Sent: 13 May 2011 13:08
Subject: V S Update : Events including parkrun, Pecolympics, BMW and
coaching courses; results including parkrun, Leeds Half and Calderdale
CALENDAR
Sat 14 May – URGENT! - Parkrun “mob run” at
Tue 17 May – URGENT! - Club Handicap 10k, meet by Res 7:00 prompt.
Afterwards, lasagne – book at [email protected]
saying whether you want meat or veg lasagne and whether you want apple pie, by
Sunday 15 May 10pm
Tony Firth – Leos bar manager and chef – will be cycling coast-to-coast this
weekend. He’s raising money for two charities – St Gemma’s (his mum was
looked after there 3 months ago) and Andrea’s Gift (a friend of his died from a
brain tumour a couple of years ago). If you would like to sponsor him,
the form will be at the bar at Leos
Sun 22 May – URGENT! - Peco presentations at Leos – please book tickets for the
barbecue to [email protected]
by Tuesday 17 May 10pm. For details of the Pecolympics, see below
Tue 24 May – Meanwood recce run, we’ll meet at Leos at 7pm and run the whole of
the Meanwood Trail route in groups
Sat 28 May – Meanwood Valley Trail Race - we have 36 marshals so far (check www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmarshals.htm
) - and need 29 more, please email me if you can help
Thu 2 Jun – note that Thursday’s session on 2 June will meet at Oakwood Clock
to celebrate what would have been Max Jones’ 84th birthday.
Sun 12 Jun – URGENT! - Bradford Millennium Way Relay – 5 by 10 miles in pairs,
nowhere near
Sun 19 Jun – Jane Tomlinson Run For All
Tue 28 Jun–
Sat 9 Jul – Lyke Wake Run – Sarah Smith is organising a team, see last week’s V
S Update now on website www.valleystriders.org.uk/up110506.htm
Fri 15 Jul – Washburn Valley Relay – see last week’s V S Update now on website www.valleystriders.org.uk/up110506.htm
Sun 2 Oct – Harewood Trail Races organised by Valley Striders – marshals will
be needed!
Sun 2 Oct – Bradford Half marathon (please come and help at Harewood Trail
Races instead)
EVENT DETAILS
Parkrun Mob Run – Saturday 14 May – message from Fraser Weir (
As you will probably know parkrun is a free weekly 5km
time-trial that takes place every Saturday at 9am. The event is for everyone of
all ages from beginners through to more experienced athletes and we encourage
participation throughout a large community.
Last year we started up our ‘Mob Run’ event where we
looked to increase our engagement with running clubs within the Leeds Network.
The event was a great success with 333 runners taking part and so this year we
want to build on this and we hosting another event on the 14th May.
The ‘Mob Run’ event is the same as the normal 5km run,
where runners complete the course, register at the finish and then have their
time posted online. However each club will be competing against each other to
have the lowest average time amongst all of their team runners and the largest
team taking part.
There is no limit to how many runners you can have in
a team, the more the better! All we ask is that the runners register online and
print off their personal barcode and wear their club vest so we can
identify which club they are from.
Pecolympics, Barbecue and Peco Cross Country Presentations – Sunday 22
May
Please note that you need to book tickets [email protected] by
Tuesday 17 May at the latest.
The PECO Cross Country League presentations will take
place at Leo’s on Sunday 22nd May. The provisional timetable
is as follows:
We now have 25 names so we either need 5 more
for 3 teams or we’ll go for 2 teams and have 5 disappointed
Striders. We do need to enter and plan teams now so if anyone else
wants to run, then email [email protected]
by Tuesday 17 May at the latest.
This is a
50 mile relay for teams of 10 i.e. 5 legs run in pairs. It’s like the
terrain for the Calderdale Way Relay but a little bit easier and much nicer
because it’s in summer. Or like the most scenic bits of the Leeds Country
Way Relay with some “easy” fell running and no housing estates.
And it’s
nowhere near
Between
2002 and 2005 we won the mixed team prize every year, and in 2006 we won the
vets team. Maybe we can win the mixed or vets team again or alternatively
challenge for the men’s or women’s team prizes. More details on our
website http://valleystriders.org.uk/vsrelays.htm#BMW
Education for Coaching
England
Athletics and Leeds Clubs are planning to arrange 4 or 5 evening coaching
seminars during the summer months. At least one of these is likely to be
at Leos!
