V S Update - 5 May 2017

- Training Tuesdays 9 and 16 May
- Junior Training Awards
- Club junior 1 mile and club handicap 23 May
- VS Junior races
- VS Grand Prix events
- Training for Eccup 10
- Sportshoes discount
- Reports from Boston, StGemmas and Stockton
- Results from Rufforth, Baildon, Guiseley, London, Horton, Keighley

Training Tuesdays 9 and 16 May

As 9 May is the second Tuesday in the month, we will be at the track(s), juniors and  beginners/improvers 6pm at GSAL, intermediates and advanced runners 7pm at Beckett Park, see website www.valleystriders.org.uk for details

As 16 May is the third Tuesday in the month, all sessions will be from Far Moss, see website for details.

Junior Training Awards

Last Tuesday, 10 Valley Striders juniors received bronze medals for attending 25 training sessions and 5 juniors received silver medals for 50 sessions (see pictures on front page of website).

The total number of medals awarded so far is 88 bronze, 33 silver and 8 gold (100 sessions).

Club junior races and club handicap Tuesday 23 May

All races are free to enter and all races are open to club members and non-members including friends of existing members and juniors on the waiting list.  We would like to be notified about non-members in advance, please email [email protected] for the junior race or [email protected] for the club handicap.

Meeting place for race start and postcode for parking are on the front page of the website www.valleystriders.org.uk.  Note that it is a 3 minute jog / 6 minute walk from Alwoodley Lane to the start.

On the night, we will be asking parents of juniors to marshal along the half mile length of the junior route as (especially if it is a nice evening) there are likely to be walkers, dogs and bicycles on the route.

We need a few marshals for the 5 mile race, if you can help please email Sue Sunderland [email protected] . The race can't take place without these marshals.

Afterwards we hope to have food at Far Moss, details to follow.

VS Junior Races - Tuesday 11 July (provisional date)

We are considering holding some junior races from Far Moss to raise money for Lineham Farm Children's Centre - these will be open to all junior runners.

Last Tuesday 42 juniors and 24 beginners/improvers trialled a 1 mile circuit around the fields and woods behind Far Moss and it seems we have a viable route.  (NB many thanks to Stuart, James and Ben Williams-Dustan who checked out the route I'd laid and adjusted, taped and snipped as needed).

Please could all parents join the "juniors" facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/369749209844475/ so we can continue the discussion of dates and resources.

VS Grand Prix Events

Note that all races inside Leeds City boundary (including Otley) are part of Leeds Race Series, see www.leedsathletics.net for details.

IntermediatesTraining for Eccup 10 (message from Bethany Lovell

Are any intermediates planning on running Eccup 10 on 2nd July? It's in 8 weeks so we are thinking of creating a training plan and some opportunities for group runs based around building up to 10mile distance (from current long run of 10k)  and group runs reccying parts of the route, building up to full thing.

If you are interested please email [email protected]

Discount code for www.sportsshoes.com

Members of Valley Striders can have a 10% discount and free delivery on purchases.

This is available to all members of Valley Striders including juniors, cyclists and triathletes.

Please don't share this code with people who are not a member of VS and please do not copy to any social media site open to the public.

The code for this month is: see VSAC Facebook group or VSAC Juniors Facebook group

RACE RESULTS AND REPORTS

Reminders

Please send your reports to [email protected]

Please send your results to [email protected] (in particular any marathons, half marathons and ultra races - all of these are eligible for GP points)

