Sent: 07 September 2007 00:35
Subject: FW: V S Update - Pie and peas, Races, Marshals wanted, Tracey,
LCW report, Ironman report, Jules, Stories wanted
Still no sign of the
EVENTS
Wetherby 10k – Sunday 9 September
The race is full but Melanie Watson is unable to run and
I have secured an official transfer with the race organiser, so the first to
text or phone me 0777 5898 558 can have the number. I will be at the race
on Sunday so the lucky caller will be able to pay me and obtain the
number. I will settle with Melanie. As I said, first to phone gets
the number.
NB If anyone else has a number and is unable to run,
let me know (by mobile) and the second to call will be lucky too
Club Handicap 10k and Pie and Peas – Tuesday 11
September
We will start the clock at 7pm precisely for the
handicap, so if you’ll have one of the “lower” handicaps, be there early!
Please place pie and pea orders, preferably by email
before 10:30pm Sunday 9 Sept, or by text to 0777 5898 558 by 2pm Monday 10
Sept.
Anniversary T-shirts – Tuesday 11 September
We will be placing out second and final order for T
shirts on Wed 12 Sep, so if you want one, please order by Tue 11 Sep.
Nearly 90 have been ordered so far.
Cancer Research 10k at Harewood – Sunday 16
September
We need just 3 more marshals to cover our section of
the route. Marshals to arrive by 9:15 and most will get away before 1pm.
The race made £47,000 for Cancer Research last year
and they already have more entries than last year.
Harewood Recce Run – Tuesday 18 September
Regular Tuesday training will be replaced for one
night only by a steady run starting from Harewood Village Hall.
From
Please arrive for 6:30 – 6:35. We will set off
at 6:45 PROMPT. If you are late, park at Wike Lane End (the
big gates on the A61 a mile before Harewood) – we will be there at 6:55.
We’ll run together for about a mile and a half and
then split into two groups. The slower group will run a total of just
over 5 miles at a steady pace, out to Emmerdale village then past the estate
offices at Stank and up the hill, past the Church, back to the Village Hall.
The faster group, when they reach Emmerdale, will run down to the Water
Treatment Works, turn right on the road to Eccup Village and then right again
on the Ebor Way back to Emmerdale, rejoining the 5 mile route, a total of 8
miles at a faster steady pace. (the last mile will be a bit gloomy but is a
good tarmac path)
Anyone wanting to do the full 10 mile route should
bring a head torch.
Harewood 10 mile Trail Race and 2 mile Junior
Race / Adult Fun Run – Sunday 7 October
We have 30 marshals so far but need 40 more.
This is Striders’ biggest event of the year; we hope have over 800 runners in
total and to raise over £3,500 for Lineham Farm. Please come and help!
Some more races
Sun 16 Sep – Mileta 10k at Cleckheaton
Sun 16 Sep – Stainland 7 near
Sat 22 Sep – Roundhay 5 mile off road race
Sun 23 Sep – Kirkstall 10k
Sun 23 Sep – Harrogate Theatre 10k
Sun 30 Sep – Horsforth 10k
There are 4 races and it costs £6 to enter, this is
not per race, it is £6 for the whole series. (£4 for juniors)
If you want to run the first race, you must be entered
by Friday 21 September, please email me. Money should be paid to our club
captains on or before the first race. There are no entries on the day.
Here are the dates
And here are the distances and start times
RESULTS
Ironman Triathlon
Norland Moor Trail Race – Sunday 26 August
Grand Prix pts
21 Ian Sanderson
50:23 100
67
68
76 Bob
Wilkes
62:30 97
Spofforth Gala Trail Race – Monday 27 August
18
34 Mike Cheseldine 41:18 (new
member?)
41 Alan Hutchinson 42:02
47 Bob Jackson
42:46
50 Tim Towler
43:06
71
79
228 Lyn
Tracey Morris at World Athletics Championships
Just in case you missed it, Tracey finished 19th
in 2:36:40. Her time was only 6 minutes behind the winner (also it was
only 40 seconds slower than the second GB man in the men’s marathon).
