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Virtual National Road Relays – Sat 4th April (Updated Instructions)

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Entry deadline is Friday 3rd April at 12:00 midday.  

You need to sign up here: https://data.opentrack.run/x/2020/GBR/vnrrc/

Legs must be 5km in length (reasonable GPS margin of error).

Legs must be run between 00:00am on Saturday 4th April and 23:59 on Wednesday 8th April. 1 attempt per person!

Each individual runner must upload their Strava/Garmin performance by 12:00pm Thursday 9th April onto Opentrack, using the instructions on the entry page.

Runs should be named as ‘Virtual Road Relays Championship’

Unlimited athletes may enter per club, with 12 to score for both men and women (and an additional women’s 6 to score competition)

Runners must be existing club members

Results will be based on “time elapsed” rather than “moving time”

Routes with significant negative elevation will not be counted.

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Midland 12 & 6 Stage Relays K&D Teams Needed – Sat 21st March @ Sutton Park

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The Midland’s Men’s 12 Stage and Women’s 6 Stage Championships takes place annually at Sutton Park. The race, steeped in running history, see’s midlands clubs do battle in a relay format. A rare chance to run with your team in a twelve man/six woman relay format.

The club always enters teams and while the teams are picked at Team Captain’s discretion we encourage all abilities to enter. We can enter an unlimited amount of teams so put your name forward and we’ll do our best to include as many people as want to run. Even better… if you have 11 or 5 K&D friends you want to run with just let us know! It’s always a brilliant atmosphere and event. There is also the opportunity to qualify for a national championship. Something we are more than capable of these days!

Saturday 21st March 2020
Sutton Park
Birmingham
Free Entry

If you would like to run please fill in the appropriate form.

Enter Below:

Women’s 6 Stage Relay Submission of Interest:

Men’s 12 Stage Relay Submission of Interest:

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Midland Road Relays: Snaffu and Headbands

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K&D Women fielded three superb teams at the 4 Stage Road Relays. The women run a shorter course than the men.

(Why? We can’t think of any reason they shouldn’t be on the 5.8k men’s course. K&D would fully support any move to equalise the distances).

However our K&D Women blitzed their individual legs. Jane Evans stormed round in third place on the first leg against some of the finest athletes in the UK. Unfortunately K&D Women lost 28 places as the officials failed to alert Rosie to Jane finishing her leg, Rosie unfortunately lost a number of minutes. However taking the positives it was lovely to see Rosie Marsh back in Green and Gold after a long injury lay-off. Rachel Gifford and Flick Sharp pulled K&D back from 31st to 14th on their legs. Our women were 14th team and 11th club overall in the Midlands. Had they not lost more than 2 minutes at the handover then a top-10 place would have been within their sights. it’s all part of the Relays fun though.

14   Knowle & Dorridge Rc          'A'  1:09:34
        Jane Evans       (3) 15:25
        Rosie Marsh      (31) 20:14
        Rachel Gifford   (15) 16:15
        Felicity Sharp   (14) 17:40

K&D B put together an excellent run of results to finish inside the top-50. The team were superbly consisten as they ran a time that should do them incredibly proud.

49   Knowle & Dorridge Rc          'B'  1:17:57
        Amanda O'leary   (54) 18:39
        Claire Magee     (53) 19:28
        Kerry Thompson   (47) 19:22
        Nicola Evans     (49) 20:28

K&D C also put together an excellent day of running as Caroline Edwards highlighted the team. After a long injury lay off she smashed several minutes off her Relay leg best. Having so many Men’s and Women’s team running was a real achievement for the club and they created a real buzz on the day. Headbands were donned and team-work kept everyone on time and running well.

90   Knowle & Dorridge Rc          'C'  1:36:34
        Katie Price      (104) 23:14
        Caroline Edwards (102) 25:48
        Lissy Calvert    (99) 24:41
        Sarah Connors    (90) 22:51

Thank you to everyone who represented the club with such aplomb. Both Men’s and Women’s teams have qualified for the National Road Relay Champs on Oct 6th. Should you want to run please contact your Captain.

