Diary includes…

 

·         Monday 25 May - Ilkley Trail – popular race for Striders so it’s in VSGP and VSFC

·         Thursday 28 May – Apperley Bridge Canter - VSGP and LRS, VS have over 30 entries so far

·         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.

·         Saturday 30 May – Templenewsam parkrun CANCELLED (due to Race For Life)

·         Sunday 31 May - Templenewsam junior parkrun CANCELLED (due to Race For Life)

·         Tuesday 2 June – Normal training sessions, followed by pie and peas, also meeting to discuss Harewood Trail Race (see below)

·         Wednesday 3 June - Otley Chevin EOD VSFC and LRS

·         Saturday 6 June - Wharfedale off-road half VSGP – ENTRIES CLOSED

·         Saturday 6 June – Templenewsam parkrun in LRS

·         Sunday 7 June - Templenewsam junior parkrun in LJRS

·         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

·         Sunday 21 June - Triathlon Pink (ladies only) at John Charles VSTGP

·         Sunday 28 June - A Day in the Lakes Triathlon (middle distance) - trihard events - VSTGP

·         Tuesday 30 June - Jane Tomlinson 5k canal race Methley LRS

·         Wednesday 1 July - Hyde Park Summer mile VSGP and LRS 

·         Wednesday 1 July - Hyde Park Summer half mile VSJGP and LJRS 

·         Sunday 5 July - Eccup 10 and Junior races VSGP and LRS 

·         Sunday 5 July - Eccup Junior races VSJGP and LJRS 

·         Saturday 11 July - Addingham Gala Fell Race VSFC

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

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

·         Tuesday 30 June – provisional date for VS summer 1 mile and handicap races

·         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

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

Key

·         VSGP – Valley Striders Grand Prix

·         VSJGP – Valley Striders Junior Grand Prix

·         VSFC – Valley Striders Fell Championship

·         VSTGP – Valley Striders Triathlon Grand Prix

·         LRS – Leeds Race Series – see www.leedsathletics.net

·         LJRS – Leeds Junior Race Series – see www.leedsathletics.net

 

Tuesday 2 June – training and food

 

Normal summer training sessions, followed by pie and peas, usual arrangements apply, email earlyfood@valleystriders.org.uk (for 7:15pm) food@valleystriders.org.uk (for 8:30pm) choosing meat or veggie pie, peas or baked beans, and whether you want apple pie.  Book by 10pm Sunday 31 May.

 

Tuesday 2 June 8:45pm – meeting to discuss Harewood Trail Race

 

Time to start organising this year’s Harewood Trail Race for October (or just possibly 13 September if we don’t mind clashing with the Great North Run)

 

If we have a similar response as last year from you VS members, I don’t see a problem getting sufficient marshals, but there are some key appointments we need to make now to ensure we do not leave the responsibility for planning the event to too few individuals.

 

So we need a race director, an assistant race director (admin and finance), a chief marshal, an entries manager, a results team leader, a start and finish team leader, eight section leaders and a number of deputies.  Please come along to the meeting if you will volunteer for one of these positions.

 

If you would (a) like to volunteer but can’t make the meeting or (b) are considering volunteering but need more information, please email harewood@valleystriders.org.uk

 

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

·         4 people (we have 3 so far) at 6pm to help butter and fill sandwiches and/or bring cakes, they could run the race if they want

·         4 senior marshals (we have 1 so far) at 6pm to run round and check the marking and then to take the marshals to their places at 6:50pm.

·         6 people (we have 4 so far) at 6pm to help with car parking, they may then run the race or marshal on the route

·         30 marshals (we have 12 so far) 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 (we have 2 so far) at 7:15pm – timekeepers, recorders and funnel marshals for the finish line

·         A few people (we have none so far) 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”).

 

Names so far are at www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmarshals.htm

 

Thank you in anticipation!

 

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

 

We still only have 7 names – we need 10 for one team – in most previous years we have had 2 teams.

 

See previous email www.valleystriders.org.uk/up150516.htm for details

 

See http://johncarr5k.org.uk/site/bradford-millennium-way-relay/ for race information and route

 

Please email teams@valleystriders.org.uk if you’d like to run.  List of names so far at www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsteams.htm

 

Please reply by Tuesday 2 June at the very latest so I can decide whether it is worth entering a team.

 

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

 

I’ve just received my membership card from England Athletics.  Have you got yours yet?

 

If you are an adult running member and have joined or renewed since 1 September 2014, I’d expect you to get yours by the end of May.  If you don’t receive one, please check your status at  www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmemreg.htm and then email me info@valleystriders.org.uk.

 

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.

