Sent: 27 June 2011 00:29
Subject: V S Update - V S Events, Events Diary, Results and Reports
(including BMW, Yorks champ & Welsh bronze), Other messages
VALLEY STRIDERS EVENTS
Tuesday 28 June - Vets
Race at Leos,
Thank you
to the 25 who have volunteered to marshal. Please meet on the patio in
front of the clubhouse at 6:45pm prompt. If you want to run, bring your
running gear with you in case we have “too many” marshals!
If anyone
else is available to marshal, please let me know before Monday 10pm or just
arrive on the night before 6:45.
If for some
reason you are delayed but can still marshal, please phone
Tuesday 12 July – Club
Handicap
The Summer
handicap trail route is 5.2 miles from the Reservoir, via Eccup village
to Emmerdale and back across the dam. Meet by the Res at 7pm
prompt.
Afterwards,
lasagne, order carnivore or vegetarian and whether you want apple pie to [email protected] before
Sunday 10pm.
As we
nearly lost a couple of runners on the last handicap, we need 7 marshals to
keep everyone on route. Please email me if you’re able to help.
Sunday 2 October –
Harewood Trail Race
As we’re
now up to strength for the Vets race, we can start recruitment for the Harewood
Trail Race.
The 2009
and 2010 races raised a total of £6,000 shared between Lineham Farm Children’s
Centre and Yorkshire Air Ambulance. However this race has large fixed
costs – we pay over £1,250 to Harewood House - so it is essential to have over
300 runners otherwise the race makes a loss.
We’re
looking for marshals for the day, but we’re also looking for volunteers to hand
out race entry forms at local races including Eccup 10 (10 July), Pudsey 10k
(24 July),
EVENTS DIARY
Saturday 2 July -
Lineham Farm Open Day
Barbecue
and lots of treats to eat - Musical Entertainment – Lineham farm goodies –
Plant stall – Who will be the mystery guest?
11am to
3pm, £2 per child, £1 per adult www.linehamfarm.co.uk
Also Saturday 2 July –
fell race at Kettlewell in V S Fell Champs
Steve Webb
writes
There are
races counting in the fell champs over the next three weekends. Saturday
2 July is an A Medium (with navigation) as part of the Wharfedale Triple T at
Kettlewell - the whole event is heartily recommended.
Saturday 9
July at 2.15 is a B Short at Baildon Carnival. All the fun of the fair,
very easy to get to by public transport, and a junior run at 3.15.
Sunday 17
July is an A Long at Holme Moss.
Don't
forget you need at least one from Short, Medium and Long to maximise your score
in the champs.
Tuesday 5 & 12
July - sessions still not back to normal
The Striders
track session will be, for a change, on the 1st Tuesday of
the month i.e. July 5th, so meet at Leeds Met not at Leos.
July 12th
will be the Summer handicap see details above
Tuesday 5 July – Run
Our
beginners and improvers group, “Run Leeds @ Alwoodley” resumes for season two
at 6pm on Tuesday 5 July. New “members” welcome. If you have
friends that are occasional runners and want to improve or friends that are
healthy and want to take up running, ask them to contact [email protected] for
details or check our website www.valleystriders.org.uk/ril.htm
No necessity to join Valley Striders.
Saturday 9 July -
additional race for Fell Championships
Steve Webb
writes,
I suggest
the Baildon Carnival Canter is included in the Fell Champs as the replacement
for Blackshaw Head in the Short category. It is a B Short. Is easy to get
to, even by public transport, has all the fun of the fair and a fun run for
kids, and no nasty climbs or descents. A good sharpener for Eccup10 if anybody
wants to do both.
Here are
the details from the race organisers
Once again
Baildon Runners are organising a 3.5 mile off-road race in conjunction with
Baildon Carnival on Saturday, 9 July. The race starts at 2:15pm and climbs over
Baildon Moor to the trig point on Hope Hill with a good "let’s go for
it" descent to the finish. There will also be a 1 mile fun run at 3:15pm
for the kids (though open to all ages) on the edge of the Moor.
Entries
will be taken on the day only.
For more
details see www.baildonrunners.tk
Sunday 10 July – Eccup
10
V S Club
Championship race
Sunday 4 September –
60 runners
needed, email [email protected]
if you’d like to run.
