Sent: 26 September 2007 23:40
Subject: V S Update : Winter Training, Pie and Peas, Harewood, AGM, Leeds Country Way results, More Results, Race Reports, Sponsorship
Tuesday 2 October
– Training, Pie and Peas & Marshals Briefing
Next
Tuesday we will be on winter routes, the session will be 3 by 10 minutes
starting at the junction of High Ash Avenue and High Ash Drive http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=431350&Y=440550&A=Y&Z=3
Meet at Leos 6:45 as usual, but the slowest runners should set off early
or drive part or all the way there. Please wear a reflective top if you
have one.
Next
Tuesday is also the first Tuesday in the month, so it must be Pie and
Peas. Please respond by email by 10:30 pm Sunday 30 September, stating
whether meat or vegetarian pie, and whether baked beans or mushy peas. If
you miss this email or forget, then text by Monday 2pm to 0777 5898 558.
But please email if possible as I need to give Tony estimated numbers on Monday
morning. There may also be one or two spare portions, but don’t
rely on it.
For those
of you marshalling at the Harewood Trail Race on Sunday 7th, I’ll also
take 10 minutes to talk you round the route and explain the marshalling
duties. If you’re not free to marshal, just carry on eating, no
problem!
Harewood Trail Race
We currently
have 300 entries for the 10 mile and 70 for the 2 mile. This is only a
few down on the equivalent date last year. Let your friends know that the
race is not full. And tell them if possible to pre-enter; we will be
taking entries on the day, but at peak time the queue takes 5-10 minutes.
A list of
where people will be marshalling (and where there are vacancies) will be sent
out tomorrow night
Did I say
that there will be a bottle of beer for every marshal?
We have 32
men, 13 women and 2 juniors registered for the first race. I know many of
you have said you’ll only run 1 or 2 races, but let’s make sure we
have a full counting team for both senior races – Sunday 14 October at
Guiseley. N.B. This race counts for Grand Prix points.
Note that
the second race (Saturday 27 October) is at Bramley Park not Bramley Falls
Woods (my error)
Membership
Several of
you have asked about this. Subscriptions are, in theory, due now but we
since we don’t decide what the rate is until the Annual General Meeting
on 16 October, I suggest we all wait until then.
We have
sent off our affiliation fees and a list of members to UK Athletics.
Everyone on the list http://valleystriders.org.uk/reg2007.htm
has been registered. Most of you are marked with a “1” for
first claim, but some are marked as “2” for second claim or
“V” for volunteer. Both of these will be entitled to reduced
rate subscriptions – to be explained at the AGM.
All of you
are entitled to club discount at Up & Running (10% off full price
merchandise) and at Complete Runner (free socks with every pair of shoes
bought). Simply quote your registration number e.g. VLS00013. (NB
that one’s mine so don’t use it).
AGM – Tuesday 16
October
Anyone with
any items for discussion, please let me know before the evening so that we can
set an order for discussion. There will also be an “Any other
business” for anything forgotten.
Agenda
items already noted include
NB also a
pie and peas night
Horsforth 10k
From the
Horsforth Harriers website: Sunday 30 September - Harriers' 10k race almost
full - just a few entries on the day available
The closing
date is 19 October. But if you have a guaranteed entry via
“Good-for-age” or having had 5 rejections, you need to apply by 5
October.
Valley
Striders expect to receive 3 club places, we will hold a ballot at Christmas to
allocate these, but you must have applied through the normal route and received
a rejection note to go into our ballot.
36 teams
competed, all our teams were in the top half!
Rank on leg
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A
FINAL
POSITION
7:35:00 4
V1
V2
Bob Jackson
V3
Paul Sanderson
V4
Mick Tinker Geoff Webster
1:39:18 18
V5
V6
VETS
FINAL
POSITION
8:46:07 12
L1
Erica Hiorns Sharon Tansley
1:32:34 18
L2
Xanthe Hannah
L3
Lisa Hodgson
L4
L5
L6
Ford Kates
LADIES
FINAL
POSITION
8:59:52 14
B1
B2
Joel Giddings Simon Redshaw
1:36:01 14
B3
B4
Richard King
B5
Adam Parton
B6
B
FINAL
POSITION
9:02:20 16
Full
results at http://www.kippaxharriers.org.uk/khlcw2007.xls
The
official winning margin for our LADIES was 22 seconds. Considering that
we only won one fastest leg trophy (and this was by less than 2 minutes) let me
again congratulate all 12 of you on a fantastic team performance.
Now that
we’ve so many runners knowing at least one leg, and with our membership
rapidly increasing, how about 5 teams next year?! The race date should be
31 August, as it is usually the first Sunday after the August bank
holiday. Book your diaries now!
