Sent: 20 March 2010 23:57
Subject: V S Update - Max's funeral, run 100km for Max, Bradford
Millenium Way, Peco results, Fell results, and more
Max Jones funeral arrangements Friday 26 March
Max's funeral will be Friday 26 March at 1pm at
Lawnswood Cemetery, Otley Road, LS16
7PH followed by a wake at Leos, LS17
5PR , all welcome.
Please email [email protected] if
you will be coming so we can let Tony know approximate numbers.
We already have a dozen tributes to Max or stories
about Max on the website www.valleystriders.org.uk/maxjones.htm
. Please email me your tribute or story and I will update the website -
Max’s family are reading this page regularly. We also have more facts,
more photos and more links about Max, including a link to an article in
Thursday’s Yorkshire Evening Post, so take a look at the webpage.
Run 100km for Max on the morning of Friday 26 March
Max
had a 1.9 mile (3km) lap from his house that he used for most of his training
runs. If he wanted to run a tempo run of 10k, he ran 3 laps; for 10 miles he
ran 5 laps; I believe he even occasionally ran 10 laps for 20 miles.
We
plan to run (or walk) some laps between 10:30 and 11:30 on Friday morning. If
10 of us ran 3 laps and 4 of us walked 1 lap, this would be just over 100km. If
more turned up, we could total a bit more, maybe 191km for Max’s world 24 hour
record!
We'll
meet in the car park by Oakwood Clock at 10:20 (if the car park is full, park
in Somerfield car park or on Prince's Avenue).
We'll
then all do one lap together, then it will be up to you how many more laps you
do (should be plenty of time for 3 laps in total, speedy runners might do 4.).
Here's
a map
of the lap - "Map My Run" says it's 1.91 miles or 3.07km.
If
we run for about an hour, then drive 10 minutes to Leos for changing and
showers, allow half an hour an hour, then 10 minutes to get to Lawnswood, we'll
be there with half an hour to spare.
Email
[email protected] if
you are
coming
.
Ladies’ Day Outing – Sunday 25 April
Holly
emailed : the ladies day outing has to be pushed on a wee bit to the 25th April
- sorry if this mucks things up for anyone!
Same time
time and place, meeting at the Mustard Pot in Chapel Allerton, at 1pm, for
Sunday lunch and then proceed onto drinks (and cake, for Amanda) around the
vale of Chapel A.
Contact
Holly [email protected]
to sign up or for more information
Other events in March/April/May
This is a
50 mile relay for teams of 10 i.e. 5 legs run in pairs. It’s like the
terrain for the Calderdale Way Relay but much nicer because it’s in
Summer. Or like the best bits of the Leeds Country Way Relay with some
“easy” fell running and no housing estates.
And it’s
nowhere near
Between
2002 and 2005 we won the mixed team prize every year, and in 2006 we won the
vets team. Maybe we can win the mixed or vets team again or alternatively
challenge for the men’s or women’s team prizes.
More
details on our website http://valleystriders.org.uk/vsrelays.htm#BMW
Let me know
if you are interested in running. We will need to get teams planned by
the early May and then organise recce runs.
