Ealing Eagles is pleased to announce that several of the clubs who normally compete in the Summer League have agreed to organise a virtual competition. The arrangements are set out below for the interclub competition and also for the internal Ealing Eagles league modified where appropriate.
Introduction
An opportunity to take part in running activities over the two distances used by the Summer League races (5 miles or 10k), but where you design your own route and choose when you run in the specified period ending at 5pm on a Sunday.
There is also a competition between the clubs as well as a competition between the teams within Ealing Eagles.
Above is the schedule of dates and distances (note changes from original schedule).
This google spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QIkqaVWGeul9SfgU-nqhA1n8uc0xMJYmriE0iztiINM/edit?usp=sharing shows allocations to teams for everyone who signed up before 9pm on 10 June. Add your name to this list by 9pm on Wednesday 24 June and you will be allocated to a team for “Perivale”.
Rules – Ealing Eagles internal league
1. After signing up, you will be allocated to one of eight teams. For each event, the first 10 runners of the team will earn points for the team but others can still affect the scoring by finishing ahead of scoring runners from other teams. The first finisher will gain 100 points for their team and there will be a combined scoring of men and women.
2. For each event, runners must sign up by 9pm on the Wednesday of the period of the event to be allocated to a team. Other runners can still sign up after the deadline but will be classed as guest runners for that event and then assigned to a team for the following event(s).
3. Teams must provide a team name and team colour(s) with a design for a team vest corresponding to the style of club vests shown on the Summer League website (not Ealing Eagles). http://www.thesummerleague.uk/ (now completed)
4. Runs for each event must take place in the time periods indicated.
5. Evidence of the run must be posted in the club facebook group or emailed to coaching@ealingeagles.com before the end of the indicated time period. It is essential that you post evidence of time and distance and desirable if you can include the map (by starting at a distance from your home you maintain a level of privacy). Suggestions for the format of the evidence are given below.
Route guidance
6. Ealing Eagles Running Club is a mixed ability club and we welcome all members who are able to cover the distances for Not the Summer League to take part. We also want to provide events which will challenge those who are more confident as well as be accessible to everyone.
7. Summer League events take place at different locations and so the expectation is that runners will run a different route for each event. Although Summer League is competitive, it also embodies community spirit and so those who simply want to join in for the running and be involved in the social side of the event may prefer not to adhere to the route guidance. An extreme example is that someone who is shielding and not running outside their accommodation is allowed to run the distance on a treadmill.
8. It is likely that the guidance (for events after Event 1) will be to design routes centred on, north, south, east and west of your home location but we will confirm guidance nearer the date of each event when we know the latest Government and England Athletics guidance on social distancing and how runs may be organised.
9. To enable all members of the club to participate we are asking you to run in your local area. This means that variation in routes due to terrain and amount of ascent (and deviation from your planned route due to the requirements of social distancing and being courteous to others) will have a small effect on your time and hence your position. Enjoyment of your run is the objective!
10. Routes may involve crossing roads (or stopping because of the requirements of social distancing). Safety is top priority and you may wish to think in advance as to where to cross a main road if it might be busy.
11. You should not pause your watch when you stop for whatever reason.
Event 3 – internal club competition only
For our third event you run 10k (6.21 miles) between 5am on Monday 22 June and 5pm on Sunday 28 June.
For this event we would like you to devise a circuit south of your home which generally avoids repeating the same road or path. An exception is made for using a bridge over a main road, railway or water on the way out and on the return. You should stop your watch at 10k. It does not matter if you have not closed your circuit or are returning home by a different route.
South may be interpreted as south west or south east; the aim is different routes for each race. If you live outside the Ealing area there may be geographical constraints and we would not insist on the direction and repetition guidance. The plan is for the 5 mile “Regents Park” event to be an ‘east’ route and for the 10k “Battersea” event to be a ‘west’ route.
You are expected to avoid laps, repetition of a previous route and to run in the designated area. All runs should be completed by 5pm on Sunday and results posted on Facebook. If you are not on Facebook you may send results by email to coaching@ealingeagles.com.