Subject: V S Update - Bank accounts,
Food on 16th, Early session on 23rd, Vets race on 23rd, BBW on 11 July, Hoodie
orders, VSGP results, VSFC table, Comrades, VSCC Time trial, Reports from
Lakes, Templenewsam, Jura and Lazonby
Sent: 12 June 2015 00:07
Apologies there was
no V S Update last week
VERY IMPORTANT
MESSAGES
·
Food
at Leos on Tuesday 16th June, see below
·
5:45pm
Juniors/Beginners/Improvers training session on Tuesday 23rd June,
see below for special parking arrangements
·
Vets
Race on Tuesday 23rd June, we are still short of 10 marshals, see
below
·
Valley
Striders Summer Barbecue at Leos on Saturday 13th July, open to all
members, all ages, see below
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New
bank accounts for membership fees and other payments, see below
·
Orders
for VS hoodies now open, see below
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Also
lots of race results and reports
New bank accounts
We have opened two
new bank accounts so that the treasurer’s work can be shared. If you use
online banking, please add these accounts to your “system”, and please please
use the correct ones, otherwise it will generate more work rather than less for
the treasury team.
·
Membership
Account is for members to pay in membership fees (and only for this).
Sort code is 53-70-00, a/c number is 72143878, reference to include your
name. Managed by Tom Button.
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Payments
Account is for members to pay in for specific events, for example the summer
BBQ, BMW Relay race fees and Hoodie orders. Sort code: 53-70-00, a/c
number: 72143851, reference to include your name and a reason e.g. “BBQ",
"BMW", “Hoody” etc. We’ll announce which events this account
should be used for. Managed by John Shanks.
·
The
main Valley Striders account. Sort code: 53-70-00, a/c number: 01168509,
reference to include your name and a reason. Currently managed by Paul
White
If paying by cheque,
all cheques should be made out to “Valley Striders”. Send to Tom or John
or Paul, according to the “rules” above, for addresses see www.valleystriders.org.uk/pay.htm. There is also
a link “Payments” in the top bar of the website.
Training and food and
Harewood chat on 16 June
·
Beginners
& improvers & juniors meet Leos 6:00pm for session, followed by lasagne
at 7:15pm, book at [email protected] before 10pm Sunday
14th, choosing meat or veggie lasagne (£3.50)
·
Intermediates
& experienced runners meet Leos 7:00pm for session (5 by 6 mins at Eccup
Reservoir), followed by lasagne at 8:30pm, book at [email protected] before 10pm Sunday
14th, choosing meat or veggie lasagne (£3.50)
·
Note
that there will not be apple pie, instead ice-creams will be available that can
be paid for on the night
·
Also
although we now have half of the marshal team leaders for Harewood, we still
don’t have a full admin team needed to start preparing for the event, please
come for an informal chat at 8:30pm if you will be able to help in some way.
Tuesday 23 June
·
5:45pm
Juniors/Beginners/Improvers training session – early start time and parking
arrangements
It is the Vets Race
later in the evening and we are expecting a continuous stream of cars coming
off King Lane, down Crag Lane and into Leos Car Park from 6:15pm (or even
earlier) until 7:15pm (or even later)
We will have early
session for juniors, beginners and improvers from 5:45 to 6:45.
We are asking you not
to park on Leos car park, nor at the little car park at the entrance to Leos,
because if you do, when you want to leave, you will hold up the traffic.
Options for parking are in front of the shops on King Lane (but not if they are
still trading), or on the Buckstones as you can access Leos from behind
Alwoodley Cricket Club.
Note that if you do
park at Leos, we will ask you to move your car straight away or stay till the
race starts at 7:30pm.
