The National Running Club
Last update - 4th March 2010
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Cavin Woodward (Leamington C & AC) 1948-2010
We have received the very sad news that Cavin Woodward, RRC Member 3467, passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly on Thursday 26th February, aged 62.
Cavin was one of the greatest British Ultra Distance runners ever. He set a World 100 Mile Track best of 11hrs 38mins 54secs in October 1975. He won the London to Brighton race that year as well as twelve other finishes. He also ran World class times at various othe Ultra distances on the track and on the road.
No other details are available at this time.
Cavin was a long time and loyal RRC member, a lovely man and a very great runner.
The photo shows Cavin at the London end of the London to Brighton route in 1975, the year he won the race in 5hrs 12min 7 secs (52miles 1172 yds). This was one of his 12 Brighton finishes spanning the years 1971 to 1998.
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What do we offer to new members?
There is a range of benefits for both novice and experienced runners and membership can add a lot to your enjoyment of your running.
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Roadrunner - the journal of the RRC
Roadrunner is the journal of the RRC and is published 3 times a year with a good range of interesting articles on various aspects of running. Some recent articles from our journal can be read at this page.
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The John Jewell Film Archive - some clips now available
The late John Lewell, an ex-President of the RRC, has given a very generous bequest to the RRC, and one of the major things it is being used for is the digitisation of his large collection of films, which is currently kept at the athletics archive in Birmingham University. There are 53 8mm reels, with a wealth of records of road and track running, from the 1950 Commonwealth Games right into the 1990s. The digitising process has now been completed, and a selection of the films are being made viewable on this website.
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The RRC Championships
All this years Championships are now completed and results are on the Championships page.
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We have been invited to return to the Halstead Marathon for the 2010 Marathon Championships, and have accepted with pleasure, and we have now also arranged the venues and dates of our other Championships, brief details on the Championships page.
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting was held as usual in London on September 15th, and considerably more than the minimum quorum attended, for a friendly and interesting meeting. There were no controversial items on the Agenda, and those folk proposed to fill the various positions in the club's organisational structure were all elected unopposed. Details will be printed in Roadrunner, as usual. The affairs of the Club are controlled by its constitution, which can be downloaded in PDF format by clicking here.
The first clip posted is of the very first London to Brighton Race, in 1952.
Members' pages
A new section, intended for existing RRC members. We will introduce a password-protected system soon so that only our members can access this area. A bit thin on content but keep coming back, as it will develop over the next few months.