DFW Running Club!!

Poodlecrazy

RichOneday wrote: »

NB Coffee is also a diuretic - so you should ensure you are well hydrated BEFORE arriving at the start line.

Well I think I'll stay well clear then!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Thanks for the kind words Sally and Snaggles. I always feel so 'out of place' at public runs because everyone else seems so much more suitable so it's nice to think that it may all be in the head!

I must confess I use a personal trainer and find the benefits are great so go for it Sammy. The only warning I would say is that it becomes addictive. Mind you it's the best £ I spend on exercise. I tend to do circuit / weight style training with him as this is not something I can do on my own, haven't got a clue! :rotfl:

Mind you, he was convinced that I was a more capable runner than I am and took me out running on a 5K route outside. My best time for a 5K EVER was 25:42, I was keen to get under 25 one day. He paced me, didn't let me give up and I didn't wear a watch and we got in in 21:42. Ok so I was very nearly sick and even he admitted that it was probably a bit too hard but it did make me realise that I have the strength and speed there just got to get my pacing right. So I say GO FOR IT!!! :T :T

x

RichOneday_2

For a bit of info behind this idea please see next post.

Provisional potential members of club:

1. Maz (F)(If this gets big you'll be proud of that membership No. 0001)
2. Rich (Steve) (M)
3. Redsquirrel80 (F)
4. Herewegoagain (F)
5. Sallyx (F)
6. Becky (F)
7. Pjc33 (Angela) (F)
8. Beer Tins (M)
9. Idiophreak (M)
10. Yoxford2008 (M)(Existing 1st claim club?)
11. Snaggles (F)
12. Hypno06 (F)
13. Jennyred (F)
14. Sue-UU (F)
15. CNoelj (Chris) (M)
16. Donner-Kebab (F)
17. LilMissEmmyLou (F)
18. Poodlecrazy (F)
19. Mollymunchkin (F)
20. Pania (F)
21. Lucifa73 (F)
22. Uberalles (M)
23. Mizzbizz (F)
24. Chickadee (F)
25. Sammy115 (F)

Timetable:

By Fri 26th Sept 15:00
All nominations to be received (Self nominated and others) plus suggestions for any roles not already mentioned. Nominations will also be required for Club Name at this stage. Also brief descriptions (bullet points only) of each role by this point.

By Weds 1st Oct 15:00
Committee members to be selected by default (if one nomination) or vote (if multiple nominations).

By Mon 6th Oct 15:00
Each committee member suggests rules relating to their role.

By Fri 10th Oct 15:00
Committee amends/agrees basic rules of club.


Positions To Be Filled:
1. Club Name
The Fartlekkers (Rich)

2. Treasurer
Lucifa73 (Sally)

3. Chairperson
Rich (Sally)

4. Secretary (Membership)
Maz (Sally)

5. Secretary (Fixtures)
Sally (Rich/Sally)

6. Secretary (Social)
Becky (Rich/Sally/Becky)

7. Secretary (Records)
HWGA (Sally/Rich)

8. Web Designer
Pjc33 (Angela), Beer Tins

9. Coach
Rich (Sally)

10. Club Theme Tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LODkVkpaVQA (HWGA/Rich)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tms-ayMYzb8 (HWGA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ1wVOzYhcc (Maz)



11. Cheerleader/Team Mascot
Lucifa73 (Rich/Beer Tins)

12 Legal Adviser
Poodlecrazy

+ Maybe others.



Road Race Plans:
2008
Sept
Sept 14th Bristol 1/2 Marathon Sally 2:36
Sept 14th Chippenham 1/2 Marathon Donner-Kebab 2:16
Sept 21st Swansea 10k Idiophreak 49:29(PB)
Sept 21st Swansea 10k Poodlecrazy 58:00(Approx)
Sept 28th Hampton Court 10k Angela
Sept 28th Sandringham 10k Jennyred 1:30:00(Approx)
Sept 28th 5K Fun Run Poodlecrazy
Oct
Oct 5th GREAT NORTH RUN Chickadee
Oct 14th Weymouth 10miles Herewegoagain
Nov
Novemb 5k race (TBA) Redsquizzer
Nov 23rd 10K Race(?) Donna
Nov 23rd Leeds Abbey Dash 10K Rich
Dec