Grand Prix Race
Results
Race 1 Race 2 Race
3
Best Pts Pos Time
Pos Time Pos Time
Ian
Sanderson
0:18:24 99 0
0.00 25 18.24 0
0.00
Drew
Taylor 0:18:35
98 0 0.00 34 19.20
25 18.35
Gary
Sutherland 0:18:59
97 0 0.00 0
0.00 33
18.59
Tim
Towler
0:19:37 95 36
19.37 0 0.00 0
0.00
Joel
Giddings
0:19:41 94 37
19.41 0 0.00 0
0.00
Bob
Jackson
0:19:56 92 0
0.00 39 19.56 0
0.00
Carole
Schofield 0:20:23
90 43 20.23 46 20.29 50
20.44
Simon
Redshaw
0:21:00 88 0
0.00 53 21.00 0
0.00
Paul
Sanderson 0:21:06
87 60 21.29 55 21.17 55
21.06
Nick
Barnes
0:21:33 85 0
0.00 0 0.00 59
21.33
Erica
Hiorns
0:21:45 84 61
21.45 0 0.00 0
0.00
Mick
Tinker
0:22:19 83 0
0.00 69 22.39 70
22.19
Bob
Wilkes
0:23:42 80 73
24.11 76 23.51 83
23.42
Other Race Results
2
Adam Kemp 6:28
3
Eddy Robinson 6:30
6
Gavin
24
Martha McCaffrey 9:24
29
Ella McCaffrey 9:35
30
Emily Kemp 11:40
Yorkshireman
Off-Road Half
15
17
Ian Sanderson 1:45:28
22
Martin Horbury 1:46:36
24
Mick Wrench 1:46:56
26
33
Alan Hutchinson 1:49:16
Nottingham
Gun Chip
Pos Time Pos Time
Gary Sutherland 130 3:20:22 132 3:20:09
This takes Dan to 3rd place and currently 98 points in
the Grand Prix “Any other marathon” category (behind Tracey Morris
and Eric Green).
Nottingham Half
Gun Chip
Pos Time Pos Time
Great
Langdale Half
272
384 ran, winning time was 1:17:52 and no-one else broke 1:20!
The winning time for the marathon was 3:09; yes this is a road race!
2
Tim Crossland 33:30
34
Paul White 43:36 (M60 2nd)
50
Paul White
reports that it was very windy for the last 3 miles!
Kirkstall
10k
10
Brian Hanley 37:58
23
41
Bob Jackson 42:32 (5th M55 and beaten by a
71-year-old)
45
51
Adam Parton 43:37
66
Rhiannon Silson 44:37 (7th W)
86
89
107
Nick Barnes 48:03
113
David Cusack 48:25
121
Eric Cusack 49:11
147
Johnny Cocker 50:44
274
ran
Bob Jackson
reports that it was very hilly for all 6.2 miles!
Sue and
Rhiannon are two of our newest members and were the most successful on the
day. Sue won a cup and a voucher, Rhiannon was just out of the prizes.
Rhiannon
runs for Eden Runners in Penrith but has just moved to
Good
Shepherd Fell Race 15 mile 2000’ feet (plus lots more) 22 Sep, 2007
Mytholmroyd
From
47 Caz
Farrow 2:33.05 3rd Lady
84
96
Race Reports
Yorkshireman Marathon
Caz Farrow and Simon Vallance ran as a mixed pair and won
first place in this category.
Not quite so straightforward – Simon let Caz run ahead
as she had a chance of setting the women’s course record. Then Caz
finished 2 minutes BEHIND Simon
Caz writes “Having run off as Simon suggested, I got
lost and dropped 10 places at mile 24 and ran about another extra mile.
At least we still won the mixed pairs or otherwise he might have killed
me!”
Simon says “I knew Caz was ahead and then saw that a
woman and a man were beginning to catch me. I put all my effort into the
last mile to finish ahead of her only to find that (a) Caz wasn't there (b) the
other woman was running solo – she wasn't "related" to the man.
All’s well that ends well.
Burnsall Classic Fell Race, Sat 25 Aug – from
For the second year running I was mildly surprised to find
myself the only Strider lining up for the Burnsall Classic Fell Race. Okay,
it's about as far removed from running around Eccup Reservoir as you can get;
but still, this is surely one of the most notable annual running events within
an hour's drive of Striders HQ.
The race is steeped (no pun intended) in history and legend;
in a nutshell, it goes back to the 19th Century, and is the centrepiece of the
annual Burnsall Sports, which go back even further. To participate in the race
is as much about enjoying a day out at this idiosyncratic Dales village fete as
the race itself.
In fact the Classic Fell Race is the last of numerous races
throughout the day. First up is a 10 mile road race which is pretty hilly as
well; next it's a series of junior races, before the main race at 5pm.
The route can be divided into 3 main sections. First, a
never-ending, unremitting climb of about 1000ft to the top of Burnsall Fell.
The first half of the descent is perilously steep through rock and heather
where progress is better described as controlled falling than running. After
crossing the fell wall the gradient eases slightly and actual running is
possible (!) through fields to finish back in the village.
One of the distinctive features of the race is that it is a
genuine spectacle. Encouragement is offered throughout the route and the crowds
at the start/finish number several hundred or more. It says a lot about both
the crowd and the quality of the top of the field that the roar that greeted
the winner's entrance to the village was clearly audible to those of us still
struggling down the first part of the descent, several hundred feet above.
I was pleased this year to take a couple of minutes off my
time from last year and get into the top 20.
Full results and the Burnsall Sports website can be linked
to from the FRA site www.fellrunner.org.uk
(Bob - might be good for VS to get a link to here); the Burnsall Sports site
provides an interesting summary of the history of the race (as well as the
entry form, as pre-entry is required).
Message from Xanthe
Hannah
I'm running the