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Christmas Party (11th December 2009) and Santa Run (19th December 2009) Pete is organising the club Christmas party and Santa Run, the meal/party will be held at Sokrates in Sale on 11th December. Please ask Pete for more information and to pay a deposit.  It's a shame we just missed the October Beer Festival !! We'll be planning another trip next year so any suggestions on location are welcome! Quite a large number of Dragons are took part in this triathlon, with quite a few will be first timers!! It turned out to be a great, long and sunny day with Barrie starting the swim at 08:30 and the last start at around 13:00. Full details and results on the Triathlon page!  A handful of Dragons travelled to Wales to Race the Train again this year. With better weather and conditions there was a little less moaning about it being too slippy!? Rob was on-hand to take some great photo's, click here to see them.
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| Position | Runner | Time | Handicap | Actual Time |
| 1 | Monica | 25:22 | 01:53 | 23:29 |
| 2 | Lisa | 26:01 | 01:53 | 24:08 |
| 3 | Andrea | 26:18 | 04:42 | 21:36 |
Dragons had three individuals and one relay team (of 3) competing in the Chorlton X Sprint Triathlon on a gloriously sunny weekend. This consisted of 750m swim, 12.5km bike and 5k run in and around Chorlton water park. The picture show's us proudly clutching our medals; Nicole (3rd Female) and Tri-Paul (1st relay team). During the presentation ceremony there were already mumblings that something was not right. The official (provisional) results now show Nicole as 4th and Tri-Paul as second, discussions with the organisers are ongoing as they have not released any split times.
Regardless of the results, a great day was had by everyone who competed, supported and celebrated with a cold beer at Jackson's Boat afterwards! For more pictures click here (thanks Rob).
Club Membership 2009/10
"Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru smashed Martin Lel's one-year-old course record to win the 2009 Flora London Marathon in a personal best of 2:05:10 after a gripping battle with Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede who finished just 10 seconds behind". Hot on the heels of the leaders were four Dragons from Sale, (this is probably why they were running so fast!?). Barrie Ainscow, Cat Dodsworth, Jo Healy and Paul Watson all completed the last Flora London Marathon on a particularly hot day with support of other Dragons, family and friends. Many thanks to all our supporters for cheering us on during those hard miles. The ballot for next years Virgin London Marathon is already full!!
Individual club memberships are now due for 2009/10. The annual fee costs just £10 and provides you with many great benefits, it could even SAVE you money!? See the Contacts/Membership page for more information.
I've lost count of how many Dragons were running the BUPA Manchester 10K. At great expense we joined the other 30,000 runners on a pretty windy morning to chase Haile Gebrselassie to the finish line. Even the Marathon record holder said he struggled against the wind on the last 5k but still finished in less than 28mins. We all celebrated with drinks in the Slug & Lettuce in Sale in the afternoon. You can just see Paul Watson and Paul Tindall in the image on the right from the BUPA website! Follow the link on the title for results etc.
Wilmslow Half Marathon (Sunday 29th March)
Conditions were near perfect for the Wilmslow Half Marathon with plenty of sunshine to keep us warm after the frosty start. This year the event had been chosen to host the English Half Marathon Championships so there was a fast field and of course plenty of Dragons! A good number of Dragons obtained PB's and some celebrated with a pint or two in Sale later on. It must be mentioned that a certain Dragons runner also stopped in the Church Inn for a drink and chat with the local before continuing to complete in 2 hours!
Congratulations to everyone and also for those who ran the Coniston 14.
Running Injuries - How to prevent them and how to treat them (Tuesday 21st April, 8.30 - 9.30pm):
A talk by Dr Patrick Milroy M.B., Ch.B. (Fellow of the Institute of Sports Medicine)
Dr Milroy is a senior partner in general practice at the Knoll Surgery, Frodsham. He has been a medical adviser to numerous GB Commonwealth Games teams, and chief medical officer to several British athletics teams. He is currently chief medical officer to the Road Runners Club, the UK’s leading national running club and is a regular contributor to running magazines and author of a running guide and sports injuries book. A keen runner himself, Dr Milroy has been a winner at the world medical games and has a personal best of 2 hrs 26 mins for a marathon!
There will be time at the end of the talk for Dr Milroy to answer any of your medical related running questions. View in Calendar or download poster. [Many thanks to Sarah B. for organising this.]
Location: Presidents room, next to the bar (free entry and all welcome).
Munich Marathon, Marathon Relay and 10k (and holiday!)
The next club holiday is in Germany for the Munich Marathon on 11th October 2009. There is a full marathon, marathon relay (teams of 5) and 10k. More details will be posted on the Club Holidays page soon.
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