Subject: V S Update - Peco XC, Fell meeting and p/p, Brass Monkey
numbers, Leaders wanted, Ladies tour, Fell projects, VS men 5th at Yorks XC,
parkrun, Quiz answers
Sent: 13 January 2012 16:22
Subject: V S Update - Peco XC, Fell meeting and p/p, Brass Monkey
numbers, Leaders wanted, Ladies tour, Fell projects, VS men 5th at Yorks XC,
parkrun, Quiz answers
Events
Peco Race 3 – Sunday 15 January
Final reminder that
it is the third race of the Peco League this Sunday at Templenewsam – senior
race starts at 11:00, register before 10:30 if possible, first junior race at
10:00 www.pecoxc.co.uk .
The race HQ is “Home
Farm” which is the stable block near to the House, and the start and finish are
by the house at the top of the arena used for the Party in the Park and Opera
in the Park concerts. So a nice hill to finish. The route itself
looks to be along some country footpaths round the estate, maps are on the
website.
Both men and women
are in the premier division; the men lead (from Abbey) and the women are
second. There are also vets leagues and we are not so well placed here so
a few more “senior” runners are required.
Equally importantly,
this is the third race in the Valley Striders Grand Prix for 2012, so everyone
who runs scores Grand Prix points. The weather forecast is cold but dry
so bring your thermal top and gloves and come and run. It should be
fairly dry underfoot but I’m not promising!
We generally only
have a few women running and in the first race only just had the 5 to
count. If you’re running 50 minutes for a road 10k you will be in the top
third, but if you’re slower, then even if you’re running 60 mins 10k you may be
(just) in the last quarter but you will certainly have company all the way
round and definitely not running at the back on your own. Come and try!
Fell Championship meeting and pie
& peas – Tuesday 17 January
I’ve already
mentioned that the Fell Championship calendar will be defined next Tuesday so
if you have an interest in fell-running and/or an interest in pie and peas,
come along. If you can’t make the meeting but do have a particular race
you’d like to see in the Fell Championship, then email John Bottomley on [email protected]
Remember to order
your food to [email protected] by Sunday 10pm
latest. Your new year resolution should be to get your order in on time.
I need to emphasise that if you order and don’t turn up you will need to pay
unless you tell us and we are able to reallocate your food. If you order
late or don’t order, then don’t rely on there being spare portions.
Brass Monkey – Sunday 22 January
There are 49 Striders
on the entry list, and although you all know that it is against the rules of
the race to run in someone else’s number, I suspect that one or two of you will
be doing so. If you are doing so, take heed of the 17 rules for borrowing
race numbers http://www.valleystriders.org.uk/17rules.htm . In
particular, note that Brass Monkey numbers are assigned in sets by sex and age
group and indeed seeded according to expected finishing time.
Here are a few of the
rules
7. If you are a leading runner (i.e. could win an individual prize), don't
borrow from anyone.
9. Don't use the number of someone of the opposite sex (men, you wouldn't
want to win a ladies prize you weren't entitled to, and vice versa). Also note
that some races have different number ranges or colours for men and women.
10. Don't use the number of someone older than you (you wouldn't want to win
a vet's prize you weren't entitled to).
13. If numbers have to be collected on the day, make sure you know the full
name, address and date of birth of the person who’s identity you are assuming,
just in case you are asked.
14. If the race numbers have been allocated in age-group bands, try not to
use one that is for someone 30 years younger than you. If you do, then apply
plenty of Grecian 2000 before you start and hope it's not a rainy day and the
dye runs. Or instead run really easily and then explain your aging by the fact
that you've had a hard run
15. If the race numbers have been marked with sweatshirt size, be ready with
a good reason why you're 8 stone and you want an XL (you like plenty of layers
in the winter) or you're 16 stone and you want an S (it's for one of the kids).
17. If you use someone else's number, make sure they or their family (who
will be on the phone number that they wrote on the entry form) know of your
various illnesses, allergies etc should you have an accident or be taken ill
during the race.
a. Many years ago there was a tragic occurrence in the Leeds marathon. Two
brothers were running and by mistake they had swapped numbers. One had a heart
attack and died on the route (NB the only death I know of in 20+ years at
Leeds). The organisers announced over the tannoy for relatives to get in
contact. You can imagine the rest.
b. You may be fit and healthy but what about accidents? In road races where
the roads are open to traffic you may have had or you will probably know
someone who has had a "close shave" with traffic. Several years ago,
one of our club members was knocked down in a race (he suffered a broken arm).
Just had some
information – thanks to Paul Hunter & Paul Kaiser – that transfers are
permitted – here’s the information from Knavesmire Harriers
If you are no
longer able to run we are happy for you to transfer your place to another
runner as long as you complete the Transfer Form http://www.yorkknavesmireharriers.co.uk/images/BrassMonkeyTransferForm.pdf
and send it to [email protected]
, or to the address on the form. The completed form must be received by midday
on Wednesday 18th January. Number swaps can only take place between people of
the same gender and the race pack must be given to the incoming runner as we
will not be issuing replacement numbers and chips.
