World Trophy selection races

[dominion]

..... and reel em in!!!!

I didn't think these namby pamby continental mountain races counted as fell races??

[Roadrunner]

Whilst we are kind of on the subject. Roadrunner, as an endurance athlete who excels on road, XC and the fells I am interested to know what makes you decide to go for the European Mountain Running Champs or World Trophy? (like this year Europeans but not going for World Trophy) Is it only if it fits in with your road running plans or if the course is likely to suit you?

Rather simple really. Looking at the year as a whole I clearly had a plan for the first four months which revolved around training for and competing in the London Marathon. The rest of the year was not planned as I needed to see how well I ran at FLM. I didn't run as well as I needed to in FLM to be selected for the world champs marathon, so then my coach and I looked at other events and decided a marathon later in the year is what I was to do. We were offered marathons in Toronto and Kosice but decided for a number of reasons to do Dublin marathon on Monday 29th October. That should explain why the European Mountain Race fitted in and the World Trophy doesn't.

When I first did the world trophy back in 2003 it was my first and only time at the event. It still remains ne the best races I have taken part in for the course, atmosphere and fun factor. I do not like to ask for time off in Septmeber having had the pervious 6 weeks off. I do tend to favour up and down races but do ok in uphill only as well. Usually at the time of an selection races I havent even bothered to look at what the course is like at the final event.

I have never made it a secert that my road running comes first and that I like to do fell and mountain running around it. I never train specifically for the fells or mountains apart from attacking the hills when out on long steady runs. I told this today to 21 junior mountin runners at the training camp organised by Bashir Hussain and others on the junior fell section.

If everything fitted in then the world would be a great place, but only having 24 hours a day, 7 days a week prevents us doing what we want to do and we have to plan carefully in order to do things we want to.

[daz h]

Rather simple really. Looking at the year as a whole I clearly had a plan for the first four months which revolved around training for and competing in the London Marathon. The rest of the year was not planned as I needed to see how well I ran at FLM. I didn't run as well as I needed to in FLM to be selected for the world champs marathon, so then my coach and I looked at other events and decided a marathon later in the year is what I was to do. We were offered marathons in Toronto and Kosice but decided for a number of reasons to do Dublin marathon on Monday 29th October. That should explain why the European Mountain Race fitted in and the World Trophy doesn't.

When I first did the world trophy back in 2003 it was my first and only time at the event. It still remains ne the best races I have taken part in for the course, atmosphere and fun factor. I do not like to ask for time off in Septmeber having had the pervious 6 weeks off. I do tend to favour up and down races but do ok in uphill only as well. Usually at the time of an selection races I havent even bothered to look at what the course is like at the final event.

I have never made it a secert that my road running comes first and that I like to do fell and mountain running around it. I never train specifically for the fells or mountains apart from attacking the hills when out on long steady runs. I told this today to 21 junior mountin runners at the training camp organised by Bashir Hussain and others on the junior fell section.

If everything fitted in then the world would be a great place, but only having 24 hours a day, 7 days a week prevents us doing what we want to do and we have to plan carefully in order to do things we want to.

like i said months ago on aother thread
runners of your quality should be sponsored by the goverment
no doubt this will get a reaction like it did before saying stuff like oh you need to prov eyourself first and that runners from previous generations did okay and worked 100hrs a week + 100miles a week but this is the modern era.
i think in our society good quality athletes of a standard should be allowed through funding to be able to reach there full potential , surely this can only be done by training 24hrs and not having to work and train
andy do you think that having to work holds you back much
what i mean to say is that do you feel you are at a stage were you need to be a full time athlete or have you ever considered it
i once asked oxo this and he said it would be difficult to earn a good quality living from just running, injury permitting
i think its a terrible shame that we have footballers on £100,000 a week and loads of athletic talent out there that wont be discovered probably because there isnt funding or enough money in our sport

[Skeletor]

Thanks Roadrunner. Bobby Quinn says very similar things about his approach to hill running. Bobby did not alter his training significantly for road/track/XC/fell, he thought of himself of an endurance athlete rather than a track runner/ fell runner, etc, etc.

I assume the aim at Dublin is to get the 2:11 Olympic standard?

[dominion]

I assume the aim at Dublin is to get the 2:11 Olympic standard?

2:11 would probably be good enough to win it as well!

[Roadrunner]

I assume the aim at Dublin is to get the 2:11 Olympic standard?

I am aiming for sub 2.15 at Dublin. I am sure this should be the team qaulifying time.

Going full time is another issue we discussed yesterday. Full time would not work for me. I would become bored and fell like I should be doing something. Maybe part time or partime/full time before major championships would be good, but not full time all the time. I would end up getting up, watching TV, running, eating, resting, watching TV, running, eating and then sleeping. I wouldn't be able to handle it. I would need something to break it up, take your mind off sessions and running like work does at the moment. Walking round at work, being on my feet in a kind of way helps you recover from sessions and runs by allowing you to use the muscles and stretch them out without knowing t ready for the next run.

[Swoop]

Results link at the bottom of this page

http://www.ukathletics.net/press-cen...07/article-17/

Does anyone have the missing times from the women's race?
(incidentally Rachael Thompson is now a member of Altrincham)

Senior Women – World Trophy Trial Race (Braithwaite) 12th Aug 2007


1 Vic Wilkinson 48.21 Bing
2 Sarah Tunstall 48.50 U23 York
3 Katie Ingram 50.10 U23 Horw
4 Nat White 50.19 Bing
5 Mary Wilkinson 50.28 Bing
6 Olivia Walwyn 51.25 Alt
7 Helen Fines 53.06 Bristol
8 Rebecca Robinson 53.14 Kendal
9 Rachael Thompson ??? U23 Horw
10 Lea Dent ???
11 C Leah DNF

[brett]

results

[Danbert Nocurry]

Look at your avatar. Who would doubt your credentials?

Who is that statuesque runner in Road Runners avatar anyway?

Who-ever he is, he looks like a big strapping, powerful, fell runner to me.

[Swoop]

results

It's the missing times I'm after Brett:

9 Rachael Thompson ??? U23
10 Lea Dent ???