V S Update - 28 March 2016
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29th
March Juniors training bad news, session information
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Looking
for marshals for Yorks Vets race and maybe Meanwood Junior Race too
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West
Yorks Track and Field - entries close 4 April
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John
& Sarah farewell - parkrun & coffee
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Results
from 20-mile races and ultra races
Juniors Training on 29th March - bad news
Leos have been in contact to say what areas
of the pitches are available for us to train on. I walked round the grounds on Saturday. Unfortunately they aren't able to let us have enough space on areas that I
consider safe for our full set of junior sessions plus the beginners/improvers
group.
So we will have another week of juniors, with
beginners/improvers, on the roads on the Buckstone
Estate.
And again, for juniors, we are applying the rule
of a minimum of 5 competitive events (parkruns, junior parkruns, Meanwood Trail
and Harewood Trail).
We welcome senior runners to come and support
these sessions, you'll need to be sub-20 for 5k to support the "A"
group, but any speed to support "B1" and "B2".
As discussed at the Meeting of Parents last
Tuesday, the sessions will start 6pm prompt (not 6pm Valley Striders time) to
allow senior runners supporting the groups to attend their own session at 7pm.
Please note hi-vis is still required!
Other sessions on 29th March
Intermediates at 7pm, Experienced
runners at 7pm. Hi-vis still required.
Vets Race on Tusday 21st
June - Marshals Required
We still have only just over half of the
marshals needed to support this race. We
need 4 people to come at 6pm and the rest at 6:45pm, not much to ask. I want to be confident that we have
sufficient marshals, without chasing at the last minute, before I commit to
putting on this event.
Note that food is provided for marshals and
generally a good time is had by all!
Most marshals will have finished by 8:30pm.
If you are likely
to be available to help on 21 June please email [email protected] - NB we
realise this is a long way in advance to commit, and so will understand if a
few have to give back word nearer the date.
Check names at www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmarshals.htm
Meanwood Valley Trail Junior Races
As you are aware, we cancelled the Meanwood Trail
Races due to insufficient time to properly plan the event. Just to let you know we are considering
putting on just the junior races on a Tuesday evening in May. I'll put something on Facebook to get some
feedback.
Club AGM and Meeting of Parents
The new committee proposed in John Wallace's
email http://valleystriders.org.uk/AGM-22-Mar-2016-Announcement.htm
was voted in unanimously.
Notes from the Meeting of Parents will be
posted on the website soon.
West Yorkshire Track and Field League
Valley Striders
have entered this league. The first
event is on Sunday 17 April and then there are 6 more dates through the
summer. For further
information, click on "Team Competition" in the top bar of the
website. Note that entries need
to be in by 4 April.
Note that juniors
are encouraged to take part in field events as well as track, and hopefully
we'll do a bit of long jump training at GSAL in April. Also note that under-11's (see definition on
website) don't need EA affiliation.
Any
queries to [email protected].
Calderdale Way Relay and Bradford Millennium Way Relay
CWR is on Sunday 15
May and I think teams are now organised but more reserves would be welcome.
BMW is on Sunday 28
June. The selling point of BMW is that
it goes nowhere near Bradford, instead you'll see
Bingley, Haworth, Laycock (near Keighley), Silsden and Ilkley. http://saltairestriders.org.uk/site/bradford-millennium-way-relay/
For
more information, click on "Team Competition" in the top bar of the
website. If you want to run and/or
if you have any questions please email [email protected].
Farewell parkrun on 2nd April - from John and Sarah
As you know we're moving north of
the wall next month. Apparently my accent has already started to reset back
from spending weekdays there. Sarah is working on hers but she still sounds
like Groundskeeper Willie.
We still plan to visit Leeds, the
city and the club have been a great part of our lives. We'll be down in June
for WTS Leeds and again in September for Hannah & Andy's wedding + the LCW.
You'll be pleased to hear we'll
be carrying on our membership, no need for second claims or anything because
the club we're joining in Scotland is a Tri club.......erm
sorry VSTC!
