Sent: 18 September 2008 00:23
Subject: FW: VS Update - Last chances, Dates, Grand Prix, messages
Last Chance
to enter
the full series of West Yorkshire Cross country. I am hoping to get an
extension so that we can put our entries in on Sunday, so if you still want to
enter the full series, please email me before 6pm Sunday evening. It will
cost you £7, payable as soon as possible to
to order
pie and peas for after the Club Handicap next Tuesday. Please state meat
or veg pie, baked beans or mushy peas, and whether you want apple pie
afterwards, by email, by Sunday 9pm, or by text 0777 5898 558 by Monday 12
noon. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE DARK EVENINGS THE WE WILL BE MEETING
DOWN BY THE RES AT THE EARLIER TIME OF 6:30PM AND THE FIRST RUNNER WILL BE
SETTING OFF AT 6:45PM PROMPT
to enter
the Horsforth 10k and ensure the Striders are well represented in the Abbey
Valley Challenge. The first runner scores 150 pts, the last runner 50
pts, so every runner counts. Over 35 Striders have already entered!
Entries may be available on the day, but why risk it, enter now. Entry
forms at http://www.horsforthharriers.co.uk/
. If you miss the closing date, send your form off anyway and say that youll collect
your number on race day.
to claim
your souvenir pottery if you ran in the
Dates
Sun 21 Sep
Kirkstall off-road 7 mile (new race from Leisure Centre)
Tue 23 Sep
Club Handicap (VSGP)
Sun 28 Sep
Horsforth 10k (VSGP)
Sun 5 Oct
Harewood 10 marshals wanted please
Tue 7 Oct
lasagne night & VS special general meeting (no more than 5 mins)
Sun 12 Oct
West Yorks XC at Otley assisted by Valley Striders
Sun 26 Oct
Tue 28 Oct
probable date of Striders AGM
Sat 15 Nov
Sun 16 Nov
Peco XC at Ilkley
Sun 23 Nov
Abbey Dash get your entries in! (VSGP)
Sun 30 Nov
Thirsk 10 final race of VS Grand Prix (VSGP)
Sun 7 Dec
West Yorks XC at
Sun 14 Dec
Calderdale Way Relay
Fri 19 Dec
Striders Xmas Do
Sat 20 Dec
Peco XC (Abbey Runners)
Sun 11 Jan
Peco XC at John Smeaton
Sun 25 Jan
Brass Monkey Half (entry forms available soon)
Sun 8 Feb
Peco XC
Sun 1 Mar
Peco XC at Woodkirk assisted by Valley Striders
Valley Striders Grand
Prix
Weve
removed Withins Skyline from the GP because it clashes with a WYXC race.
The final races for the 2008 GP will be listed in the next VS Update.
Race 1 Race 2 Race
3
Best Pts Pos Time
Pos Time Pos Time
Panos
Aristotelous 0:16:41 100
4
16.41
Gwilym
Thomas
0:17:22 99 7 17.39
13 17.23 8 17.22
Drew
Taylor
0:18:15 98 10
18.15 20 18.20 15 18.26
Graham
Needham 0:18:46
96 14
18.46
22 19.19
Dan
Murray
0:19:03
95
20 19.03
Eirik
Stangnes 0:19:09
94 17 19.29
25
19.09
Elika
Tasker
0:19:17 93 20
19.59 27 19.17 24 19.59
Jim
Clay
0:19:21
92
23 19.21
Matt
Allen
0:19:31
91
29 19.31
Eric
Green
0:19:38
90
31 19.38 25 20.09
David
Bass
0:19:45 89 19
19.45
John
Wallace
0:20:05 88 22
20.32 38
20.05
Eddy
Robinson 0:20:11
87
26 20.11
Paul
Sanderson 0:20:25
86 28 21.05 46 20.59 28
20.25
Simon
Redshaw
0:20:46
85
42
20.46
Nick
Barnes
0:20:46
85
45 20.58 31 20.46
Xanthe
Hannah
0:20:49
83
32 20.49
Mark
Hunter
0:21:01
81
35 21.01
Mick
Tinker 0:22:02
80 35 22.02 63
23.07
Chloe
Hudson
0:22:13 79 36
22.43 57 22.13 52 22.58
Bob
Wilkes
0:25:39
78
64 25.39
Anne
Mccaffrey 0:29:05
77 56
29.05
Yorkshireman Off-Road Marathon 2008
(26m/4000ft) from Mick Loftus
It was all about the mud! I've completed this event
about 6 times and this was the muddiest year by a long way. While you
expect a fell race to be pretty muddy, this trail race was even worse.
Many sections of the route, which in the past have been firm fields and grassy
tracks, were 6+ inch deep quagmires. I was often reduced to wading slowly
through the gloop. It was very tiring work. Luckily the weather was
perfect; cool, dry and still.
This year the start and finish had been moved to downtown
It was great to see several Striders run. I hope that
any first timers at long off-road events aren't too put off by it. It is
often run in warm sunshine with hardly a muddy fell shoe to be seen (well OK a
bit of mud perhaps).
The whole race was well marked and organisation was
excellent as ever. They even provided a specialist 'fell' shower at the
end, consisting of a garden hose in the car park.
