Sent: 29 March 2009 00:54
Subject: V S Update - Contact details for members, Help wanted,
Training, Food, Events, Results
Another huge email! Thanks to Anthony Fryer for
the fell stuff and to Kevin McMullan and Eirik Stangnes for their race
reports. Race reports are always welcome!
Membership Details – message for those who HAVE paid
For the 176 of you who have paid, we’d like you to
confirm your contact details.
In particular, if you’ve moved house in the last 9
months (or you didn’t receive a membership card in December 2008), could you
let us know your new address for our records, but, more importantly, so that we
can put this on the England Athletics website so they can send your new 2009
membership card to the correct address.
Note that the only personal details on the England
Athletics website are your name, address and date of birth. If you yourself
want to put more information on, I think the instructions came with your
membership card last December.
We’d also like to ensure we have a few more details to
help us contact you and in case of emergency
·
Home phone number
·
Mobile phone number
·
Phone number for “next-of-kin” in
case of emergency
·
Email address (presumably this is
correct if you’re receiving this, but please let me know if you know of someone
who isn’t getting emails)
All of these are optional! Regarding the
emergency contact details, we’re planning to keep the list in a sealed envelope
behind the bar at Leo’s and also give lists (in sealed envelopes) to our group
leaders.
Just two more questions if you don’t mind
·
Did you get some UKA officials
correspondence a week or so ago? And if so, have you received an
officials licence or is your application still in progress?
·
Are you a qualified first aider?
Help Required
Guiseley Gallop – Easter Sunday 12 April
– just one person to hand out Meanwood Trail entry forms at the end of the
finish funnel
Leeds Half
Meanwood Valley Trail Race – Saturday 16 May
- the race is one quarter full (just over 100 entries) and we have about one
quarter of the 60 marshals needed. Please contact me as soon as possible
to let me know your availability.
Committee Meetings
Those of you stopping in the bar on a Tuesday evening
will have noticed some groups plotting some weeks.
We’ve been discussing all sorts of things including
such varied topics as : improving the women’s showers, preparing for the
Meanwood Trail Race, plotting how to win back the Abbey Valley Cup, getting
teams for relays, getting people to pay their membership fees. The
minutes of the committee meetings are on the website.
One or two of the more radical ideas would require
additional funding, I’ll publish some of this information in the next V S
update.
Training Sessions
We now have 5 qualified group leaders (myself, Xanthe
Hannah, Tim Towler, Paul White, Liz Wood), and you’ll notice a few changes
(hopefully you’ll think they are improvements) to training sessions over the
next few weeks. If you have any comments about the training sessions, please
pass them on to one of the group leaders or to Sharon and Gareth who are
looking after the Thursday session.
Tuesday 31 March, we’ll set
of at 6:45 PROMPT from Leo’s. The faster runners will take the longer 2 mile
route across the fields, slower runners (and latecomers) will run up The
Avenue, and we’ll meet at the bottom of the steep hill by Eccup
Reservoir. The session is 4 mins, 6 mins, 8 mins, 6 mins, 4 mins.
Tuesday 7 April, again
arrive for 6:45 PROMPT, in which case you’ll get a 5 minute warm-up/stretching
session before we set from for Leo’s. Latecomers will miss the stretching
session and just run up to Eccup Reservoir. The session is 3 by 10 minutes.
Afterwards, LASAGNE. Please book by Sunday 5 April 10pm, saying
whether you want meat or vegetarian (both £3), and whether you want apple pie
(£1.50).
Tuesday 14 April, track
session at Leeds Met Carnegie Track. We may be meeting 6:45 rather than 7:10,
look out for details
Tuesday 21 April, Club
Handicap, meet BY THE RES at 6:45, first runner off at 6:50, so we all get back
before dark. Afterwards, PIE AND PEAS.
Thursday Sessions – 6:45 each
week from Scott Hall. Thursday 16 April will be CURRY night after the
training session.
Sunday Sessions – contact
Tim Towler for details. [email protected]
Grand Prix
Next Events
Sunday 5 April –
Tuesday 21 April – Striders 10k Handicap
Sunday 26 April –
Monday 4 May – Rothwell 10k. Enter quickly! www.ukresults.net
Wednesday 6/13/20 May – John Carr 5k series at Esholt.
