MARATHON MILERS

Three Milers went to run went to run the marathon, resplendent in the new Kit. There were several "Milers" who were unsure of their allegiance and ran in some other clubs kit. They know who they are and can expect the Emperors wrath to know no bounds.

Congratulations to all who finished the marathon regardless of their club but especially to our Emperor Scadden the Humongous who thrashed his PB to finish in 3-56 ish, High Chancellor Dave who padded safely to C grading for Comrades in 3-38 ish and technical Director Chris McCann with a scorching 2-57 ish. The times are ish as despite the Dubai Marathon web site claiming that results "will be published within 24 hours of the event" results are outstanding at the time of writing. Doesn't that kit look good? Thanks Anne for all the running around to have three sets ready for Friday.

MIRDIF MILERS 10 MILE RACE 15TH FEBRUARY 2008

You too can experience the elation of being this happy when you complete the inaugural Mirdif Milers 10 Mile race at 0900 on the 15th February 2008. The course will be four laps of the scenic Mushrif Park which of course means four times up the hill!

Entries will be accepted on the Dubai Road Runners web site from the 01st February 2008. In line with the ethos of our club we intend to give medals to all finishers (subject to being able to purchase what we require in time) with Gold / Silver & Bronze medals to the first three male & female finishers, there will be no age category prizes.

Additionally we intend to hold a club competition where the first 6 finishers from each club count with the lowest aggregate based on finishing positions will win the coveted MIRDIF MILERS trophy to be retained for one year. So please ensure that you enter the club of your affiliation when entering. We hope to see a large turnout from The Creek Striders, Road Runners, ABRaS, EHAC & Abu Dhabi Striders for this new prestigious club competition. Entry fees will be announced shortly.

We hope to see you all there.

MILERS AT THE STRIDERS

Friday 07th December saw the 6th running of the Dubai Creek Striders Half Marathon which formed the first leg of the Mirdif Milers Club Championship. All official finishing times have been age and sex graded to give the equivilant time should the runner have been a 30 year old male. So whilst Mars Martin might have finished in front of the Ice Queen Anne he actually got his arse kicked! I have left Kirol out of the list for now as I have no idea how old he is!

So the age / sex graded times are as follows

1. Ian Gordon 1-19-46

2. Richard Thomas 1-25-43

3. Anne Scadden 1-26-01

4. Bolly Varley 1-26-40

5. Andrew Gregory 1-30-35

6. Jim Varley 1-32-35

7. Dave Jackson 1-32-50

8. Jo Woods 1-36-27

9. Mars Scadden 1-39-11

10. Malcom Gatenby 1-39-28

11. Graham Rafferty 1-40-26

12. Elaine Forsythe 1-42-47

13. Dave Forsythe 1-47-15

14. Colin Foreman 1-47-16

MILERS ON TOUR

GATENBY THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET

Club sponsor Malcolm Gatenby blasted his way to a PB in the Hong Kong Half Marathon on Sunday. Malcolm came home in 1-45-58 and promptly threw down the gauntlet for the Dubai half on Friday 7th December. Remember the Dubai 1/2 is the first race in the club championship. The winner will be the best aggregate time for the DCS 1/2, DRR 10K & MM 10 Miles age and sex adjusted to a 30 year old male to ensure that all start with a level playing field. Some of you may remember Gillian Caska from when she ran here last year, apparently she was very excited to see Malcolm.......?

MARS MARTIN DANCES TO CAPITAL TUNE

Milers were in evidence at the Abu dhabi Striders Half Marathon on Friday even if many of the them were running in DCS kit (splitters!). Leading us home was the chairlady resplendent in stylish non milers top. Special mention goes to Bolly (Amelia) who in true Milers style managed to be late for the start, jumped in at the 2K mark and blistered her way through the field enroute to a PB over the newly recognised distance of 19.1K.

Miler finishers were

Anne Scadden 01:46:32

Dave Jackson 01:47:09

Martin Scadden 01:53:08

Dave Forsythe 01:59:36

Elaine Forsythe 02:15:44

Spotted running for some other club but Milers at heart were

Ian Gordon 01:35:36

Tony McGuire 01:35:53

Colin Foreman 01:46:24

SOCIALNOPLE

REHYDRATION

CONFANTASTICNOPLE

Seven Milers went to Istanbul and seven returned happy with their performances despite managing to a) travel on two different airlines b) stay in three different hotels c) watch their chairman miss a PB for a Mars bar. Performances of the day must go to Colin Foreman whom smashed his PB by 45 minutes to finish in 3-55-21 and Malcolm Gatenby finishing his first ever marathon in 4-11-51. Others to finish were Chris McCann in a superb 3-05-24, Tony McGuire in a PB of 3-46-40, Dave Jackson in 03-49-22, Martin MARS Scadden in 4-18-30 and Gary Wells in the 15K in 1-12. Once the running was out of the way the beer drinking began! After the success of this inaugural Milers weekend we are now considering our options for both Spring & Autumn 2008... Watch this space. Quote of the weekend FANTASTIC.

MARS BAR SCANDAL, SCADDEN IN SHOCKER

Our illustrious chairman Martin Scadden blew the chance to decimate his Marathon PB by stopping for a Mars Bar at around the 37K point of the Istanbul Marathon on Sunday. Suitable comments such as "you git" can be mailed to myself for inclusion in a latter article on this legend of the Dubai Ruuning Scene. Full race report on the BULL will be posted shortly.

COME ON FEEL THE BREEZE

With the cooling breezes of winter being felt what better time to come and join the Milers on our Monday evening runs. We meet at 1900 every Monday at Uptown Primary school Mirdif for somewhere around 10K. There is always someone of your pace in the group. On the last Monday of each month whilst we still meet at the same place we then drive up to Mushrif park for a couple of loops of traffic free running. For the more adventorous we do a longer run most Saturday mornings in the wilds of Al Khaneej where we can guarentee sightings of camels, Goats, Chickens, Sheep and the recently discovered Impala enclosure though the real highlight of this run has to be the visit to the LAFI supermarket, an experience not to be missed!. We also usually offer a shorter 10K run on Saturday mornings. To be included on our mailing list contact Martin on Martin.Scadden@murrob.ae or Dave on djackson@nobledenton-me.com .