Sent: 19 March 2009 00:17
Subject: VS Update - Membership fees, Help requested, Calendar, Race
results and reports, Thursday session
Another marathon edition of V S Update. If your email
system loses part of it, it will be on the Striders website late Thursday
evening
Membership Fees
We now have 167 members for the Striders year September 2008
to August 2009, but there are still 53 who haven’t paid.
We will be renewing registrations with England Athletics in
April, and if you haven’t paid your V S Membership, your registration won’t be
renewed, therefore you won’t be entitled to run in races as a Strider, nor get
your £2 race discount, nor get your 10% Up & Running discount. If
you’re not paid-up and you enter the Leeds Half Marathon as a Strider, you are
likely to get your entry returned!
Please check whether you have paid at www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmemreg.htm
. If it says “08”, you’ve paid. If it says “07” or your name isn’t
on the list, then you haven’t, so please send a cheque for £14, payable to
Valley Striders, to
Your Help is Requested …
… for the races that we organise or support during the
year. Please put these dates in your diary and come and help at some of
the races please.
Sun
10 May – Leeds Half Marathon – The running clubs in Leeds have each been asked to
provide a small team of marshals to help marshal a relay change-over or a water
station or a section of the route. They will pay £5 per marshal to the
club, and, if you marshal, we will deduct that from next year’s subs. If
we can get names in quickly, we may be able to ask for a position early on the
route, but I can’t guarantee this. Are you able to help? Let me
know as soon as possible.
Sat
16 May – Meanwood Valley Trail - We have over 100 runners so far but only 15
marshals. If you’re able to help, let me know as soon as possible.
If you want to know what might happen when the are insufficient marshals, read
the report from the Windmills Whizz below. Bottle of beer for every
marshal. All race profits to Lineham Farm (we raised over £1,000 last
year).
Tue
23 June –
Sun 4
October – Harewood 10 mile Trail - Bottle of beer for every marshal. All race profits
to Lineham Farm (we raised over £3,000 last year).
Sun
18 October – Cancer Research 10k at Harewood – 12 marshals needed.
Sat
27 February 2010 – National Cross Country at
Race and Training Calendar
Sun 22 March –
Venue:
Meltham Community Sports Centre. Excellent changing facilities & showers
plus large lounge with hot drinks & snacks. The bar is usually open as
well.
Car
Parking: ample parking close by. Follow directions of marshals.
Route:
mostly off road on tracks & fields with some long climbs & descents,
approx 6 miles.
Entry:
£2.00 on day.
Travel
instructions: from the centre of Meltham follow signs for Slaithwaite &
Marsden. Where
Sun
22 March – South Leeds 5 mile from John Charles Centre
I think
I’ve recommended this one before – it’s a chance to race at a ‘different’
distance. If you’re trying to get a Valley Striders Performance Certificate,
you need 5 races which must cover at least 3 different distances so here’s your
chance for a 5 miler.
Tue
24 March – last Winter Training – hills at
Tue
31 March – first Summer Training – meet at the club at 6:45 and choice of short or long
routes to get to the Res. The session will be a pyramid session – 1½
minutes out and back, then 3 minutes, then 4½ minutes, then 3 minutes, finally
1½ minutes.
Sun 5
April –
Sun 5
April –
Tue 7
April – meet at
the club at 6:45 and choice of short or long routes to get to the Res for the 3
by 10 minutes session.
Afterwards
- lasagne night please place your order by Sun 5 April stating
whether meat or vegetarian lasgane and whether you want apple pie.
Tue
14 April –
Track session – please note this may be an earlier start time – see website for
details.
Thu
16 April –
Thursday run from Scott Hall followed by curry night (see information
below on Thursday training).
Tue
21 April – Club
Handicap 10k, followed by pie and peas.
