For information regarding this coming Tuesday’s club junior and adult races – see below

 

Repeat of Last Week’s Requests

 

·         Marshals for Vets race on Tuesday 23^rd June – only 3 replies (we need 40 people, some who will be able to run) – see below

·         Runners for Bradford Millennium Way Relay on Sunday 28^th June – only 1 reply, we now have 5 runners (we need 10 per team) – see below

·         Endurance Officials course on Sunday 19^th July – no replies/enquiries – see below

·         NB Food for Tuesday 19^th May – only two replies so cancelled

 

Diary includes…

 

·         Saturday 16/23/30 May – Templenewsam parkrun in Leeds Race Series www.leedsathletics.net

·         Sunday 17/24/31 May - Templenewsam junior parkrun in Leeds Junior Race Series www.leedsathletics.net

·         Tuesday 19 May – VS adult mile and junior mile and VS club handicap – see below

·         Wednesday 20 May – Esholt 5k race 3 of 3 - VSGP www.saltairestriders.org.uk/site/johncarr/

·         Monday 25 May - Ilkley Trail – popular race for Striders so it’s in the VS Grand Prix and the VS Fell Championship

·         Thursday 28 May – Apperley Bridge Canter - VSGP and LRS, VS have 25 entries so far, but St Theresas have 31

·         Saturday 30 May – Eccup Beer Festival at Lineham Farm – 12noon to 10pm (overnight camping and Sunday breakfast also available)  For information see www.eccupbeerfestival.co.uk  and http://www.linehamfarm.co.uk/ .  I’m hoping to get some free tickets, so email me if you’d like one.

·         Wednesday 3 June - Otley Chevin EOD VSFC and LRS

·         Sunday 7 June - Wharfedale off-road half VSGP – ENTRIES CLOSE 11:35am on THURSDAY 21 MAY

·         Wednesday 10 June - Otley 10 VSGP and LRS

·         Sunday 21 June - Pudsey 10k VSGP and LRS; also Pudsey Junior Races VSJGP and LJRS 

·         Sunday 21 June - Settle Hills EOD VSFC

·         Tuesday 23 June – Yorkshire Veterans Race at Leos – 40 marshals needed – see below

·         Sunday 28 June – Bradford Millennium Way Relay – see below

·         Saturday 11 July - Leeds Junior runs (this is the replacement for the junior runs that used to take place alongside the Leeds Half).  However the finishers are not being recorded so this won’t be in the VS Junior Grand Prix.

·         Sunday 6 September – save the date - Leeds Country Way Relay – 72 Striders wanted to make 6 teams

·         Sunday 20 September – Vale of York half marathon VSGP – entries opened 2 weeks ago and already nearly 900 of the 1500 places have been taken (31 by Striders) www.racebest.com

·         More dates on www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsdates.htm Please email me with other key dates that you think should be included.

 

Tuesday 19 May – VS adult 1 mile, junior 1 mile and club handicap (5 miles)

 

·         Juniors and beginners/improvers 1 mile races meet by Eccup reservoir 6:10pm.  This is an out-and-back route, half a mile each way.  Adult race will start at 6:10pm, junior race at approximately 6:20pm.  NB parents may run with younger juniors.

·         Adult club handicap (5 miles) meet by Eccup reservoir 6:45pm.  This is also an out-and-back route, with a difference which will be explained on the night.  Slowest runner sets off first, fastest last.  If you’ve not run a club handicap before you will be given a start mark on the night, when you arrive please tell me your estimated time for 5km or 10km

·         All club members welcome, guests too

·         All races start on the reservoir “towpath” nearest the lodge on Goodrick Lane (this is the steep hill that goes down to the reservoir from Alwoodley Lane), postcode LS17 7RW

·         Or see map http://valleystriders.org.uk/hcap10k.jpg for start point NB this is NOT the race route as the reservoir dam is still closed

 

Tuesday 23 June – Yorkshire Veterans race at Leos

 

This will be the seventh year that we have hosted this event.  We have a 2 lap course that does a big circuit of the woods around Leos see http://valleystriders.org.uk/Yorks_vets_2014.jpg .  Usually there are about 250 runners and we receive £1 per runner, which after costs of consumables (plastic cups, red and white tape etc) gives us a profit for club funds of over £200.

