OUPAAC Running Club

Oxon XC Round 2 - Culham

2009-12-07T23:00:00.002Z

Much better weather than for Round 1 so we were able to leave the tent at home! Despite heavy overnight showers the morning of the race itself was bright and sunny, although there was a bit too much wind (and mud) for ideal running conditions.

[Mud, glorious mud!]

The course had been tamed a bit compared to previous years so there were only 4 hills for the women and 6 for the men and although the heavy ground made for heavy going everyone enojoyed the race.

Women's race

60 Liz Thompson OUP S 35.48
69 Lizzie Schechter OUP 36.22 (tbc*)

I'll post the women's team standing once Lizzie's 69th place has been confirmed.

[Whilst a sprint finish is obviously a good thing it does make it hard to get a decent photo!]

Men's race

63 Ben Weller OUP S 39.02
153 James Gray OUP S 45.51
196 Matthew Spooner OUP S 51.15

Division 3

14 Oxf Univ Press 1300 | 63 153 196 222 222 222 222

Full results are online here.

[See, we're all still smiling. It must have been fun!]

A big thank you to everyone who turned out to run and to John for driving and taking the photos!

* due to a slight kerfuffle over numbers.

Oxon XC Round 1 - Ascott-under-Wychwood

2009-11-02T23:47:00.004Z

On Sunday the club turned out for round one of the Oxford Mail cross-country league at Ascott-under-Wychwood. Liz, Lizzie, Ben, Matthew, and John all took part despite gale force winds and driving rain as we arrived at the course.

The Oxford University Press tent was an early casualty - it threatened to take off during the women's race and the guys had to weight it down with stones. Luckily the weather calmed down a bit after that and the rest of us made it through the day unscathed.

Women's race

60 Lizzie Schechter OUP S 32.37
103 Liz Thompson OUP S 36.17

Division 2

29 Oxf Univ Press 317 | 60 103 154

Men's race

76 Ben Weller OUP S 37.27
247 Matthew Spooner OUP S 52.30
263 John Spooner OUP V3 64.21

Division 3

22 Oxf Univ Press 1642 | 76 247 263 264 264 264 264

Full results are online here.

Matthew makes it up the killer hill for the second time

John going through the water

Ben going strongly up the hill

Round 2 is at Culham on Sunday 6th December. It's the insane motocross track so remember to bring your spikes!

Running club barbeque and race

2009-08-04T07:10:00.002Z

This year's annual barbeque and memorial race will take place on Tuesday 18th August.

Meet as usual at the club at 6pm for two laps of the Peace Mile in teams followed by barbeque back at Jordan Hill.

Silverstone 2009 - photos

2009-08-04T06:58:00.003Z

The start

John at the start

Laura at halfway

Liz at halfway

John at halfway

Laura at the finish

Liz at the finish

John at the finish

Andy, Liz, John, Laura, and Eddie

Great Manchester Run 2009

2009-05-17T17:25:00.003Z

Liz took part in the Great Manchester Run 2009 10k race on behalf of Mind. She ran a personal best of 50:43.34.

The race was fantastically well organized and Liz had a great day.

Silverstone 10k results

2009-05-06T09:43:00.003Z

Laura, Liz and John took part in the Silverstone 10k race yesterday evening. Despite the windy conditions Laura posted an excellent time of 50:07. John and Liz ran 61:05 and 52:42 respectively. Full results are online here.

Race photos to follow shortly ...

Upcoming events - autumn/winter 2008

2008-11-11T16:57:00.001Z

Next Oxford Mail Cross Country League event is at Culham on Sunday 7th December.

OUPAAC Running Club Christmas meal will be held at Jordan Hill on Tuesday 9th December. More details nearer to the date.

If you are interested in running with OUPAAC please contact Liz at oupaac AT yahoo D0T co D0T uk

Dublin marathon - October 29th 2007

2007-11-05T22:49:00.000Z

Liz took part in the Dublin marathon on 29th October 2007, completing the course in a time of 04:13:58. "I'd recommend this race to anyone, the course is quite tough but Dublin is a lovely city and you get a great medal and t-shirt afterwards".

Oxford Mail XC League - Round 1 Ascott-u-Wychwood

2007-11-05T21:32:00.000Z

6 OUP runners made it to a rather foggy Ascott-u_Wychwoodon on Sunday for Round 1 of the Oxford Mail XC League. Liz Thompson, Sian Thomas and Amanda Newhouse ran in the women's race and Grahm Norton, Ian Heptonstall and Stewart Glenister ran in the men's race.

Results:

Women
100 Liz Thompson Oup S 25.38
135 Sian Thomas Oup S 28.23
143 Amanda Newhouse Oup V1 29.19

The women's team is currently in 34th place in Division 2.

Men
214 Ian Heptonstall Oup V1 44.09
250 Stewart Glenister Oup V1 53.27
251 Graham Norton Oup V2 53.29

The men's team is currently in 22nd place in Division 3.

Full results can be found here.

Round 2 takes place at Culham Park on Sunday 2nd December.

