Sent: 19 May 2008 23:44
Subject: FW: VS Update - MVT thanks and stats, More marshalling,
AbbeyValley run and barbecue, Relays, Results, MORE!
This email contains:
Meanwood Valley Trail – thanks and stats
More Marshalling please - including Pulse Race on 8
June and Yorks Vets on 17 June
Social Events – AbbeyValley on 3 June (book food now)
and Anniversary Barbecue on 20 July
Relays – Bradford Millennium and
Grand prix race results – Esholt and Jack Bloor
And more
Meanwood Valley Trail
Thank you to everyone who helped with the Trail Race
at the weekend. There were 81 of you (Striders and adult marshals) and I
know a few sons and daughters also helped. Thank you!
The senior race had 310 finishers, down on last year’s
record 354, but still the 6th year in a row that we have had more than 300
finishers
The junior race had 70 finishers, just 2 down on last
year’s record.
Caz Farrow was 3rd woman and won the trophy for 1st W
under-35. She also won a trophy for first overall in the Airedale Triple
Trail (Baildon / Guiseley / Meanwood). There have been 7 Triple Trail
series, and two runners have run all 21 races; they were each presented with a
trophy; one of those runners was
Running in the junior races were Charlotte Barn,
Aileen and Ronan Loftus, Callum Parton, Gavin Taylor and Oliver Watson.
I am expecting that we have raised just over £850 for Lineham
Farm, we are still counting the money, I will let you know as soon as I know!
Here’s a message from Linda Carey of Baildon Runners:
“Just a quick thank you
for such a well organised and marshalled event. It felt like you'd called up
half the population of
More Marshalling
Your club needs you a few more times this year.
Please email me if you are available for any or some or all of these.
Even if you can only help at one, it will be appreciated.
Pulse Race in
We currently have 9 volunteers but need about
20. We provide the technical support; the Pulse Race Committee and
British Heart Foundation provide the rest of the race support.
Mick Tinker writes: Helpers will be needed for i) setting out the course
from 07:30 to 09:00, ii) marshalling the finish from 09:30 to 12:30, iii)
helping marshal the "hot spots" on the route (eg where lapping can
cause confusion).
We currently have 5 volunteers but need about 40
Geoff Webster writes: YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU.....marshals required for
Yorkshire Vets Race at Old Leos on Tuesday 17 June. This is a reminder to all
members that on this date there will be no training session because marshals
will be needed for the race. This is a repeat of the race we put on a year ago
and which everyone enjoyed so much: another opportunity to mix with runners
from other
Cancer Research 10k at Harewood, Sunday 14
September
We currently have 2 volunteers but need about 10.
Abbey Runners and Valley Striders jointly marshal the
route of this event which last year raised over £60,000 (!) for Cancer
Research.
Harewood 10 Mile Trail Race and 2 Mile Junior
Race / Fun Run, Sunday 5 October
This is Striders’ other race where we provide 100% of
the support. It is bigger than Meanwood, normally getting about 500 for the 10
mile and 200 for the 2 mile, and raising over £3,000 for Lineham Farm.
We need about 75 helpers, similar arrangements to
Meanwood trail. Please mark this in your diaries!
Clubs who compete in the West Yorks XC League are
asked to put on a race about once every 4 years. It is our turn but we
are unable to use Leo’s during the rugby season so we have joined up with Otley
AC to jointly promote this event.
We will need about 10 full-time helpers and a further
20 on a split shift (10 men marshal the women’s race and 10 women then marshal
the men’s race).
Social Events
This will be a team race (see details below) using the
5 mile circuit of the Reservoir taking in
Followed by a barbecue at Leo’s £6 per person,
vegetarian option on request.
Abbey have reached an advanced state of planning and
have 38 runners and 44 barbecuers. So far we have 2 runners and 2
barbecuers.
You will need to let me know by Thursday 31 May
at the very latest whether you are going to run and whether you are coming to
the barbecue. (if you run, you need not come to the barbecue) (and
non-runners are welcome to come to the barbecue). We will not be taking
orders over the weekend as we would for pie and peas night as Tony needs to
order the food on the Friday.
Here’s the basis of the competition. We make a
list of all Abbeys and Valleys in ‘rank order’ (based on
NB if you do not pre-enter but decide on the night
that you want to run, you will be able to do so, but not for a team.
Valley Striders Anniversary Run and Barbecue,
Sunday 20 July
Last year, for our 25th Anniversary, on a Sunday morning
in July, about 50 Striders ran from Leos to Woodhouse Moor and back along the
Meanwood Valley Trail, and then about 65 of us (including family members)
celebrated with a lunchtime barbecue at Leo’s.
We thought we’d do the same this year, so put 20 July
in your diaries!
Relays
This is for teams of 10, 5 legs, runners in pairs,
each leg about 10 miles.
In previous years we have won the mixed team and the
vets team trophies but this year, at the time of writing, we don’t have enough
women for the mixed team nor vets for a vets team, a few more of each will
comfortably get us two teams. Please let me know by Tuesday 26 May at the
latest, and be prepared to do a recce run sometime before the race
Here’s the
website for the race – note (a) it is very scenic and (b) it goes nowhere near
This is for teams of 12, 6 legs, runners in pairs,
each leg about 10 miles.
Last year we
had 4 teams and won the women’s team trophy and the vets runners-up
trophy. Can we equal or improve on this?
Grand Prix Results
Esholt 5k Series
So far, two races have been completed in this 3 race
series. Grand Prix points are awarded according to the best times during
the series. Here are the results of the first two races.