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Road Relay Squads

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Thank you for putting your name forward for the road relays on 22nd Sept. It is one of the best races of the year. We’re delighted to have so many of you putting your names forward this year. See below for squad lists. Teams will be sorted closer to the date. Hopefully it won’t snow this time…


Women – 3 Teams of 4

   
Rachel          Aston          
Hala            Atkin           
Kathy          Bailey                
Caroline        Edwards            
Hannah          Gibson          
Mary            Heald             
Emma            Horsfield      
Rosie          Marsh             
Caroline        Park             
Karen          Ratcliffe          
Felicity        Sharp            
Catherine      Sherlock

Men 3 Teams of 6 

Peter          Austin       
Jonathon        Bellman       
Paul            Bentley           
Simon          Bentley          
Jack            Bristow          
David          Carbutt       
Andrew          Connors          
Martin          Dedicoat         
Richard        Dixon         
Darren          John                 
Daniel          Malone         
Robert          Michaelson-Yeates    
Chris          Morgan          
Tim            Price          
Jonathan        Randell         
Torsten        Roesler          
Chris          Sharp           
Christopher    Thorley            
Gregory        Turner             
Ainsley        Wainwright        
Gareth          Wainwright      
Paul            Williams           
Phil            Wood

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National Road Relay Championships – Men’s Team 49th / Club 46th

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There are 1365 registered athletics clubs in England. In a brilliant display of team work, humour, dedication and the K&D culture our Men’s team delivered a brilliant result against the very best athletes in England (and Wales).

Firstly, a massive thank you to Dave Carbutt and Ainsley Wainwright. Both men stepped in at the last minute to ensure K&D had a full team and showed the incredible strength in depth we now have. Legends. Ainsley hasn’t been well for a few days so the commitment to still turn out for the club is amazing and a great display of teamwork.

As an example of the quality of the field K&D competed against on Saturday Alex Yee ran the fastest 8.5km long leg of the day… in 24:57. Insane. 54 men ran under 30 minutes for 8.5km on the first leg alone. As the kids say: Race was LIT. Despite qualifying a couple of times before this was K&D’s Nationals debut.

After five hours of racing K&D emerged as the 46th best men’s club in England. A sensational result. 69 Team competed on the day and excluding the big boy’s B teams K&D’s 46th best men’s team is an incredible achievement against a field full of top class runners and internationals.

Full Results
(L) = Long Leg 8.5km-ish
(S) = Short Leg 5.2km-ish

Team – 46th Club/49th Overall – 5:00:28

Chris Sharp – 28:42 (L)
Paul Bentley – 19:18 (S)
Darren John – 31:01 (L)
Chris Morgan – 17:11 (S)
Rob Michaelson-Yeates (L)
Tim Price – 18:19 (S)
Jack Bristow – 31:04 (L)
David Carbutt – 18:48 (S)
Chris Thorley – 32:58 (L)
Ainsley Wanwright – 22:26 (S)
Gareth Wainwright – 30:37 (L)
Torsten Roesler – 18:56 (S)

With a team missing the talents of Joe Read, Simon Bentley, Ricky Stewart, Richard Dixon, Rob Ambrose, John Randall and many others – most teams would struggle… but none of that for K&D who now boast a strength in depth to rival all but the very biggest clubs in the country.

The Midland’s Autumn 6 Stage Road Relays take place in late September. K&D Men will be picking A and B teams of 6 men for each based on form to be as competitive as possible. We will then fill as many other teams as possible at these fantastic events. Midland Relay isn’t quite so fierce and we encourage everyone to join in!

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Mens & Women’s 12 and 6 Stage Relays

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Saturday 17th March 2018
Sutton Park
Birmingham
Free Entry

The Midland’s Men’s 12 Stage and Women’s 6 Stage Championships takes place annually at Sutton Park. The race, steeped in running history, see’s midlands clubs do battle in a relay. A rare chance to run with your team mates in a twelve man/six woman relay format. This year we’re encouraging a K&D families and picnics day out.

The club always enters teams and while the teams are picked at Team Captain’s discretion we encourage all abilities to enter. We can enter an unlimited amount of teams so put your name forward and we’ll do our best to include as many people as want to run. Even better… if you have 11 or 5 K&D friends you want to run with just let us know! It’s always a brilliant atmosphere and event. There is also the opportunity to qualify for a national championship. Something we are more than capable of!

