Sent: 18 June 2007 23:50
Subject: V S Update - Forthcoming Events, Break-ins, YV Thanks, Results,
Reports
Apologies – it has been a while since the last V S
Update, every time I’m ready to press the “send” button, a new piece of news
arrives. But here we go now…
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
(a more extensive list is at http://valleystriders.org.uk/vsdates.htm
)
Sun 24 Jun – Bradford Millennium Way Relay – teams of
10, five legs, run in pairs. We have 20 runners declared and 1 reserve,
I’d very much like another reserve to volunteer, please – no previous
experience necessary!
Sun 1 Jul – Wigginton 10k – fast course as recommended
by Eric Green
Tue 3 Jul – Pie and Peas night, please reply by Sunday
1 July or (as a last resort) text to 0777 5898 558 before 12 noon Monday 2 July
Wed 4 Jul –
Sun 15 Jul – Eccup 10 mile (VSGP), NB may fill up
before race day
Tue 17 Jul – normal training but also recce run for
following week’s Handicap at the pace of the slowest, details to follow
Friday 20 Jul – Washburn Valley Relay, teams of 4,
approx 4 miles per leg. http://www.otleyac.co.uk/Washburn%20Relay/WVR.htm
Anyone interested? 44 teams entered last year, most of the local clubs
were represented.
Tue 24 Jul – Summer Handicap 5 mile trail (VSGP),
start by lodge by Eccup Res, route is via Eccup village, Emmerdale village,
water treatment works and dam. Afterwards pie and peas
Wed 25 Jul – Golden Acre Park Relay, teams of 3, just
over 2 miles per leg, very sociable event, all standards welcome, make up your
own teams and name them yourselves (preferably with Valley and/or Striders in
the name) and enter on the night. We had 4 or 5 teams last
year. http://www.abbeyrunners.co.uk/GoldenAcre/golden.htm
Sun 29 Jul – Round Hill Fell Race (VSGP) (more trail
than fell), approx 7 miles from Timble, north of Otley
Sun 29 Jul –
Wed 1 Aug – Hyde Park 5k (VSGP) on Woodhouse Moor
Sun 12 Aug – Valley Striders 25th Anniversary Run in
the morning from Woodhouse Moor to Leo’s along Meanwood Trail, fitter members
can start at Leo’s and run down to Woodhouse Moor before picking up those
starting there. After the run, lunchtime barbecue at Leos, cooked by
Tony, £6.50 per person, families welcome. More details to follow.
Sun 26 Aug – Norland Moor Fell Race (VSGP) (more trail
than fell)
Sun 2 Sep – Leeds Country Way Relay, teams of 12, 6
legs approx 10 miles each, run in pairs. For the last 4 years we have had
4 teams – mens A, vets, womens and a “D” team. Can we get 48 runners
again? The first 12 to sign up are guaranteed to run (providing we can
get 4 teams). Please do not enter
Tue 11 Sep – Club Handicap 10k
Sun 16 Sep – Cancer Research Run at Harewood, we
provide 10 marshals.
Sun 7 Oct – Harewood 10 mile Trail Race organised by
Valley Striders, we need approx 60 marshals please, we already have 6
marshals. Please do not enter the Selby half marathon, Bramham fun run or
any other event on the same day – your Club needs you – please let me know if
you have a preferred marshalling location. Entries have now started to
come in. If you can take some entry forms to a race or to your local gym
or sports centre, please let me know and I’ll get some to you.
LEOS – CAR BREAK-INS
There have been a number of break-ins recently at
Leo’s, including last Tuesday night, when radio, wallet and phone were stolen
from Nick Barnes’ car. The previous Saturday, 3 cars had had glass
broken.
So if you’re training at Leo’s on a Tuesday or use
Leo’s as a base for a training run any other day of the week, lock your car
securely and keep your valuables and other possessions out of sight (and not in
your glovebox).
We are now advising that you park your car the far
side of the Clubhouse where it is visible from the bar (and also further for
thieves to make their getaway).
On what was usually a V.S. training evening there was
a tremendous turn out of Club members in order to support the Y. V. Grand Prix
Race. 53 people were engaged in organising the smooth running of the
event which consisted of 159 runners (yes 1 supporter per 3 runners!).
This number does not include G.W.’s mammy who made a large proportion of the
sandwiches.
The course was laid out by GW, Andrew C, Sylvia and
Jim & Lyn (2nd claim members). Jim & Lyn also ran the
race. The start/finish/timing/results area was organised by Bob J, Paul
H, Mike & Eileen Crosfill, Mick T and Peter L. Car park marshalling
was a team working for Paul F and Max. The sandwiches were distributed by
Joyce L and Pat Umpleby.
The marshals, too numerous to list, were positioned at
short intervals throughout the 5 mile course. This was necessary due to
the twisting, turning and heavily wooded nature of the course and also due to
the fact that one section of tapes had been removed by a passing tribe of
vandals.
V.S. was represented in the race by a solitary runner
(we could only spare one). This was
Not surprising that there seemed to be one or two minor
ankle twists due to the rough underfoot conditions of the Meanwood Trail but
nothing serious. One runner, however, finished with a cut to the head due
to him coming into contact with an overhanging tree branch but he didn’t let
this slow him down and managed to finish in fourth place.
