Sent: 04 February 2011 00:24
Subject: V S Update - Dewsbury & lunch, various events, Peco
results, Stanbury report, 2011 Fell Champs events and more
Sunday 6 February -
Dewsbury 10k post-race refreshments (message from
Sunday 6th
February may to some of you mean the date of your next 10k, Dewsbury 10k, but
to me it’s also the 1st time I've had a drink since the start of 2011!
Trust me it's a big deal.
So to
celebrate such occasion and of course a hopefully decent 10k time (it is a
running club after all), I hope you can make it for the planned drinks
following the race.
The plan
is to head to Mustard Pot, Chapel Allerton for 1 o'clock for Sunday Roast and a
few warm up drinks. A great chance to share fellow Valley Striders results from
the morning and of course some great grub! The Mustard Pot is a really family
friendly venue, so feel free to bring the kids.
Then a bit
later, we'll head on down to the newly opened 'East of Arcadia' in Meanwood
(the former Becketts Arms), to continue on sampling the local ale.
All are
welcome, so hope to you see you there.
Give me a
shout if you need anything! [email protected]
Note from
Bob – Dewsbury 10k has now closed, there are over 1000 entries so get
there early as there are likely to be queues for the loos, and also get a good
place at the start, however, Grand Prix points will be based on chip times so
no need to be on the front row!
Another
note from Bob – I’m sure Striders who don’t run at Dewsbury
will still be welcome at Elika’s do.
A final
note from Bob – if you’re considering using someone else’s
number in this race, remember the 17 rules www.valleystriders.org.uk/17rules.htm
and if you’re a fast M30, don’t use the number for a W45!
Wednesday 9 February
“Celebrating the Games”
There is a
series of 9 lectures at
There may
not be hundreds queuing to see the Director of Ceremonies lecture “All
eyes on
But how
about Wednesday 9 February 6:15 – 7:30pm to see Alistair Brownlee (2009
World Triathlon Champion), Jonny Brownlee (2010 World u23 Triathlon Champion),
Malcolm Brown and Jack Maitland (Coaching team – Leeds Carnegie High
Performance Triathlon) talk about “Leeds Triathlon and Golden Ambitions
for London 2012” at the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre,
Full
details at http://sport.leeds.ac.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=434
. All lectures are free & open to the public. Please email [email protected]
to reserve a place at any of the lectures. For further information, please see www.leeds.ac.uk/olympics or call
0113 3434881.
Saturday 5 March
– Visually Impaired Event
This event,
organized by
I
don’t have any official information for this, so if you’re
interested, keep your eye on the parkrun website www.parkrun.com or www.visioncharity.co.uk/sportslegacy
Sunday 6 March - Peco
XC race 5
The final
race in the Peco series is being held on Otley Chevin and ORGANISED BY VALLEY
STRIDERS. We need about 8 people to set up the course and registration
area and 10 to marshal. If you can help, please email me
So far,
thanks to Laura Clark, Mick Tinker and Paul Hunter for volunteering for course
set-up and to Peter Lambert for offering to marshal.
Saturday 26 March –
Details at: http://www.yvaa.org/
Closing date 18/03/2011. Contact Drew Taylor at [email protected]
Wednesday 29 March
(provisional date) - Tom Williams
The second
of Tom’s talks will specifically focus on tapering down for the marathon
and preparation for race day.
I have
suggested to Tom that he might do another talk in April for runners in the
Tom and
Martin Yelling’s marathon talk website can be found at http://www.marathontalk.com/
Sunday 3 April -
We’ve
proposed this race as the date of the
This will
be the sixth time the
Note that
all runners count in the scoring but faster runners score more than
slower. So it is important to have fast runners but also important to
have as many runners as possible.
http://valleystriders.org.uk/abbeyvalley.htm
Everyone,
please put 3 April in your diaries for
Apart from
scoring in the
NB you can
enter online at no extra cost at http://www.ukresults.net/11apl.html#wakefield
Running
Races to
consider include
6 March – Trimpell 20 at Moreecambe (but we’d prefer you run the
final XC)
13
March – Spen 20 at Cleckheaton
20
March – East Hull 20
20
March –
27
March – Wilmslow half
All races
on www.ukresults.net
Peco XC results
– men 2nd, women 1st
The
men’s team were narrowly beaten by Abbey Runners, just 4 points
difference. To win the league, we have to win the final race and Abbey
finish 3rd; our only chance seems to be to spike the beer at Adel
Memorial Club. We will still need a good team on 6th March to
guarantee the runners-up trophy. Overall Malcolm Coles leads the M70
category. In the meantime, on the back of two great results the men will
go with confidence to the English National at
6
7 Rob De’Giovanni
10
Gwil Thomas
15
Dan Fisher
20
Matt Allen
25
27
30
Dan Murray
team total 140 points
38
39
48
Eirik Stangnes
76
Paul Hunter
77
89
Andy Settle
102
104
John Wallace
112
115
Bob Jackson
126
Malcolm Coles
127
John Shanks
130
Tony Haygarth
139
Leroy Sutton
201
ran
The
women’s team finished first in the first division (i.e. the second
division) and have a clear lead in the series going into the final race, where
a win or 2nd place will secure winning the league and some more
silverware for the trophy cabinet. Our points total was third best
women’s team on the day so on this form we will be challenging for
silverware in the premier division next year. Liz Wood ran her first ever
XC and was one of the scorers. Overall
14
15
Laura Clark
22
Liz Wood
23
Amanda Seims
team total 74 points
28
43
Sarah Smith
120
approx ran
Brass Monkey photos
See http://www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsalbum/11brass/index.html for about 40 photos taken by
Stanbury Splash report
from Amanda Seims
I'd been talked into
this by curly Matt who filled my head with promises of lots of chocolate at the
finish. What he'd forgotten to tell me was that it is quite a tough
course, especially in the wet and it was only at the start that he remembered
to tell me that there were some stream crossings! Silly me
really for forgetting to ask why it is called The Stanbury Splash!