PECO XC League
Race 5 Results
Men (v = counter for vets team)
21 Tony Mills
27 Andrew Thompson (v)
35
80 Tony Haygarth (v)
82 Bob Jackson (v)
84
103
121 finished
Men’s Team 5th/7 in Premier Division
Men’s Vets 9th/18
Women
19
27 Sue
86 finished
Women’s team 6th/8 in First Division
Women’s vets 11th/15
Series Results
Men Premier Division
1 Abbey
2 Ilkley
3 Valley Striders
4 Horsforth
5 Rothwell
6 St Theresa’s
7 Ackworth
Men Vets
7 Valley Striders
Men Individual (only shows Striders who ran at least
3 races, and sequenced according to best 4 scores)
1 Gwil Thomas (1st under-40)
29
49 Joel Giddings
62 Andrew Thompson
67 Roy Huggins
101 Tony Haygarth (3rd M60)
106 Bob Jackson (2nd M55)
129
179
Ladies First Division
1 Ackworth
2 Chapel Allerton
3 Virgin Active
4 Valley Striders
Ladies Vets
7 Valley Striders
Ladies Individual (only shows Striders who ran at
least 3 races, and sequenced according to best 4 scores)
12 Sue
16
62 Sara Dyer (2nd W50)
Fell Championship Results and Report (from Steve Webb)
Eirik
3.47.59
Steve
3.54.53
Malcolm
4.24.55
Steve
Dixon 4.30.49
Rob
Bumstead 4.37.31
Xanthe
4.49.47
Jonathan
B 4.51.45
Winner
3.00.24
Lady
winner 3.43.48
Winter Hill Results (AM)
Steve
1.53.25
Eirik
1.54.42
Aled
2.01.57
Malcolm
2.26.22
Geoff
2.34.44
Winner
1.26.54
Just
one week after the Wadsworth Trog four Striders reconvened in the
Visibility
was much better than at the Trog so routefinding was easy. Winter Hill
stands above Rivington reservoir and country park and is by no means a
huge mountain at 456m. However the race route resembles the trail of a
demented lemming, with numerous climbs to the summit followed by plunging
descents. So it was well worthy of category A status and there was a
strong field.
There
were no soft points on offer as British Champion Rob Hope broke the course
record by 3 minutes. In our part of the field we found it tougher going,
particularly the descents on frozen tussock grass. The course was just
short enough for Steve to hold off the late challenge of Eirik. Aled had
a good run, just missing the 2 hour barrier. Malcolm was reliable as
ever for 3rd M65 and Geoff showed improving running form and found all the
checkpoints.
Thanks to
Sylvia for cheering us on our way from on high.
More from the National XC
Anthony
Fryer emailed
Here are
some photo's from the National XC champs. http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/anthonyjfryer/NewAlbum030320102143#
Steve O’Callaghan emailed
Position 825 Paul O’Callaghan 53:24 running for Tadworth
Athletic Club.
He was the only runner from the club and like me he does
not like the wet slippery surface but enjoyed the event. He started running
about six months ago after being a footballer and was recovering from a knee
ligament injury. He is really enjoying his running now and is slowly increasing
his mileage from about 30 miles a week for the forthcoming road season.
Traversa - A solo walk across
Penny Sanders emailed, saying this may be of interest to
several Striders
Thursday 1st April 7.30pm, at
Seven Arts Centre, Chapel Allerton,
Tickets : £7 /£5 conc in advance; £8 /£6 conc on the door
Critically acclaimed author and public speaker Fran
Sandham took on the challenge of a lifetime, by walking across
No backup, no support team, no one to carry his gear, no
sponsors, no film crew, no journalists, no fuss, no cheering crowds, and no
strings attached. Above all, it had to be on a one-
way ticket: no safety nets, no get-out clauses and
nothing to fall back on ...
'I found myself increasingly gripped' THE OBSERVER
'A lively and engaging speaker whose journey on foot
across
For further details see www.sevenleeds.co.uk
Two messages from Amanda Seims
Free
fitness assessments
A few of the club members said they'd be keen to do any
free fitness assessments at the university. There is a study offerring
free body fat and bone density scans. Please can people e-mail [email protected]
Sponsorship
for
I am
running the Yorkshire 3 Peaks fell marathon (http://www.threepeaksrace.org.uk/RouteProfile2.gif) and
the Mont Blanc mountain marathon (http://www.montblancmarathon.net/index.php?rub=&langue=an)
this year for the local mountain rescue team, the Upper Wharfdale Fell Rescue
Association. If you, your friends or family enjoy the outdoors, these
volunteers are your first emergency service in many cases so please sponsor me
if you can. http://www.justgiving.com/Amanda-Seims
Stop
Press -
It was Striders one-two on Woodhouse Moor today with Gwil
first and Daniel McHugh second. Gwil now has more Leeds Parkrun wins than
any other runner.
55 Striders have run a Parkrun, read about it at www.parkrun.com and put Saturday 1 May in your
diary as this has been scheduled for a club mass race.
