​London Marathon Day! The UK road running version of Notting Hill Carnival (without the tail feathers). And, as ever, Harriers didn’t disappoint.
 
However, before we get on to that we’ll take a quick spin through other results from this weekend. In parkrun yesterday, Saturday 27 April, there was a new overall PB for Jonty Wager-Leigh in Norwich (18.06); a first place finish for Bex Nkoane in Cassiobury Park (19.16) and a course record for Beth Lang at Rickmansworth (23.10).

​The past few years have seen good representation from Chiltern Harriers in South East teams in the London Mini Marathon. 2019 was no different and there were some great runs.

Consultation on new Chiltern Pools
 
As individuals and families who are interested in sport/fitness and members of Chiltern Harriers please lend your thoughts to the consultation regarding the Amersham Swimming Pool (Chiltern Pools - Better Leisure).  You may be aware of the ongoing consultation.  Currently the whole project is at risk due to a vocal minority who oppose the plans.   


Please click on this link We Have a Choice - Act Now for some information on contributing to the consultation.  The Council are encouraging as many people as possible to give feedback.   You need to register to leave a comments which doesn't take long and then your feedback doesn't need to be lengthy - please include whether you support the project and reasons why this facility is vital for the support and development of sport in the area.

I hope you have had egg-cellent Easter weekends, Race Report fans! I am certainly very egg-cited to share some cracking results with you this fine Monday evening. Before I do that, however, a reminder to book your tickets to the Awards Evening & Social on 18 May. A brief look at bookings so far shows that there are a number of you – including Chiltern League / other medal winners – who have not yet put your names down. More information and ticket booking here.

​An epic evening on Wednesday saw a great turnout from Chiltern Harriers athletes and many ran PBs, mostly in 800m.
 
A warm early evening saw 200m races, and John Broadis (29.23) and Charlie Ventress (30.13) continued their good progress. The rest of the evening was given over to 800m and a record 37 Chiltern athletes took part

​And Spring Marathon season continues with Chiltern Harriers once again putting in some fab performances.

​Spring Marathon season has officially begun with some stunning performances in Manchester today. Percentage-wise, I’m not sure I have ever had the pleasure of writing about such an impressive marathon performance for Chiltern Harriers. Out of six runners, three went under three hours: Mike ‘Tiny’ Turney, with a new PB of 2.54.40; Rick Clarke – 2.56.19; and Ross Jarman – 2.59.20. There were also great runs from Andy Wiseall – 3.14.04 (having struggled with injury through training); Ian Lawson – 3.18.49 (negative splits) and Abi Chapman – 4.47.50. Well done everyone!