Subject: V S Update : Tuesday
arrangements; Hoodies deadline; VS BBQ; Race diary; Relay season; Junior
results wanted; Reports from Chevin and Scafell
Sent: 21 June 2015 01:06
Tuesday 23 June
Arrangements
·
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 Alwoodley Cricket Club, 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 coming in. Options for parking are
in front of the shops on King Lane (but not if they are still trading), on The
Avenue, or on the Buckstones as you can access Leos from behind Alwoodley
Cricket Club http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=428630&y=439980&z=110 .
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
·
Yorkshire Vets Race
We now
have just enough marshals plus one substitute, so if you’ve volunteered, please
don’t change your mind. If you still want to come and help, please be at
Leos in front of the clubhouse, at 6:45pm. And if you want to run the
race, you can, all we ask is that you help with the clearing up afterwards, in
particular, putting the furniture back in place in the clubhouse.
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_2015.jpg for map
of route and www.valleystriders.org.uk/Yorks_vets_2015_start_and_finish.jpg for plan of start
and finish
Hoodies – message from Mr
Kit – deadline Monday 22 June
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.
Saturday 11 July - V S
Summer Barbecue (from Dan, Becky and 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.
Races coming soon
·
Wednesday 1 July - Hyde Park Summer mile VSGP and LRS - approx 10
races with 25 runners per race, entry limit 250, only 60 places left, no
entries on the day, last year there were about 20 Striders and a good time was
had by all, as you get to run your race and watch another 9 races, www.racebest.co.uk
·
Wednesday 1 July - Hyde Park Summer half mile VSJGP and LJRS
www.racebest.co.uk
·
Sunday 5 July - Eccup 10 and Junior races VSGP and LRS - only 150
places left, likely to fill before race day, see www.racebest.co.uk
·
Sunday 5 July - Eccup Junior races VSJGP and LJRS www.racebest.co.uk
·
Tuesday 7 July – “Jane Tomlinson” Canal Race at Methley LRS and
Junior race LJRS http://rothwellharriers.org.uk/
·
Saturday 11 July - Addingham Gala Fell Race VSFC
·
Sunday 12 July – Pool 5k Race (Chris Leggatt memorial run) (Chris
was a member of Valley Striders) 3pm, part of “Pool Feast” starting at
1pm. Last year the winning man and woman were both VS.
·
Tuesday 14 July – VS summer 1 mile and handicap races
·
Sunday 6 September – Leeds Country Way Relay – 72 Striders wanted
to make 6 teams – email [email protected] if you’d
like to run. The first 24 who reply are guaranteed to run, no matter how
slow – you just need to be capable of running 10 miles.
Food on 7 July
Numbers
of people eating at the later sitting seem to have been dwindling possibly
because people didn’t want to risk being volunteered for a position of
responsibility at Harewood.
We now
have a team to organise the race (thank you!) so it will now be safe to book
food. Info will be on the website soon.
Relay Season
It’s the
time of year for evening relays. All of the following events are for
teams of 3, and we ask you to make your own arrangements to make teams.
Danefield
and Golden Acre can only be entered on the night, Washburn is pre-entry only.
Danefield
Relay – Tuesday 30 June
http://www.fellandale.com/index.php/danefield-relay
Washburn Relay –
Friday 17 July
http://otleyac.org.uk/washburn-valley-relay/
Entries have to be
sent via clubs, and I have these, so just email me if you want a form
The closing date is
11 July unless the entry limit (60 team) is reached earlier.
Golden
Acre Relay – Wednesday 22 July
http://www.abbeyrunners.co.uk/golden-acre-relay/
RESULTS
Junior Results Wanted
Lots of junior sports
days and fun runs this time of year, so please email your results to me!!!
Chevin Fell race
(from John Marsham)
I'd never done this
before despite it being 'on the doorstep' and it looked like a fun way to get a
bit more fast hill work in. With an expected time of around 20 minutes it
wasn't my kind of race, but I seemed to do OK in the end. It's a straight-up
straight-down sprint (well may be there's a short flatish bit on the top), with
the fit able to accelerate on the less steep bits and the rest left plodding
behind. Mick Loftus led what was a good turn out of Striders home. A fun race -
great to have such 'suburban fell running', as Steve put it, on our doorsteps.
