Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:39 PM
Subject: V S Update - dates, showers, LCW, cross country, fell
relay, Tracey, results, website
Dates for your
diary
Tue 29 Aug 1845 - Tuesday training - 5th Tuesday of
the month - suggestions please!
Sun 3 Sep 0800 - Leeds Country Way - more details
below
Wed 6 Sep 1915 - Hyde Park 5k NB earlier
start time
Tue 12 Sep 1900 - Autumn Handicap 10k, 7pm prompt
start, pie and peas. Email me before Sunday evening to book meat or veg
pie, and peas or beans.
Sat 16 Sep - Entry forms for next January's Brass
Monkey Half Marathon will appear on the Knavesmire Harriers website http://www.knavesmire-harriers.co.uk/
From previous experience it is likely that you will need to send off your entry
that weekend to be certain of your entry being accepted.
Sun 17 Sep 0930 - Cancer Research 10k at Harewood,
10 volunteers required please
Sun 17 Sep 1400 - Wetherby 10k new race (not in
GP)
Sun 17 Sep - Yorkshireman marathon, the only
marathon left in Yorkshire - course record is 3hr 3min - take heed!
Tue 19 Sep 1830 - Harewood Trail recce run - 6:30
pm prompt from Harewood Village Hall - 5 mile run for slower runners, 8 miles
for faster runners, 10 miles if you have a headtorch.
Sat 23 Sep - Latest date for entries for West Yorks
Cross Country League - names and £6 to Bob (me) reply to this email to confirm
or for more details (or phone 0113 289 2830)
Sun 24 Sep - Horsforth 10k (not
GP)
Tue 26 Sep - was Provisional
Date for AGM - postponed. Instead this will be marshals meeting for
Harewood Trail. All welcome!
Sun 1 Oct - Kirkstall 10k (fairly fast course, but
not GP)
Sun 8 Oct 1000 - Harewood Trail - 70 volunteers
required please (I have 5 so far)
Sat 14 Oct - British Fell Racing Relay
Championships at Luddenden Foot, teams of 6 - see below
Sat 14 Oct 1330 - First race of West Yorks Cross
Country League at Huddersfield - no entries on the day - see below
Tue 17 Oct 2030 - New provisional date for AGM, pie
and peas
Sun 29 Oct 1330 - Second race of West Yorks Cross Country League at Leeds -
no entries on the day
Sun 19 Nov 1330 - Third race of West Yorks Cross Country League at
Wakefield - no entries on the day
Sun 3 Dec 1330 - Final race of West Yorks Cross
Country League at Guiseley - no entries on the day
Fri 15 Dec 1930 - Christmas do and presentation
night - reserve in you diary now!
Showers
Thank you, the generous donations have now exceeded
the required £1,000 and we have given a cheque for this amount to Leo's.
However, having seen at first hand the state of the ladies changing room /
showers, this could also do with some modernisation, so the extra donations
could go towards this. We'll discuss this at the AGM, in the meantime,
don't stop sending your shower fund donations!
Leeds Country Way
Teams
Our supply of reserves is dwindling so if you are
available let me know
A team: (Vets) (1) Julian Bhowmick, Paul
Hunter, (2) Drew Taylor, Tracey Morris, (3) Roy Flesher, John Uttley, (4) Simon
Vallance, Steve Webb, (5) Andrew Cutts, Alan Hutchinson, (6) Tim Towler,
Gary Sutherland
Ladies team: (1) Jules Barltrop, Sam Harris,
(2) Mivvy Tekchandani, Elika Tasker, (3) Mary Egan, Kay Duggleby, (4)
Laura Clark, Hayley Palmer, (5) Carmel Barker, Carole Schofield, (6) Sam
Davies(Guy), Erica Hiorns
B team: (1) Mick Loftus, Mick Wrench, (2) Bob
Jackson, tba, (3) Eric Green, Mick Tinker, (4) Richard King, Ian Sanderson, (5)
Andy Thorpe, Paul White, (6) Dave Middlemas, John Hallas
C team: (1) Patrick Barrett, Paul Sanderson, (2)
Paul Furness, Simon Redshaw, (3) John Laird, John Wallace, (4) Geoff
Webster, Rob Liddle, (5) Stuart Rawnsley, Tracy Stewart, (6) Penny Sanders,
Sylvia Watson
Reserves: Sara Dyer, Rob Bumstead, Bill Murphy, Tony
Haygarth, Keith Cluderay
West Yorks Cross Country
League
This is a series of 4 races, held between October and December (see dates
above)
Last year we had well over 40 Striders entered and on average there were 9
women and 18 men running.