These are
not specifically for qualified coaches. But the intention is that club
members going on these courses should pass the information on to other club
members (could be a couple of paragraphs in a V S Update or just a chat on a
Tuesday evening after a club session)
The list of
“courses” on offer can be found at http://www.leedsathletics.net/Development%20of%20Coaches%20-%20Courses%20available.doc
. Take a look!
Please
email me if you are interested in these. They are likely to cost £5 or
£10.
Sorry, if
you wonder why no dates are mentioned, this is because they haven’t been set up
yet. The courses to be held will depend on the indicated demand, i.e. the
more that are interested in one course, the more likely it is to be held.
RESULTS SECTION
The parkrun included 10 of our “Run in
Unfortunately there was one DNF who sensibly stopped
and will live to run again.
7 Gwilym
Thomas 0:18:08
10 Joel
Giddings 0:18:27
14 Roy
Huggins 0:18:56
25 James
Tarran 0:19:47
75 Ian
Sanderson 0:22:50
82 Chris
Sawyer 0:23:16
155 Esther
Smyth 0:28:07
156 Alistair Smyth
0:28:07
160 Kerry Jackson
0:28:14
166 Grace
Thomas 0:28:35
175 Jane Mansfield
0:29:11
182 Hannah Stoneman 0:29:40
202 Katy
Pollard 0:31:25
215 Jemma Maloney
0:32:15
218 Emma
Rosser 0:32:23
226 Nicola Balfour
0:33:04
244 Marie
Sorby 0:37:28
Roundhay parkrun
7
11 Bill McCaffrey
0:22:57
18 John
Hallas 0:24:00
21 Malcolm Coles
0:24:15
59 Martha McCaffrey 0:32:16
66 Ella McCaffrey
0:35:10
67 Anne McCaffrey
0:35:13
Leeds Half
43 Striders – biggest representation by any club!!
Chip
Chip G.P
Gun Gun Age
Pos
Time Pts Pos
Time graded
3 Andy
May
1:14:53 100 3
1:14:55 3rd M
18 Simon
Midwood
1:20:34 99 71
1:27:14
22 Rob De'giovanni
1:21:11 98 21
1:21:13
24 Gwil Thomas
1:21:19 97 23
1:21:24
27
41 Abdul
Kodokod
1:24:08 95 41
1:24:30
47 Kevin Mcmullan
1:24:49 94 46
1:24:54 3rd M40
66 Ian
Sanderson 1:26:37
93 62 1:26:50
90 Dave
Penman
1:28:38 92 86
1:28:46
94 Roy
Huggins
1:29:10 91 91
1:29:19
98 Ian
Rosser
1:29:20 90 95
1:29:31
104
105 Drew
Taylor
1:29:52 88 100
1:29:56
114 James
Tarran
1:30:24 87 109
1:30:35
126 Alistair Smyth
1:30:44 86 118
1:30:53
149
156 Gary Mann
1:31:48 84 144
1:32:02
157 John
Wallace
1:31:54 83 145
1:32:03
189 David
Vidal
1:32:49 82 168
1:32:59
203 Paul
Hunter
1:33:20 81 188
1:33:30
296 Bob
Jackson
1:36:17 80 264
1:36:25 1st M60
350 Patrick Barrett
1:37:26 79 309
1:37:36
358
432
439 Andy Stoneman
1:39:04 76 406 1:39:32
465
523 Bernadette Clayton
1:40:45 74 457
1:40:48 3rd F50
681 Nick Wallhead
1:43:42 73 705
1:45:54
766
821 Leroy
Sutton
1:46:06 71 961
1:50:18
935 Richard
966 Mike
Midgley
1:48:26 69 895
1:49:20
1010 John
Shanks
1:49:02 68 1052 1:51:39
1015 Paul Stead
1:49:05 67 883
1:49:10
1105
1404 Sarah Oldroyd
1:54:19 65 1264 1:54:35
1456 Bob
Wilkes
1:55:01 64 1552
1:58:51 1st M70
1695 Lucy
Nowlin 1:58:00
63 1824 2:02:13
1767 John Bucktrout
1:58:45 62 1884 2:02:56
1902 Kirsty
1960
2342 Louise Robinson
2:07:04 59 2285 2:08:59
2629
2865 Rich
Clough
2:17:28 58 2914 2:21:40
Thanks to Andy Stoneman and Amanda Seims who have put
some photos on Facebook but I haven’t figured out how to put a link here.