Sun
10 May – Leeds Half
Sat
10 October – World Long Distance Mountain Running – message from Ingo
Important news from the continental mountain running scene:
the world long distance mountain running championships will take place on
October 10th, 2009, starting in
The registration links just arrived, and the first entries
are in already. http://www1.your-sports.com/details/index.php?page=2&eventid=1729&lang=en
. Since the list is expected to fill quickly, early entry is recommended.
Hope to see you all there! Don't forget - it is a nice
uphill finish!
Race Results and
Reports
Peco Cross country League race 4 at
Golden Acre
Grand Prix points based on finishing sequence in race.
Because less than 20 runners, new rules apply, first Strider scores 100, last
Strider scores 80, others are equally spaced.
Men
VS Seq GP Pts
4 Panos Aristotelous 1
100
10 Gareth Moules
2 99
18 Jim
Clay
3 98
27 Simon Vallance
4 96
32 Eirik Stangnes
5 95
33 Ian Sanderson
6 94
36 Andrew Thompson
7 93
38 Mark Greaves
8 91
43 Joel Giddings
9 90
60 Andrew Cutts
11 88
76 Bob Jackson
12 86
81 Malcolm Coles
14 84
84 John Wallace 15
84
109 Bob Wilkes
17 81
Team position 2nd. Men vets team 3rd.
Women
4 Hayley Nancolas
10 89
12 Michaela McGarry
13 85
26 Sue
40
Team position 6th. Women vets team ?
Juniors
14 Josephine Mather-Hunter
Peco Cross country League race 5 at
Eccleshill
9 Panos Aristotelous
12 Steve Webb
16 Matt Allen
17 Jim Clay
23 Eirik Stangnes
25 Jerry Watson
33 Jeremy Ladyman
37 Ian Rosser
52 John Batchelor
70 Alistair Smyth
72 John Wallace
Team position 2nd. Men vets team 3rd.
20 Chloe
40 Sara Dyer
Team position 7th. Women vets team ?
The overall
league positions have not yet appeared on the website, but my calculations say
·
Congratulations to the men who finished runners-up in the league
·
Commiserations to the women who finished last in the league and will be
relegated for next year.
Little
Strickland 10
7 Dan Fisher 1:06:14
In the
three years that Strider Mark Bean has organized this race, it has grown from
14 runners in the first year to 73 this year.
Windmills
Whizz (report from
Todmorden
Harrier Dave Collins enjoyed a rare moment in the spotlight when a mischief
maker hit the Windmills Whizz race from Ogden Reservoir on Saturday.
A route
marker flag had been moved overnight, sending half of a record field of 122
runners for the annual event on a detour towards Oxenhope. A seven mile
race suddenly became a near nine mile contest for the frontrunners.
However,
the 53-year-old Collins had taken part in the event several times before and
seized his chance to come home first in 46 minutes and 13 seconds - nine
minutes outside the course record set by Adam Osbourne of Leeds in 2004.
Race
favourite Chris Miller of
Anne
Johnson of
Organiser
Allan Greenwood had put out the route markers in the fading light on Friday
prior to Saturday's 11.30 am start.
"Dave
Collins said it was his best ever win - by default!"
Click http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/Athletics-Collins-takes-the-right.5078174.jp
for pictures of Xanthe and Andrew
Results to follow (look on website in a
couple of days)
Trollers
Trot
Four
Striders trotted the 25 mile route from Threshfield.
Alan Hutchinson 3:54
Eirik Stangnes 3:57
Richard Adcock 4:19
Madeleine Watson 5:xx
St
Annes 10 mile
30 Jeremy
Ladyman 1:04:19
120 Chris Kilner 1:12:38
153 Chloe
Trimpell
20 at Morecambe
64 Eric Green 2:14:45 (3rd M50)
Spen
20 (V S Grand Prix)
35 Dan Murray
2:13:11 100
37 Gwil Thomas
2:14:21 98
77 Ian Sanderson
2:25:58 95
81 Patrick Barrett
2:26:56 93
83 Gary Sutherland
2:27:00 90
90 Hayley Nancolas
2:28:36 88
93 Simon Redshaw 2:29:26
85
115 Bob Jackson
2:33:29 83
120 John Wallace
2:34:53 80
Grand Prix
scores use the new system where if there are 20 or fewer Striders, the first
Strider scores 100, the last scores 80, with the others being spaced equally.