Pre-entries only. Enter quickly! www.ukresults.net
Sunday 10 May – Leeds Half
Tuesday 12 May – Jack Bloor approx 6 miles from
Ilkley. Enter on night only. (there will be a normal VS track session
that night for those that like their running horizontal rather than vertical)
Results
Spen 20
Just one extra placing –
204 Malcolm Coles 2:58:43
Malcolm is upgrading to Striders as first claim from
the beginning of April, and also upgrading are Michaela McGarry and Kirsty
Everett.
Fell Championship
Remaining Events
The rest of the races are as follows. So get them in your
diary and start planning.
·
Sat 25 Apr -
·
Tue 12 May - Jack Bloor, Ilkley (BS) 5.2m 1150'
(also in VS Grand Prix)
·
Sun 24 May - Ilkley Trail Race (CM) 6.5m 700'
(also in VS Grand Prix)
·
Wed 3 Jun - Otley Chevin (AS) 3.5m 900'
·
Sat 6 Jun - Wharfedale off road marathon (CL)
25.0m 2600' (also in VS Grand Prix) (ukr)
·
Sun 21 Jun - Tom Tittiman,
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Sun 19 Jul - Oldfield Gala, nr Keighley (CS)
5.5m 550'
·
Sun 2 Aug - Round Hill , Timble, nr Otley (CM) 9.0m
1100' (also in VS Grand Prix)
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Sun 16 Aug - Sedbergh Hills (
·
Sun 13 Sep - Yorkshireman marathon (CL) 26.0m
(also in VS Grand Prix)
Contact Anthony Fryer [email protected] for more details
of any of these races.
Windmill Whizz – Report and Results from Anthony
Fryer
Last weekend was the second in the Valley Striders fell
championships and it was anything but dull.
Steve Webb set the pace for Striders with myself trying to
hang on as long as possible. Unfortunatly I hung on long enough to be following
the leading groups of runners (including Steve) the wrong way at a turn and
started heading off to Oxenhope. After about 3/4 of a mile the mistake was
realised by a few and people started turning back. But that was it then. A good
race time lost. Steve thought otherwise and set off like a man possessed to try
to claw back time. I on the other hand saw it as a thing that cannot be helped
and just enjoyed running round the rest of the course. I didn't have a chance
of keeping up with him so left him to it.
All taken in good humour and adds a bit of interest to the
championships
Full results here http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/results/race09/09_windmills_whizz.html
After the Windmill Whizzgate it has meant that Andrew leads
the fell championship and it is now all to play for. Only 2 races into the
season and it is close up top. Steve also ended up with a good score at the
Windmill Whizz, despite the nav error.
Noon- W'mills Total
stone Whizz
M winner
1:11:15 0:46:13
W
winner
1:26:58 0:47:45
Factor
1.1 1.0
RACE RESULTS
Andrew Cutts M 1:35:01 0:48:06
Anthony Fryer
M 1:27:43 0:53:01
Steve
Webb
M 0:51:20
Xanthe Hannah
W 0:54:42
Matt
Allen M 1:32:53
Richard Adcock M
1:45:42
Geoff Webster
M 1:49:53
Sara
Dyer
W 1:07:33
POINTS
Andrew Cutts
82.5 96.1 178.6
Anthony
Fryer 89.4
87.2 176.5
Steve
Webb
- 90.0
90.0
Xanthe
Hannah
- 87.3
87.3
Matt
Allen
84.4 -
84.4
Richard
Adcock 74.1
- 74.1
Geoff
Webster
71.3
- 71.3
Sara
Dyer
- 70.7
70.7
Other Events
Sunday April 5th - The Blubberhouse moors 25. Excellent
training for the 3 peaks or just a good day out. Nice tracks, great views (if
the weather stays nice) and some good running. http://www.ldwa.org.uk/challenge_events/show_event.php?list_option=S&list_type=F&event_id=4229
Sunday April 5th - Open Adventure - 5 hours of running and
mountain biking in the Peak District.
