Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:52 PM
Subject: Striders Update - Committee Meeting / Pie'n'peas /
Forthcoming Events / Results
Committee Meeting (All Welcome) / Pie
and Peas / Free Drinks! Tueday 7 March
A reminder of the meeting etc etc next
Tuesday. If you want pie and peas, please let me know by email by Sunday
evening, choose either meat or vegetarian pie, with either peas or baked
beans.
Birthday party activities will include
- instead of the party game "Pin the Tail on
the Donkey" we will be pinning marshalling positions on the Meanwood
Trail Map
- instead of the Greek traditional smashing of
plates we will be smashing 15 Leeds Country Way safety-pin / soup
bowls.
- further ideas welcome
Message Board
EVENTS
Tuesday Training
will continue on winter routes up to and
including 21 March, then
Tuesday 28 March - Meanwood Trail Recce
Run
we will be running the Trail Race route as a
training run / recce run. Please arrive for 6:35 as we will be setting off
early for the mile loop round the woods North of Leos, if you arrive after this
we will be coming past at about 6:50 to head down the trail towards Meanwood
Park. Map not needed but if you want to look, go to www.valleystriders.org.uk/trail.htm
Note our new website address!
March 12 - Spen 20 - this is the Yorkshire
Championships, so pre-enter
March 19 - East Hull 20 - this does not take
entries on the day
April 2 - Baildon Boundary Way - entries
closed
April 23 - London Marathon - entries
closed!
April 30 - Rothwell 10k - this is the Yorkshire
Vets Championships, so pre-enter
May 3 (Wed) - Esholt 5k
May 7 - Leeds half marathon - you must
pre-enter
March 4 (Sat) - Noonstone Fell Race
April 2 - Baildon (see above)
April 2 - Blubberhouses 25
April 30 - Three Peaks - you must pre-enter
March 5 11:00 - Pudsey
March 12 11:00 - Yorks Vets Fell Champs at Marsden (I think this had
the wrong date in the previous VS Update)
Meanwood Trail Race - Saturday April 8
We already have 170 entries which is well ahead of previous years.
RESULTS
Snake Lane 10
Striders
27 Drew
Taylor 59.29 3rd M40 prize
55 Paul
Hunter 62.15 PB
128 Gary Sutherland 66.25
PB
136 Bob
Jackson 66.46 6th M55 no
prize
158 Paul
White 67.59 PB
159 Mick
Tinker 68.03
168 Eric
Green 68.32
299 Peter Lambert
75.50 1st M70 but prizes only went to M65
and friends
37 Peter
Johnson 60.37 1st M55 and PB
104 Howard Jeffrey
64.38
109 Mark Hetherington 65.04
141 Alison
Bogie 67.04 PB
191 Dave
Milner 69.27
333 Tracy
Almond 77.38
558 Max
Jones 93.02 1st M75 but
prizes only went to M65
Peter Johnson and Paul
White proved that it is possible to get PB's when over the age of 55.
This ought to give much encouragement to our younger members -
alternatively they may just decide to pack up running till they are
55.
Huddersfield
10k
Matt Watkins ran 59.43. If he'd contacted me
first, I'd have told him how tough this race is!!
ANY OTHER
BUSINESS
London Marathon place
available
Nga Huynh's sister has a charity place
but tore her cruciate ligament while ski-ing. Here are the details
from Nga:
Hi Bob, I
spoke to you briefly on tuesday evening regarding a running spot for the London
marathon for Beauchamp Lodge settlement charity . They are based in
London helping under privileged children. Their aim is to raise £2000
or close to that, if anyone is interested please let me know. [email protected]
Paul Hunter - on yer
bike
Paul and 3 friends are cycling the
coast-to-coast route in June. If you'd like to find out more (and
possibly sponsor them for the Anthony Nolan Trust) go to http://www.justgiving.com/collingham_coast2coast.
NB all sponsorship goes to the charity, Paul and friends are paying their own
travelling and medical expenses.
Commonwealth
Games
We wish good luck to Tracey who flies out to
Melbourne on March 4th and will be running 09:30 Sunday March 19, which we think
is 10:30pm Saturday March 18 UK time.
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Please email me any items you'd like including in
the next "Striders Update"
I hope to see many of you
on Tuesday. To the rest of you - keep up the training!
Bob