There are separate races for women (approx 5.5km) and men (approx
9.5km). And this year there are vets prizes in 5 year age bands.
It is very very competitive at the front and very very sociable at the
back.
The first race is on October 15, but entries for this race must be with me
by September 24. It only costs £6 to cover all 4 races (and it's also £6
if you only run 1 race), please make cheques payable to Valley Striders and send
them to Bob Jackson, 4 Malthouse Close, Scarcroft, Leeds LS14
3DS.
British Fell Running Relay
Championships
at Luddenden Foot Saturday 14 October, teams of 6
(men, ladies and MV40)
leg 1 (solo) 5.9 miles 1500'
leg 2 (pairs) 9 miles 2300'
leg 3 (pairs/navigation) 7-8 miles
leg 4 (solo) 5.9 miles 1500'
NB CLOSING DATE is Monday 4 September.
Results
European Marathon Chmpionships at
Gothenburg
Tracey finished 16th out of 34 starters and 29
finishers in 2:37:34.
Steve Cram, commentating, said "another gutsy run,
she's coming in for 16th place with the rain lashing down"
Paula Radcliffe said "she has had a lonely run, got
detached early on, but has been able to pick athletes off as they have
suffered. She's produced another consistent and solid run, she hasn't had
the ideal buid up in terms of training and preparation, hopefully she'll build
on this race for the future"
Brendan Foster said "it's been a hard demanding
difficult run in cold and wet conditions. A good solid performance by Tracey,
she'll have another year's training then the world championships and then
Beijing beckons for her as one of Britain's top marathon runners"
In the post-race interview, Tracey, looking less
bedraggled than 5 minutes earlier, said "the race didn't go that well, it
was dreadful for the first two laps with a bad stomach which eased off as the
run went on. The last 3 months training has been a better build up than
for Melbourne. But today has been difficult with the weather windy
and raining and the course winding and up and down"
Asked about her plans for the future she said "I
take each race as it comes. I'm a little bit disappointed today, but it's
one more experience and hopefully I can move forward again"
Sale 10
100 Julia
Barltrop 1:08:23 L
14
248 Louise
Gilchrist 1:22:47 L70 1
Lou beat all the L55's and all the L60's and all
the M70's
Isle of Man Half Marathon
Paul White wrote
"Just to let you know that I finished 2nd M55 in
the IOM Half Marathon and received an engraved trophy. My time was 1:33:33
and I finished 26th overall on a course which was hilly for the first 5 miles
with a strong wind blowing particularly for the first 6 miles or so. It's
the first time I've done this race and was very pleased with the outcome, and
having to wait for the presentations!" (This was Paul's first trophy, he's
now looking for a cabinet)
Bingley Show Race
Mick Tinker won the M50 1st prize, his first ever category win -
congratulations!
Bishop Wilton half marathon (Grand Prix)
19 Eric
Green
1:34:32 100
121 Peter Stevenson
2:01:49 99
133 Mike
Brown
2:03:43 98
Harrogate 10k
51 Johnny Harrison
41:43
52 Bob
Jackson 42:01 2nd
M55 (prize)
53 Alison
Bogie 42:12 6th W (prize) 1st women's
team
322 Max
Jones 57:50 2nd M70 (no
prize)
There were 31 Chapel
Allerton runners, all them running off some calories in advance of their
summer barbecue
Website Updates - Race Reports
Over the last 9 months I have been sent a few race reports for inclusion in
the next V S Newsletter. Rumours that there will never be another V S News
are exaggerated but in the meantime you will find some new race reports on the
website
http://valleystriders.org.uk/striders.htm#RaceReports
Mick Loftus - KIMM 2005, Wuthering Hike
2006, Welsh Peaks 2006
Bill Murphy - Nottingham Half 2005, Great North Run 2005, Snowdonia
2005
Alan Hutchinson and Mick Wrench - Lyke Wake
2006
Stop press, another email has just arrived from
Bill Murphy so this will be transferred to the website soon
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