Oxford University Club Hurriers (OUCH)

(formerly Mansfield Road Runners)

The Running Group of the University Club

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Introduction

The Oxford
University Club provides social and sports facilities for staff and postgraduate students who do not have access to college facilities.

There are also monthly Handicap Runs.

Further details can be obtained from Anu Dudhia (anu.dudhia@physics.ox.ac.uk) or by subscribing yourself to the e-mail list


Diary

Thursday, 28th March, 7pm
Running from the University Club. Pub afterwards (details tba via email).
OUCH Target Event
Sunday, 22nd September, 9am
Winchester 1/2M

Thursday, 18th April, 7pm
Handicap Run (anticlockwise)


Statistics

Race Stats

Cumulative Distance (left) [Prev] and Pace v Duration (right) for formal races entered by OUCH members over the last 12 months (top 10 runners, by total race distance, only). Open symbols are for results more than 3 months ago. Data source: [race_stats.txt]

Regular runs

(Below) Histograms show attendance for past 10 weeks and past 50 weeks (limited to top 15 runners). Outline columns show previous week's stats, figures in brackets are change in the average compared to the previous week. Colour indicates number of consecutive runs up to the most recent run (red=1, orange=2 etc).

Maps of some local runs

Runs starting and finishing at the University Club in Mansfield Rd. "all road" routes are suitable for night-time runs and, usually, all weather conditions although note that the cycle track out to Marston Rd is prone to flooding [
Cycle Path Status]

Maps of other local routes can be found on the Headington Road Runners Website.

Most of the above maps have been produced using the (free) tools available on either of:


OUCH e-mail list


Events and Results

Some events we have entered over the past year (chronological order)


Brecon Beacons Fell Race 19m

sites.google.com/site/welshfellrace/individual-races/brecon-beacons
20th August 2023 64 finished [Full Results]
Name Time Position Category
Jason Smith 3:53:31 33rd 5th/10 MV50

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Cheddar Gorge Challenge

(1/3/6/10km, 1/2M and Marathon)

https://www.relishrunningraces.com/cheddar-gorge-challenge.php

11th June 2023
Half Marathon 263 finished [Full Results]
Name Time Position Category
Jason Smith 1:51:19 5th 1st/37 M50-59
Emily Baldock 2:54:27 193rd 10th/24 F40-49
10km 217 finished [Full Results]
Name Time Position Category
Maija Dudhia 1:04:41 41st 3rd/5 JF U20
6km 81 finished [Full Results]
Name Time Position Category
Alecia Nickless 56:32 63rd 9th/13 F40-49

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Chiltern Chase 5k/10k/15k

www.chilternchase.org.uk/

A very pretty and not too arduous on- and off-road run based in Ewelme, South Oxfordshire. Attractive countryside, no hills, optional massage and compulsory home-made cakes at the finish - a very pleasant morning - CL 2009
12th June 2022 88 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position
Jason Smith 1:03:57 1:04:03 10th 2nd VM50
Alan Darbyshire 1:05:19 1:05:25 15th
Richard Plater 1:15:30 1:15:38 43rd
Stuart Higgs 1:29:51 1:30:00 75th

9th June 2019
15k (150 finished) [Full Results]
10k (321 finished) [Full Results]
5k (74 finished) [Full Results]

4th June 2017 (15k) (129 finished) [Full Results]
4th June 2017 (10k) (328 finished) [Full Results]

7th June 2015 (15.4k) (125 finished) [Full Results]

10th June 2012 (10k) (417 finished) [Full Results]

13th June 2010 (10k)

7th June 2009 (10k) (390 finished) [Full Results]

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Chiltern Ridge 1/2 M

www.runawayadventures.com/results/chiltern-ridge-half-2023

2nd July 2023 182 finished [Full Results]
Name Time Position Category
Jason Smith 1:44:02 9th 2nd/22 VM50

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Compton Challenge 16m

http://www.comptonharriers.org.uk/WebPlus/Challenge.html

20th May 2023 52 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Jason Smith 1:57:48 1:57:52 2nd 1st/10 MV50

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Cotswold Classic 10m

www.witneyroadrunners.co.uk/cotswoldclassic/
2nd September 2023 350 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Jason Smith 1:05:08 1:05:11 18th 2nd/56 MV50

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Fan y Big Horseshoe Race 10m

www.breconfans.org.uk/home

8th July 2023 55 finished [Full Results]
Name Time Position Category
Jason Smith 1:56:43 38th 11th/14 MV50
Emily Baldock 2:31:08 55th 4th/4 FV40

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San Silvestre Girona 5k

web.girona.cat/ssilvestre

31st December 2023 1859 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun (Gun) Position
Jolyon Reburn 18:56 18:58 116th
Victoria Bennett 23:40 24:23 576th

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Goring 10k

www.goring10k.co.uk

It was hilly, cold, windy and wet. Free hot drink for runners. Bit cramped hiding from the weather in the scout hut , but plenty of bacon sandwiches, soup and other refreshments available - VB 2010.