2009
Jan
Jan 10th Disneyworld 1/2 Marathon Boomdocker
Jan 18th Folksworth 15 Becky
Jan/Feb 10k race (TBA) Redsquizzer
Jan/Feb 1/2 marathon (TBA) Beer Tins
Feb
Feb 15th Liversedge 1/2 Marathon Rich
Feb 22nd Sussex Beacon 1/2 Marathon Becky
March
March 8th Lydd 1/2 Marathon Beer Tins
March 22nd South Leeds 5 Rich
March 22nd Aldi Ashby 20 Becky
April
April 5th Blackpool Marathon Rich
April 19th The Bungay 'Black Dog' Half Marathon Hypno06, Pania, Redsquizzer
April 19th The Bungay 'Black Dog' Marathon Yoxford2008
April 26th THE LONDON MARATHON Herewegoagain, Hypno06, Sally, Pania, Becky, Uberalles
April 26th Sheffield 1/2 Marathon Redsquizzer
May
May (Date TBC) Aberdeen 10k Maz
May (Date TBC) RFL 5k Snaggles, TigTag
May (Date TBC) Glasgow 10k Lucifa73
May 31st Edinburgh Marathon Redsquizzer, Pania
June
June (Date TBC) RFL 5k Maz
July

August
Aug Marathon race (TBA) Rich (Steve) (Berlin or Mablethorpe possibles)
Sept
Sept 13th Moray Marathon 10k Maz
Oct
Oct Great North Run Rich (Steve)
Nov
Nov New York City Marathon Sally

LONDON 2010: Beer Tins, Rich, Mollymunchkin

Now everyone has got some sort of plan, however vague, so lets get them all in one place and keep the list updated and then we know what we've got to look forward to! So come on, throw your plans at me.........



Current Locations:
Members List 4208 on Pg 211
Racing Plans 4208 on Pg 211
World record attempt - Great North Run 2009 35,000

RichOneday_2

OK, this idea struck me when I saw that there had been 2000 views of the thread in 2 days, which kind of says there's quite a bit of interest.

The bonkers idea is to form a AAA affilliated Road Running Club (not as hard as it sounds) with the following mission statement:

"..to encourage and coach individuals of all levels of fitness and abilities to take-up and participate in road running"

The wording is carefully chosen for a reason I will come on to.

Advantages

1. Everyone would then be an 'affiliated runner' rather than an 'unattached runner' when entering races which usually saves a couple of quid, more in big races.

2. As a club you automatically receive a minimum of 2 guaranteed places in The London Marathon.

3. Main Point - There are grants available , usually £5,000 a time, through AAA, The Lottery Fund, the charity arms of the big banks and one or two other Olympic related funds that are intended to promote active participation in sport. They struggle to give these grants away. The key is to tick all the boxes for what these funds were set up for and, you've guessed it, that mission statement above would nicely tick the boxes.

Funds would have to be spent on coaching and participation and since coaching would be free on here, all funds could be used for participation in the club's league races. These races would be wherever we chose - one in London, one in Bristol, one in Edinburgh whatever.... (you get the idea).

4. Once a club is formed there is no reason not to get sponsorship. Why not MSE? Running in MSE vests is a good form of promotion for the site, especially in the big races. So a form of recurring revenue rather than one-off like the grants.

Requirements

1. Membership - not sure yet, but there will be a minimum number, possibly 25.

2. AAA fees are £50pa club and £5pa individual. Obviously, that £5 more than comes back in reduced race entry fees. And these affiliation fees could be paid out of a grant/sponsorship anyway.

3. We would need a few volunteers - Secretary, Treasurer, Fixtures Secretary, Coach and something else I cant think of at the moment. There wouldn't be a great deal of work involved in any of these (except the coach).

There is no reason why a clubs members have to be in one place or that they have a fixed location, so that's no obstacle.

I can look in to this in a lot more detail but I need to see what interest there would be first. When I was a Teasurer of an Athletics Club the actual mechanics all seemed pretty straightforward. So, the whole purpose would be to get external funding to promote race participation. As I said, it makes sense to me, but....................

(Land_of)_Maz

MY NOMIATIONS

Positions To Be Filled:
1. Club Name
Not sure at all.... i think some debate is required... Fartlekkers might make us sound more elitist than we aim to be...

Do we want to make reference to MSE in some way? are we allowed?

MSE Road runners?

virtual road runners?

Beginners and Beyond Virtual Running Club?


