MIRDIF MILERS 10 MILE RACE 27th FEBRUARY 2009

MIRDIF MILERS 10 MILE RACE 27TH FEBRUARY 2009

Entries are now open for the Mirdif Miler 10 Mile race

DATE : 27th February
TIME: 0830
VENUE: Mushrif Park
ENTRY FEE: AED 50
CLOSING DATE: 20th FEBRUARY
PRIZES: Trophy for first club team of six runners, first male & first female.
Individual trophies for each member of winning team
Finishers Medal for all participants who complete the race
PAYMENT & NUMBER COLLECTION
Numbers can be colelcted at Safa Park (DRR) between 1815 & 1930 Saturday 21st February. Mushrif park (MM) 1845 Monday 23rd February. Outside Mushrif Park 0730 -0800 Saturday 27th February.

RULES FOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1 First six finishers from each club regardless of sex or age will count.
2 Each entrant must state his /her club on their entry
3 No changes of club from that stated on the entry form will be accepted
4 Multiple teams from each club will be counted, thus one club can finish 1,2 & 3

The race will be held on the virtually traffic free route around Mushrif Park and will consist of two laps.
There is a AED 10 entrance fee per car to enter the park.
There will be two water tables on the route at approximately 4K intervals.

Entries will be accepted by Email at mirdiff.milers@gmail.com and should include the following information .

Name
Age
Club


All entries will be confirmed by email.

OUR CAMEL NEEDS A NAME

Our Camel needs a name, please send suggestions to mirdiff.milers@gmail.com. The best 5 suggestions (as decided by the committee) will be put to the vote of the membership. The winner will get a free entry to the Mirdif Milers 10 Mile Race on the 27th February 2009.

MAGNIFICENT MARATHON MILERS

A cool morning perfect for running saw 16 Milers run Dubai Marathon with a further 3 in the 10K. Considering that 2008 saw 3 milers in the marathon this represents a huge leap forward for the Milers. The official unvieling of the new kit was a further success with Milers now being the most visible runners on the course!

The perfomances of the day have to be Graham a 49 minute PB,Dominic a 25 minute PB, & Malcolm by 17 mins, congratulations to all Milers. The Miler results were

Chris McCann 2-54-57

Jim Varley 3-27-17

Malcom Gatenby 3-28-04 PB

Dave Jackson 3-28-42 PB

Graham Spriggs 3-33-35 PB

Anne Scadden 3-41-20 PB

Chris Little 3-44-40 PB

Dunkin Scadden 3-44-56 PB

Amelia Bolly Varley 3-46-41 PB

Dominic Pilkington 3-46-48 PB

Andew Gregory 3-52-30

Chris Homann 3-52-51

Ashley 3-55-10

Dave Forsythe 4-22-06 PB

Paul Callear 4-22-14 PB

Jane Colbeck 5-09-26

Milers teams finished 6th, 16th & 21st in the team event.

10K

Richard Thomas 37-37

Shazzy Hussey 46-59

Stuart Birch 50-18

3K

Michael Spriggs

Izzy Little

DUNKIN SCADDEN FINDS HAPPINESS AT RAK 1/2

Organisers of the RAK 1/2 Marathon have announced that Dunkin Donuts are a sponsor for the event and will be present on race day. Our chairman Dunkin Scadden is now preparing for a PB as he will not to have run of course to find his favourite fuel.

WADI BIH COME RUN WITH US 13TH FEBRUARY 2009

Wadi Bih
The Hill

Paul H 2008

Shazza! Elaine, Paul & Terresa 2008


The Wadi Bih relay is being run on the 13th February, Mirdif Milers have a proud history of participation in this event and we want to see as many MM vests on the hills as we can. Full details of the event can be found at http://www.wadibih.com/ but in short its about 37K up the hill and 37K back down the hill. Teams of five which must include one female or a veteran male 50+. Each runner runs three or four legs giving a total for the day of 15- 20K. A Meal is served at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Dibba on completion of the run. We are presently looking into booking accommodation at the hotel for a MM social, probably the night after the race. If travelling there and back on the day allow for a 0500 Mirdif departure with return @ 1700. Will all those interested please contact Dave on djackson@nobledenton.com. Come join us for a day in the mountains. One rule only if you run for a MM team you wear our club vest.

