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.
Following a video meeting with representatives of the Summer League running clubs, there will be also be a competition between the clubs as well as a competition between the teams within Ealing Eagles.
Here 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 25 May. Add your name to this list by 9pm on Wednesday 10 June and you will be allocated to a team for “Harrow”.
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 during 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 2 – includes interclub competition
For our second event you run 10k (6.21 miles) between 5am on Monday 8 June and 5pm on Sunday 14 June.
For this event we would like you to devise a circuit north 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 a returning home by a different route.
You may wish to plan ahead to choose the four different areas for your ‘north’, ‘south’, ‘east’ and ‘west’ routes. North may be interpreted as north west or north 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 first event was also part of the cross country event which had different rules so we were tolerant of a few routes not meeting the guidance. The interclub competition only requires the route to be the set distance and not downhill. If you are contributing to the team score for the internal league you are expected to avoid laps, repetition of a previous route and to run in the designated area. All runs of the set distance completed by 5pm on Sunday will be considered for inclusion in the published internal league results and for forwarding to the interclub completion.
The summer league website sets out the additional features of the interclub competition which were not present for “Dulwich”.
http://www.thesummerleague.uk/fixtures.php
There will be a 1 mile race for juniors. Nils-Kristian Liborg will arrange for the collation of results.
There will be a relay for which you choose your own 400m route. You may run at any time but the route must not be downhill. Any adult or junior may submit an entry to be considered for the relay. The Summer League scoring will apply, so older Eagles and juniors are encouraged to run as well as the fastest men and women. The selection of the entries for the four relay teams will be made based on times and age bonus.
The organisers would like clubs to provide photos:
(a) of themselves before or after their run
(b) of a cake creation which can be an actual bake, a drawing or, even decorate a plate to look like the top of your ideal Summer League cake.
You are invited to contribute a photo to the designated post in the Ealing Eagles Facebook group. These will then be collaged together to create club photos. Claudia Aviles has kindly offered to create the collages to be sent for posting on the summer league website and on its Instagram account (@summerleaguelondon). Provision of photos will indicate consent for the photos to be published outside the club facebook group including supply to other clubs and the summer league website and social media.
There will be separate Facebook posts for your 10k result, your 400m result and photos of runners and cakes. If you are not on Facebook you may send results and photos by email to coaching@ealingeagles.com.