The course is "ok". The first few k is an upward climb out of the river valley, then it's a few k on flat (and very exposed on a cold day!) countryside before a few k back down again. It's a handy, local event and the roads are well organised but changing is cramped, there's nowhere decent to leave a bag, the showers were switched off, very long queues for the loos and nowhere to get a hot drink which everyone was desperate for on a freezing day - PD 2008.
17th March 2024 635 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun (Gun) Position
Richard Plater 48:30 48:52 156th 33rd/104 M50
Alexandra Crai 51:09 51:43 227th 14th/101 FS
Radu Cimpeanu 57:04 57:49 379th 103rd/125 MS
Stuart Higgs 58:29 59:10 409th 88th/104 M50
Emily Baldock 58:37 59:20 414th 28th/66 F50

4th March 2012 [Full Results] (949 finished)

28th February 2010 [Full Results] (888 finished) Times are gun-to-chip

1st March 2009 [Results] (995 finished)

24th February 2008

27th February 2005

6th January, 2002 (254 finished)

7th January, 2001

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Headington Club 5k

hrr.org.uk/

5th September, 2023 45 finished [Full Results]
Name Time Position Category
Jason Smith 18:18 1st 1st/6 V50


Insellauf Konigswinter 15km

http://www.insellauf.de/
28th January 2024 258 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Victoria Bennett 1:15:30 1:15:35 86th 3rd/14 W50
29th January 2023 178 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Victoria Bennett 1:12:40 1:12:48 10th/46 W 2nd W50

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Bonner Kottenforst-Lauf 1/2M

www.laufen-im-rheinland.de

11th November 2023 58 finished [Full Results]
Name Time Position Category
Victoria Bennett 1:44:42 25th 2nd/5 W50

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Otmoor Challenge

www.otmoorchallenge.co.uk

An informal event held in conjunction with the Horton-cum-Studley village fete. Approximately half-marathon distance around Otmoor with about half the distance on roads and the rest on tracks.
It was sunny and hot with not much escape to the shade. The rough ground was hard and uneven - good ankle strengthening in the longest field in the world (miles 8 and 9) followed by the longest hill in the world at mile 10. Nice route, but the longest "half-marathon" in the world, with good cakes and tea and a very jolly fete afterwards. - V&J 2006
1st July 2023 194 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Jason Smith 1:29:02 1:29:04.3 5th 1st/44 MV50
Alan Darbyshire 1:35:26 1:35:28 16th 1st/17 MV60
Richard Plater 1:51:32 1:51:37 62nd 19th/44 MV50
Alexandra Crai 2:02:56 2:03:02 117th 14th/25 WS
Emily Baldock 2:07:24 2:07:45 129th 11th/20 WV40
Stuart Higgs 2:16:30 2:16:40 150th 39th/44 MV50
Radu Cimpeanu 2:20:05 2:20:14 156th 31st/32 MS

8th June, 2019 (325 finished) [Full Results]
3rd June 2017 (280 finished) [Full Results]

7th June 2014 (335 finished) [Full Results]

1st June 2013 (353 finished) [Full Results]

5th June 2010 (296 finished) [Full Results]

6th June 2009 (358 finished) [Full Results]

7th June 2008 (315 finished) [Full Results]

3rd June 2006 (353 started)

4th June 2005 (? started)

5th June 2004 (403 started?)

1st June 2002

2nd June 2001 (274 finished, slightly shortened course)

3rd June 2000 (more than 300 finished)

5th June 1999 (284 finished)

6th June 1998

7th June 1997

1st June 1996

4th June 1994 ("About 250" entries)

5th June 1993

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Oxford Town and Gown 10K

www.townandgown10k.com/oxford/


A 10K on home ground including the University Parks.
14th May 2022 3996 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Jason Smith 39:22 39:27 142nd 8th M50
Emily Baldock 58:46 1:01:44 2237th 124th F40
8th May 2022 3648 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Jason Smith 38:35 38:41 114th 4th MV50
Alexandra Crai 49:18 50:15 915th 121st FS
Radu Cimpeanu 56:18 58:24 1830th 701st MS
Emily Baldock 58:30 58:55 1897th 148th FV40
Lily Foki 1:01:55 1:03:56 2409th 12th FV60
27th June 2021 2045 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Jan Mol 40:12 50:46 125th 118th/1085 Male
Alexandra Crai 50:41 1:32:37 746th 160th/960 Female
Radu Cimpeanu 51:36 1:33:10 587th 618th/1085 Male

12th May 2019 (4481 finished) [Full Results]

13th May 2018 (3954 finished) [Full Results]

14th May 2017 (3665 finished) [Full Results]

15th May 2016 (3561 finished) [Full Results]

10th May 2015 (2829 finished) [Full Results]

11th May 2014 (3265 finished) [Full Results]

12th May 2013 (3020 finished) [Full Results]

13th May 2012 (2361 finished) [Full Results]

15th May 2011 (2666 finished) [Full Results]

16th May 2010 (2647 finished) [Full Results]

17th May 2009 (2619 finished) [Full Results]

18th May 2008 (2666 finished) [Full Results]

20th May 2007 (2743 finished) [Full Results]

21st May 2006 (2846 finishers were timed)
The official times and positions are based on "gun" time, but chip times are now also published on the web-site.

