility, the staff at the reception desk<br />
will ask you to show a valid <strong>Serpentine</strong> membership card,<br />
and to sign in to a book. This will allow them to monitor the<br />
level of Serpie use of the centre. Members who are also<br />
members of the Seymour are, of course, exempt from this.<br />
Don’t forget that on Wednesday nights and Saturday<br />
mornings there are lots of people using the Seymour and<br />
we have committed to storing Serpie bags in the clubroom<br />
instead of using the lockers in the changing rooms.<br />
The Seymour is a great facility for all Serpies, and,<br />
if we play by the rules, we’ll keep it that way.<br />
For more information about the Seymour, see the<br />
Seymour page on the website:<br />
www.serpentine.org.uk/pages/location_seymour.html<br />
Sunday Runs in<br />
Richmond Park<br />
If you’re training for a spring marathon, Sunday morning long runs in<br />
Richmond Park are a great way to do your weekly Long Slow<br />
Distance (LSD) run. The path round the perimeter of the park is about<br />
7.2 miles. Some people do one lap, some do two (and some do in<br />
between). There are a number of groups running at different paces.<br />
We meet in the car park next to Pembroke Lodge, near Richmond<br />
Gate – there’s a map on the website:<br />
http://www.serpentine.org.uk/pages/training_run_sun.html<br />
There are toilets and refreshments on site, and water fountains on the<br />
route. The run will start at 9.00am and if you want to join us for<br />
a warm-up, please arrive at 8.50am sharp.<br />
Please just come along (no need to warn us you are coming),<br />
but if you’d like to ask us anything, email sunday@serpentine.org.uk<br />
WANTED<br />
Fast Serpies for road running<br />
championships<br />
If you’re one of our faster Serpies over 5K, we need you for the Spring<br />
Road Relay teams! The Southern (SEAA) Road Relays are scheduled<br />
for Sunday 6th April in Milton Keynes, and we’ll be putting teams of 12<br />
men and 6 women together for this highly competitive event. If you’re<br />
a man whose 5K time is 18 minutes or under, or a woman with a 5K<br />
time of 20 minutes or under, please keep a note of the date.<br />
Contact Ian Hodge at ihodge@serpentine.org.uk<br />
if you’d like to be considered.<br />
If we’re successful at the SEAA races, we’ll be eligible<br />
to race at the National Championships at<br />
Sutton Coldfield on 19th April.<br />
2008 Club Championships<br />
The <strong>Serpentine</strong> Club Championships are a series of races of 1K, 1 mile, 3K, 5K, 5 miles, 10K, 10 miles, half marathon, 20 miles and full<br />
marathon. Some of the dates for the 2008 Championship have already been announced.<br />
At Club Championships, not only do you get to compete to be Serpie Club Champion at that distance, but also your result counts towards<br />
the overall 2008 Serpie Age-Graded championship. The championship is awarded to the first claim member with the highest average<br />
percentage from 6 of the 10 championship races. To qualify, you must run all events in club colours, with the exception of the marathon,<br />
where we would ask you to wear club colours if possible. All events must have been entered under your own name.<br />
There are always lots of Serpies taking part in Club Championship races, so they’re great events to plan to do, but don’t forget that some<br />
of these events fill up very quickly, so don’t delay in getting your entry in. You can find the events on the Race and Event Planner on the<br />
website (http://www.serpentine.org.uk/events/planner.php) where they are highlighted in yellow. Keep an eye on the e-group, planner and<br />
news on the website for updates on the rest of the series.<br />
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