·
7pm
Intermediates and Experienced runners training sessions - cancelled
There will be no 7pm
sessions – we need all the help we can get for the Vets Race. If we have
an excess of marshals, some will be able to run
·
Yorkshire Vets Race
We still need at least
10 marshals - a few for 6pm, the rest for 6:45pm. Please email [email protected] if you can help, see
www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmarshals.htm for list of names,
click www.valleystriders.org.uk/Yorks_vets_2014.jpg for map of route
Saturday 11 July - V
S Summer Barbecue (from Dan, Becky and Rich (Cloughy))
Following the success
of last year's Tour De France themed BBQ at Leos Rugby Club, we're doing it
again!
In advance of the
food and drink:
The cyclists’ plan is
to go out on a number of different rides all meeting up at an agreed point then
cycling back. All rides will set off from the Thomas Osborne and 10 Warrior
Points are available for anyone who joins one of the rides no matter the
distance. Keep an eye out on Facebook for more details.
For the runners we
have 2 runs to celebrate the reopening of the dam at Eccup. Both runs
will set off at 5pm running the first few km together then splitting for a
slightly longer route 11.5km http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/735718177 or a slightly shorter
route 9.5km http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/735710627 to get back for the
6.30 kick off!:)
An event has been
created on Facebook.
The party will
commence with games starting from 6.30pm on the rugby pitches before we then
eat a French themed BBQ at 8pm and enjoy drinks late in to the evening. As with
last year, we have a bouncy castle booked to entertain the kids.
The event is open to
all Valley Striders members, partners and children and the cost will be £10.50
per adult and £6.50 for kids.
Please email [email protected] to confirm your
booking. When ordering please let us know if you require a vegetarian option.
We will need money
paying in advance to secure your place. Online banking should be paid to
sort code 53-70-00, a/c number 72143851 (note that this is NOT the normal VS
account), reference to include your name and the word “BBQ". Or write a
cheque payable to “Valley Striders” (writing “BBQ” on the back) and send to
John Shanks at 11 Sunnybank Road, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 4NB.
Hoodies – message
from Mr Kit
Summer Hooded Tops
Order (Adults and Juniors) – DEADLINE 11:59pm Monday 22nd June 2015
The options / costs
are:
·
Adult
Black Hoody (no zip) - £21
·
Adult
Black or Grey Hoody (full zip) – £26.25
·
Kids
Black Hoody (no zip) – £16
·
Kids
Black or Grey Hoody (full zip) - £20.50
Each hoody comes as
either male, female or kids and will have ‘Valley Striders Leeds’ on the back
(heat applied) and the same on the chest only smaller and embroidered. The
price also includes for your name (can't be too long) or initials to be
embroidered on the chest so you don’t get it mixed up with other Striders. If
someone would prefer to not have their name adding, a slight saving to the
prices above can be offered. However, this is not recommended as we have had
issues with tops getting mixed up. For pictures, go to www.valleystriders.org.uk and click on “Kit”
in the top bar.
Sizing info can be
found using these links
·
Full
zip hoody: (black or grey): http://www.sg-clothing.com/index.php/collection/11/29
·
Pullover
hoody: (black): http://www.sg-clothing.com/index.php/collection/11/28
You could always try
on a fellow Striders top too but make sure they have an SG hoody not one of the
old versions.
Please email your
order to [email protected]
Online banking should
be paid to sort code 53-70-00, a/c number 72143851 (note that this is NOT the
normal VS account), reference to include your name and the word “Hoody".
Or write a cheque payable to “Valley Striders” (writing “Hoody” on the back)
and send to John Shanks at 11 Sunnybank Road, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 4NB.
