NYE 2024
Howdy Ranelights.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
As we mark the last day of 2024, we hope you’ve enjoyed a well deserved festive break with your family, friends and loved ones, and are recharged, re-newed and ready to take on 2025!
From everyone at Comms HQ, as well as the Ranelagh Comitttee, we’d like to wish you all a healthy, running-filled year, whatever your plans are this evening and also in the next few first days of 2025.
So before we get fully into the swing of things, please find below a few running related reminders, to help you start planning your January and perhaps a little beyond…
1. URGENT
Please complete the Club Membership Survey @ https://bit.ly/ranelaghsurvey ⬅️
We’re looking forward to 2025, and we need your help in completing our survey, to help us to understand how we can make our club thrive. We’d like to know what you think we do well, what we could do better, and where would you like us to focus our resources and energy in the new year. Your views really matter and we’d be grateful if you could respond by Friday 3rd January.
2. FIXTURES
You can find the full list of our 2024/2025 fixtures @ https://ranelagh-harriers.co.uk/fixtures-2024-2025/ ⬅️
🏃🏼♀️➡️ Surrey Champs | Saturday 4 Jan @ 12.30pm | Lloyd Park: Entries are already closed but supporters & volunteers to marshal would be greatly appreciated by the team, and the organisers, respectively. If you can spare the time, please email coordinator@ranelagh-harriers.co.uk for details ⬅️
🏃🏼♂️ Middlesex XC Champs | Saturday 4 Jan @ 11am | Trent Park, Enfield: Similarly entries are already closed but supporters & volunteers to marshal would be greatly appreciated by the team, and the organisers, respectively. If you can spare the time, please email coordinator@ranelagh-harriers.co.uk for details ⬅️
🏔️ Surrey XC League #3 | Saturday 11 Jan @ 12pm | Women @ West Horsley Place | Men @ Oxshott: And here we go again! Round 3 of the Surrey League and it’s all to play for. 8km for both men and women at two separate venues; mud, cakes & camaraderie guaranteed. To enter, please contact your captains or sign up via Teamer. As always, supporters greatly appreciated at either venue to cheer our teams on.
🦌 Mob Match vs South London Harriers | Saturday 18 Jan @ 2pm | Richmond Park: Our turn to host the mighty SLH on home ground; in what will be the 103rd running of this fabulous event between our two clubs. Further details & timings to follow but don’t miss out on the chance to participate in this traditional fixture dating back to 1909!
🏔️ SEAA XC Champs | Saturday 25 Jan @ 12pm | Beckenham Place Park: Entries closed really early for this one but supporters are greatly appreciated if you’d like to cheer our teams on.
3. TRAINING
Tuesdays resume from 7 Jan & track from Thursday 9 Jan.
We look forward to welcoming everyone back to training after the break. Please always remember to stay safe & visible, ideally with lights or a head torch and reflective/hi-vis clothing. For Tuesday’s session, please meet at our clubhouse for approx. 7pm; and for track, please meet at Osterley Park track for 7.30pm.
A reminder that we will also start our marathon-focused sessions on Tuesday, alongside our usual Tuesday group training offering. Free for all members, simply join the group suitable to your pace & experience:
• Advanced 1 & 2: Led by Simon Martin
• Intermediate 1 & 2: Led by Maia Rushby
• Intermediate 3: Led by Deborah Blakemore
• PDF: Spring Marathon Training Programme ⬅️
Any questions or queries, please email coordinator@ranelagh-harriers.co.uk ⬅️
4. Savings
Don’t miss out on early bird pricing for the 2025 Ranelagh Half @ https://bit.ly/ranelaghhalf ⬅️
Tick tock. Tick tock. Time’s flying by and early bird pricing for the Ranelagh Half on Sunday 11 May will end on 31 Jan. Don’t miss out on your chance to save on your entry fee.
5. new start
Have a listen to Episode 7 of Season 4 of our favourite podcast, RunAlive.
Be inspired by major athletics photographer and writer James Rhodes, when he says, ‘Make the most of the opportunities you have, you’ve only got one shot at life.’
🎙️ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCFB3u1N7K3/?igsh=Yzg3dmlsN2NlczZs ⬅️
Join host Ed Perry as he explores with James the idea that you only have one life, so why not make the most of what you have. And our question for YOU is, how are you going to make the most of 2025?
1️⃣ Details @ www.runalive.co.uk ⬅️
2️⃣ Subscribe @ https://open.spotify.com/show/2sVes1jFMwSvFe8SfI5Sj0 ⬅️ or wherever you get your podcasts from.
3️⃣ Join @ https://strava.app.link/ocOMIV5y5Fb ⬅️
6. NOTICES:
💛 CONGRATULATIONS
To Ed Smith and Candice Goddard, both lucky winners of the 2025 Ranelagh London Marathon ballot. Well done on winning a place, hope your training goes well and we look forward to supporting you on course!
💙 Run Unbound Coaching
Founded by our Men’s Captain James Riley, if you’re looking for support to achieve your running dreams, he’d love to help. Ranelagh members enjoy a 15% discount on all coaching plans. Find out more @ www.rununbound.com 👈
💛 SHARE
We’d really like to share & highlight your running celebrations & achievements in our ‘General Club Chat’ group. Please join via WhatsApp Community or this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Jyn19UwOCk7BoVRBqBPnW6 ⬅️ We can’t wait to see what you get up to!
💙 FINAL STRETCH
Don’t miss signing up for January’s 6-week ‘Yoga for Runners‘ beginners course, from 12 Jan 2025 @ our clubhouse. Exclusively for members, full details & costs @ https://bit.ly/wiebkeyoga ⬅️
