North East Marathon
Club
ARC is
pleased to support the North East Marathon Club. Their
race programme has been welcomed with enthusiasm by many
North East athletes.
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two articles
Starting a Running
Club
I
started a club in September 2010, similar idea to
yourself there is other clubs in my area but I felt a
desire to be involved in something new !
Originally we formed as a run in England group and I
attended the leadership in running course, after a month
it was obvious that run in England did not meet our
needs or seem to provide value for money, so after a bit
of research the obvious step forward was to affiliate
with ARC (Association of Running Clubs)
Initially I made contact with my local gym, put my idea
to them and they agreed to allow me to run my sessions
from there, this gave my members car parking & changing
facilities.
On the
first night we had 12 turn up, since then membership has
grown and we now get around 50 runners on a regular
basis each session.
Only
recently as membership has grown to manage the club
efficiently I formed a committee and this helped with
the workload involved in running the club
We are
now currently working hard on planning our first annual
10k race which is proposed for next summer.
Hope it
all goes well.
Mark Connor of Liverpool
Running BUGS
Membership Growth of
ARC
ARC has grown every year
since it was formed
In 2007/2008 ARC had 116 members
In 2008/2009 ARC had 145 members
In 2009/2010 ARC had 165 members
In
2010/2011 ARC had 202 members
2011/2012 - On 11th October 2011
ARC had 203 members
ARC
anticipates that their membership will continue to grow
strongly. Public funding to athletics will be reduced as
efforts to reduce the public deficit intensify. The
publicly funded governing bodies will need to increase
their charges or reduce the scope of their activity
Ian Champion, ARC Committee
member and Chairman of the Road Runners Club, reviews a
recently published book about one of the great ultra
runners of yesteryear.
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On sale from 10th
August 2009
‘Tea With Mr Newton’
– 100,000 Miles the longest ‘Protest March’ in
history - by Rob Hadgraft
Published by Desert
Island Books
Foreword by Prof. Tim
Noakes
(author of ‘Lore of Running’)
224-page illustrated
hardback
ISBN
978-1-905328-64-2 Price £18.99
Order from:
www.desertislandbooks.com or
Amazon.co.uk, on or after 10th
August,
or Pre-order now via any bookshop |
|
“At last
the definitive autobiography of the late truly great
ARTHUR NEWTON."
Arthur Newton a ‘self-taught’ runner became
an ‘ultra-distance’ running legend. In his later
years he became guru to many international runners
who were happy to ‘take tea’ with him at his home in
Ruislip, London. He was a very modest and private
man. He always avoided publicity and often never
revealed physical or medical injury problems he had
during his competitive years. Some of his private
life he does mention in his books but now at last we
have a far more detailed version. It makes
fasinating reading.
After very lengthy and detailed research,
experienced author Rob Hadgraft launches his fourth
book about a ‘running legend’. He reveals many
previously ‘unpublished’ facts about his every day
life style, relevant to his training and racing. He
also records previously little known or published
reports on some of the events Arthur took part in as
well as illustrations.
I recommend this as a very readable book and a
‘must have’ read for anyone with any ‘historical’
interest in the people and the races which have made
up our chosen sport of ‘road-running’
”.
Ian Champion
Additional to the above Arthur Newton
himself, wrote four books. ‘Running’, ‘Running on
Three Continents’, ‘Races and Training’ and
‘Commonsense Athletics’. They are now out of print
and are rare items to buy. However they are still
available from some libararies. For any aspiring
road runner, the book ‘Running’ is worth a read.
It tells the full story of how Arthur ‘taught
himself’ to run and why during the 1920’s and
1930’s. (He raced and trained, some walking but
mostly running, 109,000 miles). He won the
‘Comrades’ Ultra distance road race in South Africa
five times. He set new record times for the London
to Brighton race in UK, Bath to London 100 miles on
the road, 24 hours on the track and ran in
Trans-continental races in in America. It is very
interesting reading and nearly all of its aims and
principals are still applicable today.
For inexperienced runners and those prepared
to seek and learn it can be of benefit as a guide to
find out what is ‘best for the individual’ runner.
There are various running styles to suit various
needs and this book will give you some ideas as to
how to find out what is best for you. |
Do you
have Sports Massage at your event?
An increasing number of events
these days are providing on the day sports massage
facilities for competitors, pre race, post race or both.
Many organisers already have contacts with qualified
sports massage people who can come along to their event.
But for those ARC club organisers who would like to have
sports massage at their race but don’t have a source, we
draw attention to the service provided by the Sports
Massage Association (SMA). This is a nationwide
organisation and they have a facility on their web site
which allows race organisers to notify their need so that
SMA members in the area of the event can get in touch with
them. (Go to
www.sportsmassageassociation.org and click on “SMA
Events Service” ). Alternatively the same site gives
contact details of SMA members in various areas of the
country (click on “Find a Practitioner”).