Thanks to Lewis Balfour who has sent some photos; I’ll
try to get them loaded soon.
Message from Paul Moseley
I am writing to
thank you for your support at this year’s event, which I hope you will agree
was extremely successful!
We have already received a number of positive letters
and emails from runners, spectators and residents on route and have seen many
positive comments on running web sites. Many runners have commented on the
quality of marshals and drinks stations as well as the support and
encouragement they received from the volunteers. You really do make the
whole day possible and we hope you found it a rewarding and enjoyable
experience!
A donation has
been made, on behalf of all individual volunteers, to the event’s official
charity, Yorkshire Cancer Research.
Once again I
would like to thank you for your support. If you have any comments or
suggestions regarding the event, please feel free to contact me as feedback is
always welcome.
Many Thanks
Paul Moseley
Race Director, GDF
Thanks to
everyone who ran after the usual flurry of last minute injuries. All CWR
runners now need to pay £5 to
Hopefully
there will be a second CWR run this year at the normal time of December.
46 Valley Striders
Matthew Allen
Steve Webb
Eirik Stangnes Mark
Woodhead Laura
Clark Tony
Mills
1:32:57
(39) 1:09:56 (29)
0:51:27 (47) 1:22:50
(27) 1:10:28 (45)
1:46:21 (79)
1:32:57
(39) 2:42:53 (32)
3:34:20 (32) 4:57:10
(28) 6:07:38 (29)
7:53:59 (46)
70 Abbey Runners (legs 1,4,5,6) / Valley Striders
(legs 2,3)
Andrew Davidson Paul
Sanderson Sarah
Dyer Sheelagh Ratcliff Sean
MacCarthy Tim Jacobs
1:55:04
(77) 1:33:22 (73)
0:59:14 (69) 1:44:52
(73) 1:04:54 (27)
1:32:52 (57)
1:55:04
(77) 3:28:26 (77)
4:27:40 (76) 6:12:32
(78) 7:17:26 (70)
8:50:18 (70)
Congratulations to Abbey Runners Mixed who finished in
29th place in 7:32:51
Black Sheep Race Series
Fountains 10k
78 Nick
Barnes 0:46:14
129 Ruth
Warren 0:51:26 (2nd W50)
Ripon approx 10 mile (another race on 8 May)
21 Clive
Bandy 1:08:09
50
53 Nick
Barnes 1:16:34 (2nd W55)
132 Ruth
Warren 1:28:35 (2nd W55)
Jack Bloor Fell Race
38 Mick
Loftus
0:46:56 100
46 Steve
Webb
0:48:25 98
49
74 John
Wallace
0:52:56 95
83 Andy
Thorpe
0:53:57 93
85 Nick
Barnes
0:54:22 92
124 Laura
Clark
0:57:21 90
149 Keith Brewster
0:59:39 88
161
163
164 Chloe
185
201 Sara
Dyer
1:16:44 80
Steve says
“Fell champs league
updated to include Bunny Runs, 3 Peaks and Jack Bloor. Oliver and
Aled have completed 4 races and so are leading at this stage. Good to see
a few new names doing well.“
This is now
on the website – click on “Club Information” and look for “Grand Prix and Fell
Championships”. The latest Grand Prix table can be found in the same
place.
OTHER MESSAGES
Most of you should have received an England Athletics
“Competition Licence” in the last few days.
If yours hasn’t arrived and you are expecting one,
please let me know.
Reasons for non-arrival
Udo’s Oils Trial
Message from Andy King at
We are
running a commercial research study in the Carnegie research institute and need
a few male runners to take part. As part of the study you will receive a VO2
max test and lactate profile test which is a fantastic tool to aid your
training and gauge your fitness. We are testing a nutritional supplement called
Udo’s choice blend oil http://www.udoschoice.co.uk/ which
has received a lot of anecdotal evidence form endurance athletes in their
general wellbeing and recovery after runs.
We will be
running the study at the university and can cover some travel expenses if
necessary.
If you
think you might be interested or have any friends/relatives who you think would
be then please do not hesitate to get in touch and more information can be
provided.
The following link has more details http://www.leedsathletics.net/docs2011/Udos%20Oil%20Trials.doc
GPS Watch – wanted
Has anyone recently upgraded their GPS watch and wants
to sell their old one. Please contact [email protected]