RESULTS
Apperley Bridge Canter (VSGP)
Congratulations to
Paul White 1st M65, and Myra Jones 2nd W
9 Simon Midwood
0:37:37 100
13
Paul Fotherby
0:37:56 99
15
Daryl Hibberd
0:38:11 98
22
John Shanks
0:39:52 97
24
Clive Bandy
0:40:02 96
46
Dave Penman
0:41:29 95
48
Myra Jones
0:41:32 94
53
John Batchelor 0:41:48
93
58
Joel Giddings
0:42:16 92
62
Tom Button
0:42:33 91
68 Graham
Jones
0:42:59 90
69
Tahir Akhtar
0:43:05 89
80
Rob Marsh
0:43:58 88
117
Hayley Nancolas
0:46:15 87
127
Samantha Harris
0:47:04 86
140 Mike
Robins
0:47:30 85
143 Sarah
Shanks
0:47:42 84
147 Liz
Wood
0:47:50 83
157 Paul
White
0:48:28 82
161
Alistair Smyth
0:48:36 81
186 Chris
Sawyer
0:50:06 80
187 Chloe
Hudson
0:50:16 79
190
Pascale Fotherby 0:50:22
78
193
Louise Cazan
0:50:24 77
196 Bob
Jackson 0:50:35
76
198 Liz
Reddington
0:50:47 75
217 Emma
Steel
0:51:36 74
223 Gemma
Merritt
0:51:59 73
252 Lucy
Robins
0:54:11 72
256
Nicola Hartley
0:54:29 71
302 Rich
Clough
0:56:37 70
387
Elaine Craiggs
1:03:49 69
414
Deborah Fraites
1:08:17 68
Wharfedale Half (VSGP & VSFC)
Congratulations to
Steve Webb (1st M50) and Myra Jones (4th W)
14
Steve Webb
1:39:31 100
45
Myra Jones
1:49:06 98
71
Graham Jones
1:54:16 96
76
Tom Button
1:55:53 95
95
Mark Woodhead
1:58:41 93
106
Richard Irvine
1:59:53 91
152 Richard
Adcock 2:06:00
89
156
Samantha Harris
2:06:38 87
212 Mike
Robins
2:14:39 85
223
Jeremy Richardson 2:16:06 84
228 Liz
Wood
2:17:01 82
251 Bob
Jackson
2:20:39 80
Otley 10 (VSGP)
Congratulations to
Ruth Warren (1st W60), Maureen Coffey (1st W65), Andy May
(2nd M40) and Myra Jones (4th W)
6 Andy
May
0:59:11 100
12
Rav Panesar
1:02:29
99
14
Daryl Hibberd 1:02:50
98
21
James Tarran
1:04:28
97
23
Clive Bandy
1:04:51
96
26
John Shanks
1:05:04
95
47
Myra Jones
1:08:13 94 W4
50
Kevin McMullan
1:08:28
93
61
Roy Huggins
1:09:37
92
63
John Batchelor
1:10:04
91
69
Adam Parton
1:10:48
90
83
Rob Marsh
1:12:01
89
94
Richard Irvine
1:12:46
88
97
Ian Sanderson
1:12:59
87
125
Andy Pagdin
1:15:09
86
131
Joe Hanney
1:15:59
85
137
David Merritt
1:16:23
84
155
Leroy Sutton
1:17:41
83
158
Alistair Smyth
1:17:54
82
175
Ruth Warren
1:19:12 81 W24 1st W60
180
Richard Adcock
1:19:20
80
206
Louise Cazan
1:22:09 79 W31
211
Bob Jackson
1:22:36
78
230
Chloe Hudson
1:24:01 77 W41
243
Michael Hall
1:26:03
76
244
Steph Gledhill
1:26:05 75 W49
245
Gemma Merritt
1:26:10 74 W50
319
Rich Clough
1:37:14
73
340
Maureen Coffey
1:40:07 72 W100 1st W65
The Grand Prix tables
and results are now up to date on the website.
Next events – Pudsey
10k (21 June), Hyde Park Mile (1 July), Eccup 10 (5 July) and Summer Handicap
(14 July). See www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsdates.htm for further ahead.
V S Fell
Championships
The events are coming thick and fast and with plenty of variety. John
Marsham has sampled events at the opposite end of the spectrum in very short
order, with suburban fellrunning at its best on Otley Chevin and then the
shattered rock landscapes of Jura in the Western Isles.
