Subject: V S Weekly Update - dates incl
club handicap and barbecue, places available LCW, results incl Eccup 10, Liz
Wood ironman triathlon report
Sent: 12 July 2013 09:25
Headline Dates
Sat 13
July – Lineham Farm Open Day and 20th Anniversary Celebration – FREE
admission – face painting, BBQ & bar, bouncy castle and fairground games,
tombola, arts & crafts, animals (of course) and more. 12noon to 5pm
Tue 16
July – sessions to include fell session, details below
Sun 21
July - Pudsey 10k [VSGP] [VSJGP] also in Leeds Race Series and Leeds Junior
Race Series www.leedsathletics.net
TUE 23 JULY –
VALLEY STRIDERS 31st BIRTHDAY
·
Junior
1 mile race arrive 6:15pm for 6:25pm start (adults may run 1 mile if they want)
·
Club
Handicap 5.2 Miles Trail (good paths) arrive 6:45pm for 7pm prompt start Route map
·
Start
for both is by Reservoir at bottom of hill from Alwoodley Lane Click for map where to meet
·
followed
by BARBECUE at 8:30pm - book at [email protected] before 10pm Sunday
21st, menu is 1 piece of steak, 2 sausages, 1 piece of chicken, 1 burger,
salad, coleslaw, new potatoes or wedges, veggie option also available, cost is
£7. Please note there will be no extra portions, you must book by the
Sunday!
Sat 3
August – Striders will be organising the parkrun on Woodhouse Moor.
Volunteers required for course set-up and dismantling (will be able to run),
and for marshalling and race admin. If you’d like to help, please email [email protected] .
Sun 1
September – Leeds Country Way, 64 miles, teams of 12, run in pairs, so each
pair runs approx. 11 miles. For the last 3 years we’ve had 5 teams (the
only club ever to have had 5 teams) and would like 5 teams again this
year, Please email [email protected] if you’d
like to run. We already have 31 names so now need 29 more plus
reserves. The 4th and 5th teams are less
competitive and we still have first come first served places available, so if
you can run 10 miles, whatever the pace, please please sign up!
Fell session –
Tuesday 16 July (other sessions are available as usual)
Dear Fell Runners,
Next week will be the
postponed fell session to take place at Danefield Forest Park, reached from the
East Chevin Road (at the top of the steep road down in to Otley).
We will be meeting at
7pm prompt in the second car park (driving from the Bramhope end) which we
would run past the corner of on the Chevin Chase. There will be a briefing for
15 minutes and then teams of two or individuals will commence running from 7.15
onwards.
Can all runners
please bring a map which can be found using the following website link:
http://www.aire.org.uk/club/cluborg/Danefield7500-POC-021211.pdf
A compass, pen and
fell or trail shoes should also be brought and some may consider leg cover to
protect you when running in the rough.
Those with little
orienteering experience are advised to pair up with someone who has.
Following the
session, we will be going in to Otley for fish and chips and a pint, the
traditional fell runners way of recuperating! Results will be announced in the
pub.
Can people please
respond to give us an idea of numbers. Look forward to seeing you all next
week.
Cheers
Dan and Simon
Results
3k track race at
Leeds Met
5 Dan
Fisher 9:18.9
8 Gwil
Thomas 9:45.1
20 Kevin
McMullan 10:37
Jane Tomlinson Canal
Run at Methley
No, not 10,000
running 10k on the streets of Leeds, but 253 running approx. 5k on the canal
towpath near Methley. This race is organised by Rothwell Harriers which was
Jane’s running club, and the results show Jane’s husband Mike in 147th
place with 25:10.
6 Franco
Pardini 17:25
83 Louise
Wardman 21:54
161 Stephen Diamond
25:55
In the junior race:
38 Tally
Diamond 11:32
100 Jordan
Diamond 16:25
John Lunn 5k on
Woodhouse Moor
For many years there
was a series of three 5k races on Woodhouse Moor, the first Wednesday in July,
August and September. The course was borrowed by the Leeds parkrun,
consequently numbers reduced, and the series was reduced to a single race in
memory of John Lunn, Leeds City stalwart, who died 2 years ago. The race
has remained popular with a few clubs including Leeds City and Valley Striders,
I believe about 10 Striders ran, if any of you have seen the results, let me
know!