I am happy to be
middleman for transfers, so if you have a number spare please let me know and
if you are looking for a number please let me know and I will try to match you
up. NB please give me your mobile number for faster contact!
At the moment I
have access to 3 spare men’s numbers but no spare women’s numbers.
However I’m aware of a spare women’s number at Wetherby Runners so there may be
a chance that it is still available!
Urgent - anyone
interested in leading running groups?
Several opportunities
are available.
·
Help
lead one of our regular club sessions on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday – come
and support by timing, supporting new members etc and then possibly go on a
LiRF (Leadership in Running Fitness course)
·
Help
lead our beginners/improvers session 6pm Tuesday - ditto
·
Help
lead a new beginners/improvers session 7pm Monday – we think there is a market
for people who finish work too late to make our Tuesday 6pm session, so we are
considering starting a new group in April on Monday evenings and will need 2 or
3 regular leaders who can commit to coming 2 weeks in 3.
·
Lead
a brand new group external to Valley Striders, maybe in your workplace –
funding is available from outside Valley Striders as part of the government
campaign to get people exercising 30 minutes 3 times a week
·
Lead
between 5 and 10 brand new groups – as above but we see this as a part time job
– some groups could be mid-morning to mothers who have kids in pre-school, some
at lunchtimes at offices or other places with a large workforce
(supermarkets?), some in evenings. Funding and support will be available
to set up the groups, and you could charge say £1.50 per runner, therefore with
a group of 15 you have an income of £22.50 per session.
The last two are
brand new opportunities. Holly and myself are on a committee covering the
whole of West Yorkshire with a target for Leeds to get 800 new people into
running in the next 12 months. We are not releasing this information to
other clubs until the middle of next week as we are using Striders as a pilot
to gauge the number of responses.
Please email me,
preferably before next Tuesday, if you have an interest, and both Holly and
myself will be at the Club on Tuesday evening if you’d like more information.
Curry night and
Ladies tour discussion at Leos – Tuesday 7 February
Message from Holly,
Sarah and I were
wondering if we could have the next food night as a ladies tour discussion
night?
In the meantime,
please may this be added to the next V S Update:
Ladies' tour - Sherwood
Forest at Clumber Park, 9th June, 10k, trail race
Here is the address
www.rwtrailblazer.co.uk
There are 6 waves
so we can group together (sub 45 mins, sub 55, sub 65 and over 65mins, for a
10k), the earliest wave sets off at 11am, last wave 12.45. All runners are chip
timed. Solo entries are £30 but if we book in groups of 5 each get £5 off,
we hope we get three teams out (three full cars).
As for staying
over, at Clumber Park camping site there are Wigwams, 3 pods and a Yurt you can
hire, as well as 38 spaces for bringing your own tent, details can be found on
the National trust website.
We will be in touch
about a get together to organise transport and accommodation (there are no
bookings as of today for the camp site we've just mentioned), for now we need
to know:
We are looking into
concerts/theatre shows etc for the Saturday night in Nottingham and should have
some suggestions by the organising meet up.
This trip is open to all ladies, you don't have to
officially be a Strider.
Below are those who
have already shown interest, please let us know if
this is incorrect, you've changed your mind or you want adding to the list:
Holly Williams,
Jeni Sword-Williams, Louise Allinson, Liz Wood, Myra Jones, Pam Lomoro, Sarah
Smith, Sharon Tansley
(there is also a
Danielle Murray who has applied but her credentials are still to be checked!)
Fell Projects
From John Bottomley [email protected] as discussed on 11
January.
Feb 25-26th: Running the Calderdale Way over 2 days as training for longer multiday runs over
summer.
Staying overnight
at YHA at Todmorden (Sarah S sorting this)
June 2-5th (bank holiday wkend): in Lakes (Mark's parents
holiday house or Borrowdale bunk barn, TBC)
More multiday
training: Running either Helvelyn race on Sunday, Borrowdale etc fell race
routes,
BG Billy
Bland challenge relay or
anything else
Potential summer projects:
·
Dales way (less
popular)
·
Hadrian's Wall
·
BG over 2 days: less
popular but still maybe
It was decided to choose summer projects nearer the time,
based on how we fare on the above 2 weekends.