 

Mick Tinker and myself will be setting up the course during the afternoon but we then need

·         A few people to help butter and fill sandwiches at 6pm and/or bring cakes, they could run the race if they want

·         4 senior marshals to run round at about 6:00pm and check the marking and then to take the marshals to their places at 6:50pm.

·         6 people to help with car parking from 6:00pm, they may then run the race or marshal on the route

·         30 marshals at 6:50pm (it’s the usual Striders technique of marshalling every corner to avoid problems if pieces of tape are deliberately moved)

·         6 people – timekeepers, recorders and funnel marshals - for the finish line at 7:15pm

·         A few people to tidy up afterwards, they could have run the race

 

Please email help@valleystriders.org.uk if you’re available to help, let us know what job you’d like to do and what time you’re available to arrive, also whether you’d like to run if we have sufficient marshals. (Note that although it is a veterans race, under-35’s may run as “guests”).

 

Thank you in anticipation!

 

Bradford Millennium Way relay (nowhere near Bradford) on Sunday 28 June

 

In a recent V S Update I asked for runners and there was also a post in the Fell Runners Facebook group. So far we have just 5 acceptances.  So I’ll try again, and use last year’s blurb, as that seemed to work!

 

We are looking for teams for the Bradford Millennium Way Relay on Sunday 28 June.  This is teams of 5 pairs, total 50 miles, all within Bradford City Council boundary, but nowhere near Bradford, details at http://johncarr5k.org.uk/site/bradford-millennium-way-relay/.  Route starts and finishes at Bingley Rugby Club, and goes via Marsh (near Oxenhope), Laycock (on the route of the Tour de Yorkshire), Silsden and Ilkley.

 

We entered 2 teams last year and it would be great if we could do the same this year.  The first 10 who apply get a guaranteed place.

 

We won the mixed team prize from 2002 to 2005 and the vets in 2006 so maybe this can be the year we get back on the prize list again...

 

Please email teams@valleystriders.org.uk if you’d like to run.

 

Last year we had 2 teams – our men finished 9^th and our ladies 30^th.

 

Endurance Officials Course in Leeds on Sunday 19 July

 

Learn about course design, risk assessment, course set up, marshalling, etc.  Full day course 09:00 to 16:00 by England Athletics tutor. Your course fee paid by Valley Striders, all you need to do is give up your Sunday.  I went on the risk assessment module a few years ago and found it very interesting and useful. Email v.s@virgin.net if you’d like to go and/or need more information.  NB may sell out fast as this is the first course of this type in Leeds for over 3 years. 

 

Membership / EA registration cards

 

We have recently paid registration fees to England Athletics on behalf of all adult running members who have joined or renewed since 1 September 2014, and those of you in this status should be receiving membership cards from them within the next 3 weeks.

 

Note that we don’t register junior members under 15 with EA, nor do we register cycling-only members.  Those of you who are first claim running members of other athletics clubs should also receive your cards soon assuming your first claim has registered you with EA.

 

See www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmemreg.htm

 

RESULTS

 

Leeds Half

 

47 Striders were led home by John Hobbs, Dan Fisher and Andy May.  Also congratulations to Carmel Barker 1^st W55, second claim Strider Howard Jeffrey 2^nd M60 and Andy Pagdin 3^rd M55.  It was also good to see a former Strider Fred Douglas in the results as 1^st M70, maybe he’ll come back with us!

 