Saturday 15 October - the 2011
While our
road runners are in
Announcement from
Date
change, Calderdale Way Relay and Mytholmroyd Fell Race swap dates
Calderdale
Way Relay - To overcome major logistical and organisational problems; the CWR
Committee has come to the decision to move this tremendous event to an annual
May Date. The decision was made in response to positive feedback after this
year’s rescheduled event, as well as the capture of a suitable long term race
HQ. The 2012 CWR will be held on 13th May 2012 and this will replace the advertised
December 2011 event. On behalf of the CWR committee, we would like to take this
opportunity to thank Linda Crabtree for all her hard work and effort in
organising the CWR for the last 10 years. She has played a major role in making
the CWR such a popular and well supported event. We wish her the best of luck
in the future and look forward to seeing her compete in the May 2012 event.
Mytholmroyd
Fell Race - The popular Mytholmroyd Fell race will be moved from its
traditional May date and will instead be run on the 11th December 2011. We hope
that this event will be supported so it can be established in the fell race
calendar.
Race Listings
I’ve
updated our Dates page with all our Grand Prix races, all our Fell Championship
races, all the local races in
Good
websites with race listings include
Try them
all and see which one you like. NB if you find a race on our website, it
is probably worth double checking on one of the other sites – races have been
known to change dates or be cancelled.
There are
lots of races in July in the Grand Prix and Fell Championship. Three
other races I can recommend are the
RESULTS
After a
two year period where the Striders only managed to raise one team for this very
fine event, a 100% increase saw 20 Striders (2 teams!) taking on the 47 mile
route from Bingley via Denholme, Haworth, Silsden, Ilkley and Shipley and back
to Bingley – absolutely nowhere near Bradford and very picturesque.
As a run
this is the middle one in terms of difficulty of the big 3 relays in the region
(LCW and Calderdale being easiest and hardest respectively) and provides a
challenge whilst not being out and out pain. The start of the race was greeted
by excellent weather, which slowly deteriorated such that the leg 5 pairings
got drenched, albeit their causes were not helped by a) being late (and thereby
joining the exclusive Elika Tasker/Dave Cusack club of 2008), b) getting lost
(despite the recces), and c) falling over and getting injured – whether any (or
all 3) of these problems were due to the weather is no doubt up for discussion
over a beer.
Nonetheless,
both teams successfully navigated to the finish, with many pairings exceeding
their predicted times – good incentivisation obviously. The mens team
were 12th overall in 6.28.48 and the mixed team were 20th
(3rd mixed) in 7.08.39
Fastest
pair (unsurprisingly) were Rob De’Giovanni and Andy May, 2nd fastest
on their leg (2) in 1.09.01, only behind the all conquering Bingley Harriers
Men (1.03.08). Big hand for Myra Jones as well, fastest woman on leg 1.
Bingley
men (actually 9 men and 1 woman but Bingley’s a bit of a weird place) won the
overall event in 5.29.28, by 25 minutes, and set course records on legs 2, 3
and 4 fighting their way from 5th to 1st in leg 2. They
were pretty strong!
Thanks to
all the team and to all those that helped the newbies with the recces (special
note to Ian Sanderson for doing this the day after Wharfedale marathon and Bob
Jackson for taking Rob and Andy out – bonkers)
Perhaps
next year we can get three teams in – the winning women’s team time of 7.07.31
looks well within the grasp of a club that has won the LCW the last 3 years!
John
Striders
Results
“A”
team
Leg
1 Kevin McMullan & Steve Webb 1:22:33
8 8
Leg
2 Rob De’Giovanni & Andy May 1:09:01
2 5
Leg
3 Tim Towler &
Leg
4 Alastair Smyth & David Vidal 1:17:26 11 11
Leg
5 Simon Vallance & Dan Murray 1:23:14 13 12
(Rob
and Andy 7th fastest ever on leg 2)
“Mixed”
team
Leg
1
Leg
2
Leg
3 Pam Lomoro & Alan Hutchinson 1:10:04 22 22
Leg
4 Amanda Seims & John Wallace 1:23:11 20 21
Leg
5 Holly Williams & Tom Button 1:34:20 24 20
(
(Pam
and Alan 9th fastest ever mixed team on leg 3)
(Amanda
and John 9th fastest ever mixed team on leg 4)
Messages
From
Holly - Thanks for organising it all John, I had a marvellous day! the
consequent days have been more painful but no pain no gain eh?!