2. Treasurer
Lucifa73 (Sally) - seconded. I will help Luc as i get more evolved as a financial geek! Plus Sammy and Snaggles are whizzes too, so no shortage of financial help!

3. Chairperson
Rich (Sally) - seconded
Assisted by Sally

4. Secretary (Membership)
Maz (Sally) - happy to do this
assisted by HWGA

5. Secretary (Fixtures)
Sally (Rich/Sally) - seconded
Assisted by Snaggles


6. Secretary (Social)
Becky (Rich/Sally/Becky) - agreed, there really couldn't be anyone else!

7. Secretary (Records)
HWGA (Sally/Rich)
assisted by Jinky

8. Web Designer
Pjc33 (Angela), Beer Tins - seconded

9. Coach
Rich (Sally) - seconded
assisted by cnoelj

10. Club Theme Tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LODkVkpaVQA (HWGA/Rich)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tms-ayMYzb8 (HWGA)

or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ1wVOzYhcc - for the walkers amongst us!

11. Cheerleader/Team Mascot
Lucifa73 (Rich/Beer Tins) - no offence Luc, but i guess this is not really a requirement.... if it is then i nominate Casper, Luc's Cat!!

12 Legal Adviser
Poodlecrazy - seconded

Poodlecrazy

Wow - well found out ROD! :j

I think it is a great idea, I've been keen on being a member of an affiliated club for a while but have been too intimidated to join one so this would be fantastic. I'm happy to help in any way I can.

Also I am doing the 'Big Fun Run' this Sunday (28th) 5KM (subject to hangover ).

Is anyone else waiting on hearing about LM09 ballot places - they're out next week aren't they?

P

becky_rtw

(Land_of)_Maz wrote: »

6. Secretary (Social)
Becky (Rich/Sally/Becky) - agreed, there really couldn't be anyone else!

Yeah :T thanks Maz

Off to my first party of the weekend tonight - oo exciting!

Also Rich - can you take me off NY and put me on LM?

cnoelj

Poodlecrazy wrote: »

Wow - well found out ROD! :j

I think it is a great idea, I've been keen on being a member of an affiliated club for a while but have been too intimidated to join one so this would be fantastic. I'm happy to help in any way I can.

Also I am doing the 'Big Fun Run' this Sunday (28th) 5KM (subject to hangover ).

Is anyone else waiting on hearing about LM09 ballot places - they're out next week aren't they?

P

Yes waiting with bated breath. Actually I wont be too disappointed if I dont get in as I have done 3 out of the 4. I quite fancy the Edinburgh Marathon, or Paris even

sallyx

Ok so have been out this morning and you know what as enthusiastic as I was it was REALLY hard work. Now I would have said this was down to fitness lost (not according to Rich) so I must still be recovering or just not in the right state of mind (no comments please )

Think I went off a bit quick ever to prove to myself that I can run faster than plod, legs were absolutely fine but breathing/chest was hard/tight so much to me always continuing (just to prove a point) I decided enough was enough at mile 3.5 and went into a fast walk the remainder of the 5 miles. I would normally have started running again but did listen to coach and continued the walk and took in the nice scenery and gorgeous day out there.

Anyway just had a look at my Nike + (which never seems to be right grrr going to get a garmin when I can afford) and actually I did the 3.5 miles in 34 mins and total 5 miles in 58.23 so not too bad. Although I did my 5k RFL in 28 mins so maybe not

Advice Coach?? Oh and :kisses: thank you so much for my training plan. I will do a seperate post with all my questions

sallyx

Poodlecrazy wrote: »

Wow - well found out ROD! :j

I think it is a great idea, I've been keen on being a member of an affiliated club for a while but have been too intimidated to join one so this would be fantastic. I'm happy to help in any way I can.

Also I am doing the 'Big Fun Run' this Sunday (28th) 5KM (subject to hangover ).

Is anyone else waiting on hearing about LM09 ballot places - they're out next week aren't they?

P

Yes Poodle I am waiting with baited breath....quite nervous TBH

(Land_of)_Maz

hey sally! i found 4 pics of you in the bristol half.... i searched under your surname!

They are good pics!.... you look focused and really in the zone!

glad you took it easy on the end of the run, you shouldn't mess about where illness is concerned....

I'm pretty sure what you did was my advice also... i think i might apply for the coach position too!!!

oh but i'm an advocate of run/walk for beginners so maybe not! lol!