Sent: 25 May 2007 16:47
Subject: V S Update - Events, Thank You, Results, PBs and ABs, Pulse
Race Report
Forthcoming Events
We have 14 Striders wanting to run, and from these we
can only get an “open” team i.e. not enough women for a mixed team nor vets for
a vets team. With another 6 runners we can have two teams, please let me
know by next Tuesday (29 May). Each leg is about 10 miles, mainly
off-road and undulating, but in the middle of summer when it is dry underfoot,
is definitely a trail run not a fell run, so inexperienced off-road runners may
apply!
Pie and Peas - Tuesday 4 June
Please email by Sunday 2 June at the latest, stating
whether meat or vegetarian pie and whether beans or peas.
Anniversary Run – Sunday 12 August
Note the revised revised date, which has now been
booked with Tony. Sorry, I never realised there were so many events going
on at Leo’s on Sundays. On the basis of my form in arranging dates, would
someone else volunteer to take over the arrangements for food and
entertainment.
Grand Prix Races
The next V S Grand Prix race is the Wharfedale
off-road marathon on Saturday 2 June (entries available on the day, it
says). We then have a quiet 4 weeks till Wednesday 4 July for the first
Harewood Trail Race – Sunday 7 October
This is the biggest race that we organise in the year,
last year we had 250 runners for the 2 mile race and over 500 for the 10 mile
and raised about £4,000 for Lineham Farm. We need about 60 marshals and
helpers. If you are free on this date, please book it in your diary and
let me know. if you are free.
If you can’t make that date, we also support the
Cancer Research Race at Harewood on Sunday 16 September and need 10
marshals.
Entry forms for our race will be printed next week, if
you are available to hand out forms at the end of races, please let me
know. Traditionally we start handing out our forms at the Harewood Chase
10k which is on Sunday June 10th, is anyone free that morning, please?
Big Thank You
Yes, a BIG THANK YOU to all the Striders who helped at
the Pulse Race last Sunday and/or the Yorkshire Vets Race on Tuesday.
Thanks to most of you who signed up in advance, and also those who came on the
day so that we had sufficient numbers to ensure we looked after all the runners
and no-one went the wrong way.
There is a report on the Pulse Race from Mick Tinker
towards the end of this email.
Geoff will be reporting on the Vets Race in the next V
S Update when his sandwich-buttering arm has recovered from its unusual
exercise.
Results
Pulse Race
Congratulations to two prize winners here
14 Graham
24
40 David Barton 44:21
M50(3)
95 Julia Geddes 49:49
181
223 finished
Windermere Marathon
Chip pos/time
16 Eric Green
3:05:42 M50(1) 16 3:05:39
33 Bob Jackson
3:12:29 M55(4) 36 3:12:24
502
912 finished
Eric followed his first-ever prize at
Newby Hall 10k (off-road)
14 Adam Parton 41:09
255 finished
Leeds
Half
Found
another new Strider – Charlotte Hall 2:00:54 chip time
V S Performance
Database and Personal Best and Age Best Databases
Paul Hunter
has been keeping the Performance Database up to date and I’ll publish that on
the website over this weekend.
Congratulations
to Paul White who becomes the third winner of a certificate with five grade 6 performances,
the certificate will be on its way to you shortly, Paul!
Erica
Hiorns has been inputting Personal Bests and Age-Group Best Performances, and
I’ll also publish this over the weekend. We have all the statistics from
2007 from Paul Hunter, but we only have 12 Striders who have submitted their
races and times prior to 2007, so GET THEM SENT IN please!
Pulse Race - Report
from Mick Tinker
Many
thanks for the
Striders’ efforts on Sunday at The Pulse Races in
Sorry I
didn't see much of everyone during the day but I ended up helping out with
marshalling at the Lakeside Cafe area and then compiling the results for
the presentation.
As far as I
know everything went very well (although there were some challenges with
traffic, eh Paul & co?), which was a great relief for me being the first
race that I've "managed". Of course, I had some good coaching from
Bob beforehand and from Ken Kaiser and Colin Morath on the day. Plus
all of you knew what to do in your roles anyway, which made the job a lot
easier.
The
weather was again kind to us, so I hope you all had a good time - and will
make good use of the experience gained in future events !
Here's some
stats:
10K
Race:
259
entrants, of which 151 male, 108 female
223
finishers, of which 129 male, 94 female
169
unattached finishers, 54 club/team finishers
Results posted
on Valley Striders website (http://www.valleystriders.org.uk/pulse.htm)
and
3
mile Fun Run:
Don't know
total entrants yet as awaiting spreadsheet from BHF but looks like about 430
with somewhere between 311 and 314 finishers.
We won't
know how much money has been raised for BHF for a while yet but I'll let you
know as soon as I do. It was a great sight seeing a snake of red t-shirts
coming down the hill towards the Lakeside Cafe (with Ged and his squeaky horn
at the head).
If you have
any feedback on the event then please let me know [email protected]
. I don't know the future of the race yet but all info will be useful for this
and other events.
Message
from Tom Heylen, chairman of the Pulse Race Committee:
Thank you
all for your tremendous efforts over the last year which culminated in
yesterday's race. As always, I have heard nothing but praise from people who
took part in the race which is testament to the hard work that went into the
organisation of it. Please pass on my thanks to all your family/friends/colleagues/acquaintances
who helped out - whilst we form the core team, the number of people we manage
to rope in to assist never ceases to amaze me.