This update includes
Duddon Valley, Otley Chevin, Wharfedale Half, Pen-Y-Ghent and Jura. For
those who battled the strong headwinds at the 423m high point of Mastiles Lane
in the Wharfedale Half just spare a thought for Kim who was a few miles further
west on top of 694m high Pen-Y-Ghent. I bet it was bracing up there! Over
in Cumbria Ennerdale was run over a lower course to avoid competitors being
blown off the rocky ridges; I've not seen the results for that yet.
In the men's league a
determined group is now established in pursuit of Ross, but has he got an
unassailable grip on the trophy? Kim strengthened her position in the
ladies' league with an excellent run for 2nd lady at Pen-Y-Ghent.
I keep scanning the
FRA website for results, but let me know if I've missed any of your
performances.
Steve
The table is now on
the website, click on “For Club Members” on the top bar, then “Grand Prix and
Fell Championship” on the left hand menu.
Comrades Marathon
Congratulations to
James Tarran who ran in the Comrades Marathon in South Africa and completed the
56 miles in 8 hours 57 minutes. He was awarded a “Wally Mason” medal for
getting under 9 hours.
James also met the
1965 winner Bernard Gomersal who at that time was a Harehills Harrier (one of
the 3 clubs that merged to become Leeds City AC).
More about this in
the next edition of V S Update.
Time Trialling (from
Mike Furby)
19 May was the first event in our new 10 mile time trial
league and 9 Striders lined up on a newly formed course along with 6 other
riders (5 from Yorkshire Road club, 1 from Vertex). The evening was fairly mild
yet windy, however, this did not prevent everyone from putting in a great
performance, whether a new 10m personal best, a first ever time trial or indeed
setting a new club best time.
The first rider to
test his metal was Matt Hallam,
looking very aero and in great shape, surely we should have set him off last,
oh well, time would tell. Several minutes later John
Hallas commenced his ride as he led the remaining Striders and
hoping very much to keep as many behind him as possible. Unfortunately for him Jason
Procter started only 1 minute behind and would be expecting to
overhaul John and hopefully some of the others in front on the road. Next up Ged Coll who true
to his word would not wear a pointy helmet despite my best efforts to loan him
one, one thing for sure is he would set a 10M PB tonight. Andy
Stoneman next up with two things on his mind, the win and the KOM. Alec
Pearson next with a PB on his mind and hoping to keep (unlucky 13
number pinned upside down as per tradition) Jon
Pownall behind him. Following Jon was Danny
Murray in his first time trial and somehow managing to reach the
start line just 10seconds before his start time, even Wiggo doesn't cut it that
fine! Finally Franco James Pardini in the
brightest helmet I've ever seen headed out to take on the race of truth for
himself.
Meanwhile I took up a
marshalling position on the final turn to the finish to give the lads a good
cheer as they took on the final mile against the wind and uphill - oof.
End result, a win for Russell Brown of YRC (fab time for
him) but leading the way for VSCC it was Matt, pipping Andy by just 4 seconds
and claiming a new Club record at the same time. Alec and Jason produced a new
10M PB each while the others all set tough new times for them to try and beat
next time.
If you are interested in getting involved, please let us
know as there is a great opportunity here to try out this aspect of competitive
cycling but in a very low key environment and there are 9 more events to go.
Duddon Valley Fell Race (from Steve
Dixon)
Saturday 30 May, part
of the English Fell Running Championships
This was my 3rd race
in these championships having already run the short counter, Flower Scar and
the medium counter, Stretton Six Summits. Duddon is a long counter and is one
of the 3 super long Lake District Classics (Wasdale and Ennerdale been the
others). It's close to 18 miles long and has 2000 metres of climbing.
The setting was the
beautiful Duddon Valley in the southern lakes, the finish being in a field
behind the Newfield Inn. The start was a 5 minute warm up jog away in a
woodland glade below Wallbarrow Crag.