The Yorkshire Vets gave a glowing report on the race
and the venue. This was entirely due to the enthusiastic support given to
the event by V.S. members and supporters. So thanks to everyone who
helped out on the night.
RACE RESULTS
1 Tim Crossland
34:49
32 Rob
Bumstead 41:12
49 Tim
Towler 43:05
51 Joel Giddings
43:22
65 Jonathan Brownbill 44:23
70 Hayley Palmer
44:44 6th W
96 Tom Ridgway
47:00
115 Natalie Crossland 49:18
133 Peter Lambert 51:12
2nd M65
153 Geoff Webster 52:55
160
238 finished
Melmerby 10k
32
37 Eric
Green 39:30 2nd M50
Kirkby Malzeard 10k
12
Wharfedale Off Road
2
7
12 Mick
Wrench 3:49:37
13
=26 Bob
Jackson 4:08:37 3rd M55 no prize
=26 Eric
Green 4:08:37 2nd M50 no prize
51 Bob
Wilkes 4:44:37 1st M65 prize
70 Peter Stevenson 5:19:25
78 finished
Steve won three T-shirts for this race, one for
completing the race, one for 2nd M and one for 1st M45. So when you next
see him, it’s not that he’s putting on weight, he’s just getting some wear from
his T-shirts.
Wharfedale Off Road Half
15 Paul
Hunter 1:53:08 2nd M45 no prize
22 Steve
Morley 1:58:03
54 Peter Lambert
2:16:02 1st M70
88
114 finished
Blackpool Half
51
410 Kay Duggleby
1:56:59
1042 finished
Roberttown 7
138 Melanie Watson
1:27:11
Harewood Chase (approx 10k off road)
21
27 Bob
Jackson 41:08 3rd M55 – whine
(no prize)
30 Eric
Green 41:31 2nd M50 –
beer
32 Joel Giddings
41:44
47 Jonathan Brownbill 43:49
West Yorks 5 mile at Bradford
33 Eric Green
32:48
34 Tim
Towler 33:07
94
153
Otley 10 mile
22 Dan Harman 1:02:53
34
50 Steve Morley
1:06:35
54
56 Adam Parton
1:07:45
57 Paul Hunter
1:07:57
68 Eric
Green 1:09:25
151
269
283 Mike Brown
1:28:34
Anyone been running elsewhere, send your results in!
PBs and AGBs (personal bests and age-group bests)
The information is coming in slowly. I’d really
like to have everyone’s information in by August 12th and also to include
Striders no longer running with us, so please send your details in as soon as
possible and Erica will flex her fingers and input the information. See
http://www.valleystriders.org.uk/vspbab.htm
RACE REPORTS
Welsh 1000
Back to
Snowdonia again this year for the Welsh 1000m Peaks (22 miles 7000 ft
ascent). It was cool and cloudy at the start. The tops were in
cloud. I felt good but when we climbed into the mist things got
tricky. I was with about 6 other guys progressing gingerly through the
10m visiblity on the Carnedd range. Then a woman with a Eryri Harriers
appeared out of the mist, she was obviously a local, we all followed her for
the next 30 minutes around what she told us was her regular Sunday training
run. She went on to be the first female finisher. Eventually a
diminished group dropped out of the mist to the A5 at Ogwen. Then it was
up over the Glyder range again into the mist. I was on my own now and was
reduced to a slow jog with map and compass. Eventually I decended down to
Pen y Pass with only
From George Black
Just an
update. Ran in the
The
duathlon training is going OK. With just 4 weeks to the
From George Black again
Asics
Haddington 5 mile, time 33:37, position 42, winning time 26:13.
European
Duathlon Championship 16 June Edinburgh. Representing G.B. won the 65-69
age group by 8 minutes. 5K run, 37K cycle, 5K run. Conditions
horrendous!!!!!!.
Hope to be
at the Club this Tuesday.
Tracey is ready - Report on Welsh Athletics website - Jun 18 2007
TRACEY MORRIS considers herself fit enough to contest
the marathon at the World Championships in Osaka after testing herself in
yesterday’s BUPA Great Women’s-Only Run in Sunderland. Morris felt no
ill-effects from the knee injuries which she has been suffering from and caused
her to miss the world trial race staged in conjunction with the London Marathon
in April. The 39-year-old Welsh athlete, who sprang to fame when emerging
from fun runner status to win the Olympic trial three years ago, was eighth in
yesterday’s 10 kilometres race.
Unsurprisingly she was no match for Kenyan winner Rose
Cheruiyot, who destroyed the opposition over the last two kilometres, clinching
victory in 33minutes, 32seconds. Cheruiyot, last autumn’s
Morris, however, relished getting back into action for
the first time in three months. “I’m not far off from where I was last
year when I ran here and I felt no problems at all, although I definitely need
to getter fitter,” said Morris, who clocked 34min, 59sec.
Morris, who missed a huge chunk of her winter training
programme, added, “Everything’s been going really well in the last few weeks,
but I’m having to make up for lost time. I’m now doing 90 miles a week,
the biggest mileage I’ve ever done in my life, but I’ve no other option.
Normally I would have eased down and rested before the race, but after all the
training I’ve missed, I’ve got to keep pounding out the miles. Really,
just as in the past, I’m very lucky Dolland & Aitchison my employers still
support me massively with time off.”