From
Kevin - can I also pass on my thanks, and for your inspired choice of
allowing me to run earlier to get the best of the weather! My only
disappointment was not being able to keep up with Steve but he was very polite
about it and his urgings to 'keep up this tempo' and 'lets get going again' and
'we need to bury ourselves here' and 'keep your feet up and don't lean
backwards' were all delivered with more patience than I'm sure he was
feeling! And many thanks also to Ian for picking me up on two occasions
and for expertly recceing the leg and delivering the sound advice that 'if in
doubt - its up' which was very true of leg 1!
From
Pam - Indeed, It was wonderfully organised John, and just the right kind of
race I needed after a depressing 8wks off due to serious injury.
Also, well done to all, especially those who had to run in the rain, and many
thanks to Tim Towler and Alan Hutchinson for the lifts, encouragement and good
company.
Results
from “Full Bronte 5” which was also the Yorkshire Veterans’ 5 mile
championships
1
James Walsh 24:33
43
Tim Towler 35:18
70
97
finished
Congratulations
to Carole – trophy to be presented at Leos on 28 June.
Welsh Track Bronze
Medallist - Katie Parry
Active in a
Valley Striders vest on the track has been Katie Parry. Last weekend at the
Welsh Track & Field Championships in Cardiff, despite spending most of the
last two weeks either cycling or aqua jogging she came 6th in the 1,500m - 4:49:97 on
Saturday and topped it on the Sunday with a bronze medal - 3rd in the 800m -
2:23:88
Welsh Weather and
Triathlon Report from
It's
official, Welsh rain is harder than English rain!
We
travelled over to Bala in Snowdonia for a weekend of fun starting on Saturday
with a couple of charity swims in Bala lake http://www.visitbala.org
, followed by a Middle Distance Triathlon (2000m Swim, 81km Bike, 20km Run) on
Sunday.
Saturday
The rain
had passed and the sun was out but boy was the water cold.
750m - nice
swim, finished 14th out of 67 followed straight after by
1500m - the
safety briefing said turn at the second buoy, the safety canoeist had different
ideas and made the leading group swim to the third buoy, so with some doing an
extra 400m the final positioning was slightly inaccurate, came 51st out of 72.
Sunday
We woke in
the morning and it was cold (5°c), windy and raining... and it rained ALL day.
2000m
Swim
Well the
good news was, as the air temp was so low it didn't feel as cold as yesterday,
the bad news was it was a little choppy on the way back, but all the usual fun
of a 3 wave mass start with most competitors making it back into transition
albeit cold...
81km
Bike
Everything
in transition was wet and in fairer conditions you would warm up on the bike
and it would have been fun, but with the rain and the windchill hands and feet
soon became numb so you were unable to change gear or hold on properly, didn't
feel like eating/drinking with a number of competitors coming back having drunk
half a bottle or even nothing at all.
Thanks have
to go out to the St Johns Ambulance guys as they were extremely busy - around
the 40km mark there was an ambulance with loads of bikes scattered around,
apparently at one point there were thirteen competitors huddled together in the
back trying to warm up and there were stories of people seeing competitors
dropping out and seeking refuge in the burger van en-route, and I saw one guy
shivering in a phone box waiting for rescue. It did make me smile to see one
competitor doing star-jumps and running on the spot in the middle of nowhere to
try and warm up
I hit 48mph
at one point on the bike, downhill, barely holding the bars, eyes squinting to
try and see, and the rain trying it's best to kill me and then turned round
into the wind and that dropped to less than 7mph as it tried to blow me off.
141
competitors dropped out on the bike stage.
20km Run
Back down
in to the village and the weather was completely different with the sun
breaking through and thanks must go the volunteers in transition as they were
helped frozen competitors get off the bikes, changed and even tying shoe laces
that were impossible to do with wet frozen fingers.
To take
advantage of the warmth I removed my Featherlite top and went out in just my
tri-suit, big mistake, as at 3km it started raining again!