Grand Prix Results

Vale of York 10

9

David Herdsman

00:58:05

100

26

Tim Straughan

01:02:19

99

73

Sean Fitzgerald

01:07:02

98

90

Rob Marsh

01:08:21

96

97

Rob Hamilton

01:07:16

97

145

Michael Hall

01:12:22

94

153

Louise Wardman

01:13:09

93

164

Fiona Robins

01:14:05

92

212

Adam Parton

01:16:59

91

236

Liz Wood

01:17:59

90

256

Steph Gledhill

01:18:52

89

277

Liz Reddington

01:20:20

88

298

Paul Stokes

01:20:41

87

316

Ruth Warren

01:21:47

86

354

Dawn Parton

01:23:17

84

450

Nicola Hartley

01:27:52

83

501

Stuart Harris

01:29:06

82

605

Neil Hall

01:34:20

81

821

Pro Ganguly

01:45:15

80

Baildon Boundary Way

1

Alisdair Burns

01:20:22

100

4

Tom Venning

01:23:48

99

8

Jon Parker

01:27:59

97

13

Ross Bibby

01:30:27

95

45

Joel Giddings

01:40:25

93

54

Paul Smith

01:42:04

92

63

Andrew Linley

01:43:12

91

89

Mike Furby

01:47:29

89

159

Mike Robins

01:57:18

88

199

Tom Button

02:02:53

87

228

Chris Sawyer

02:06:22

85

234

Claire Senior

02:06:44

84

Baildon Boundary Way - walk

 9

Kathy Robbins

04:04:50

83

10

Chloe Hudson

04:04:50

83

11

Alan Hutchinson

04:04:50

83

Guiseley Gallop

28

Jonathan Smyth

00:41:33

100

36

Mike Clarke

00:42:33

98

50

Jack Crawford

00:43:40

97

66

Roy Huggins

00:45:06

95

190

Leroy Sutton

00:52:06

93

287

Chloe Hudson

00:56:50

92

326

Mary Egan

00:58:33

90

376

Bob Jackson

01:00:48

88

404

Elaine Craiggs

01:02:58

87

420

Tony Haygarth

01:04:34

85

433

Becky Murray

01:05:54

83

467

Maureen Coffey

01:10:32

82

468

Rich Clough

01:10:40

80

London Marathon

90

John Hobbs

02:32:13

100

218

David Herdsman

02:37:42

99

432

Jonathan Ball

02:42:48

98

815

Andrew Bennett

02:49:43

97

1280

James Tarran

02:55:21

96

1768

Tim Straughan

02:59:05

95

2171

Camilla West

03:02:25

94

2749

Ross Bibby

03:07:55

93

4566

Ian Sanderson

03:19:56

92

5489

Joel Giddings

03:26:05

91

7262

Andy Pagdin

03:35:11

90

7670

John Batchelor

03:37:19

89

8655

Steve Dixon

03:42:05

88

14434

Steph Gledhill

04:04:53

87

15384

Liz Reddington

04:09:14

86

16271

Kate McIntyre

04:13:02

85

19051

Sarah Woodeson

04:24:02

84

19054

Helen Hilton

04:24:02

84

25239

Martin Sutcliffe

04:48:36

82

25467

Stuart Harris

04:49:40

81

30513

Louise Jennings

05:14:03

80

31778

Grace Thomas

05:21:41

79

33603

Pro Ganguly

05:34:18

78

Three Peaks

120

Jon Parker

03:49:10

100

137

Mick Wrench

03:52:15

98

155

Tim Straughan

03:55:03

95

243

Ronan Loftus

04:09:06

93

295

Mick Loftus

04:15:31

90

352

Simon Vallance

04:23:48

88

504

Eirik Stangnes

04:47:43

85

645

Ian Sanderson

05:13:10

83

dnf

Ross Bibby

 

Keighley Big 10k

46

Tom Button

0:41:37

628

Holly Button

1:04:54

 

VS victory in Boston Marathon (from Sean Cook)

Just a quick report from the Boston Marathon...no, not THAT one unfortunately! The second running of the Boston Marathon (UK) took place alongside a half marathon on Easter Monday in Boston, Lincolnshire. The club was represented by Myra Jones in the marathon and myself in the half. With ideal running conditions and a perfectly flat course, we both recorded personal bests, with Myra claiming the first lady prize in the marathon. A well organised, scenic and friendly event that we both very highly recommend. Results as follows:

Full - 17th Myra Jones 03:02:07

Half - 33rd Sean Cook 01:32:30

V S Grand Prix

Myra and Sean have been awarded their points in the VSGP Any Other Marathon and Any Other Half categories.

VSGP results have been updated on the website http://valleystriders.org.uk/vsgp2017results.xls

VSGP points have been updated on the website http://valleystriders.org.uk/vsgp2017.xls

If your marathon, half marathon or ultra result is missing, please email [email protected] to claim your points.

St Gemma's Bubble (from Suzie Shenderey)

Ben Shenderey (VS junior member, aged 8) ran the St Gemma's Bubble run at 2pm on the 22nd April 2017. Ben came in first place. The run was over fields and involved a lot of coloured bubbles! The race was not timed but Ben managed the course in approximately 26 minutes.

Stockton Duathlon (from Ben Hall)

Quick write-up for Stockton. Great race, great location just by the river and the weather was beautiful. Finally got to meet some new faces - Michael Mansfield kindly gave me some sunscreen and John Shanks flagged me down just before the start. Started off strong but suffered with wheezing (due to pollen?) on lap 1 of the run and with stomach cramping (due to having a bite of Marlous Hall's halloumi) on lap 2. Still happy with a sub 40min 10km on the lovely riverside course though. The bike course was technical but still very fast - I averaged 21.3mph. I was in two minds about bothering put on the tt bars due to the nature of the course and in the end decided to go for it, thinking that I don't have to use them if the course was too tricky. It turned out to be fine - plenty of straights and some of the bends could be taken whilst on the tt bars. Oulton is fast but gets harder with each lap as the undulations take their toll, this course got easier to me as I gauged my effort well and got better at negotiating the numerous roundabouts. I ended it strong (39th and 8/25) with a 19:12 min 5km and almost, but not quite, caught John, who had a great race (38th and 7/25). The event was really well organised and it was my first duathlon with the standard format of 10-40-5. We all know that Liz Ball topped her category - you should really devise a victory pose/dance Liz. Good racing from Michael too, who finished 181st and 5/10 in the same race as the rest of us and to Alison Eaves-Lai who raced in the morning sprint event and came 169th and 6/14. 285 competitors in the sprint race and 263 in the standard. The bike route felt safe and not too crowded. The standard of competition was very high due the fact that both races were world champ qualifiers. Thanks to Marlous for her cheers, photography skills and for my post race ice-cream.