Sent: 06 September 2010 23:15
Subject: V S Update - Leeds Country Way special edition and a message
from Keith Cluderay
Yesterday was one of
Valley Striders’ most successful days with
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Men’s team
3rd overall, less than 10 minutes behind the race winners and a fastest leg for
Dan Fisher & Rob De’Giovanni
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Vets team 11th
overall and 2nd vets team, less than 10 minutes behind Horsforth who fielded a
team of vets as their A team
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“B”
team 15th overall
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Ladies team 16th
overall and 1st ladies team, 30 minutes clear of 2nd ladies, and faster than
their previous 3 wins
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“C” team
31st overall, and a fastest mixed leg for
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(37 teams ran)
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Striders the
only club ever to have 5 teams in the
The ladies team won every
stage except the first leg, and in that leg were only beaten by 2 ladies
representing a mixed team, so in fact none of our pairs was beaten by another
ladies team pair. So put your hands together for
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5 Pam Lomoro
& Michaela McGarry
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6 Xanthe Hannah
& Sarah Wood
Note that 5 of these were
newcomers to the
In total there were 23
newcomers to LCW, and on quite a few legs both runners were new to the leg, so
well done to everyone for finding the way.
A BIG THANK YOU to the 6
leg captains who co-ordinated the recce runs (most of them led several recce
runs) and, equally importantly, co-ordinated transport on the day
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1 Patrick
Barrett
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2. Dan Fisher
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3.
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4.
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5. Joel Giddings
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6. Xanthe Hannah
And finally a SPECIAL
MENTION to John Wallace and
Full results and some
photos on the website – there’s a link from our “home”
page.
Message
from
HI TO ALL VALLEY
STRIDERS
For those who don't know
me I am one of the longest standing members of Valley Striders and both myself
and Steve "0" would like to pass on our experience to make running
EASIER and FASTER for people who are interested.
A couple of years ago I
stopped visiting the club as I had family problems and found some of the
"negative thinking" very depressing. However I now see new members
who at last are positive and want to improve. I don't have a problem with
people who just want to do enough for health reasons but both Steve and I are
willing help anybody who asks.
I found it very
encouraging at the Leeds Country Way to see old faces (Lisa) and new faces
really giving it their best shot (that’s all we ever ask) nobody is too
slow to improve.
I saw NOBODY just
"jogging in". One runner, who I won't name, epitomised the spirit by
running feeling sick and still ran a quick time.
THANKYOU to everyone who
listened to my "rants". I am only trying to help.
Both Steve and I have
helped a lot of runners over the years and NOT ONE of these runners failed to
get PB’s (including Tracey) while they were following our advice.
The runners we are
mentoring at present have ALL achieved PB's so A BIG THANKYOU to everyone who
"made my Sunday".
There is just one more
thing I need to say, Steve and I are both of the opinion that the practice of
carrying drinks is at least a waste of effort and at worst a potential
imbalance to your running style leading to potential injury problems.
I will discuss this view
with anyone, but in the meantime these are our preferred options:-
1. Drink before
you run (not too much and not before 2 mins to the "off". Otherwise
don’t drink in the hour before the start as this might require you to
make a pit stop.
2. Get someone to
pass you a drink on route - long runs only.
3. Place bottles
in bags on route or do circuits past the bottle.
4. Least favourite
option - bottle in a bumbag. NOT IN YOUR HAND.
5. Next least
favourite option - one of our ladies on leg 5 (who is now a winner) had a back
pack with a tube (I thought she was practising for the Marathon de Sahara!) So
well done.
Next time you see Paula
Radcliffe running with a bottle, tell us, and we will admit we must be wrong.
For those who might want
a "Chat" I am going to the club on Tuesday to personally say well
done to EVERYONE
Cheers and THANKS AGAIN
Keith