1
Jack Wood
M Ilkley
H 00:17:41
22
Mick Loftus M45 Valley
Striders 00:20:55
23
Paul Fotherby M40 Valley
Striders 00:20:58
32
Claire Green F Pudsey
& Bramley 00:21:18
34
Steve Webb M50 Valley
Striders 00:21:19
39
John Marsham M Valley
Striders 00:21:39
41
Andrew Bennett M Valley
Striders 00:21:40
66
Robert Bumstead
M45 Valley
Striders 00:23:04
117
Malcom Coles M70 Valley
Striders 00:28:27
138
Dave Jones M50 Valley
Striders 00:34:52
Scafell Pike
Marathon, 7th June, 27.5miles, 1800m ascent/descent (from Ross Bibby)
Having done this race
for the past two years since its inception and ranking it as one of my
favourites, I was keen to run it for a third time, however after a botched then
successful laser eye surgery operation and an enforced week and half off
running I wasn't sure how I would get on.
The race starts and
finishes in Keswick, and genuinely has the most variety and stunning scenery of
any race I have taken part in. You can take a ferry across to the start at
Nichol End Marina, or jog/walk a couple of miles around instead. From there you
run along Derwentwater lakeside to Grange (where the 13k race that starts later
turns off), and climb up through Castle Crag in Borrowdale. At this point the
half marathon route turns off (which again starts later and Becky was doing)
and the marathon carries on to Seatoller, then a short road section to
Seathwaite. The "real" race however begins at Seathwaite, where you
climb steeply up to Stockley Bridge and the checkpoint at Styhead tarn. I tend
to start quite far back in this kind of race, and then gradually work my
through the field, especially on the climbs, when some of the road runners and
first timers who have set off too quickly soon get found out! I knew I had
gained a significant number of places by Styhead, from where previous race
knowledge is useful to pick up the trod track to the corridor route that takes
you up to the summit of Scafell Pike.
Although conditions
were windy, the rain held off and visibility was pretty good most of the way
up- that is of course until you get a few hundred metres from the summit
plateau, where visibility turned to about 20 metres (which is pretty standard
for whenever I seem to go up there!). From the summit it can become tricky in
terms of navigation, and certainly underfoot, where you negotiate wet and
slippy large boulder fields and scree in between Broad Crag and Ill Crag down
to Esk Hause. From there it is a fast but rocky descent back to Styhead, and
the return back down to Stockley Bridge and Seathwaite (you can save a few
minutes by leaving the path here).
I knew I was in 5th
place at this point so I pushed on through farmers fields and along the river
to Rosthwaite, then begin the deceptively steep climb up to Watendlath. I had
overtaken 4th place at this point, and on the descent past Watendlath Tarn and
down to Ashness Bridge I was gaining on the 3rd placed runner. You take in some
cracking views of Derwentwater as you cross Ashness bridge and climb but skirt
below Falcon and Walla crag, before dropping out and crossing the road to begin
the last few miles along the lakeshore back to the finish at Crow Park in
Keswick.
The race was won by
world trail running champion and local resident Ricky Lightfoot in a new record
3hr40m, but I was chuffed to finish in 4th place in 4hr44m, knocking 23min off
my time last year and finishing just 3.5min off second place and 28 seconds off
third. Becky thoroughly enjoyed the half marathon, which takes in the first and
last quarter of the marathon route, and due to start times meant we finished at
pretty much the same time. I would highly recommend these races (check out www.highterrainevents.co.uk for their series,
plus maps of the routes) and also makes a very interesting 30 mile training
loop from Keswick if you ever find yourself in the Lakes......
1. Ricky Lightfoot,
Salomon Racing, 3.40.41
4. Ross Bibby, Valley
Striders, 4.44.29
11. Charmaine
Horsfall, 4.56.04 (1st female)
(156 finishers)
