Sent: 21 February 2008 23:39
Subject: VS Update - Training, Pie-peas, Lucozade, 10ks to enter,
Results and reports
Training / Pie and peas / Lucozade
Some notes about the next four weeks
26 February – hills at
4 March – 3 by 10 mins at High Ashes, followed by pie and peas
(£2.50) and optional apple pie (£1.50). Please book, selecting meat pie
or veg pie, mushy peas or baked beans, whether you want apple pie – with cream
or ice cream, by email before Sunday 2 March 10pm. If you don’t book, you
aren’t guaranteed a meal!
11
March – track
is closed, so 5 by 6 mins at High Ashes.
We are
trying to book a training specialist from Lucozade to come along to Striders on
11 March. The arrangement will be that they arrive before our training session
and weigh a number of runners, and then weigh them again after the session,
they would then demonstrate about dehydration etc. They would also give a
general training talk for about 30/40 mins with a Q&A session after and
provide some Lucozade free samples. They are all full qualified specialists and
not there just to push Lucozade products. We need to give them rough
numbers so please let me know on or before next Tuesday if you are likely to
come. Full details in the next email. (Thanks to Patrick Barrett
for setting this up)
18 March – track session at
Please enter as soon as possible. You can enter online
at www.ukresults.net, it only costs £1
extra and it will save two postage stamps and an envelope.
Striders have 45 runners entered so far which is fantastic …
but Abbey have 55, so come on!
I have accepted Simon Redshaw’s excuse for not running, it
is a long way back from
Rothwell 10k – 20 April
My information is that there are now fewer than 60 places
left. Grand Prix points are available at this race, so if you want some,
I recommend that you get your entry in this weekend at the very latest.
You can enter online at www.ukresults.net
and there is no extra charge for this
Northern cross country
There are now 60 new pictures on the website, thanks to Mark
Hunter and Chris Leggatt.
Rombalds Stride
33
Caz Farrow
3:27:19 (2nd W)
34
Mick Loftus 3:27:19
47
Rob Bumstead 3:31:41
92
David Cusack 3:57:22
120
John Wallace 4:12:35
127
Richard Adcock 4:16:50
171
Madeleine Watson 4:38:53
178 Paul
Sanderson 4:42:04
189 Peter
Stevenson 4:45:13
197
Eric Cusack 4:50:09
216
Pam Baird 5:02:31
233
Adela Reperecki 5:24:42
262
Lyn Eden
5:41:12
263
378 Simon
Redshaw 7:49:07
Richard Adcock emailed this link (thank you!)
Paul
Sanderson emailed
A memorable
day out, the second longest run I’ve ever done. I registered OK but I was then
asked to move my car and missed the start. I had to overtake all the walkers
(including Simon) and caught up with various friends at the first refreshment
stop just outside Baildon. Baildon Moor was a bit windy and the climb up to the
masts on Ilkley Moor was icy but at least the visibility was good and the gales
of the previous two days had calmed down. The descent to White Wells on the
road had to be taken carefully and then it was off to the
Things were
a bit calmer by Burley Woodhead but the climb up to the Chevin was still
looming ahead. Losing height down
John
Wallace emailed
I did
Rombalds stride - 4hr 12 mins which I was pretty pleased with. Very well
organised event, even though I did make one route error and ended up climbing
part of the Chevin twice! (I'll blame that on other runners not following the
official route and misleading me).
Peter
Stevenson emailed me the full results (thank you!)
Trog
See
Simon’s report
122
finished
Half
Trog
23
Richard King 1:31:23
56
finished
Simon
Vallance emailed
Caz benefited from taking it a
bit easier at the Rombalds stride and stormed to victory in the
Wadsworth Trog on Saturday. On a glorious day (too hot for some of us),
she was 1st woman in 3:38:47 (35th overall). Despite the
sunshine, the course itself was extremely boggy and away from the footpaths
both strength-sapping and frustrating in equal measure. I struggled in
some 8 minutes later (50th position in 3:46:41) having battled with
cramp for most of the second half. I probably would have profited from a
bit more training beforehand as well. I also managed to run face first
into a gate at about 12 miles which didn’t help matters either.
Eirik wasn’t far behind me (3:51:31) in 57th
place, having suffered a similar fate to me (the cramp that is, not the
gate-kissing activity).