 

Discounted swimming sessions at Leeds pools

 

12 swim sessions for £12 - click this link http://www.movegb.com/amazon-swim-leeds

 

RESULTS and REPORTS

           

Cycling - TLI Series at Croft Tuesday 12th May – from Andy Stoneman

 

Jon Pownall and Andy Stoneman went to Race 2 of handicapped and age based TLI Series at Croft Motor Racing Circuit near Darlington. After racing there a few times in the winter, it was nice to race Croft in the dry!! It was a great night out, a bit windy but not too bad and a lovely evening (the setting sun was a bit of an issue). There were four handicapped groups - *CatE/1/2s (orange), Cat2/3s (yellow), Cat4s (white) and novice (red). As a Cat 3 Andy went in yellow and Jon went in white. After sprinting to win his group Andy finished 13th overall and 2nd in his age category meaning that he came home with £10 in his pocket! Jon, having set off in the 'White group' came in just 7 seconds behind in 26th place. 

Cycling - North Yorkshire Road Evening Road Race League Thursday 14th May – from Andy Stoneman

 

Race 2 of the Cat 3/4 North Yorkshire Road Evening Road Race League was held at Kelfield near Selby. Six Striders lined up at the start of this popular 37 mile cat3/4 race, inc Alec Pearson, Daniel Price, Gavin Taylor, Andy Stoneman, and road race first timers, Danny Murray and Jon Pownall. It was a cool evening with a slight breeze, but with a frantic pace set on the first lap we were soon warmed up. By the start of the second lap the race had settled down and and it was a case of staying safe (the roads aren't closed) and in the pack. Gav and Andy chased down a few attacks hoping to get in a break-away but there was little cooperation and they soon fell back into the clutches of the chasing peloton. Averaging 27mph the 7 x 5 mile laps seemed to pass by quickly with most laps taking just 10.5 mins, so it was only just over an hour before we were into the 7th and final lap. The pace increased slightly but we still had 4 striders in the front half of the pack (Dan, Gav, Jon and Andy), we flew down from Stillingfleet on the main road at well over 30mph, took a shallow left into Kelfield and the jostling for position started, we had to take care through Kelfield as there were loads of parked cars, but we all stayed rubber side down, and as we hit the winding narrow lanes, Andy managed to get around the outside of the pack and into the top 10, and onto the wheel of Richard Sharp of York Cycleworks, with Gav following just behind. Then it was a case of holding position through the last few 90 degree corners, and onto the finishing sprint, where Andy managed to push up and get 5th place with Gav just behind also grabbing a top 10 place. Jon and Dan crossed the line in the top 20 too (of a field of 68) so a good night for all VSCC! Results TBC

 

*Cycle races are based on various ability categories that are earned through scoring points. Everyone starting racing starts as a Cat 4 and then works their way up if they score points (generally awarded to top 10 finishers). 12 points are needed for Cat 3, 40 for Cat 2 and so on.

 

Fairfield Horseshoe – from John Marsham

 

Three Striders made the trip over to the Lakes for this classic race - one of the most pleasant races I always think. A beautiful ridge-line route, with a largely very runnable descent, and not long enough to require suffering for too long. We returned with three PBs - even if mine was by 18 seconds, and Kim & Ross had not done the race before. More significantly Kim returned with a second place & prize. Sunday followed with more beautiful, cold and breezy running around the Lakes, listening to the Brathay marathon from above.

 

   1 Rob Jebb      Bingley H  M40   1:20:26

  28 Ross Bibby    Valley S   MSEN  1:39:36

  32 Sharon Taylor Helm Hill  WSEN  1:39:53  1^st W

  45 John Marsham  Valley S   MSEN  1:43:36

  62 Kim Spence    Valley S   WSEN  1:49:16  2^nd W

208 finishers

 

Steve Webb has now updated the VSFC table and this is now on the website see http://www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsclubch.htm

 

Steve says “I’ve updated the league to include also Jack Bloor and Stretton Six. We now have 4 men who have run 5 races, but Ross ‘The Rocket’ Bibby continues to build extend his lead. Steve and Malcolm had category wins at Jack Bloor, and if Ann Marsham had joined Kim and Becky in that race then a Ladies 2nd team prize of beer would have been guaranteed as only Ilkley could close 3 Ladies on the night. Kim has now taken the lead in the Ladies league.”

 

River Moy Half Marathon (from Danny Murray)

 

   John Batchelor    1:27:38
   Danny Murray      1:28:42
   Joe Hanney        1:33:17
   Alan Hutchinson   1:37:12
   Patrick Barrett   1:47:02
   Alistair Smyth    1:54:19
   Richard Clough    1:59:32
   John Wallace      2:03:38
   Tim Towler (walk) 2:52:00

Windermere 10 in 10 and Windermere marathon

 

Congratulations to Kate McIntyre who successfully completed her 10 marathons in 10 days, her final 2 days were 4:24:57 and 4:32:02, which were her 2 fastest marathons, she averaged 5:06:54.  Read her blog at http://www.brathaywindermeremarathon.org.uk/blog/kate-mcintyre.aspx

 

VS Club Junior (and adult) 1 mile

 

There were 48 under-16’s and 13 over-16’s in the first race of the night.  This was 4 juniors up and 5 adults down on the equivalent race last year. 