Results
Yorkshire XC Championships
– men
Striders finished a
brilliant 5th place with only Leeds, Hallamshire, Bingley and
Holmfirth (just) ahead. Take a look at the team results to see the big
names that we did beat and also think about clubs who didn’t turn up (there are
definitely more than 75 clubs in Yorkshire)
1 Alistair
Brownlee 34:51 Bing
2 Jonathan
Brownlee 34:55 Bing
3 Jorge
Thomas 35:56 K&C
36 Dan
Fisher 39:04
47 Andy
May 39:48
63 Gwil
Thomas 41:18
83 Paul
Kaiser 42:33
94 Steve
Webb 43:06
105 Jeremy
Ladyman 44:08
141 Drew
Taylor 45:50
1 Leeds
City 67
2 Hallamshire
H 102
3 Bingley
H 117
4 Holmfirth
H 422
5 Valley
Striders 428
6 City of
York 483
7 Barnsley A
C 500
8 Barnsley
H 532
9 Ilkley
H 532
10 Keighley &
Crav 536
11 Sheffield R
C 577
12 Wakefield A
C 635
13 Richmond &
Zet 661
14 Wetherby
R 717
15 Steel City
S 726
16 Hyde Park
H 742
17 Harrogate
H 797
18 Spenborough A
C 912
19 Pontefract A
C 962
20 York Knavesmire
1032
Yorkshire XC
Championships – women
Just one Strider
78 Sue
Sunderland 26:25
Greater Manchester XC
– men
11 James Kovacs
Salford AC (2nd claim Strider)
Although James
finished 11th he didn’t count for the Salford AC, who, with 4 to
count, won easily with positions 1,6,7,8. James was 1st
counter for Salford B who were 2nd team overall with 11,12,14,16
Parkruns
Last Saturday there
was a V S double with Sue Sunderland 1st W at Hyde Park, Chloe
Hudson 1st W at Roundhay parkrun
Just before Xmas Roy
Huggins became the 3rd Strider to reach 100 parkruns, following Ian
Rosser and James Tarran who reached that target in October (I think Ian got there
first by 1 week). Ian Sanderson and Joel Giddings are both in their 90’s
so should get there in April. James’s most recent run is showing as
“Bespoke parkrun” which I believe was a trial for a new event on the Stray at
Harrogate. Now that should be a flat one!
For V S parkrun
history see http://www.parkrun.org.uk/leeds/results/clubhistory?clubNum=2409
Messages from Up
& Running
The festivities are
well and truly over, so it's time to get back into training. We're offering a
Free £40 Jacket, to make it easier to get out of the door in the cold dark
January days - Also for that extra bit of motivation - why not join us on our
Sunday Social Run. What's more - we've just taken delivery of some brilliant 5k
Zero to Hero Training Plans - call in and we'll give you one Free, plus all the
advice you need to make 2012 your best ever running year.
Yours, in running
Gilly - Leeds
Central Manager.
·
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Super-soft fabric and all-round reflectivity complete a super piece of all year
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shoes from Up & Running, it's FREE! Just mention this email in store.
Better Hurry - it's while stocks last. Not in conjunction with other deals or
discounts.
·
Join
us for our monthly social run - The run where no one gets left behind. We leave
from the Boar Lane shop at 9.30am on Sunday 22nd January. We have an
interesting 5km route from the shop. email [email protected] to register,
or just turn up on the day. telephone 0113 391 2642 with any queries. See You
there!
Up & Running 38
Boar Lane, Leeds.
Up & Running 261
Otley Road, Headingley
Christmas Quiz -
Answers
1. The day after the last
Xmas do we had the first how many runners at Leeds parkrun? ... 4 (1 Roy 2 Joel
3 Ian R 4 Ian S)
2. Where was the National XC
2011 held? ... Alton Towers (Leeds was 2010, Parliament Hill will be 2012)
3. What position did the
men’s team finish in the National XC 2011? ... 29
4. In the Peco league, the
women’s team were promoted in the 2010/11 season Which division were they
promoted from? ... from first (to premier)
5. Which race was the Abbey
Valley Challenge 2011? ... Wakefield 10k
6. Who won the Abbey Valley
Challenge 2011? ... Valley
7. Which race did the women win
1st team prize? ... Baildon B Way (Holly, Laura and Sarah)
8. In which country is the
Piatra Craiului run by Andreas Mayer and Paul Smith … Romania
9. How long is the Lyke Wake
Race run by Sarah … 42 miles (or, as Sarah said at the Xmas do, “9 hours”)
10.
Who
ran the longest race this year? ... Andreas Mayer (Lakeland 50 mile)
11. How many Striders ran in
the Leeds Country Way Relay? ... 60 (5 teams again)
12.
What
position were the men’s team? … 2nd
13.
Where
were the Yorkshire 6- and 4-stage relays held in 2011? ... Leeds Met Carnegie
14.
What
position were the men’s team? ... 2nd
15.
How
many Striders ran in the Palma Marathon? ... 13 (but also 13 in the half and 6
in the 10k)
16.
At
what distance is Vicky Whitehead the Yorks vets champ? ... half marathon
(at Brid)
17.
Which
was the only club to have more runners than Striders in the Abbey Dash? ...
Hyde Park
18.
Which
race did Striders NOT supply marshals in 2011… Cancer Research at
Harewood (we usually do, but there wasn’t one this yrat!)
19.
How
many Striders ran 8 or more Grand Prix races in 2010? ... 29
20. Which was the first year
of the Grand Prix? ... 1989
21.
How
many races did you need to run to qualify for prizes in the Fell Championship?
... 5
22. What does a factor of 11
in the Fell Championship mean? ... hilly
23. How many new members have
joined Striders via our Tuesday 6pm group? ... 26 (and also 4
under-11’s)
24. How many Striders are in
next month’s Brass Monkey? ... 49
25. Tie breaker – how many
races in total did Striders run in the Grand Prix? ... (to aid your guess
– there were 31 races and 156 Striders ran at least one race) ... 745