Caz will receive her well-deserved trophy just as soon
as the chap from the
Report
from the
“Gray beats
his own best as he tames the beast again”
AFTER last
year's event had to be cancelled due to heavy snow, athletes were blessed with
glorious spring-like weather this time for the Wadsworth Trog and half Trog —
affectionately known by runners as "the beast", organised by the
Over a 20
mile course with 4000ft of climbing, Karl Gray of the host club had a phenomenal
run, smashing his own record by 4 minutes as well as coming home 9 minutes in
front of the 2nd placed Ian Holmes of Bingley in a time of 2.38.15.
First Lady
home was Cath Farrow of Valley Striders in a time of 3:38:47, but Todmorden’s
Christine Preston chased her all the way to finish 2nd lady and first veteran.
Next
Todmorden lady was Jane Smith, who was 6th lady overall and first veteran 50.
These two were backed up by Mel Blackhurst in seventh position, Todmorden
easily taking the team prize.
In the 9
mile half trog
Other
Calder finishers in the full Trog were: 10th Jason Stevens 3.11.52; 48th Adrian
Muir 3.46.25; 52nd and 3rdlady, Naomi Sharratt 3.46.55; 59th Johnnie Watson
3.56.17; 60th Phil Scarf 3.56.39; 91st Stewart Gardner 4.19.53; 92nd Allan
Greenwood 4.20.41; 98th Claire Hanson 4.24.48; 119th Charlotte Roberts 4.54.09.
Thirteen
Calder runners completed the half trog including Anne Johnson, Gayle Sugden and
Jackie Scarf, who formed the winning ladies team.
Liversedge Half
34
Jon Uttley 1:30:13
41
Eric Green 1:31:44 3rd M50,
prize!
55
Adam Parton 1:34:06
118
Hayley Nancolas 1:41:28
151
Sue
265
Ruth Cranidge 1:56:15
266
Paul Greaney 1:56:27
PECO (Sport Direct)
Race 4 on Otley Chevin
Men
9 Alastair Kennis
23
Simon Vallance vet 40
24
Drew Taylor vet 40
26
Richard King
35
Graham Needham vet 40
40
Eirik Stangnes
44
Paul Hunter
61
84
Alan Hutchinson vet 50
90
Eric Green vet 50
93
Simon Redshaw
94
Richard Adcock
95
John Wallace
97
Bob Jackson
104
Alistair Fale
105
Tony Haygarth vet 60
112
119
Mick Tinker
157
finished
Team total
(8 to count) 262 – team were first in division 2 and actually beat all but 2 of
the first division teams! The men will win division 2 if they finish
third or better in the final race, and will be promoted if they finish sixth or
better.
The vets
team (3 M40, 2 M50, 1 M60 to count) finished 3rd and have now moved up to 2nd
overall.
Women
1 Caz Farrow
4 Laura Clark
14
Carole Schofield vet 45
24
Sue Sunderland vet 45
28
88
Lyn Eden vet 55
98
finished
Team total
(5 to count) 71 – team were third in division 1. There is now a 3-way tie
at the bottom of division 1, Striders have to beat the other two teams
(Horsforth and Ackworth) to stay up. There are some other mathematical
possibilities which I won’t go into. Caz is unavailable for the final
race, so it is vital that we get our next best runners out.
The vets
team (1 W35 or older, 1 W45, 1 W55) finished 3rd on the day.
Congratulations
to Caz, she is assured of being the overall individual winner of the league,
with three first places and one second!
We have 4
other runners currently in medal positions for their age-groups – Drew, Carole,
myself and Lyn.
Also
running (as a guest) was Alastair’s partner Kay, who finished 25th.
Unfortunately I didn’t have any membership forms with me at the time, but I
will try to sign her up before 9 March.
PECO Sport Direct Race
5
Note that
the final race is 9 March at Thackley (go to the Olive Tree roundabout, turn on
the A657 towards Shipley and it’s only 2 miles along there).
http://www.abbeyrunners.co.uk/PECO/peco.html
for full details
PECO Sport Direct Race
6
I’ve just
received this communication from the PECO Sport Direct League
This year
it has been decided that there will be an extra race in the series - for
Premier Division Clubs only.
The women
will be running in
R Scudamore
NB further
details will be published soon. The date of these races is likely to be
Tuesday 1 April.
A couple of quotes
“You have
to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know
what’s coming“ Frank Shorter (former US Marathon Champion) - from an
excellent book “The Quotable Runner”
“When
you’re aiming for a PB, don’t think about the pain of the extra effort, think
that the pain will be for less time.” Bob Jackson (I think this may be
original unless proved otherwise)