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Thursday 13 April 2006
Our continuing mission: to boldly drivel where no running publication has drivelled before.
A new month, and once again, no material to speak of. There was that World Championships thing, which I've decided not to comment on after getting the date of the mens' marathon wrong.
The only change to this page is that the date at the top, now gives the last update, rather that the current date (a bit of a popular cheat to make pages look maintained, even if they're not, however, I try to keep it honest).
Frank and Berit Moritz have added another member to the club's youth ranks* with a baby girl born on Friday 10 August at 2.30pm CET (with only a little assistance). She weighs 3790g and is 50cm long and her name is Nina Moritz.
*Well, they would have done if they'd paid their subs!
Waiting for the man: Barry Johnston at the start of the KRUF 10k.
We're not known as a track club for the very good reason that we're not a track club. However, following Richie and Phil's successes, and Barry and Mick's invitations to a BMC race, that looked to be changing. Whether because Richie decided that he'd surprised himself enough for one summer, or because Phil and Mick were targeting Berlin, or because John Cox was still coming back from the Barry 40, or even because Julian Baker and Dave Williams were largely absent through work and marriage, we didn't make much impression on any of the short races in Newport or Swansea, or the Cardiff 10k.
So if we want to look for success, we have to look away from our traditional stars. We did have an encouraging turn out in the Cardiff 2k. Ruby Miller (pictured) romped home among the first girls and all who were ahead of her were much bigger. Joel and Alex Bullen gave it their all, and they've also got years of growth ahead of them. Rowan Miller was evidently appalled by the dull conformity of runners sticking to the same course and tried to follow his own.
Ruby Miller at the KRUF 2k.
Keith Quinn's performance in the KRUF would have qualified him for a medal -- but he and Gaynor received their numbers together and couldn't tell which was which. You can guess they wore the wrong ones.
So all that's left between now and the cross country season is the Swansea 10k, and marathons in Abingdon, Berlin (Mick and Phil revisiting our 1997 trip), and Chicago (Mal Firouz, if there are any flights).
Simon Nurse is going for the Karrimor Mountain Marathon, again - this time with Andy Cleves in the Geran Hughes role. For those who haven't heard of it the KIMM is a sort of SAS version of the three legged race, or self sufficient two person orienteering. It requires map reading, stamina, and a fair amount of luck: in 1999 Geran and Simon spent rather too long running in the wrong direction. One of the problems of being near the front is that there are fewer people to follow. Unsurprisingly, the KIMM is also a test of social skills. Since it's virtually impossible to argue with either Andy or Simon, I don't expect that frayed nerves will be any problem for either of them.
Simon has done this before, but Andy survived the Marathon des Sables, despite having made things harder for himself by ignoring advice to wear shoes two sizes too large. He returned to Cardiff on my birthday and upstaged proceedings in the Conway by asking "Who wants to see my feet?"
Last updated 13 April 2006
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