Saturday April 18th - Wensleydale Wander LDWA event Another
great one for those wanting a long run for 3 peaks training (your last chance
before the race!!) Starts in Leyburn http://www.ldwa.org.uk/challenge_events/show_event.php?list_option=S&list_type=F&event_id=4596
Saturday April 18th - The Woldsman http://www.ldwa.org.uk/challenge_events/show_event.php?list_option=S&list_type=F&event_id=4339
I am guessing Madeline will be the only one contemplating this 50 miler so good
luck to you!
Saturday April 25th - The 3 Peaks race, the next installment
of the Fell Championship and the first of the long races. Entries already full
but there may be one going spare in the club. Email me at [email protected] if you
pass the entry requirements.
Other Results and Reports
Trollers Trot report from Eirik
Alan and I ran more or less together for 16-17 miles but I
managed to get a couple minutes ahead going up Trollers Gill towards checkpoint
7 (18 miles). At this point I was feeling ok and I ran well downhill towards
Checkpoint 8 (20 miles) but my legs were now starting to cramp up so I knew
that the supposedly easy 5 miles along the river Wharfe to the finish would be
nothing but easy.
After a mile along the river, I was struggling big time with
cramp and various other aches and pains everywhere. The strong head wind
certainly didn't help and when Alan overtook me around 2 miles from the finish,
I had absolutely nothing left in the tank so I just had to let him go and off
he went.
I somehow managed to do a mixture of running and walking to
the finish and despite my very slow 3-4 last miles, I was quite pleased with
getting under 4 hours. I certainly would have taken 3.54 before the race.
All in all, apart from the last 4-5 miles along the river
Wharfe that is, I really enjoyed the Trollers. The running conditions were good
and the strong tale wind on Barden Moor made this section quite a fast one. The
refreshment stops were very welcome. They even served hotdogs on the last one
but sadly I missed it but I believe Richard took full advantage of this
splendid service.
Obviously people are getting in some miles for the 3 peaks
at the end of April. There may be a strider entry going for that one if anyone
(who meets the entry requirements) fancies it?
Howarth
Hobble
Mick Loftus was also racing that weekend. He did the Howarth
Hobble in an impressive 5 hours and 4 minutes for the 33 mile course. This got
him 23rd in the race
14
Jim Clay 0:30:21
46 Alistair Smyth 0:35:09
79 Paul Sanderson 0:37:49
85 Sue
East Retford Half
Jerry Watson 1:21:23
Paul
Buckley 1:29:51
14
Kevin McMullan 2:07:26 3rd M40
41 Eric Green
2:15:50 1st M50
74 Jon
Uttley 2:23:58
85 Michael Grant 2:25:50
93 Adam Parton
2:27:10
105 Paul White
2:29:21 2nd M60
124 Nick Barnes 2:35:22
266 Chloe
385 Sheila Grant 3:47:42
I had only done it once before, 11 years ago, and my only
recollection was that me and a fellow runner were subjected to verbal abuse
from some kids on a housing estate in the last mile or so of the race. I was
too tired to respond, but the guy I was running with chased them and gave them
back a torrent of vitriol that made their outburst appear tame. An amusing
footnote (I thought so anyway) was that I dug out the results of that race
recently and it gave splits for the first and second ten miles. The guy giving
the kids their own medicine looked not to have mastered the negative split -
his first 10 was an impressive 57 odds and the second 10 over 80.
Anyway, happily, the estate seems much calmer these days and
I negotiated it abuse free and managed to post a PB - but considering its only
the 2nd ever 20 mile race I have run, don't know it this really counts.
I think I expected a decent goody bag after 20 miles but
bizarrely the only after race memento was a red '
Peco Final Results
All the results from all of the races and the overall
positions are on the Abbey website www.abbeyrunners.co.uk
.
But if you’ve only a few minutes, then just look at www.valleystriders.org.uk/peco0809.htm
for just the Striders results.
And if you’ve only a few seconds, then here are the
highlights:
·
Men’s team – Premier League runners
up behind Abbey Runners. Vets 5th place
·
Men’s individual – 37 different
Striders ran. Jim Clay our leading runner, 17th overall. Malcolm
Coles 1st M65, Bob Wilkes 3rd M65.
·
Women’s team - Premier League 7th
place and relegated. Vets 10th place
·
Women’s individual – 8 different
Striders ran. Sue Sunderland our leading runner, 10th overall. Sue 1st
W45, Sara Dyer 3rd W50.