Eccup 10
8
Gwil Thomas
0:59:41 100
20 Franco
Pardini 1:02:10 99
21 Paul
Kaiser
1:02:13 98
22 Steve
Webb
1:02:32 97
40 Andy
May
1:05:17 96
42 Ian
Sanderson
1:05:32 95
45 Jon
Pownall
1:05:41 94
50 John
Shanks
1:06:19 93
53 Dave
Penman
1:06:27 92
63 Rav
Panesar
1:06:59 91
69 Steve
Wilkins
1:07:39 90
78 Joel
Giddings
1:08:29 89
92 Holly
Williams 1:09:55 88
96 Myra
Jones
1:10:04 87
151 Ian
Rosser
1:14:06 86
152 Adam
Parton
1:14:10 85
170 Rob
Marsh
1:15:09 84
175 Roy
Huggins
1:15:26 83
176 Sharon
Kaiser
1:15:28 82
177 Richard
Irvine 1:15:30 81
219 Simon
Barker
1:18:13 80
230 Iain
Currie
1:18:56 79
232 Sue
Sunderland 1:19:02
78
268 Sean
Fitzgerald 1:20:55 77
286 Alex
Watson-Usher 1:21:39 76
329 Jason
Watson-Usher 1:23:39 75
333 Rachael
Nevins 1:23:45 74
388 Pascale
Fotherby 1:26:24 73
396 Sarah
Harper
1:27:05 72
475 Gemma
Midwood
1:31:46 71
514 Bob
Wilkes
1:35:34 70
519 Kay
Duggleby
1:36:06 69
560 Josie
Rothera
1:38:38 68
564 Sarah
Howell
1:38:49 67
724 John
Whitehead 1:55:20
66
741 Meryll
Cripps
2:03:29 65
Second claim
77 Tahir
Akhtar
1:08:29 89 Sparkhill H
183 Howard
Jeffrey 1:15:43
80 Otley AC
NB Waiting for the
junior results
Hyde Park Mile
Seen the pictures but
waiting for the results
Race Report - Outlaw
Triathlon – from Liz Wood
Here's my race report
from Sunday's Outlaw!
Things to do before
you're 40:
1) get a tattoo
(done)
2) do an
ironman-distance triathlon
Not too much of a
cliché, then. So, back in September, I entered the Outlaw Triathlon. Highly
rated for it's organisation, value for money and fantastic atmosphere, it takes
place in and around Holme Pierrepont National Watersports centre in Nottingham.
In December, the 30 week training plan began.
Having largely
neglected my VS sessions in favour of working on my decidedly weaker
disciplines of swim & bike, my main contact with any Striders since then
has been whenever I was in the Edinburgh bike shop, spending yet more on bits
& bobs I hadn't realised I needed. The snow eventually melted away, the
swimming, cycling & running transferred to outdoors, the distances
increased and before I knew it I was tapering down ready for the big day.
We were greeted at
4:30am on Sunday 7th July with a sunrise so beautiful, it stopped every athlete
in their tracks as they checked their bikes & struggled into wetsuits.
There was not a breath of wind, the lake so still, reflecting this big orange
sun. We had a feeling that we may not be appreciating the beauty of that big
sun later on in the day. With a few minutes to go, a sound like a little
gunshot brought an 'oooh' as we all wondered whose tyre had just exploded in
the heat & prayed it wasn't ours.
We slid into the
lake. I positioned myself at the back of the fast pen, having decided against
following Richard Adcock's advice to get myself right in the middle of the
action for a good old scrap. However, the first 200m ended up being a bit of a
bun fight as the swimmers from the slower pens swam over to the side of the
lake earlier than they needed to, resulting in a bit of a squash. By 500m we
had spread out a bit, and the chances of a kick in the face dramatically
reduced. Once I got into a rhythm, the rest of the swim went surprisingly
quickly. It's quite calming that it's almost completely silent during the swim.
As I made my way to the finish, the faster swimmers were already whizzing round
the lake on the start of the bike leg.
Onto the bike, a
beautiful course through the countryside, largely flat. Some great support
along the way, from villagers, marshals, motorists, local cycle groups and
other competitors. Lots of electrolyte drinks to keep us going.
2:30 pm, time for the
marathon! Two short laps around the lake, then two longer laps out & back
along the Trent & around the lake again. On completing each lap you
collected a wristband. Not a breath of wind and it felt like about 30 degrees.
Thankfully, it got a little easier after the first 6 miles and I shuffled
between the fantastically well stocked aid stations. The out & back
sections on the narrow towpath meant for lots of encouragement between the
runners, or sometimes just a weary glance of acknowledgement. It really felt
like we were all in it together.
Finally, I had 4
wristbands on & was counting down my final miles. Such a relief to cross
the line, my final time was 13:34:04.
Thank you so much to
everyone who sent messages of support & sponsorship. It really helped to
get me through the bad patches. If anyone else would still like to donate, it's
www.justgiving.com/OutlawLiz. Thanks to your
generosity, I've raised over £1000 for Cancer Research so far.
Many thanks &
hope to join you for training again soon, Liz
Bob says, here are
Liz’s stats from the Outlaw Triathlon website – incredible to run a 4:48
marathon on such a hot day (after 100+miles cycling), not surprising she picked
up 24 positions on the run
Time
Position(W)
Swim
2.4 miles 1:23:30 63
Transition
7:20
61
Bike
112 miles 7:06:53
79
Transition
7:24
75
Run
26.2 miles 4:48:57 51
Total
13:34:04
51