Having run in this
race 4 years ago I had a hazy memory of what to expect and set myself a
target of lopping 30 minutes off my previous time of 4hrs 46mins. Glad I
kept reasonably quiet about that as I found the going really tough on the boggy
approach to the first big climb, Harter Fell. Other runners aiming for 4hrs 30
mins then rapidly disappeared into the distance up the steep slopes of the
fell! This was going to be just as hard as the last time!
I stuck with the task
of keeping pace with Andreas Mayer one of two other Striders running. I suspect
though that it was more the case he stuck with me in the mistaken belief I knew
the way round! Whilst waiting Andreas amused himself taking photos of runners
crawling up the next big climb, jokingly called Little Stand. Think Whernside
on the 3 peaks route, double the steepness and length and you have some idea
that this was not little! The reward for this climb was the gentle descent to
the Three Shires road crossing and this was pure running heaven on lovely
grassy trods. We were an hour within the cut off at this checkpoint! My race
picked up from this point and we started to move up through the field. It's a
mistake I made last time thinking that once you regain your height by reaching
Swirl How its downhill and an easy jog back for that pint at the Newfield
Inn. Not pushing too hard in the first half allowed me to run more strongly and
confidently over the rocky contouring sections to reach Dow Crag and the Walna
Scar track. It's an easy tempting descent along this track to the finish but we
still had two more checkpoints to visit in White Pikes and Caw. There is a clue
as to the terrain between these checkpoints in the name 'Yaud Mire'! It was
here we caught up with the third Strider, Rob Bumstead, unfortunately
struggling with leg cramps and he was not alone. After 4 hours of mountain
running this boggy section and the vicious little climb up to Caw is a real
sting in the tail and catches out those vulnerable to cramp. The race guide
says you can smell the beer and chips down in the pub from the Caw CP and the
winner will be down in 6 to 7 minutes. My target time of 4hrs 15mins had been
used up to reach Caw so I set myself an 'easy' 4.30 time to the finish. I
couldn't smell the beer and instead kept the fell running legend Wendy Dodds in
my sights and after a final splodge through waterlogged fields made it to the
finish with seconds to spare with Andreas hot on my heels. Rob made a good
recovery and was a couple of minutes behind us.
Rob Hope of Pudsey
and Bramley won the race in 2:44:01
Sharon Taylor of Helm
Hill was first lady in 3:23:26 (61st)
Lower down in the
placings -
226 Steve Dixon
4:29:16
227 Andreas Mayer.
4:29:24
237 Robert Bumstead.
4:31:54
325 runners and 299
finishers.
That's me for the
championship this year and at least I scored some points which is an
achievement in itself! An excellent race with jaw dropping scenery throughout.
Sub 4 hours my target for next year!
There are still 3
races (short, medium and long) to be run for anyone wanting to have a crack at
this competition -
http://fellrunner.org.uk/championships.php
Urban trail race series at temple newsam (from Kim Spence)
Results from the first race in the urban trail race series at temple
newsam. Perfect sunny night for running..7 miles of undulating paths and trails
with a free ice cream to all finishers! Next race is at Roundhay Park on the
17th June which is supposed to be flatter and shorter.
A few navigational issues for the first five men who ended up cutting out over
a mile off the course so although winning male time was 34.53 this isn't
accurate...first female was Nicky Green from Barnsley in 48.36.
2nd female and 11th overall Kim Spence 48.50
18th overall Andreas Mayer 52.47
5th female and 29th overall Sarah grant 55.31
6th female and 31st overall Rachel Mackie
37th overall Sean Fitzgerald 56.49
11th female and 52nd overall 1 hour 56 seconds
113 runners finished
Jura Fell Race (from
John Marsham)
The Jura race has a
reputation, both for being “more than a race” and for covering some of the
toughest terrain of any UK fell race. Jura’s is “unget-at-able”
nature, as George Orwell who wrote 1984 there put it, adds to both of these.