 

Well done to everyone who ran and thanks for coming and for braving the weather – it did stay dry for the race but had rained immediately before and rained again immediately after.

 

The table and results for the VS Junior Grand Prix 2014/2015 is now up to date on the website see http://www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsjunior.htm

 

                                      School year

     1 Alvie O'Brien            6.21   M   5

     2 Sam Hollis               6.24   M   6

     3 Tally Diamond            6.41   F   5

     4 Laurie O'Brien           6.50   M   7

     5 Nazir Dogan              7.03   M   8

     6 Sam Chambers             7.07   M   3

     7 Noah Philpott            7.09   M   8

     8 Imogen Idle              7.11   F   5

     9 Finlay Chambers          7.16   M   6

    10 Joe Irvine               7.22   M   8

    11 Joanna Chambers          7.23   F   A

    12 Jonathan Philpott        7.28   M   A

    13 Thomas Steel             7.29   M   4

    14 Theo Rosenberg           7.31   M   3

    15 Ben Rosenberg            7.33   M   A

    16 Jack McElhone            7.39   M   2

    17 Ella Hollis              7.46   F   4

    18 Eleanor Ford             7.54   F  10

    19 Esther Hollis            7.56   F   A

    20 Luca Bednarek            7.57   M   3

    21 Felix Linley             7.58   M   2

    22 Alessia Teoli            7.58   F   7

    23 Andrew Linley            7.59   M   A

    24 Alec Twigg               8.00   M   4

    25 Rebecca White            8.02   F  10

    26 Isabelle Webster         8.06   F   8

    27 Carina Font              8.06   F  10

    28 Joshua Birkin            8.14   M   4

    29 Jasmine Webster          8.16   F  10

    30 Cameron Bradbury         8.25   M   7

    31 Josephine Pawley         8.38   F   4

    32 Cameron Carrington-Hobbs 9.03   M  J?

    33 Yasmin Ellis             9.05   F   6

    34 Heather Pawley           9.16   F   A

    35 Ben Williams-Dustan      9.34   M  J?

    36 Rabia Dogan              9.40   F   6

    37 Marco Teoli              9.45   M   2

    38 Thomas Webster           9.46   M   1

    39 Simon Webster            9.47   M   A

    40 Jak Stone                9.48   M   5

    41 Michael Stone            9.49   M   A

    42 Zach Marsh               9.50   M   1

    43 Isabella Marsh           9.59   F   4

    44 Rob Marsh               10.00   M   A

    45 Stuart Dustan           10.13   M   A

    46 Daniel Fotherby         10.14   M   2

    47 Charlotte Clark         10.19   F   4

    48 Laith McElhone          10.44   M   6

    49 Sophie Clark            10.52   F   2

    50 David Clark             10.53   M   A

    51 Chloe McDougall         11.00   F   4

    52 Callum McDougall        11.23   M   4

    53 Isabelle Wood           11.43   F  J?

    54 Edie Souter             11.49   F  J?

    55 Martha O'Shea           11.50   F   2

    56 Sofia Bednarek          11.58   F   1

    57 Sarah Bednarek          12.00   F   A

    58 Anna McLellan           12.41   F   5

    59 Chloe Schofield         12.41   F   5

    60 Dexter Rosenberg        14.02   M   1

    61 Sam Rosenberg           14.02   F   A

 

VS Club Spring Handicap 5 miles

 

There were only 27 runners for the club handicap, compared with 71 for the equivalent race last year.

 

I can explain a few missing

·         The Esholt 5k was next day, but “only” 18 ran that race, and 3 of these ran both

·         Some Striders had only just returned from River Moy – but there were “only” 10 or 12 of them

·         There was a cycling time trial on (not sure how many runners were there)

·         The weather forecast was poor

But where was everyone else?  Please email me!  I’m planning the Summer handicap for Tuesday 30 June, so I’m keen to know whether this data is suitable.

