What is the committee?
The club is run by a group of volunteers who are elected by the members. They meet regularly (every 6 to 8 weeks) to discuss the running of the club.
The committee consists of honorary offices which are chair, treasurer, secretary, captain and vice captain, and ordinary members.
How can you join the committee?
Any member may stand for election at the AGM (held in May). To stand for election you must have a member officially nominate you and another to second the nomination.
We welcome anyone to stand for election to the committee. You do not have to be either a top class runner or have been a member since the dark mists of time to be a committee member.
You do not have to be on the committee to help with the running of the club. Help is welcomed on an informal basis to help organise and run club events. Why not ask a committee member if there is anything that you can do?
Who are the committee?
Honorary Officers
CAPTAIN – JACQUELINE CHANG |
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I joined the club in 2005 to train for my first London Marathon. I have since run 11 marathons in various cities around the world and plan to do many more!
I am on the committee to help encourage all runners of all abilities to run the best that they can. 26.2 RRC has been a major and incredibly enjoyable part of my life and I want to help bring that joy to others.
captain@26point2.co.uk
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VICE Captain – Peter Grecian |
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I started running in 1999. And again in 2001. Finally in 2002 it clicked. I was at a party talking to someone who had just done the London Marathon and he was describing what an adventure “the Sunday long run” was. The next Sunday I ran along the tow path towards Kingston for about 2 miles. Sat on a bench for half an hour and hobbled back. The next Sunday I ran 5 miles, but had to go to bed as soon as I got home. But soon I was looking forward to my Sunday runs and could walk properly again by Tuesday.
It was like a miracle! Every week I went a bit further and I got more at ease with running and more patient. I was literally doing the impossible and it was so exciting!
I joined a running club and soon I was looking forward to Wednesdays too, and the opportunity to let my hair down with similarly minded friends.
vicecaptain@26point2.co.uk
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SECRETARY – SOPHIE COOKE |
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My running before 2018 was fairly uneventful – I ran when I felt like it, without any real goal. Then my brother and I, over a few margaritas, decided we would run the Edinburgh marathon that year and I suddenly had a very real goal to work towards!
We both made it round in one piece and actually enjoyed it, but I had been carrying an injury and was out of action for two months afterwards. Shortly after that I moved to Surbiton, joined the club and spent most of my first year there once again running without any goal, enjoying not being tied to a training plan!
By my first summer in the club, I had the itch to get out and race again and haven’t really looked back! While my favourite run will always be an easy one spent listening to a good podcast, I’ve definitely got the race bug and am enjoying pushing myself and chipping away at those PBs.
Very pleased to be on the committee and hope to make myself generally useful.
secretary@26point2.co.uk
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Ordinary Members
Paul Keddie – MENS XC CAPTAIN |
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I’ve always run (parkrun, multiple New York marathons) but it felt a big step to join a proper running club when I finally plucked up the courage in 2016. I should have done it earlier!
I’m definitely a better runner now but what has been even more amazing is the people I’ve met and the greater sense of being more embedded in the local community.
I love the variety of runs we do: from Club mile to Green Belt Relay to Half Marathon road trips as well the social side of the club.
I look after the Men’s Cross Country team and proud we had 66 runners in the 2019-20 season.
Can we do the same this year!
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Robert Pyke – MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
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I love sport and all types of competition. I had always wanted to run a marathon and in 2017 I started the journey of going from non-runner to completing the London Marathon, telling my friends and raising money for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (the WAGGGS as they known) being a helpful motivator. And I felt great afterwards.
Unconventionally after completing the marathon, I joined the club and discovered it is even more fun to run with other people, run new routes and try things like hills, intervals and so on. I have not looked back since. I believe fitness is a major foundation for wellbeing and I want to be able to contribute to the club and make it accessible for all. Plus, I’m on an ongoing journey to try and get faster, beat all my PB’s and get past that person who is ahead of me!
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DAVE WILSON |
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joined 26.2 at the tail end of 1985, three months after marrying Lizzie. Make of that
what you will.
I joined initially as I was keen to train with like minded people and, consequently,
improve my times. My involvement with the Club these days tends to have a more
social aspect
I am a dedicated (obsessive?) parkrunner and only miss a Saturday morning for illness,
injury or Green Belt Relay.
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