Subject: V S Update - Meanwood
marshals, Tuesday training, Races coming up, Race results, Scottish report
Sent: 12 April 2013 10:55
Meanwood Trail – Saturday
20 April
We still need
18 more marshals including a few specialist jobs.
·
Beer
labelling on Friday 19 April for about an hour probably about 7pm – training
will be given
·
Setting
out the course early Saturday morning (8am)
·
Purchasing
Tesco’s Value Water and delivering to Meanwood Park Saturday morning
·
Entries
desk – accepting entry forms and taking money
·
Computer
entries and results keying – you need to be familiar with Excel (but you won’t
be writing formulae or macros!)
·
Recording
finishers at the end of the funnel
·
Sweeper
– running with the last runner in the race to inform marshals when to step down
Please email [email protected] if you can help as a
marshal or would like to do one of the jobs listed above.
Dan Murray is
currently allocating people to marshalling positions and/or tasks, this will be
published at www.valleystriders.org.uk/trail13m.htm (NB there is a link
on the website home page too)
Training
Please note some
changes from the normal training schedules for April. Please keep a close
look on the website for any changes.
Tuesday 16 April
·
juniors
6pm will include recce of Meanwood Valley Trail junior race 1 mile route,
·
beginners/improvers
ditto
·
other
groups also doing recce runs on the Meanwood Valley Trail senior route, start
6:50pm prompt. One group will go as far as 7 arches (3 miles), another
group as far as the ring road (5 miles), the third group the full route (7
miles)
·
followed
by food – pie and peas, book to [email protected] before 10pm Sunday
14th, choosing meat or veggie pie, mushy peas or baked beans, and whether you
want apple pie and saying which “sitting” 7:15pm or 8:30pm you want to eat
Tuesday 23 April –
the juniors and beginners/improvers 6pm sessions confirmed to be using the
track at Grammar School at Leeds. Check on the website for where to meet.
Tuesday 30 April – club
handicap 5 miles at Eccup Res 6:45pm, preceded by club junior one mile race at
Eccup Res 6:15pm. Followed by food (8:30 only) please do NOT book for
this yet as it may confuse Mr Food!
Races coming up
To Holly’s group at Edinburgh Rock’n’roll half marathon this Sunday
Good luck! NB there’s a “spare” number available see V S Facebook
To all London marathoners from Big John (Wallace)
Three years ago when I failed to finish at London I was at least cheered
up by meeting up with those who did and enjoying a chat and then a beer or two
at a local hostelry. So, if any runners/family/supporters fancy meeting up to
reflect on the trials and tribulations of the day then come along to the V
(for Valley) meeting point after the finish lone - based on past experience
there won’t be many people under that letter!
Hopefully see some of you there and good luck to all running
To those who wanted to run Leeds Half and haven’t entered yet
It’s full! As you know, number swapping is not permitted in any
circumstances.
If you are tempted to “borrow” someone’s number,
·
Don’t borrow from
someone of the opposite sex unless their name is Alex, Chris, Mel, Micky, Nicky
or another name that applies to either sex because names are printed on the
front of the numbers!
·
If you are young and
fast don’t borrow from someone who is much older or you may win the M60 or W60
prize.
·
Finally, remember to
give the details of your next-of-kin to the next-of-kin of whoever you are
borrowing from because if you are carried away in an ambulance it will be they
who are contacted.
Results
Blackpool Marathon
177 Mike
Higgins 3:38:15
638 finished
Blackpool Half
Marathon
91 Eric Green
1:34:00 (3rd M55)
583 John Hussey
1:59:48
1048 finished
Hornsea one-third
marathon (from Tim Towler)
If you check out www.hornseathirdmarathon.org.uk you will see we had
a winner on Sunday – Kim T!
13 Kim
Threadgall 55:17 (1st W)
45 Tim
Towler 59:35
203 Jake
Towler 74:06
209 Carole
Towler 74:49
2013 Results
Graham Jones has been
collating results for the Performance Awards*
Since 1 December
2012:
If you’ve run anywhere outside Yorkshire, please email me with your
result (date, venue, distance, position and time) and I’ll forward to Graham.
Note * and also to
calculate club handicaps!
Scottish Reports from George Black
Great to see
that Lou Gilchrist is still going strong. Max would be so pleased and proud of
her as should we all.
Here are
my recent results, including the British Duathlon Champs.
DUATHLON.
3
March Aboyne Duathlon. 4.3K
run 15.1K cycle
4.3k run
19:36
28:04
19:23 (negative split) Total 1:09:14.
1st over
70(Super Vintage) and over 60 event record
My first
duathlon since 2010 and it hurt. Rode conventional road bike with standard
equipment.
8 March
Dambuster Duathlon incorporating National Championship
10K
run
42K cycle
5K run
48:14
1:25:23
22:42 total including transitions 2:39:56
1st over
70. Won by 4½ minutes. Rode conventional road bike with tri bars as
course was technical and hilly. The conditions were VERY cold and the
cycle route on the infamous Rutland Ripples challenging.
For the
number crunchers I kept my heart rate at 86% throughout the runs but the bike
was just survival. As the best O/70s were present I decided to
run with the one I thought would be the biggest danger. I also noticed
that he had "hairy legs" so he probably was more of a runner
than cyclist!! The tactic proved correct as I opened up a lead on the bike and
as it was an out and back final 5K I could see what the time gaps were. The
race was almost cancelled due to freezing fog the previous day and
although the visibility improved it was still very cold. At one stage I
was forced to drop down my gear and raise my cadence to 165 rpm
to try and get warm. My top speed was 40.8 mph on a
decent and the wind chill made this a painful experience.
This race
took a lot out of me and I caught my first cold in years causing my withdrawal
from the Scottish Championship on 31 March.
Although this cold has proven difficult to shift it has
not reached my chest so I have been able to train and race accordingly.
It is
interesting that some Striders have now begun to cycle as part of their
training. I believe it is very useful, particularly to older runners. They
might even find that they are better cyclist than runners as I did in reverse.
I had raced bikes until I was 22 then did no sports until I was 42.The
cardiovascular system I had developed during my cycling obviously helped even
after such a time gap. My only regret is that there were no Duathlons
when I was younger (much).
I have
found that cyclists do not normally enjoy running while runners seem
to enjoy the change of sport.
The only
drawback with competitive cycling at the higher levels is the cost of the
equipment. Unlike running you can buy a time. However for most of the field
this is not necessary and a reasonable road bike fitted with tribars will
suffice and enable them to enjoy the experience.
RUNNING
16 March
St Andrews Park Run 5k
Time 24:49 Icy underfoot.
1st O/70
24
March Jim Dingwall Memorial 10K
Time 47:09 Cold/windy Fast course.
1st O/70
2
April Ravenscraig Park Series
2 mile Time 14:36 (7:24 /7:12 negative
split)
1st O70
6
April St Andrews Park Run
5K Time
22:47 Conditions good but cold.
1st
O/70
This is
my last year in the 70-74 age group so I am looking forward to next year
and a new age group.
Finally
for the Striders who think their weather has been rough, as I look out my
window I can see that there has been a fresh fall of snow overnight on the
local hills. Uch well back to the turbo trainer.
(nb this
was emailed to me a couple of weeks ago, hence the reference to the weather)