Although it was over 3 minutes outside her PB,
everyone I have spoken to thinks it her best result to date, considering the
conditions.
Mark Hetherington has sent me a couple of photos http://valleystriders.org.uk/tracey.htm
From the
Sporting Life website: Tracey Morris, after knee surgery and
other injury problems earlier this year, finished 19th in a time of two hours
36min 40secs. "I tried to put it all into this one day," said
Morris, who emerged to stardom four years ago at the
From the
Croydon Guardian (!) Morris, who turns 40 next week, said:
“Delighted with that. In those conditions. I tried to put it all into
this day. Even though it felt comfortable early on, I thought I’m going to pay
for this somewhere along the line. Should I ease back even more? Judging by the
men’s marathon, but no and I’m absolutely delighted. I was on my own for a lot
of it. I was a little bit in no mans land, because I hadn’t run a marathon this
year. I didn’t really know where I was fitness-wise. My training has gone
extremely well. I’ve managed to increase the miles. I have worked really hard
the last 12-16 weeks. But I’ve not done a marathon this year to compare, so
with the weather conditions and the humidity, I really didn’t know where I was.
So I really just had to go with how I felt and go by my own instincts. When I
woke up this morning and saw clouds, I thought Great! I think we had better
conditions than the men.”
Tracey told me it was touch and go whether she’d be
running, not due to the bad knee but due to a hairline fracture in her arm when
she’d fallen. She said it had been due to a very slippery surface on the
road. You need to consult an optician, Tracey!
Tracey has now run just 6 marathons in her life, but
now has a full set of Championship appearances – Olympic, Commonwealth,
European and World. Time to start collecting another set?
The second success on 2 September was for our women in
the
Also in the LCW Relay, the men’s A team were 5th,
the men’s vets were 2nd vets (there were only 2 teams running but we
have the runners-up trophy, that’s what counts!), and our B team got round
nicely. Only one pair got lost and I will be revealing their names in the
next V S Update unless some cash comes my way.
And on the subject of cash, please pay me £6.50 as soon
as possible and collect your rather nice souvenir plate.
We now have some team photos on the website. From the
main Valley Striders page, click on Valley Striders Photo Album, then click on
2007 LCW and you’ll find 10 photos that include 39 of our 48 runners.
Apologies to those I’ve missed, but they were well ahead of me e.g. Jerry and
Graham were leaving
OTHER NEWS
From
Jules will shortly be appearing in her first West End
Play, “Undiscovered
Country” by Tom Stoppard at The New Players Theatre,
The play runs for 3 separate weeks Oct 10th - 13th, then Oct
22nd - 27th and then Nov 5th - 10th.
Here’s the link for the New Players Theatre http://www.newplayerstheatre.com/content/default/index.asp
Here’s a picture of Jules from the handbill www.valleystriders.org.uk/jules.jpg
Here’s Jules as we know her (pic from Chicago Marathon) http://valleystriders.org.uk/vsalbum/04_4/cm04jb1p.jpg
Jules is probably the current West End actor with the
fastest marathon time and the only
From
Andy Wolfenden
(Andy works
at Complete Runner at Ilkley)
I am
currently in the process of compiling a book based on a collection of light
hearted "running anecdotes". These are running related snippets
sourced from runners throughout the country.
These
include quotes, race incidents, unusual occurrences, mostly amusing, but
anything to do with running that other runners will find of interest.
I already
have some great stuff, and other clubs are being forthcoming.
It would be
great if Valley Striders could provide some good anecdotes.
If you
could contact your members about this I would appreciate it greatly. I am sure
you alone must have a few tales to tell!
I hope to
publish this collection in time for Christmas 2008.
I can't
promise any money for your input, but individuals will be acknowledged.
Please ask
your members to e-mail me [email protected]
with their
contributions. Everything in good taste of course.
Thanks in
anticipation
Andy
Wolfenden, Ilkley Harriers.
And
that’s all folks
Bob
