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Ready for the relay from Stalybridge to Armentieres, France
Arrival at Armentieres, France. At last! The Runners arrive in: Armentieres, France, after the relay from Stalybridge, England.
Dr “Ron Hill” MBE with Dave Carpenter
and Kevin Taylor from: On completing 52mls race’s of mixed terrain and distance.
On completing 52mls of
race’s of mixed terrain and distance. |
My Running
Diary’s I started (Jogging) Running in 1984. After my first fun run the “Daisy Nook 10k”, which I ran in
a time
of 48mins, and got my first medal I got the bug, because I had
never achieved anything in sports before. I then
trained for “The Pony Marathon” and ran it in 3hrs 41mins. I
joined East Cheshire Harrier’s and started training for a good Marathon time, within 2yrs I had broke 3hrs for a Marathon. Highlight of my Running Year’s 1.
Breaking the 3hr
barrier for the Marathon 2.
Marathon PB of 2hrs 53mins
at London 3.
Doing a Relay with a group of
Runners from: Stalybridge, England to Armentieres France in Four Day’s. 4. Beating the train in “The Race The Train” event. In 1985 I did my first Tour Of Tameside. Which is a double Marathon
broke down into 6 Race’s. I also tried 3 attempts at
breaking 3hr’s for the Marathon. 1.“The Daffodil Marathon” at
Stockport in 3hrs 02mins, 2.“The Piccadilly Marathon” at
Manchester, in 3hrs 08mins, 3. “The Pony Marathon” at
Bolton, in 3hrs 04mins. I was completely mad then! In 1986 I did my 2nd Tour of Tameside.
And just the one Marathon, which was a combined:
“Piccadilly Marathon” of
Manchester and “The Pony Marathon” of Bolton. I finally achieved sub 3hrs in
a time of 2hrs 58mins.01secs. A
weekly page from my running diary for 1989. Three week’s prior to
London. 2nd
April 1989. 2ml
jog before “Wilmslow Half Marathon”. Weather
very wet and cold, felt miserable before race start. Set
off very fast 5mins.30secs for 1st mile. At 5miles time was 28mins.55sec
got lazy at 6mls. Cold head winds. At 8mls got going again. At
10mls time was 60mins.5secs. Started to stride out finished
with PB 79mins.33secc. Pleased. Total Daily Miles. 15. 3rd
April 1989. 3mls jog to work. 7mls home 53mins. Total Daily Miles. 10. 4th
April 1989. 3mls jog + 3mls jog. Really down today. Missed the Harriers
training. Total Daily Miles. 6. 5th
April 1989. 20mls. Set off in a don’t want to mood and was scared I might cut it short. Eased off
to make sure I did the 20mls. Weather wet and cold. Time 2hrs.38mins. Total Daily Miles. 20. 6th
April 1989. 3mls
jog + 3mls jog. Harriers track format: 4 Runners doing 100mtrs relay,
then pairs doing 400mtrs, then back to 4 Runners doing 300mtrs. 1hr session = 6mls. Total Daily Miles. 12. 7th
April 1989. 6mls. Am I winding down too much? Total Daily Miles. 6 8th
April 1989. Rest. “Oldham Half Marathon” tomorrow. Total Weekly Miles. 69 My “London Marathon” PB. Set off from hotel 07.30. Got to start area and in the
“pen” for super vet’s which helps
(Sub 3hrs for this) all our own amenities, and right on the
start line. Ideal weather conditions.
Ran 1st Mile 6mins.20secs.
Got to 5mls in 31mins. Got a blister at 7mls. Got to 10 mls in 1hr.
2mins. Got to half-way in 1hr. 22mins.
No problems so far. At Sixteen Miles I was
flying. Got a stitch at 17mls so I
struggled for 3mls. At 20mls time was 2hrs. 07mins.
So time is OK, so I mentally dug in and kept stride going,
crowds were brilliant, they really pull you through. Got to the bottom of Mall in
2hrs.43mins, had to talk to myself to push on, kept saying it’s got
to hurt, quads very sore. What a time 2hrs.
52mins. 46secs. Not hurt this much since my
first Marathon. We use to go to
Armentieres regularly, and in 1989 we were asked
to do something to celebrate 35yrs of twinning with the Two Town’s.
So we decided to do a relay. Day 1. Stalybridge
to Birmingham. 89 Mile’s Day 2. Birmingham to
London. 109 Mile’s Day 3. London to
Dover. 98 Mile’s Day 4. Calais to
Armentieres. 80 Mile’s Total
Miles 382 People
involved Here is a list of
the people involved in the relay: And need engraving in stone for prosperity!
RUNNERS DRIVERS HELPERS Stella Boam. Chris Hardman. Glen Hillier. Stuart Bragg.
David Butterworth. Andrea Kelly.
Ian Brailsford.
David Dawson
Helen Travis. Alan Carroll. John Harrod. Tony Hillier. MASSEUSE. Glen Hillier Karen Probert Harry Kelly. Ian Lawton. Nina Lewis. David Salmon. Lee Sidebottom. Colin Timpson. Stuart Timpson. George Travis. Peter Hawley. Simon Jessop. I am training very hard
for the Tour Of Tameside, which is a full week of mixed distance and terrain
races in the last week of full July 2000.
I have been doing about
60- 80 Miles per week for the last 6 weeks. I am hoping to
come out of the tour and keep going for: The Race The
Train, and a good Manchester Marathon, sub 3hrs? I am hoping
to put more info in here if my web page’s get off the
ground. All
My Running Races
A Extract
from Dr “Ron Hill” MBE. From: http://realrunner.com/ronhill/index.htm After returning from my latest race in
Belgium, my thoughts turned to my next event…with a tinge of sadness. Later this month I will be taking part in
a series of runs literally on my doorstep. I founded the Tour of
Tameside in the north west of England 20 years ago. In fact, this year sees the 20th and
probably the final year of this popular challenge. The organisers, including myself, are no
longer able to continue Due to other commitments. As a former
race director and the Current race president, I am proud of the
Tour of Tameside and all those runners who have participated
in this tough and demanding event. I sincerely hope someone will pick up the
baton and continue this fine tradition. This year's Peli Products Tour of Tameside
is a double marathon in six stages between Sunday,
July 23, and Saturday, July 29, with a well-earned rest day on
Wednesday. It includes a whole host of running
events. All runners start on the Sunday and continue with the event for as
long as possible, with some competitors dropping out along the
way and the die-hard runners finishing the following Saturday. For More of Ron Hill goto: http://realrunner.com/ronhill/index.htm For More Tour Of Tameside goto: For more links goto:
Running forum and Contact Page Details About This Page. Hi and Welcome. My name is
Tony Hillier. I have been Running since 1984 and I have a lot of long distance experience. I am hoping
this page will help and generate contact’s and advice from other
Runner’s I would like to make this page into a notice board for
anything connected to Running:I.E: Web Site Address’s. E-mail Address’s. Passing on Information. Help For Runner’s Asking For Running Information. Anything connected to Running. I must stress that I am not a coach or qualified in any
way, this is just a page really for contacting other Runner’s and
sharing their advice. Also the contact addresses will be on open display and
will not be private. You
can contact me by clicking below for my e-mail, and I will put your
information on this page: mailto:billywhizhillier@bigfoot?subject=Running
information
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