Many congratulations to the men's veterans' team who took gold in the South of England 6-Stage Relays at Rushmoor Arena in Aldershot. The team came home convincingly over two minutes ahead of Herne Hill Harriers.
The Senior men's team ran solidly for 26th overall, with Gordon Pearce running fastest leg for the team with 19:40. A special mention to Ben Reynolds who doubled-up to lead off the senior team fresh from the veterans' victory.
Full results can be found here.

TH&H Veteran Men
Total time - 1:19:51 – 1st overall

Following on from James' performance on Saturday, Julian Rendall was in action on Sunday in the 53km trail race on Anglesey at the Commonwealth Mountain & Ultra Running Championships.
Julian ran strongly to finish ninth in 3:43. The England team finsihed second behind Wales.
Full results will be available in due course here.

A little behind the new world record holder in Berlin were fine runs from Darren Talbot in 2:39:19 and from Rachael Davies in 3:31:09.

Well done to the ladies' veterans' team who finished fourth in the South of England 4-stage Relays at Rushmoor Arena on Saturday.
The senior team - after a few last minute changes - finished 38th.
Full results can be found here.

TH&H Veteran Ladies
Total time – 1:03:31 – 4th overall

Many congratulations to James McMullan who won the Commonwealth Mountain Running Championships in North Wales on Saturday. He took the lead on the descent part of the 12km race and also led England to team gold.
Full results will appear in due course here.

Many congratulations to Madelaine Watson who covered a stupendous 348 laps (86 miles) in a wide range of weathers.

Jerry Watson was inspired by wife, Madeleine, running the 24 hour track race at Tooting, to clock victory in the opening handicap. Giles Stimson was second and Tim Nightingale third. Nic Gould and Liz Stavreski won the short distance titles. Results below.

		Handicap	actual time  net time
Jerry Watson	06:00	29:18	23:18
Giles Stimson	20:30	44:38	24:08
Tim Nightingale	09:30	33:57	24:27
Jon Salmon	09:30	34:45	25:15
Nic Gould		02:00	27:18	25:18
Chris Hutber	08:30	34:12	25:42
Chris Cheeseman	08:00	34:11	26:11
Dan Pescod	05:45	31:57	26:12
David Symons	02:00	28:18	26:18
Anna Garnier	09:15	35:37	26:22
Ed Catmur		03:30	30:05	26:35
Chris Daniels	02:30	29:11	26:41
Simon Leathes	16:30	43:58	27:28
John Bryant	26:00	53:38	27:38
Andy Stainsby	09:00	37:16	28:16
Liz Stavreski	07:00	35:21	28:21
Annette Chase	09:15	38:36	29:21
John Skillbeck	23:00	53:55	30:55
Will Cockerell	01:30	33:07	31:37
Andrew Simon	16:30	50:32	34:02
David Jenkins	15:30	53:15	37:45

James McMullan ran superbly to finish 22nd in the World Mountain Running Championships in Tirana, Albania on 11 September. James was second scorer for Great Britain.

Conditions for the race were very hot (35 degrees) causing even some of the African runners to drop out.
Full results should appear in due course here.

James reports:
"Last weekend was the World Mountain Running championships in Albania. The format of the championships alternates each year with one year being ‘uphill only’ and the next being ‘up and down’. This year it was ‘up and down’ which I think is my stronger discipline. My first run in the World Champs was last year when I came 47th and my big aim this year was to beat that. I was delighted to achieve this and place 22nd. The race was held on the edge of Tirana and it was probably the hardest one I’ve ever run. The temperature was 35 degrees when we started and extremely dusty. The result was a lot of collapses and hospitalisations including from some of the Africans. As a British senior men’s team we finished 7th but with 3 runners in the top 30 things are looking bright for future medal prospects."

Footage of the race can be found here. (James can be seen at 6:51)

Our Carver was in action over the weekend in the Paras' 10, which labels itself, "The ultimate in 10 mile endurance races."

Chris reports that he took on the cream of the current Parachute Regiment, racing 1,600 people all with 35lbs rucksacks and military boots over a “cheekily undulating” route that is part of the P-Company Para selection course in Catterick.
Chris proved that a diet of corporate lunches and dinners is as good as professional training by coming home first. Full results can be found here.

Well done to Lucy McAlister who finished 53rd (and 3rd lady) in 76:58 in the Bristol Half-Marathon.

Three Thames ladies were in action at the Adidas Women's 5km Challenge in Hyde Park on 11 September.

TH&H Results

James McMullan ran superbly to finish 22nd in the World Mountain Running Championships in Tirana, Albania on 11 September. James was second scorer for Great Britain.

James reports than conditions were very hot (35 degrees) causing even some of the African runners to drop out.
Full results should appear in due course here.

Thames made a successful start to the new season, with the men's Surrey team taking the silver medal and the ladies' veterans' Surrey team taking bronze.

TH&H Men's A (Surrey)
Total time - 1:32:58 - 2nd overall