Following the end of the Track and Field season the thoughts and plans of the middle distance and endurance runners must turn towards the cold dark evenings of our hard winter training and the Cross Country season. This has been a successful year with new club records and many personal bests being set during the summer months, hopefully most of you will have attained the goals you set yourselves and now you should be planning your new programmes and targets for next season.

This winter the Club has again joined the Metropolitan Cross Country League; this is for all age groups from under 13 to Veterans and The Sunday Cross Country League which is for over 17s through to Veterans.

London City Runner Metropolitan Cross Country League
Visit the website www.metleague.co.uk for full details before each fixture and for full results after each match.

Dates and Venues:
9th October – Claybury, Woodford    
13th November – Trent Park, Cockfosters
18th December – Fairlands Valley, Stevenage – hosted by Herts Phoenix
15th January – Alexandra Palace
12th February – Horsenden Hill, Perivale

Match details
1.15pm under 13 Boys – approx 3,000 metres
1.17pm under 13 Girls – approx 3,000 metres
Not before 1.35pm under 17 Men and under 15 Boys – approx 4,000 metres
Not before 1.37pm under 17 Women & under 15 Girls – approx 4,000 metres
Not before 1.55pm junior, senior and veteran Women – approx 6,000 metres
Not before 2.35pm junior, senior and veteran Men – approx 8,000 metres

The Sunday Cross Country League – Details and results will be published on www.runherts.co.uk

This League is for athletes aged over 17  seniors and veterans

24th October – Cheshunt Golf Club
21st November – Chicksands
12th December – Digswell Nr Welwyn
16th January – Watford – Cassiobury Park
13th February – Royston – Therfield Heath

All races start at 11am with men and women running starting together over the same course with men running one lap further on multi-lap courses.



Important Cross Country Championship dates for your diary:

Eastern Championships
Saturday 28th November – Colchester

South of England Masters Championships
Saturday 11th December - Biggleswade

Hertfordshire
Sunday 9th January – Main Championships – Verulamium Park, St Albans
tba – Masters Championships

South of England
Saturday 29th January – Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath

National
Saturday 19th February – Alton Towers

Entry Forms for these Championships will be sent to you during November.

Please visit the Club’s website www.hertsphoenix.com for updates during the season.

Other Dates
I shall be organising training sessions at the Gravel Pits on most Saturday and/or Sunday mornings from 10 o’clock again this winter from early October and for Gosling based athletes I am sure that Simon will be organising Saturday morning sessions at Stanborough Lakes – please ask for further details.

Please let me know if you will not be competing for the club this winter and I will remove you from the mailing list.

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Adrian Newman