  Pos                          Gun       Chip       GP    Cat  Cat Pos

     4 John Hobbs           1:14:26      4 1:14:24  100    M35   2

     5 Dan Fisher           1:14:40      5 1:14:39   99   MSEN   2

    16 Andy May             1:16:39     16 1:16:39   98    M40   4

    39 Daryl Hibberd        1:20:32     39 1:20:26   97   MSEN  14

    57 Andrew Bennett       1:22:43     59 1:22:42   95   MSEN  20

    58 Ben Hall             1:22:45     55 1:22:28   96   MSEN  21

    84 Rav Panesar          1:24:31     87 1:24:29   94     M   33

    94 John Shanks          1:24:51     97 1:24:44   93   MSEN  37

   103 Jonathan Smyth       1:25:15    109 1:25:08   92   MSEN  41

   117 Kevin McMullan       1:26:16    125 1:26:09   91    M45   9

   134 Joel Giddings        1:27:12    142 1:27:07   90    M40  26

   147 Gary Mann            1:27:54    162 1:27:48   89   MSEN  65

   157 Ian Sanderson        1:28:22    176 1:28:10   88    M40  33

   196 Roy Huggins          1:29:24    226 1:29:21   87    M50  13

   335 Daniel Johnstone     1:33:40    391 1:33:28   84   MSEN 140

   343 Mark Metcalfe        1:33:56    384 1:33:23   85    M40  66

   406 Justin Mong          1:35:08    461 1:34:37   83   MSEN 168

   410 Andy Pagdin          1:35:12    501 1:35:00   82    M55   3

   571 Sarah Wood           1:38:18    677 1:37:50   81   FSEN  20

   624 Sean Fitzgerald      1:39:03    763 1:38:51   80   MSEN 251

   699 Paul White           1:40:04    880 1:39:57   79    M60   5

   794 Carmel Barker        1:41:33    975 1:41:08   77    F55   1

   841 Richard Irvine       1:42:43    331 1:32:22   86    M40 124

   853 Leroy Sutton         1:42:54    894 1:40:10   78    M55  11

   895 Louise Cazan         1:43:40   1125 1:42:54   75    F35  15

   935 Iain Currie          1:44:18   1127 1:42:55   74    M45 100

   981 Samantha Harris      1:44:57   1071 1:42:27   76   FSEN  46

  1116 Sarah Shanks         1:47:05   1290 1:44:34   73   FSEN  57

  1234 Chloe Hudson         1:49:03   1448 1:46:11   72    F35  22

  1266 Keith Brewster       1:49:24   1741 1:48:49   68    M60  16

  1267 Chris Sawyer         1:49:24   1511 1:46:43   70    M55  17

  1286 Bob Jackson          1:49:39   1539 1:46:58   69    M60  18

  1441 Stephanie Gledhill   1:51:56   1804 1:49:25   67    F35  33

  1536 Pascale Fotherby     1:53:18   1984 1:50:48   66    F35  40

  1868 Liz Reddington       1:57:23   2485 1:54:52   64    F50   8

  1913 Kat Martin           1:57:52      ? 1:46:17   71   FSEN   ?

  2409 Samantha Glew        2:03:14   2136 1:52:19   65   FSEN 229

  2534 Neil Hall            2:04:59   3424 2:01:49   63   MSEN 884

  3758 Nicola Hartley       2:18:10   4110 2:07:15   62   FSEN 490

  3920 Louise Jennings      2:20:10   4242 2:08:33   61    F40 160

  4803 Brian Tyrrell        2:32:12   5794 2:28:33   56    M55  98

  5234 Tracey Atherton      2:38:29   5540 2:23:56   57    F45 138

  5235 Bob Wilkes           2:38:31   4940 2:15:45   60   M70+   6

  5522 Elaine Craiggs       2:43:20   5333 2:20:56   59    F35 314

  5565 Paul Kelly           2:44:12   5366 2:21:22   58    M35 608

  6049 Judith Rodgers       2:56:49   5947 2:31:40   55    F50 100

  6249 Lindsey McDermott    3:03:23   6172 2:38:14   54    F45 197

Also 2nd claim                       

   415 Howard Jeffrey       1:35:18    511 1:35:10x        M60   2

Also ex-Strider

  2801 Fred Douglas         2:08:06   2866 1:57:37x       M70+   1

 

John Carr Series – first 2 races

 

                      Best       Race 1      Race 2

   Dan Fisher         15:45     5 15:45           

   John Hobbs         15:55     8 15:55     6 16:01

   Jeremy Ladyman     16:59    26 16:59    19 16:59

   James Tarran       17:23    40 17:23           

   Daryl Hibberd      17:21    46 17:30    28 17:21

   Steve Webb         17:43    58 17:43    46 17:59

   Roy Huggins        18:30                64 18:30

   Paul Kaiser        18:43                72 18:43

   Paul Smith         18:48    88 18:48           

   Hannah Corne       18:58                82 18:58

   Graham Jones       19:09   105 19:13    87 19:09

   Myra Jones         19:13                89 19:13

   Rob Bumstead       19:18   107 19:18           

   Sean Fitzgerald    19:22   113 19:22   101 19:40

   Dave Penman        19:26                96 19:26

   Leroy Sutton       20:49               152 20:49

   Samantha Harris    21:16   192 21:16           

   Louise Cazan       21:41   208 21:41           

   Chloe Hudson       21:39   214 21:53   178 21:39

   Stephanie Gledhill 22:27   264 23:49   212 22:27

   Maureen Coffey     27:18   336 27:28   330 27:18

   Meryll Cripps      27:47   345 27:47   343 28:04

 