The 7 mile course starts in the quarry at Penistone Country park and heads out
through the car park, across the fell and back again. This was my first
proper fell race and although I did OK on some of the downs and ups, the really
steep descents proved quite tricky and very nerve-wracking! The stream
crossings were actually not so bad as I had a decent pair of wool socks on and
they were usually followed by a sharp uphill section which was definitely
enough to get a sweat on!
There were some nice fast(ish) sections on good hard track to give you some
recovery but the rest was very slippery-slidey and my legs were like jelly on
the return leg back. There were quite a few cameramen around to get those
awful pictures of everyone with their twisted faces of pain and the videos
capturing this were shown on a huge screen back in the pub at the end of the
race for everyone's amusement. Watching the playback from the junior
races made me wish that I'd been as fit as they seemed when I was their age,
although if someone had bribed me into a fell race with the promise of sweets
when I was young, I'm sure I would have taken up running back then!
After the soup and a roll came the prize giving and my word it was never
ending! The elite runners were laden with arm fulls of tubs of chocolate,
tubs of baked beans, soreen loaf, fruit cakes, beer and lots more. After
that, they seemed to go through the list of finishers so that at least the
first hundred or so walked away with a few tubs of cholate or bottles of
beer. Then came the frenzied throw-out......first it was packets of
crisps (during which one flew straight at my head!), then carrier bags full of
maltesers, then handfuls of sweets, then the soreen loafs, then t-shirts
followed by goody bags of sweets and so on until it had all gone. I can
tell you that it wasn't just the juniors that were going crazy during this
either - grown adults were grabbing what they could from the air and on the
floor! Unfortunatley we were too far back to catch much, however
Matt spotted on the results list that I hadn't been counted as a female
finisher and therefore didn't get called out in the endless prize giving.
Amazingly the organisers insisted I should have something and suddenly produced
two big selection boxes of chocolate biscuits!
When I got home I was amazed to see that the results and photos were already up
which was very quick!
So to summarise, a well-organised 7 mile tough race in the mud,
where participation is encouraged by making everyone worthy of a prize!
Results
info from John Marsham
1 Chris
Steele 43:30
3 Ian Holmes 42:51
Striders finishers
76
81 John Marsham
84 Eirik Stangnes 54.31
86 Matthew Allen 54.37
187
261 Amanda Seims 68.06
406 finished
410 started
Full
results and pictures at http://woodentops.org.uk/index.php?topic=stanbury
Trial Trail Shoes?
– message from Hi-Tec
I work
with Hi-Tec, who I’m sure you know are a leading outdoor brand. To
celebrate the launch of our brand new V-Lite Infinity trail running shoes we're
looking to start partnering with a select few trail running clubs across the
country.
We want to
find out what real runners think of our kit and we really value the opinions of
the people who use outdoor products on a regular basis (you guys are the
experts after all!).
The idea
is that we'd send you two pairs of shoes, which you could use when out on the trail
and then review for us. Your review would feature on the Hi-Tec Infinity
website, alongside advice from adventure racing pro Martin Dreyer, and help to
inform anyone who is considering buying the shoes.
I really
hope this sounds like something you might be interested in- if this is the case
I'd need you to get back to me as soon as possible so that we could get the
shoes out to you in good time.
Please do
get in touch if anything needs clearing up or if you'd like any further
information.
I look
forward to hearing from you.
Best
wishes,
Sophie
Coley [email protected]
2011 Fell Championship
Short
Medium
Long
Same rules
as last year. Best 5 scores to count to include at least one short, one
medium and one long. 1.1 factor for A category, 0.9 factor for C
category. Eirik's argument for 1.05/0.95 factors dismissed for lack of
supporting statistical evidence. Only AL races to count for the one
additional "wildcard" score: if anybody runs alternative races
this year which they think should have counted, then let us know so the issue
can be considered again next year.