OUPAAC memorial race and BBQ

2007-08-06T15:32:00.000Z

the what: 2 laps of the Cutteslowe Park Peace Mile followed by a slap up barbie!
the when: Tuesday August 21st, 6:00pm till 9:30pm (ish)
the where: OUPAAC sports ground, Jordan Hill

Take part in the race or just come along to the barbeque

Partners, children, friends and dogs all welcome!

Programme of Events:
6:00pm Runners meet at OUPAAC Sports Ground, Jordan Hill
6:15pm Runners walk to Cuttesloew Park for the race
6:30–7:30 pm The race (obviously we're not actually running for all that time!)
7:45pm Barbeque at OUPAAC Sports Ground, Jordan Hill

Race format:

The runners will be divided into 2 person teams. The fastest runner will be paired with the slowest runner, the 2nd fastest with the 2nd slowest, and so on. All runners will complete 2 laps of the Cutteslowe Park Peace mile. The times for each team will then be added together and the winning team (the pair with the fastest combined time) will be announced at the barbeque. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded.

Barbeque:

Please either leave a comment or email Liz T. to let her know what food you are bringing to the BBQ (this is simply to avoid too much overlap or any gaping holes in the menu!). An updated list will be posted on the blog so you can see what others are bringing.

Caroline—cous cous and roasted veg salad
Liz T.—sausages and cheesecake
Steph and Rob—potato salad
Frankie—veggie burgers

OUPAAC club meeting cancelled 24th July

2007-07-23T12:31:00.000Z

Due to the difficulties in getting around Oxford (and the fact that Port Meadow is apparently completely underwater) at the moment I think it is safest to call off tomorrow's running club outing.

If you do go out running on your own PLEASE PLEASE take great care - stay away from river and canal paths which might be flooded and stick to routes which you know are well away from flood water.

Hope to see you all next week (July 31st) when hopefully the waters will have receded somewhat.

Liz

Silverstone 10k - results and photos

2007-05-08T23:13:00.000Z

Despite windy conditions all the OUPAAC runners had a good outing. Liz finished in 51:11 (own watch) a new PB. Graham and John finished in 52:17 and 1:00:51 respectively. Abby and Wendy both had good first outings at the 10k distance finishing in 54:14 and 57:34 respectively.

Thanks to everyone who ran and especially to Eddie and Alan for their Stirling [sic] work behind the wheel in ferrying the runners to and from the race.

Full results can be found here.

Post-race meal at the King's Head, Syresham.

Silverstone 10k - 7.30pm Tuesday 8th May 2007

2007-04-28T12:22:00.000Z

It's nearly time for our annual trip to Northamptonshire for the Silverstone 10k. Please contact Liz if you are planning to enter and/or if you need/can offer a lift.

We will meet at Jordan Hill at 5.30pm on the evening and set off around 5.45pm. Post-race we will be heading off to a local hostelry for a meal before driving back to Oxford.

The race is always good fun and the flat wide course is ideal if you want to try for a PB or just do a 10k that doesn't involve any hills.

Entries for affiliated runners are £4.50 in advance, £6.00 on the night. The final date for postal entries is Tuesday 1st May. You can download an entry form here.

Photos from the archives - 2005

2007-04-28T12:07:00.000Z

OUPAAC Annual memorial race 2005

Charlbury 10k 2005

Half marathon news

2007-04-11T08:23:00.000Z

Congratulations to Katie, Graham and Amanda who all ran half marathons this month.

Katie took part in the ASICs Reading half marathon on 25th March and ran a fantastic race, finishing in 01:45:29 and smashing her previous PB.

On the same day Amanda ran in the Forest of Dean half marathon completing the course with a time of 02.20.22.

Finally Graham took part in the White Horse half marathon at Grove on April 1st finishing with a time of 01:58:59. You can see full results for the race here.

If anyone has any photos from any of these events which they would like to see on the blog please email them to oupaacATyahooDOTcoDOTuk (replacing AT and DOT with the symbols).

2007-03-26T16:03:00.000Z

OXFORD MAIL X-COUNTRY ROUND 5 (DRAYTON SCHOOL, ABINGDON), 4th March

Well done to Amanda and Graham who were our two representatives at the final race of the season!! Both did well and under harsh weather conditions and lots of mud!!!! Thanks for flying the flag for OUP!
Results here:
http://www.oxonxc.org/index.php?view=results

TEDDY HALL RELAYS, 7th March

Well done to our 2 teams - it was excellent to see lots of people from the club out running! We had one ladies team and one mixed team. It was a fun event and lovely day (we all had the afternoon off work) so we'll probably do it next year! The only down side was that if you are on a later leg (3 or 4) then it is hard to be as motivated as the course really thins out and you don't have many people around you. Still a great finish on the Iffley Road track!
Individual times are really good! So well done everyone!!!

Results are here:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ouccc/thr2007/

If anyone has any photos from either event please email them to oupaacATyahooDOTcoDOTuk (replacing AT and DOT with @ and .)