We'd like to say goodbye in the
best way possible, Roundhay Parkrun followed by a coffee. It would be great for
everyone to join us, although I realise this clashes with the relays so we
might not see you all.
Leeds Race Series - Crossflatts
parkrun
Note that the next event in the Leeds Race
Series is Crossflatts parkrun any Saturday from 2 to
30 April. This is also in Leeds Junior
Race Series for school years 7 to 12.
For school years 1 to 6 the event will be Templenewsam junior parkrun. For
details of the Leeds Race Series, go to www.leedsathletics.net
and follow the links from there. The
Series is free to enter!
RESULTS
20
mile races
|
Spen |
GP Pts |
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1 |
John Hobbs |
01:56:56 |
100 |
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2 |
Andy May |
01:58:01 |
99 |
|
7 |
Rav Panesar |
02:04:52 |
97 |
|
14 |
Simon Midwood |
02:09:31 |
96 |
|
40 |
Paul Shackleton |
02:18:13 |
94 |
|
70 |
Joe Hanney |
02:29:50 |
92 |
|
97 |
Holly Button |
02:36:09 |
90 |
|
106 |
Alistair Smyth |
02:38:34 |
89 |
|
109 |
Andy Pagdin |
02:39:13 |
88 |
|
123 |
Michael Hall |
02:45:46 |
86 |
|
169 |
Chloe Hudson |
02:56:09 |
83 |
|
171 |
Gemma Merritt |
02:57:37 |
81 |
|
186 |
Malcolm Coles |
03:02:00 |
80 |
|
Finchley |
|||
|
288 |
Alex Watson-Usher |
02:57:01 |
82 |
|
East Hull |
|||
|
9 |
Simon Midwood |
02:00:21 |
98 |
|
65 |
Kevin McMullan |
02:18:51 |
93 |
|
139 |
Sue Sunderland |
02:34:38 |
91 |
|
188 |
Chloe Hudson |
02:41:42 |
87 |
|
217 |
Gemma Merritt |
02:47:00 |
84 |
Thirsk
10
|
Pos |
|
Chip Time |
Gun Time |
|
39 |
Daryl Hibberd |
00:58:35 |
00:58:38 |
|
77 |
David Penman |
01:01:44 |
01:01:50 |
|
191 |
Robert Marsh |
01:09:31 |
01:09:40 |
|
324 |
Michael Robins |
01:14:51 |
01:15:32 |
Haworth Hobble & Hardmoors 55 from Ian Sanderson
Not
sure if how this 'Any Other Ultra' category will work in the VSGP (or even if it was just a
joke) but here are my first couple of results.
Haworth
Hobble – 12/03/16
32 miles, 4400 ft
1. Ian Symington & Ken Sutor 04:16:01
125. Simon Redshaw (& Martyn Hewitt) 06:10:31
173. Richard Adcock 06:32:30
174. Ian Sanderson 06:33:30
310 finished (either individually or as a pair, so more than 310 finished
actually....)
http://runfurther.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Haworth_Hobble_2016.pdf
Hardmoors
55 – 22/03/16
55 miles, 8300 ft (?)
1 Steven Lord 08:00:55
142 Ian Sanderson
12:18:50
286 finished, which means I scraped into the top half of the results in an
ultra for once.
Not
sure who is doing what after this. Ones I know of are that myself and Amanda
Seims are down to do the Calderdale Hike on 9th April, Sarah Smith
and Meg Goldsworthy are doing the Fellsman on 16th
April, and Richard Adcock is jetting off for his winter-sun beach holiday
sometime in early April.
From
Bob,
Ian,
here's the table with the calculations for "Any Ultra" in the VS
Grand Prix
|
|
Runner's time |
% |
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Winner's time |
|
06:10:31 |
Haworth Hobble |
04:16:01 |
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|
Richard Adcock |
06:32:30 |
65.23% |
Haworth Hobble |
04:16:01 |
|
Ian Sanderson |
12:18:50 |
65.09% |
Hardmoors 55 |
08:00:55 |
|
Ian Sanderson |
06:33:30 |
65.06% |
Haworth Hobble |
04:16:01 |
Peco Relays
Results
and report in the next edition.