If you would like to run please check out and enter your email address. Best of all the club pays the entry fee. Free race!

Enter Below:

http://knowleanddorridgerunningclub.org.uk/product/midlands-mens-12-stage-road-relay-championship-free-entry-17-03-2018/

 

http://knowleanddorridgerunningclub.org.uk/product/midlands-womens-6-stage-road-relay-championship-free-entry-23-09-2017-copy/

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What’s On? Brat 5k, Inter-Club Run and Road Relays

I spent yesterday at The Samuel Johnson Museum in London after work. It is very good. I suggest you visit. To quote Johnson:

“To do nothing every man is ashamed; and to do much, almost every man is unwilling or afraid.”
Johnson: Idler #48 (March 17, 1759)

Do not be that Idler that is unwilling or afraid. Lets Run. Upcoming activities include:

Brat 5 (Part of the WRRL)
Wednesday 9th August
7:45pm
Arrive Early, Pay on the Night

https://www.bratclub.co.uk/events/brat-5k-road

Inter-Club Run Hosted by Kenilworth
Thursday 19th August
FREE with Food Provided by Kenilworth Post-Run
All Abilities Read more

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Midland Road Relays – Sat 23rd Sept – Club Team Spots Now Open

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The Midland’s Men’s 6 Stage & Women’s 4 Stage Road Relay Championships takes place annually at Sutton Park. Now is the time to let us know if you’d like to run and represent our rather lovely club.

The race, steeped in running history, see’s Midlands clubs do battle in a relay. A rare chance to run with your team mates in a six man or four woman relay format over 5.8km legs for the gents and 4.6km legs for the ladies. 

The club always enters teams and while the teams are picked at Team Captain’s discretion we encourage all abilities to enter. We can enter an unlimited amount of teams so put your name forward and we’ll do our best to include as many people as want to run. It’s always a brilliant atmosphere and event. There is also the opportunity to qualify for a national championship.

If you would like to run please check out and enter your email address. Best of all the club pays the entry fee. Free race bonus!

Midland Area Road Relays
Sutton Park
Saturday 23rd  September 2017
Men’s 6 Stage Road Relays
Women’s 4 Stage Road Relays

http://knowleanddorridgerunningclub.org.uk/product/midlands-mens-6-stage-road-relay-championship-free-entry/

http://knowleanddorridgerunningclub.org.uk/product/road-relay-entry-womens-team/

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Midland Counties Road Relays – Sat 24th Sept

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Midland Counties Road Relays
Saturday 24th September 2016
Sutton Park

The Autumn is now coming and with it brings the Road Relays at Sutton Park.  For those who haven’t done these before there are teams for men running 5.848km and women running 4.315km.  They are run in relay with runners grouped according to ability.  This means the faster runners will be together, but also means any ability can join in and is a great team event.  Knowing your effort helps the group certainly makes you push that bit harder!!

As always, K&D have a great team atmosphere and everyones efforts are rewarded! We need to enter names for the race by 4th September so please let Kathy or Simon know if you would like to join in ASAP.

More information is available at:
Road Relays Website

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Midland Road Relays

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Our intrepid K and D teams raced at the Midland Road Relays on Saturday 2nd April at Sutton Park over a tough multi stage race.

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The men raced over a gruelling 12 stages, 32 mile race.  As they have done for the last 3 years, achieved qualification to the National Championships in a couple of weeks.  The team were led out by Chris Sharp (11th on his stage) who is deep into London marathon training and looking extremely strong.  He was supported by Joe Read, Pete Grime and Pat Moss on the longer 5.3 mile stages.  There were some great performances in the following 8 shorter 3.1 mile stages with team captain, Simon Bentley (9th on his stage), bringing the team home on the last stage to finish 21st overall.

The women fielded 2 teams in a 6 stage race over the same gruelling course as the men.  Fastest on the long stages were Monica Green (25th on her stage) and Emma Donnelly and on the shorter stages Jane Hunt (29th on her stage) and Rachel Aston. There was a nail biting finish as the women’s teams battled it out to finish 41st and 42nd overall.

Full results and photos can be found at Race Results

 

 

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