15th May 2005 (2915 finishers were timed)

16th May 2004 (2522 finished)

18th May 2003 (2100 finished) [Full Results]

19th May 2002 (1992 finished) [Full Results]

20th May 2001 (>2000 finished)

21st May 2000 (1404 finished)

16th May 1999 (1401 finished)

17th May 1998 (1261 finished)

May 1996

May 1995

8th May 1994

9th May 1993 (1470 finished)

12th May 1991

13th May 1990 (approx 1000 finished)

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San Silvestre Palma (10k)

sportmaniacs.com/en/services/inscription/fng-san-silvestre-palma-2022

26th December 2022 247 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position
Jolyon Reburn 43:41 43:44 18th 2nd MMas3
Victoria Bennett 52:16 52:20 129th 5th VMas2

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Park Run 5km

www.parkrun.org.uk

A national series of weekly 5km runs at 9am on Saturday mornings. Free to enter, but requires registration. Among OUCH runners, the most popular local runs are

OUCH Participants

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Reading 20

10/20m trail run.

www.racinglinerunning.co.uk/reading-20
19th March 2023 (10 mile course) 123 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Jason Smith 1:12:34 1:12:36 9th 2nd MV50-59

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Uffington White Horse Gallop 1/2 M

whitehorseharriers.uk/trail-race/

30th July 2023 147 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Jason Smith 1:37:41 1:37:45 10th 1st/21 MV50
Emily Baldock 2:24:01 2:24:24 114th 16th/22 FV40

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ZeroHungerRun (5/10k)

cologne-timing.de/ergebnisse/zerohungerrunbonn-2023
10th September, 2023 5k: 1016 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Jolyon Reburn 19:24 19:25 16th 2nd M55
10th September, 2023 10k: 554 finished [Full Results]
Name Chip Gun Position Category
Victoria Bennett 48:37 48:39 78th 1st W50

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Documents


History

Officers since 2005 (when officers were first elected)

YearPresidentSecretaryTreasurer
2015 Jolyon Reburn Sophie Kendall Stuart Higgs
2014 Alan Darbyshire Richard Plater Jolyon Reburn
2013 Emily Baldock Jason Smith Richard Plater
2012 Jason Smith Julie Radcliffe Melissa Highton
2011 Victoria Bennett Dave Coote Richard Plater
2010 Graeme Coates Vijay D'Silva Melissa Highton
2009 Simon Webster Graeme Coates Phelim Daniels
2008 Phelim Daniels Julie Deacon Mark Thompson
2007 Graeme Coates Natasha Thomas Anu Dudhia
2006 Victoria Jay Graeme Coates Alan Darbyshire
2005 Anu Dudhia Jolyon Reburn Graeme Coates

The running group can trace its origins back to 1974 when a group from the Atmospheric Physics Department met weekly at Iffley Road cinder running track (where Roger Bannister ran the first 4-minute mile) for some general fitness training. Afterwards we used to have a drink in the local pub The Fir Tree (re-named to The Old Ale House in 1999). Over the years weight and circuit training became less popular with the participants and, since the boom in the early 1980s, running has become the sole activity (other than the post-training fluid replacement therapy sessions).

The origins of the running group are difficult to define precisely. However, the following records have been extracted from an old diary.

Wednesday 9th January 1974

Wednesday 23rd January 1974

Thursday 24th January 1974

One such response might be of general interest :-



Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:16:51 +1300 (NZDT)
From: "Dr Bryan N. Lawrence, Physics and Astronomy, UOC" {phys009@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz}
Subject: Re: Sorry - I forgot
To: "Bob Wells Tel: +44/0 1865 272915" {WELLS@av1.physics.ox.ac.uk}
Reply-to: b.lawrence@phys.canterbury.ac.nz

> http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/wells/mrr.html

Damn, I'll never be able to claim I was quicker than 1.49 ...

Looks good. Mind you, if i'd ever read that before I came running the
first time I would have been scared off ... it all sounds so serious. I'd
put more about the pub sessions right in the first sentence. And mention
the Angel in the first paragraph ... but then that shows my priorities.



Links to some running sites


Any comments on this page may be addressed to anu.dudhia@physics.ox.ac.uk