The table and results for the VS Grand Prix 2015 is now up to date on the website see http://www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsclubch.htm

 

                          Gun time     Hcap  Act time  RunPos  GP

    1 Stephen Diamond     0:54:42    19:15  0:35:27    14     87

     2 Vernon Long         0:55:05    21:30  0:33:35    11     90

     3 Richard Irvine      0:55:11    22:15  0:32:56    10     91

     4 Joe Irvine          0:55:17    15:15  0:40:02    23     78

     5 John Shanks         0:55:20    25:15  0:30:05     4     97

     6 Simon Midwood       0:55:23    26:00  0:29:23     3     98

     7 Liz Reddington      0:55:26    16:15  0:39:11    19     82

     8 Gary Mann           0:55:37    24:30  0:31:07     7     94

     9 Myra Jones          0:55:47    23:00  0:32:47     9     92

    10 Andrew Bennett      0:55:57    25:15  0:30:42     6     95

    11 Sarah Wood          0:56:00    19:45  0:36:15    17     84

    12 John Hobbs          0:56:03    28:30  0:27:33     1    100

    13 Kevin Mcmullan      0:56:15    24:45  0:31:30     8     93

    14 Rob Marsh           0:56:17    22:15  0:34:02    12     89

    15 Alex Watson-Usher   0:56:18    12:00  0:44:18    25     76

    16 David Merritt       0:56:19    22:15  0:34:04    13     88

    17 Nicola Hartley      0:56:35    13:30  0:43:05    24     77

    18 Richard Adcock      0:56:39    20:45  0:35:54    15     86

    19 Joe Hobbs           0:56:43    07:00  0:49:43    27     74

    20 Gemma Merritt       0:56:44    17:15  0:39:29    22     79

    21 Andy May            0:56:47    28:00  0:28:47     2     99

    22 James Carney        0:56:55    21:00  0:35:55    16     85

    23 Rav Panesar         0:56:59    26:45  0:30:14     5     96

    24 Pascale Fotherby    0:57:16    18:00  0:39:16    20     81

    25 Sarah Ord           0:57:56    10:45  0:47:11    26     75

    26 Alex Irvine         0:58:50    19:30  0:39:20    21     80

    27 Jason Praill        0:59:16    22:15  0:37:01    18     83

    

John Carr 5k Series

 

                      Best   GP     Race 1       Race 2       Race 3

   Dan Fisher         15:45  100     5  15:45                         

   John Hobbs         15:55   99     8  15:55     6  16:01     7  16:10

   Jeremy Ladyman     16:59   98    26  16:59    19  16:59            

   Daryl Hibberd      17:21   97    46  17:30    28  17:21    33  17:32

   James Tarran       17:23   96    40  17:23                 37  17:36

   Steve Webb         17:43   95    58  17:43    46  17:59    47  17:50

   Roy Huggins        18:30   94                 64  18:30            

   Kevin Mcmullan     18:39   93                              69  18:39

   Paul Kaiser        18:43   92                 72  18:43             

   Hannah Corne       18:45   91                 82  18:58    72  18:45

   Paul Smith         18:48   90    88  18:48                 75  18:49

   Myra Jones         18:57   89                 89  19:13    85  18:57

   Graham Jones       19:09   88   105  19:13    87  19:09            

   Dave Penman        19:12   87                 96  19:26    96  19:12

   Rob Bumstead       19:18   86   107  19:18                         

   Sean Fitzgerald    19:22   85   113  19:22   101  19:40   112  19:33

   Andy Pagdin        20:30   84                             158  20:30

   Leroy Sutton       20:49   83                152  20:49   177  21:07

   Samantha Harris    21:16   82   192  21:16                190  21:25

   Sarah Shanks       21:38   81                             203  21:38

   Chloe Hudson       21:39   80   214  21:53   178  21:39            

   Louise Cazan       21:41   79   208  21:41                         

   Paul White         21:57   78                             213  21:57

   Steph Gledhill     22:27   77   264  23:49   212  22:27   246  22:57

   Maureen Coffey     27:10   76   336  27:28   330  27:18   330  27:10

   Meryll Cripps      27:47   75   345  27:47   343  28:04            

   Sara Dyer          28:54   74                             352  28:54

 

There is a rumour that the first race was 60 metres short, in which case I will multiply the times by 10000/9940 and republish the results.

 

Stop Press

 

Results just in, hopefully more details next week

 

Yorkshire 1500m Champs - GOLD for Alex Pagdin in his age-group with a PB of 4:05

 

LDWA 100 Congratulations to Ian Sanderson and Malcolm Coles who both successfully completed the LDWA 100 (that’s 100 miles) in Lancashire.  The event started 10:00 Saturday and will finish 10:00 tomorrow (Monday) so as I write, some competitors are still en route.  However Ian and Malcolm both got back with over half a day to spare, Ian’s time being 1:8:49 (that’s 1 day 8 hours 49 mins) and Malcolm 1:9:59.  Unfortunately Sara Dyer retired today at 5pm after 10 of the 15 checkpoints.

·         Link – route map  https://www.ldwa.org.uk/lgt/downloads/2015Hundred/RedRose100.jpg

·         Link – race tracking/results http://www.ldwa.org.uk/results/follow_participants.php?event_id=8