DRR RELAY 03rd JANUARY 2009

Once again the Milers were out in force supporting local events, three teams toed the line looking for glory. Each team member ran one 2.55K lap of creek park the aim being to predict the total time for the whole 12.75K, it turns out that were not very good at that!

Team A Chris McCann, Graham Spriggs, Malcolm Gatenby, Dave Jackson Total time 46 mins 26 seconds. (Second fastest time of the day)

Team B Dunkin Scadden, Anne Scadden, Colin Foreman, Gary Wells, Andrew Gregory 54 mins 35 seconds ( There is no truth in the rumour that martin stopped at Malik Burger on the way round)

Team C Jim Varley, Amelia Varley, Elaine Forsythe Rob Aiken, Brodie Wells 52 mins 53 seconds

Congratulations to chris McCann who ran the fastest lap of the day 8 minutes 16 seconds.

ABRa'S 10 Mile Race

Chris Accepts his Trophy
Milers All

A Stellar performance from Chris McCann took first place for the milers in a superb 59 minutes 25 seconds. Other Miler performances were Dave Jackson 71 minutes 31 seconds, Andrew Gregory 79 minutes 07 seconds, Graham Rafferty making his debut as a racing miler 80 minutes 43 seconds, Dunkin Scadden 85 minutes and 03 seconds.

MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH MIRDIF MILERS

Plenty of running on offer with the Milers over the Christmas Period.

Thursday 25th Christmas trot pre turkey starting at Up Town School 1000. Route will be clockwise (lower half first) so if your late (like I probably will be) you should be able to meet up.

Friday 26th: ABRa’S 10 miler at the Meadows 0900

Saturday 27th: 0600 Al Khawaneej Vets for 15K

Sunday 28th: Islamic New Year 0530 at the Vets for 30K ish

Monday 29th: Milers Monday Night 1900 at Mushrif Park.

Friday 02nd January. 0600 at the vets for 20 -25K ish Please note that it’s a FRIDAY run to allow a team (s) entry for the DRR relay on the Saturday.

Saturday 03rd January Dubai Road Runners Relay Predictor 0830 Creek Park, Teams of 5. Any one up for this??? Please send me an email if your interested details can be found at http://www.dubai-road-runners.com/

Monday 05th January Milers Monday Night 1900 at Mushrif Park.

Friday 09th January: Dubai Creek Striders Creek Classic, a gentle 16K pre marathon.

Happy NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

THE TWELVE COMMANDMENTS OF CHAMPIONS

The twelve commandments of Champions as per Barry Magee, Bronze medal winner at the Rome olympics and now a coach

1. They never give up.

2. They train 80% solo as they can get the pace right and learn how to fight alone.

3. They know that a race never really starts until half way or further.

4. It is not life or death if they can not train - it is much more serious than that (Love it!)

5. If the can not win, they will try for 2nd or 3rd or whatever.

6. If they lose they will come back next time to fight again and again and again

7. They do not know what they can not do!

8. They do not tell others what they can do - they show them.

9. If they are sick they go straight to bed after training.

10. They train once a day if they are sick or crippled with injury - otherwise at least twice a day.

11. They know they can run 30kms or more anytime because they have done it in training.

12. They always help and encourage lesser mortals because they know that they meet the same people on the way down as on the way up.

MILERS CAMEL GETS A MOVE ON

The new milers kit which will soon be available will sport the new Club Badge prepared by our Artistic Director Jim Varley. No more trotting camels for us only a full gallop will do!