Please
share some commiserations for Hayley. She was 5th woman in the
race. But the first woman did not qualify for the Yorkshire Championships
so Hayley missed a medal by just one place.
Women’s
Men’s gold
medallist was Ian Fisher of Otley A C in 1:53:47. Nine runners broke the
two hour barrier which is the most for several years.
The Valley
Striders club championship (Grand Prix) started 20 years ago in 1989. The
Spen 20 has been in the Grand Prix most years. Here are the V S results
from 1989. Striders won the team prize and two
2 Steve O'Callaghan 1:51:14
3 Terry Bean 1:52:23
5 Keith Cluderay 1:54:38
6 Hilary McEwan 1:55:04
8 Angelo Feliciello 1:55:25
15 Steve Thirkell 1:59:09
29 Rob Jacobson 2:03:18
39 Eric Cusack 2:04:56
43 Fred Douglas 2:05:48
74 Richard Lumb 2:12:22
106 Ray Jones 2:15:29
107 Yvonne Bissitt 2:15:29
109 John Hallas 2:15:35
122 Don Wrigley 2:17:30
141 Bob Jackson 2:21:05
144 Roger Mackintosh 2:21:38
156 Chris Jackson 2:23:12
192 Dave Taylor 2:31:32
193 John Umpleby 2:31:43
195 Andy Barritt 2:32:35
196 George Dawson 2:33:16
221 Chris Newman 2:47:06
More race
reports wanted – just email them in!
Thursday Run – a plea
from Gareth Moules
We are
trying to drum up support for the Thursday training run. Throughout the last
year or so numbers have dropped so much that on one occasion one person
attended and had no-one else to run with. With so few turning up this is a week
in week out risk and will ultimately lead to the Thursday run ceasing to exist.
For a club as big and popular as Valley Striders this is simply not acceptable.
The Tuesday
speed session has developed into such a popular and sociable run that it is
hard to accept such a poor turn out for the Thursday evening run. On countless
occasions potential new members have popped up on a Thursday night for a steady
run only to be severely disappointed by the turn out and have never been seen
again. Personally I can think of 2 or 3 very good runners who have probably
joined a different running club. I believe that the vast majority of new
members join to participate in steady, relatively pain free runs. We are
robbing them of this opportunity and the club of valuable new members.
On a very
frustrating note, club members have been spotted training on their own on the
same roads we use. Considering a few of us travel across
The main
issue with the Thursday night training run has been the vast difference in running
paces. With only a small number attending this is inevitable. It would be good
if we could raise numbers to perhaps 12-15 at the very least and split into 2
or maybe even 3 groups. The faster group may cover 7-9 miles, while other
groups may run 5-6 miles. All groups would run the first mile or two together
before splitting. Planned properly both groups would finish at approximately
the same time in order to maintain the social aspect of the run. Clearly both
groups would need someone with local knowledge in order to plan the routes.
This model has been adopted by the university cross-country club with paces
ranging from 5.30 min/mile to 9 min/mile for the three groups. This ensures all
members have a productive training run whatever their goal, be it a steady jog
and a chat or a fast lactate threshold type run to improve racing performances.
After all, the foundations of an endurance runner are based around increasing
aerobic capacity. Without this speed sessions cannot fulfil an individual’s
potential.
To add to
the social aspect of the Thursday run, we are organising a post run curry for
the 3rd Thursday of every month starting . Please support this run as I feel
the club will ultimately lose out if not. Hope to see some of you on a Thursday
night.
Gareth
Moules 07782360577