Well done to everyone who completed it, what an epic!
Results from Mick Loftus and Richard Adcock
Full
10 Mick
Loftus
3:57:59 100
19 Rob
Bumstead
4:14:58 99
35 Steve
Webb 4:31:55
98
59 Richard
Adcock 4:59:05 97
67 Simon
Redshaw
5:04:28 96
68 Joel Giddings
5:05:43 95
111
Winning time 3:24:10, last
runner 7:07:30
Half
21 Ian
Sanderson 2:05:49
100
52 Xanthe
Hannah
2:14:54 99
88 Nick
Barnes
2:30:10 98
99 Laura
Clark
2:32:04 97
99
Winning time 1:38:14, last
runner 5:28:51
Nottingham
Gwil Thomas
may have been a little disappointed by his time of 2:56:53, but it puts him in
3rd place in the Any Other Marathon category in the Striders Grand Prix, and
this puts him in the overall lead in the Grand Prix, just one point ahead of
Ian Sanderson who has led since May.
For the
current points table, see http://valleystriders.org.uk/vsgp08t.htm
In the
Nottingham Half, Bill Murphy ran 1:44:59 (no Grand Prix points)
Other Race Results
Wetherby
10k
Vicky
retained her title congratulations!
14
Vicky Whitehead 0:36:54 (1st woman)
53
Paul Hunter 0:40:09
88
229
Mike Brown 0:49:47
Messages
NB I asked
for your stories from the LCW. I thought we might hear how Patrick
dropped his baton on Dans head, but only Ian Rosser came forward and here are
his notes from leg 4.
LCW
Notes from Ian Rosser
Regarding
the
I don't
know if any other runners had trouble with a great big ugly dog (a Great
Dane I think) just after the start. I hate dogs anyway, and this thing was
barking, salivating and chasing me as its owners shouted "it's only
playing".
Immediately
after, at the very first gap in the wall, Matt managed to rip his shorts in
half. As he knew the route far better than me, he led the way. I spent the
first couple of miles chuckling loudly every time I looked at him, which
wasn't very good for my breathing.
The only
other mishap was before the race began. As we set off for
As we made
the detour to meet her bloke, who was driving towards us with the missing
shoes, she told us how she was the most organised person she knew! By now
the car was steaming up a bit, although we couldn't open the windows because
Geoff's car doesn't do window handles.
Hi fellow Striders,
After years
of thinking about doing this I've finally taken the bull by the horns and
decided it's now or never.
I've been
training for 12 weeks, gradually increasing my distances - I've done 4 half
marathons in training so far.
I ran in
the
I also did
my longest training run to date last Saturday of 18 miles in 2 hr 46 min
- I was knackered at the end but felt fine the day after. More of the same
for the next few Saturdays when I will be running a combination of 15, 18
and 20 mile runs - if there is anyone who fancies a similar run let me
know I would welcome the company.
Since
joining the club in May and attending most of the Tuesday sessions at the
reservoir and the track my performance has improved dramatically (for me at
least !!) and i'm sure it's going to help me get through the tough closing
miles.
The
"race" is on November 2nd and I'm running on behalf of the
Alzheimer's society. Alzheimer's is an ever increasing burden on our
society affecting not just the sufferers of the disease but the families who
are left with problem of caring for loved ones - the Alzheimer's charity
devotes a large proportion of its income to supporting families with
specialised help as well as researching into the causes and potential cures for
the disease.
I'm hoping
to raise £5000 for the charity and would greatly appreciate any help you could
give in reaching this target. My total raised to date is almost £3000 -
so I'm 60% towards my target.
I received
a very nice letter and donation from Janet Kitchen an honorary striders member
now living in
If you
would like to sponsor me you can do this on line at the following address www.justgiving.com/timwilkinson1
or alternatively you could email me [email protected]
and I will record it on my sponsor sheet.
Many thanks
in anticipation
Tim
Message
from the organiser of the Edinburgh Marathon
We have made important changes to
the entry system for the 2009 Albert Bartlett Edinburgh Marathon. The main
difference is that we have no ballot this year and entries are on a first come
first served basis until we reach 11,500 entries or 15th January
2009, whichever is soonest.
We are offering free entry to
British sub 2:40 males and sub 3:00 females. Free entry also if you have run a
sub 73 min (male) or sub 1:25 (female). You need to
have run below these times after the 1st January 2007.
Improvements
for 2009
·
Changes
to the start and finish areas give more space to runners/supporters.
·
Goody
bag. We are replacing our cotton finishers t-shirt with a technical Asics
running t-shirt.
·
There
will not be a compulsory EXPO for 2009. All running packs (timing chip, running
number, final competitor instructions) will be posted out to
·
We
will have more shuttle buses for spectators and runners and are also
introducing other changes to make the shuttle buses a more efficient service.
To ensure your runners get a place please ask them to enter
the marathon before we reach 11,500 entries or 15th January 2009,
whichever is soonest.
Harry Moore
Event Manager
e: [email protected]
t: 01620 890 444
f: 01620 890 787
w: www.edinburgh-marathon.co.uk
Up
& Running Vacancies
Up & Running shops in
No retail experience is necessary, just an interest in
running.
Further details are available from [email protected]