Sent: 12 February 2009 00:10
Subject: VS Update : events diary for February / March
Saturday 14 February –
Orienteering event – message from Steve Webb
I'm
organising an informal orienteering event for Airienteers at Middleton Woods,
Ilkley on Saturday 14 February. There will be courses suitable for
children/novices and also a short technical course to test navigation.
All are welcome. The venue is Ilkley Lido, registration from 12.30,
starts between 13.00 and 14.00, cost £1 seniors, 50p juniors to include a
pre-marked map. Details on AIRE website. http://www.orienteering.ilkley.org/index.asp
Come along
and brush up your running navigation; then you can go for a run up to
Beamsley Beacon and enjoy tea and buns in Ilkley afterwards.
Message from Bob – if you do
get to the Airienteers website, also take a look at the Adel Woods /
Sunday 22 February –
6
replacements have been drafted in to run instead of our non-runners, so we
still have a full team of 32 to compete with Abbey Runners (and score Grand
Prix points too)
Anyone else
who has a number but won’t be running, let me know and I’ll arrange to get your
number transferred as we still have a waiting list of Striders who want to run.
Tuesday 24 February –
Hill session, lasagne and …
Get your
orders in for lasagne as soon as possible, more details next week
Saturday 28 February -
Noonstones Fell Race – message from Anthony Fryer
The
Noonstones fell race on February 28th is the first Fell Championship
race of the year.
Event details http://www.todharriers.co.uk/noonstone.htm
Map http://www.johnmayall.btinternet.co.uk/noonstoneosmap.JPG
Sunday 1 March – Peco Cross
Country at Woodkirk
If last
weekend’s abandoned race doesn’t get rearranged, then this will be the only
chance for the Men to possibly get 2nd place and the Women to save
themselves from relegation – so please please make sure this is in your diary.
We have
also been asked to supply half a dozen marshals for this race, so if you’re not
fit to run but you are available to marshal, please let me know.
Sunday 8 March –
Little Strickland 10 mile
This race
is organized by Valley Strider Mark Bean who moved to near Penrith about 4
years ago, this will be the third year he has organized this race. An
undulating route along minor country roads and only £7 to enter. Details
at www.ukresults.net
Leo’s Changing rooms
On the one
Tuesday in the month that we were away at the track, the changing rooms were
broken into while the rugby players were training. Items stolen included
money, mobiles, car keys and two cars.
From now
on, we’ll be locking the changing rooms while we’re out, and I suggest that you
don’t leave anything on show in cars in the car park.
Request for
sponsorship from Chris Carver of Otley A C
Let me begin by briefly introducing myself ... I'm
Chris Carver, the secretary of Otley AC and race director of the Otley
10. Could I please ask you to forward this email to your members, or
delete it as you see fit. If you choose the latter please except my
apologies for having troubled you.
Some of you will know about my successful battle
with cancer back in the 1990s. And as some of you are aware, in May
I am to embark upon the biggest challenge of my life, running from Otley to
Training for this run is a serious challenge in
itself, but I know that the funds I raise will go towards the fight against
male cancers. Orchid is the only
For too long male-specific cancers have been under-funded
and under-supported as far as research and awareness are concerned. But,
with 35,000 cases of prostate cancer, and 2000 testicular cancer cases per
year, the incidence of male-specific cancers is relentlessly approaching the
number of breast cancer cases. Out of every 100 cancers diagnosed in men, 24 are of the
prostate, and if that isn’t thought-provoking enough, there are 10,000 deaths
every year – that’s one man every hour.
Raising funds will be no mean feat. With a
target of £2000, I’ll have to fundraise just as hard as I will have to
train. But with your support, I know I’ll be a step closer. I have
set up my own online fundraising website, which you can visit by going to http://www.bmycharity.com/V2/otleytolondon
If you didn’t already know, Gift Aid is a great way to contribute – if you are
a UK taxpayer, the government will add a little bit more to your donation (28%)
at no extra cost to you! So please do remember to tick the gift aid box
where provided, complete with your full address details.
Anything you are able to contribute will really help
me reach and hopefully exceed my target so thank you so much for your
consideration.
Further details of my Run to London can be found at http://www.run-to-london.blogspot.com
as can details of the full route and also the three records I'm targetting
(after consultation with Guinness World Records).
My blog also has the necessary details and links ... http://www.thoughtsofanultrarunner.blogspot.com
Regards
Chris
Below is a brief
resume/biography of my running career to date with specific emphasis on my
successful battle with cancer.
Born in
In the mid to late 1980s I
shifted to mainly road running but in February 1990 (my 26th
birthday) I was diagnosed with testicular cancer and had a testicle
removed. In June 1990 it was confirmed that the cancer had spread to my
lungs, I underwent six months of chemotherapy but it never occurred to me to
stop running ... I remember regularly running between visits to Bradford Royal
Infirmary. In August 1990 my wife's gran died of cancer - liver, I think.
In September 1991 I began
racing again but only two years later I ended up in hospital again … this time
for an operation to remove part of my right lung due to the cancer. My
mother died only a few days before this operation and her funeral was in
Began training seriously
again in 1994 but unusually for a committed runner [in the public's eyes
anyway] I have never been interested in the marathon and have only ever entered
one – Nottingham 2005 (3h 09:28).
Joined my local club - Otley
AC - in September 1997 and became secretary in September 1999. I’m also
the race director for the annual Otley 10 mile road race.
In autumn 2005 I began to
shift the emphasis from the odd very long run to ultra competition and my first
such race was the Barry 40 in March 2006. Although I had to withdraw at
31 miles because of an injury brought on by the appalling weather I enjoyed the
event immensely and immediately set about finding another ultra race to try.
Since then I have taken part
in the following ultra races:
1.
Self
Transcendence 24 hr race in
2.
Round
3.
East Hull
Harriers 24 hr track race in Jul 2007 – 127 miles 701 yards (1st)
4.
Self
Transcendence 24 hr race in
5.
Round
6.
East Hull
Harriers 24 hr track race in Jul 2008 - 137 miles 1272 yards (1st)
7.
Self
Transcendence 24 hr race in
At present I am enjoying the
both the races and the long runs and the feeling of pushing myself to see
exactly what my body can achieve.
Some of my more unusual long
training runs have been:
·
catch train to
·
catch Settle
Carlisle train to Dent, run back to Otley along the
·
catch bus to
Skipton, run along the Leeds Liverpool canal to
·
in Jun 2006 I
took part in a 10 mile race in Thirsk. I ran to the start from Otley
before completing the race in 1h 23 (45 miles)
·
in Sep 2006 I
took part in the Wetherby 10k. I ran to the start from Otley (17 miles), ran
the race in 42 mins, ran the 17 miles back to Otley (40 miles total)
·
in Sep 2007 I
took part in the Wetherby 10k, again running to and from the event. Ran
the race in 40 minutes this time.