Jack Bloor Fell Race

 

   19  Ross Bibby       45:35

   30  Simon Vallance   47:16

   36  Steve Webb       47:38  1^st M50

   43  Mick Loftus      48:28

   47  Clive Bandy      49:35

   48  John Shanks      49:45

   52  John Marsham     50:15

   61  Oliver Cheyne    50:44

   66  Kim Spence       50:56  5^th W

   90  Robert Bumstead  52:36

  106  Tony Mills       55:22

  120  Simon Webster    57:14

  169  John Wallace     65:19

  180  Malcolm Coles    67:42  1^st M70

  208  Dave Jones       81:03

  217  Rebecca Bibby    83:37

 

Under 8's

   11  Zach Marsh        4:58

Under 10's

   36  Isabella Marsh    6:07  

 

Windermere 10 in 10

 

Thursday 7 May to Sunday 17 May – Kate McIntyre is running the “Brathay 10 in 10” – this is to run the route of the Windermere marathon every day for 10 days, the final day being the race itself.

 

Her times for the first 8 days were 04:53:01, 04:56:24, 05:08:03, 05:04:17, 05:11:55, 06:06:18, 05:27:13, 05:24:52.

 

Read her blog at http://www.brathaywindermeremarathon.org.uk/blog/kate-mcintyre.aspx, this is also a marathon effort!

 

Junior 100 metres

Apologies, I’ve not had time to process these (still looking for the instruction manual for the stopwatch), the results will be in the next V S Update.

 

Stretton Six Summits – from Steve Dixon

Saturday 9 May. English Fell Championship Medium Counter. 6.3 miles and 3250 ft of ascent

 

The Long Mynd, towering above Church Stretton, is an upland area I've wanted to explore for a long time and this new race route devised by Mercia Fell Runners for the English Championships allowed me to fulfil this ambition at last. 

 

The Mynd, forms part of the Shropshire Hills, and straddles that vague area between the West Midlands and the Welsh Borders. It has a unique scenic quality characterised by whale-backed heather and grass moorland rising to over 500 metres, running north to south with a series of long meandering valleys (called batches) cutting into it and draining to the east. 

 

The race route ran across the grain of this topography firstly in a southerly direction out of Church Stretton visiting the summits of Burway Hill, Yearlet, Grindle and Callow before returning northwards back to CS via Nils and Ashlet. The ascents were mostly very steep and lung bursting but the descents seemed to plunge vertically into the valley bottoms and made for extremely exciting running and definitely not for the feint hearted like me! It was however a stunning route showing off to good effect the dramatic landscape that makes up the Mynd.

 

Mercia FRC didn't expect the winner to go under 60 minutes and were confident to offer extra prizes for anyone who went sub one hour. Five runners managed to do that depleting the clubs coffers by £100. I'm sure I saw one of the race organisers dashing off to the Barclays cash dispenser in town shortly before the presentations! And to maintain equality I believe the 6 women who  finished under 75 minutes also got similar financial recognition.

 

I was the only Strider running this event and, although just failing to scrape into the top two thirds of the field in a little over 1hr 31mins, I was pleased to have moved up the M60 rankings from 20th out of 23 at the 'short' Flower Scar Champs Race to 13th out of 23 in this 'medium' event. I hope to improve significantly in the next Championship Race at Duddon in the Lake District, it being a 'long' counter.

 

Tom Addison of Helm Hill was first home in 59mins 01secs

Annie Conway of Ambleside was First Lady in 66mins 55secs

I was 212th in 91mins 36secs

310 finished but there are no details as to how many retirements there were.

 

It's a terrific area for running, walking, road/mountain biking and well worth devoting at least a  weekend around a fell race in this area.

 

Charlie Leventon (Julia's dad) the race starter/time keeper wanted to know why there were no other Striders running in this event! My only explanation was the clash with the Leeds Half Marathon but how many fell running Striders were seen running up Stonegate Road that weekend?! We have the opportunity to tell him in early February 2016 when the next Long Mynd Valleys Fell Race takes place! 

 

Steve