Subject: V S Special Update - Email problems, Bradford Millennium Way and Leeds Half Marathon

Sent: 12 May 2013 22:30

Email problems

I’ve been having problems sending emails for the last 3 weeks.  I have 15 distribution lists each with about 25 names on.  After sending 8 or 9 emails, all subsequent emails are rejected.  Even if I then just send one email to one person it gets rejected.  A couple of weeks ago when I waited an hour I was able to continue sending.  On Friday night the problem took 18 hours to clear.

I’m saying all this just in case the emails pack up completely, in which case there will be extra information on the club website.  So if you stop getting emails, please look at the website.  Thanks!

Bradford Millennium Way Relay – from John Wallace

Never mind the normal Sunday run – what you all want is a proper challenge, for which the BMW on Sunday 16^th June is just the thing

It’s a 50 mile 5 leg route, run in pairs, that starts and finishes at Bingley rugby club with change overs near Denholme, Oxenhope, Silsden, Ilkley Gates and on to the finish. It's north and west of Bradford essentially going around the greater Rombalds moor, parts coinciding with Yorkshireman and Rombalds Stride routes.

Harder than the Leeds Country Way, easier than Calderdale, and in my (biased) view better than both. The clubhouse is a good finish as it has beer and sandwiches and the results come out pretty quickly.

Saltaire Striders organise it and there should be more details on their website (if you can get it to work!)  www.saltairestriders.org.uk

Go on - you know you want to

Email me back if interested [email protected]

John

Leeds Half Marathon

Here are the results that I’ve managed to find, but who was who?  And was there anyone running not listed as a Strider?  Please let me know so I can update the Grand Prix table.

NB One Valley Strider fell foul of rule 10 of the “17 rules”  www.valleystriders.org.uk/17rules.htm and has had to inform the race organisers so he doesn’t get the M55 first prize that he’s not entitled to. 

The number of Striders finishers was up on last year but quite a few short of the 51 in 2008 and 50 in 2009.  I’m sure two of the reasons for the decrease in numbers are (a) the entry price and (b) that running along Kirkstall Road is mind-numbing.  I can’t do much about the second, but if you want to get entry for next year at £8 off, there is a special offer at £21.20 (includes £1.20 transaction fee) until 11:59 pm tomorrow (Monday) night see

https://eventdesq.imgstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&EventDesqID=2552&OrgID=3918 .  I’m in (I reckon it will be the 45^th time I’ve raced down Kirkstall Road including Abbey Dashes, Leeds Halfs, and Leeds Marathons).

Commiserations to Andy May, just 6 seconds off a podium place,  But he did get the satisfaction of 2^nd M35, and Steve Webb was also runner-up in his age category.

  GunPos                     GunTime      ChipTime     GP Pts

     4    Andy May           01:14:53     01:14:51        100  2^nd M35

     7    Simon Midwood      01:16:25     01:16:22         99

    25    Abdoulaye Kodokod  01:21:58     01:21:19         98

    30    Steve Webb         01:23:03     01:21:36         97  2^nd M50

    35    Jeremy Ladyman     01:23:47     01:23:45         96

    45    James Tarran       01:24:54     01:24:47         95

    56    Ian Sanderson      01:25:25     01:25:17         94

    78    Tony Mills         01:27:00     01:26:43         93

   100    John Shanks        01:28:28     01:28:20         92

   102    Gary Mann          01:28:31     01:28:24         91

   105    Andy Stoneman      01:28:45     01:28:38         90

   107    John Bucktrout     01:29:01     01:28:53         89

   185    Richard Irvine     01:32:07     01:31:59         88

   218    Mike Higgins       01:33:12     01:33:01         87

   222    Rob Hamilton       01:33:21     01:33:10         86

   253    Keith Sexton       01:34:28     01:33:13         85

   571    Iain Currie        01:40:42     01:40:19         83

   572    Paul Sanderson     01:40:48     01:38:10         84

   576    Ged Coll           01:40:52     01:40:30         82

   577    Sue Sunderland     01:40:52     01:40:44         81  4^th F50

   878    Paul Stead         01:45:58     01:45:05         80

   906    Sean Fitzgerald    01:46:23     01:46:02         78

   919    Simon Barker       01:46:34     01:45:45         79

   977    Alex Watson-Usher  01:47:20     01:46:21         77

  1135    Bob Jackson        01:49:23     01:49:03         75

  1177    Erica Hiorns       01:49:51     01:49:28         74

  1200    Sarah Harper       01:50:12     01:49:46         73

  1337    Lucy Nowlin        01:51:58     01:48:28         76

  2291    Liz Guthrie        02:01:56     01:57:52         72

  2712    Kirsty Myers       02:07:13     02:03:59         69

  3075    Natalie Ross       02:12:18     02:03:04         71

  3076    Jacqueline Hunt    02:12:18     02:03:04         71

  3078    Rich Clough        02:12:19     02:09:40         67

  3125    Sue Carr           02:12:49     02:08:45         68

  4369    Amanda Lea-Langton 02:48:01     02:47:18         66

also 2^nd claim                        

   274    Howard Jeffrey     01:32:51     01:32:41