Sent: 14 March 2007 23:39
Subject: VS Update - Tuesday Training, Sport Direct XC, National XC,
Sylvia wins Yorks Fell W55 despite problems at Marsden, More results, Notes
from ARC meeting, and more
Tuesday Training
Next Tuesday (20 March) will be the last winter session, it
will be 5 by 6 minutes on High Ashes
The clocks go forward on 24 March (those running Ackworth on
25th take note)
Tuesday 27 March will be hills by Eccup Reservoir, most
Striders run across the fields; slower Striders run up The Avenue
Tuesday 3 April will be a Meanwood Trail Recce Run, we’ll do
most of the Trail route, those arriving by 6:30 will get in the loop round the
woods North of Leos, we’ll then come back at 6:45 to pick the rest up and head
down the Trail via Seven Arches, under the Ring Road and to
Tuesday 10 April will be Club Handicap 10k, 7pm prompt from
Eccup Res, also Pie and Peas.
Sport Direct XC
Confirmation that the Women won Division B
But sadly the Men finished 3rd in Division B. When the
results were read out last Sunday they said Striders three hundred and
something, St Theresas three hundred and more, Ackworth 498. I knew we’d
got 498 so I assumed we were second equal. Unfortunately Ackworth had
three hundred and something and this was enough to beat us by one league point.
In the vets placings, the Women were sixth and the Men were
seventh.
We had five individual medalists - Lyn
Eden 1st W60, Peter Lambert 1st M70, Mary Egan 2nd W50,
The prizegiving is on Friday 13 April, which is
the day before Meanwood Trail so I won’t be going, does anyone want to pick up
the Women’s Div B award and the individual awards?
English National XC
315
624 Bob Jackson 53:02
651 Tim Towler 53:47
656
760
860 Paul Sanderson 62:10
916 Ran
Team 64th out of 70 (and of course also beat the
other 930 English clubs that didn’t turn up)
The winning men’s team were, for the second year running,
Also
387 Jerry Watson 47:39
Also Boys u-13
238 Oliver Watson 13:38
Due to an administrative error (I own up), the entry for our
Women’s team was rejected, only Sylvia and Sara were allowed to run and they
both decided not to.
Noonstone Fell Race
Madeleine Watson 1:41
Geoff Webster 1:49
From Madeleine Watson
Once upon a time there was a young runner, not international
standard but fairly useful. Then came kids, less training, put on a bit of
weight, problem with foot leading to about a year of CBA and then an op, lost
weight, started training a bit more, became anaemic, started taking iron
tablets, training more, doing long runs (LDWA stuff), and voila this is me now.
Feels like I'm getting back to what I was (well not really cos there's the age
factor but quite refreshing really). Going to make the most of it, in case it
doesn't last!
Ian Roberts Fell Race (including
Sylvia finished 2nd W55, but because the 1st W55 wasn’t from
59
118 Geoff Webster 1:11:35
136 Sylvia Watson 1:17:15
149 Lyn
Martin Horbury DNF
Martin is lucky not to still be on Marsden Moor, such was
the (in)efficiency of the organizers. In fell races everyone has to
register on the day, and the organizers are supposed to check everyone is back
(and send out the Fell Rescue team if not).
So what went wrong?
- there was a surprising increase of runners over last year
– up from 60 to 150
- they ran out of race numbers and had to find some extras
- there was no continuity of the numbers so they weren’t
sure how many they’d allocated
- 30 or 40 leading runners took a detour of an extra mile
because of missing tape
- there was no funnel and inexperienced recorders so
- some runners were written down wrong
- some runners milling around near the
finish were recorded twice.
Let’s hope this doesn’t happen at Meanwood – 40 more
marshals still needed for 14 April
205 Eric Green 3:15:37
It was 80 degrees by the time the race finished, not good
conditions for two pale Brits who’d only had three days acclimatization.
It wasn’t good for the leading runners either, the winner’s
time was “only” 2:17.
Wuthering Hike / Haworth Hobble - 10th March 2007 (from Mick Loftus)
Great race, brilliant atmosphere, a meal at the finish, tea and scones at the
feed stations but no other Striders running.
I got a pb in 04:26:13 for the 31 miles 4,400 ft of ascent/descent, 16th place
(there were two teams in front so I was 18th runner in).
Runners traveled from all over the country to take part, probably because the
race is part of the 'Montrail Ultra Running Championships 2007'. I spoke
to one chap who had driven 5 hours from
Cupar 5 - from George
Black
Bob, Just
an update on my 5 mile time as a 67 year old. Ran 33.07 on certified course
today. Event was the Cupar 5, which was obviously held in Cupar. Max would no
doubt be pleased to learn I have been averaging 13 miles a week since last
November with the last 2 weeks being 6 mile weeks. I am really trying
to avoid the 'Slippy Stanes' this year. Regards to all George.
Special Meeting last
Tuesday
Thanks to
everyone who attended, whether they contributed or just listened. The subjects
discussed were
VS
Performance Awards
Look out
for a scheme to be announced in the next VS Update. Or in the meantime
look at the provisional arrangements at www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsperfs.htm
Women’s
Showers
We have
£800 in the fund and have elected a sub-committee to investigate what we can
get for this money. If you have any opinions on this matter, maybe the
surface of the floor or the type of shower or the colour of the tiles, contact
Association
of Running Clubs (ARC)
Thanks to
Paul Briscoe who has spent a great amount of time analyzing and evaluating this
new organisation and to Max Jones who was able to fill in a lot of the details
of the history leading to the current situation between EA (England Athletics)
and ARC.
At
the end of the meeting, members were asked to indicate whether, in principle,
they supported the idea of the Valley Striders joining the ARC. A large
majority indicated that they would support such a move and only two members
were opposed to joining ARC. However, it was decided not to take a final
decision before talking in more detail to other local clubs.
See on the
website
www.valleystriders.org.uk/ARCnotes060307.htm
www.valleystriders.org.uk/ARCcomments060307.htm
www.valleystriders.org.uk/EA_ARC_CaseStudy.htm
It seems
likely that we will continue with England Athletics and probably also register
with ARC, the cost benefits are described in the case study.
In the Press
Spotted in
the Yorkshire Evening Post, “Marathon runner Tracey sets pace in beauty
stakes”, Tracey was having a makeover, Dollond & Aitchison were raising
money for
Spotted by
Peter Lambert in Runner’s World (April), an action photo from the Brass Monkey
Half Marathon, you can just make out your webmaster nicely placed in a pack.
Are you
running the London Marathon? Are you collecting money for charity?
Let me know and I will include your charity details in the next VS
update. This will give Striders who’d like to donate, the opportunity to
choose one or more runners (and causes) to support.
Good
luck to everyone
running either East Hull 20 or Spen 20 this weekend, whether preparation for