It took
approx 5km before I could even feel my feet and then at about 10km just like
two weeks ago I ran out of energy (last time was lack of sleep, this time was
lack of food) and I just slogged it out to the very welcome sight of the end.
Finished
5:38:36
(159th) Splits 41:04, 2:59:04, 1:52:46
Full
results here http://www.stuweb.co.uk/default.asp?a=2&e=753
524
competitors started, 383 finished.
Finally
into the sports centre for a nice hot shower... and to top off the day the fire
alarm went off and people were ushered outside, some in just their towels to
wait for the fire engines.
All good
fun
Richard
There is an
amusing report from the organiser’s side of the day here http://www.wrecsamtri.org.uk/
Freckleton Half
Marathon – report from Bob Jackson
Standing in
the rain waiting for the start of the Jane Tomlinson 10k, followed by handing
out leaflets, was not ideal preparation for a half marathon in the afternoon,
but both events had been on my agenda for 6 months and unfortunately the dates
clashed.
So the
answers to the questions you’re asking:
Where’s
Freckleton? – it’s about 7 miles west of Preston on the road to
Why
Freckleton? – the race route runs through a village called Wrea Green where my
Dad was brought up and where we used to spend our summer holidays (I remember
that it always rained).
And another
fact about the Freckleton half? – it’s the oldest half marathon in the UK, it
was started in 1965 as an event in the village sports day after the organiser
was inspired by Ron Hill running in the 1964 Olympics. Ron Hill won in
1965 and also won in 1969 in 1:04:45 which still stands as the course record.
Contrary to
my expectation of rain, by the time I got there it was sunny and breezy so not
too hot. I parked in the sports field. The start, finish and
changing rooms were all less than 100 yards away – one of the benefits of a
“smaller” race, albeit 600 runners.
The race
started at 2pm and most of the route was country roads - slightly undulating
but certainly not hilly. Wrea Green was at the 5 mile mark, taking in the
village green (cricket match in progress) and past the village pond. The
biggest crowd of the route was there but whether they were there for the race
or the cricket, I wasn’t sure.
By halfway,
I noticed it was considerably warmer than when we’d started and the sun was
fully out with no shade. There were 5 water stations and a couple of
times I took a cup to swallow and a cup for over my head.
Miles 8 to
12 were on a main road with breeze behind. This was some relief as I was
definitely getting slower, running 7:45’s rather than my initial 7:15’s.
The last mile was through a housing estate and back into the wind, definitely
hard work. Across the line just under 1:38.
The race
brochure promised unusual mementoes and was true to its word, we all received a
bright blue full size umbrella. The hander-outers said it was a sun
parasol. I didn’t believe them – the umbrella lent weight to my childhood
memories of rain.
I went for
a shower and then checked the results (John Schofield was there so they were
prompt). I’d finished 1st M60 so I stayed behind to collect
the prize - £15 of sweatshop vouchers.
The only
other Strider there was Eric Green who spends half of his racing life in
Lancashire as this is where his partner, Pat, lives.
1 Ben Fish race time 1:11:03 chip time
1:11:02
64
Eric Green race time 1:31:40 chip time 1:31:37
108
Bob Jackson race time 1:38:00 chip time 1:37:53
548
finished
A grand day
out!
VARIOUS MESSAGES
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number plate for sale
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available from www.regtransfers.co.uk.
Abbey Runners need not apply!
Pics from Amanda
Click on the link below for the Leeds Half
pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54554862@N05/sets/72157626686744775/
Click this link for the MVT pics but the quality isn't very good
as it was a bit dark where I was and the camera couldn't cope with the movement
of the runners for some reasons!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54554862@N05/sets/72157626922810610/
New Strider – message
from Lisa Wilyman
Again,
thanks for keeping me informed of all Valley Striders achievements!
Thought I'd let you know that we had another baby last Monday, 6th June.
We had another little boy, name still to be confirmed, its between Toby and
Joe. He weighed 8lb 7oz and is GORGEOUS!!! My labour was a lot
easier this time, 6 hours in total, no stitches! We only just made it to
the hospital in time, he was born within 10 mins whilst Jonny and my Mum were
parking their cars. OOOps!! I've now got a lovely double
buggie so I'm hoping to get to a Roundhay parkrun in the near future and burn
off my jelly belly!!