Oxford Mail Cross Country series - round 4

2007-02-06T13:17:00.000Z

The 4th round of the Oxford Mail cross-country series took place on Sunday 4th February. Many thanks to John, Sophie, Amanda and Liz for running and to Graeme and Katie who came along to cheer them on. Especial congratulations to Sophie and Amanda who were taking part in their first cross-country race for OUPAAC. Liz was placed 79th with a time of 34:14, Sophie was in 105th place with a time of 38:13 and Amanda was in 109th place with a time of 39:19. The combined women's score puts them into 26th place in division 2. You can see the full results here.

Liz, Sophie and Amanda tackling the ridiculously steep hill near the finish!

What's your New Year's resolution?

2007-01-19T10:02:00.000Z

North Oxford's Running and Jogging Club
OUPAAC

We are looking for new members and welcome runners and joggers of all ages and abilities. Come and run, jog or walk with us whatever your fitness level. We are a friendly, fun, supportive and very relaxed club.

We meet every Tuesday at Jordan Hill at 6pm and running/jogging/walking starts at 6.15pm. Facilities include hot showers and a well stocked cheap bar!

We run a variety of long and short routes around Oxford, Port Meadow, the playing fields and the local parks.

Tuesday 23rd January—Open Taster Evening for new members! Simply turn up at Jordan Hill at 6pm for a run of your choice followed by a drink and chat in the bar...Decide if you fancy joining us more regularly.

Oxford Mail X-Country 2006: Round 2 Culham Park

2006-12-04T13:18:00.000Z

On Sunday morning Graham, John, Katie and Liz took part in Round 2 of the cross-country at Culham Park. Although heavy rain in the week meant that the course was very muddy, Sunday itself was fine and dry (although very windy at times) and everyone enjoyed the "challenging" course. See the Oxford Mail cross-country league website here for provisional results. Well done to all the runners for getting round and especially to John and Graham who did it without spikes! Round 3 will take place at Radley on Sunday 31st December.

Eynsham 10k– November 26th 2006

2006-12-04T13:03:00.000Z

Well done to John, Eddie and Graham who took part in the Eynsham 10k on Sunday 26th November. Follow the links for full race results, race report and photos of Graham, John and Eddie(pages 13 and 18 towards the bottom of the page).

Oxford Mail X-Country 2006: Round 1 Ascott-under-Wychwood

2006-11-06T13:13:00.000Z

Many thanks to all the OUP runners who took part in yesterday's race, and especially to John and Gary for providing lifts and to Cecily who brought tea! Individual results from the race can be found here. The course was a tough one including two (three for the men) runs up a very steep hill and two plunges through a knee-deep water jump! Luckily the weather was fine and sunny and everyone enjoyed the race (at least when it was over!). The next round of the series will take place at Culham Park on Sunday 3rd December 2006 (see here for more details).

Gary making a strong finish

John running up the hill

New runner Cecily crossing the finish line

Sue starting the second lap in the women's race

Liz overtaking a Kennett runner at the finish

Open Evening Success

2006-11-06T13:10:00.000Z

Many thanks to the runners (both old and new) who came along on Tuesday 31st October for our open evening. We hope to see you again soon at Jordan Hill. To any potential new runners who weren't able to make the open evening, if you are interested in joining us for a runon Tuesday evenings please come along any week from 6pm.

Abingdon Marathon October 22nd 2006

2006-10-24T16:09:00.000Z

OUPAAC members Liz Thompson and Steph Strachan both completed this year's Abingdon Marathon on Sunday 22nd October. Many thanks to Rob, Richard, Don, Jan, Vic, Jon, John and Graham for turning out to cheer them on. The full results are online here. Results (and photos) will also be appearing in the Oxford Mail. Meanwhile..here's Liz crossing the line

and enjoying a post-race drink (sadly not beer)

Open Taster Evening for New Members

2006-10-03T16:35:00.000Z

We are looking for new members and welcome runners and joggers of all ages and abilities.

Come and run, jog or walk with us whatever your fitness level. We are a friendly, fun, supportive and very relaxed club.

We meet every Tuesday at Jordan Hill at 6pm and running/jogging/walking starts at 6.15pm. Facilities include hot showers and a well stocked cheap bar!

We run a variety of long and short routes around Oxford, Port Meadow, the playing fields and the local parks.

Tuesday 31st October—Open Taster Evening for new members!Simply turn up at Jordan Hill at 6pm for a run of your choice followed by a drink and chat in the bar...Decide if you fancy joining us more regularly

For further details contact the club secretary Katie Allan at katieallan@yahoo.com

Oxford Mail X-Country League: dates for 2006-2007

2006-09-30T09:23:00.000Z

The dates for this year's Cross Country League are as follows:

5 Nov: Ascott-under-Wychwood, Witney RR
3 Dec: Culham Park, Headington RR
31 Dec: Radley College, Abingdon Amblers
4 Feb: Cirencester Park, Cirencester AC
4 Mar: Drayton School, Banbury Harriers

Check out Oxford Mail Cross Country League for more info!

This is a great opportunity to get off road and enjoy running as a team.

OUPAAC Running Club

2006-09-27T08:42:00.000Z

Location: Jordan Hill Sports Ground, North Oxford

Meetings: 6.00pm on Tuesday evenings (to start walking/jogging/running at 6.15pm)