Name
Best Pts
Race 1 Race 2
Race 3
Pos
Time Pos Time Pos Time
Kevin McMullan
0:17:44 100 41
17.48 30 17.44 0 0.00
Graham Needham
0:18:37 99 54
18.49 54 18.37 0 0.00
Paul Hunter
0:18:56 98 77
18.56 0 0.00 0 0.00
Dan
Murray
0:19:03 97 0
0.00 74 19.03 0 0.00
Eric
Green
0:19:14 96 90
19.14 0 0.00 0 0.00
David Cusack
0:19:24 94 124
20.00 84 19.24 0 0.00
David
Bass
0:19:27 93 0
0.00 88 19.27 0 0.00
Jane Halloran
0:19:37 92 121
19.58 96 19.37 0 0.00
Greg Skerrett
0:19:43 90 107
19.43 0 0.00 0 0.00
Paul Sanderson
0:20:13 89 147 20.26
119 20.13 0 0.00
Carole Schofield
0:20:18 88 144 20.24
122 20.18 0 0.00
John Wallace 0:20:23
87 0 0.00 123 20.23
0 0.00
Nick Barnes
0:20:23 87 142 20.23
142 20.50 0 0.00
Mark Hunter
0:20:38 85 152
20.38 0 0.00 0 0.00
Paul
White
0:20:41 84 183 21.18
136 20.41 0 0.00
Xanthe Hannah
0:21:04 83 176
21.04 0 0.00 0 0.00
Jonathan Cocker
0:21:07 82 184 21.23
151 21.07 0 0.00
Eric Cusack
0:21:27 81 213 22.21
157 21.27 0 0.00
I must make a special mention about David Bass and
Jack Bloor Fell
I think 17 Striders is an all time record for the Jack
Bloor Fell Race. Could it be the double attraction of Grand Prix points
and Fell Championship points? Or just the fun of a navigational race
where people set off in all sorts of directions after each checkpoint … and
then arrive at the next checkpoint together!
26 Simon Vallance
0:45:31 100
33 Steve
Webb
0:46:26 99
37 Eirik Stangnes
0:46:56 98
47 Mick Loftus
0:48:01 97
72
91 Ian Sanderson
0:54:15 95
98 Joel Giddings
0:55:44 94
103 Mark
Hunter
0:56:01 93
106 John
Wallace
0:57:14 92
116 Simon Redshaw 0:58:14
91
119 Nick
Barnes
0:58:22 90
127 Alistair Fale
0:58:48 89
152 Xanthe Hannah
1:03:16 88
156 Eric
Green
1:03:54 87
164
168 Geoff Webster
1:07:30 85
179
Points have now been updated on the website.
Also the Performance Stats have been updated on the
website with races up to 6 May. Have a look to see who’s just qualified
for a certificate! The next set of certificates will probably be
presented at our anniversary run.
Other Race Reports
Bluebell
Trail from Panos Aristotelous
Sorry for
not going to training for a while, I’ve been out of
I invited
my friend to do it with me, but we went to pub after the race and
we spent the rest of the day drinking, that was very stupid because I
ruined the good work of the race and I have a chest infection now and I
had managed to stay off the booze for a couple of months. Over 10 pints,
and I don’t even like drinking, go figure! That’s not happening again. He is
Australian so I’m blaming him and not my weak character.
11 Panos Aristotelous 1:09:48
101 Eric
Green 1:27:51
137 Tony Haygarth
1:32:03
141 Jonathan Cocker 1:32:11
143 Richard Adcock
1:32:21
163 John
Wallace 1:34:29
184 Nick
Barnes 1:37:05
294 Kay
Duggleby 1:51:45
A weekend running adventure from Anthony Fryer
I had this
year planned to do the Ultra running series and build up to enter the Fellsman.
Things were going well until the ankle went into a cast so I put off the race
until next year fearing I did not have enough miles in my legs, however my wife
was away that weekend so needed something fun to do. I was still considering it
and quizzing Geoff even last week but decided you cannot wing a 63 mile fell
race.
I ended up
planning another route of 63 miles across all the 2000ft plus peaks in the
northern fells within the
Managed 37
miles first day whilst taking in Gt Knoutberry Hill, Swarth Pike Fell, Sails ,
Hugh Seat, Archy Styrigg, High Seat, Coldberg Edge, Nine Standard trigs (not
Sunday was
a lot shorter at 26 miles and only 4 large peaks - Lovely Seat, Great Shunner
Fell, Drumaldrace, Dodd Fell. Back to Dent Train Station via work clothes
hidden.
Managed it
despite the weather and lack of water for a lot of the course.
My route is
here if you are interested. http://explore.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/os_routes/show/3503
Means I
probably won't be at training tomorrow as blisters need time to heal. Although
legs are fine and I biked into work this morning.
News of some Striders
Cycling
News from Mike O’Callaghan
Just thought I'd send a quick message to say that there is
life after running.
As you are probably aware due to injury to several parts of
my body through running I have had to make the switch to cycling and am
presently training hard over 5 days a week. It would seem that many others
before me have had to make the switch, fortunately due to the lack of impact
upon the body I am able to train for many hours a week, some rides being 5 hours
long with no problems (touch wood).
The quality of participants is extremely high and to ride
with a group in training alone you have to be very fit as they take no
prisoners. Company is easy to come by as Lawnswood is a hybrid meeting place
for anyone, with Tues. & Thurs. 'chain-gang' carried out at a
vicious pace. I thought that I would slip into cycling fairly easily due
to my running background but I have had to work hard to be able to ride with
the pack.
Age is very much less of a handicap in that many
quality riders are in their 50's or 60's and are still capable of quality
times. Racing is plentiful with numerous events both at the weekend and on
week day evenings.
Can't see me ever running again in any way, however keeping
fit.
News of Tracey Morris (
Tracey Morris made a welcome return to clear a winning
2.70 metres in the pole vault
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