This means that most of the competitors end up staying a night or two on the
island, and enjoy the company, the pub, the location and the ceilidh as much as
the race. Many “extras” come along for the holiday and I saw more than one
grandparent-parent-child group (I think some with more than one generation
running).
Nowadays,
it is less unget-at-able than it used to be: a direct ferry from the mainland
deposits you at the pier, a mere hundred metres from the campsite, pub, shop,
distillery, race HQ, race start and finish. We turned up early on Thursday
night and by Friday the campsite and pub were getting full – with many
discussing the next day’s race. The discussion often focused on route choices
and how not to get lost. I heard of “TV sized” and “fridge sized” scree – was
this just the beer talking?
The
race is ‘only’ 17 miles, with 3 of those on road and pretty much flat. But with
2370m of climb that makes it quite a lot steeper than Borrowdale (17 miles and
2000m). The route starts off innocently enough, a boggy trod to a summit at
about 500m. But the first downhill is tough and then you reach the Paps. These
convex domes often appear to have no solid rock at all. When you can find it
it’s generally covered in rubble and not the best line. Instead the best routes
appear to be near mythical patches of grass, or scree small enough to “surf”
down. Inevitably though you always hit the big scree and stumble across that
(well I did anyway). After three Paps there is a final steep climb before a
long runnable descent to the road.
In the
end my race plan sort of worked. The cloud lifted as forecast and I could
follow someone who had done the race a few times before to the start of the
Paps. I gained time on the ascents and lost it on the descents; I think only
really taking a bad line on Pap number three. I even managed to sneak in a look
around at the view. The final road is described in the race information
as “3 miles along Jura’s beautiful coastline”. This is true. It does of course
feel like trying to do a 5km road race straight after a long tough fell race
though. Safe to say I didn’t beat my park run PB. My time wasn’t fast enough to
get a whiskey glass (you need less than 4 hours), but good enough for me I felt
as a “first timer”. The weather sort of held for the next two days allowing a
slower exploration of other beautiful corners of what is a surprisingly large
place.
Results:
1 Finlay
Wild 3.13.27 (record is 3.06.30, Finlay has recently taken the Skye ridge
record – he clearly likes his routes fairly “unrunnable”)
6 Jasmin
Paris 3.38.43 (new women’s record, beating Angela Mudge’s 2008 record of
3.40.33)
39
John Marsham 4.24.03
201 finishers
Lazonby 10k – from
John Shanks
Sarah had noticed on
a facebook page for her local town that the school were putting on a 10k race
this year. We knew the route would be nice and saw it as a chance to go up and
see Sarah's parents so we made the trip up.
It was a strange
start, not like any usual race. It was very low key and it’s a weird feeling
being just 2mins from the start line. The sun was shining and the Eden Valley
was looking superb, a perfect day to have a race.
As we approached the
start area, we noticed it was a big field. As in, it started in a big field,
the actual number of entries was small! We looked around and didn't see many
club vests, a few from local clubs Eden Runners & DH Runners and one Hyde
Park Harrier! The absence of any Border Harriers gave us encouragement that we
could do well in this. Turns out we did, Sarah was first lady and 10th overall
and I won overall. Not an overly competitive race and we won by a fair
distance, but a win’s a win!
As we set off we ran
up a long drag of a hill which lasted for the entire first mile, then it was
undulating from there with the final mile downhill. The course was great, no
traffic (apart from one or two tractors) amazing views and well supported when
you consider the local population.
I think the school
did a great job organising the event, I hope they get higher numbers next year
and I'd encourage anyone in our club to make the trip up if they fancy a
slightly different road race. There's a direct train back to Leeds that goes
via Settle!
1. John Shanks
36:29
10. Sarah Shanks (1st
F) 44:58
30 ran
No medals or
anything, all awards were donated. My prize was a Spa day for two at
Armathwaite Hall which Sarah described as "well posh". Sarah got a
voucher for afternoon tea which she gave to her parents.
