Subject: V S Update - Training, AGM,
Membership, West Yorks XC. Results and reports from LCW, VS Autumn Junior Race
and Handicap, Wetherby, Yorkshireman and more
Sent: 16 September 2013 00:09
Next 3 weeks training
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Next
Tuesday (17th) – all groups at Harewood, 6pm and 6:45pm, details www.valleystriders.org.uk/up130912.htm
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Thursday
19th, Scott Hall group as normal, but Kathy’s improvers group
meeting 6:30pm at the car park by the playground near Leos2
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The
following Tuesday (24th) normal “summer” sessions, 6pm and 7pm
·
Tuesday
1st October, normal 6pm sessions, could the intermediates and
experienced runners please arrive for 6:45pm as it is the AGM after training
starting promptly at 8:30pm
Annual General Meeting – Tuesday 1
October 8:30pm at Leos
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5
years ago, when we rewrote our constitution, we had just 3 training groups (one
each on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays). Now we have 7 training groups
plus a significantly expanded fell section plus a cycling section plus …
I’m keen that we get a rep from each group onto the committee, we have 5 or 6
committee meetings a year, please volunteer or email me if you want more information.
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See
also www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsconst.htm
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And
book pie and peas at [email protected]
Membership Fees
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www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmemreg.htm has a
list of who is still due to pay and shows the membership fees.
·
Payment can be made either by cheque (payable to Valley Striders) to Paul White, 17 Whinmoor
Court, Red Hall, Leeds LS14 1NX or by internet banking payment to Sort Code: xx-xx-xx, Account Number:
aaaaaaaa, please include your name in the reference.
·
If you’re owing for anything else, e.g. Leeds Country Way (£9.50)
or West Yorks XC (see below) please pay at the same time!
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Please check www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmemreg.htm and see
whether there is a “Y” in the final column for you. If not, we don’t have
emergency contact details for you, please email me with a phone number and a
name that we should call were you to be taken ill at training or at an event.
West Yorkshire Cross Country
We enter two leagues
in the autumn/winter, the West Yorkshire has 4 races October to December, the
Peco 5 races November to March.
Entries for the WY
Series are required to be in to us by 10pm Sunday 28 September. Please
email [email protected] if you want to
enter.
Cost is £12 for
seniors, £6 for juniors. This is the cost for the series, not the cost
per race! Unbeatable value!
Race dates
·
Sunday
20 October at Wakefield
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Saturday
2 November at Pudsey
·
Sunday
17 November at Leeds
·
Sunday
1 December at Guiseley
There are 10 races at
each event, start times are from 11:45 (1.5km for U11 boys) through to 13:30
(6km senior women) and 14:15 (10km senior men).
Juniors require EA
affiliation (£10), age groups are as follows
·
Under
17 is born between 1 Sep 1996 and 31 Aug 1998 i.e. is aged 15 or 16 on 31 Aug/1
Sep 2013
·
Under
15 is born between 1 Sep 1998 and 31 Aug 2000 i.e. is aged 13 or 14 on 31 Aug/1
Sep 2013
·
Under
13 is born between 1 Sep 2000 and 19 Oct 2002 i.e. is aged 11 or 12 on 31 Aug/1
Sep or is 10 on that date but has their 11th birthday before 19 Oct
·
Under
11 is born between 19 Oct 2002 and 19 Oct 2004
Vets age groups are
much simpler, they are purely the age on 19 October in 5 year bands.
Yorkshire Bicycle Show (advert)
Countdown to the
Yorkshire Bicycle Show has begun! Taking place in Leeds Town Hall over the
weekend of 20-22 September, there’ll be a host of exhibitors from all areas of
cycling with a range of new products on show.
Here at the Show
we’re proud of Yorkshire and the organisations that make it a success. To thank
them, we are offering local businesses free tickets to a special preview event
on the Friday afternoon, before the Show opens to the general public over the
weekend.
As part of this, we’d
like to invite members of your club who work in the region the opportunity to
come along to the free event, along with their colleagues, to start the Show
off with a bang.
We’d be grateful if
you could circulate this email to your members, asking them to sign up with
their names and those of their colleagues who will be attending at the
following link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/8021970931
Tickets to the Show
itself are £5 in advance (with under 12’s going free) and can be bought from the
Show’s website: (www.yorkshirebicycleshow.com ).
We look forward to
welcoming you, your members and their colleagues later this month!
The YBS Team - Sophie
/ Edward / Nathan / Tim
RESULTS AND REPORTS
Burnsall (24 August)
Paul Smith emailed -
a few of us did Burnsall 10 (and two of us the fell race afterwards). Kim
came 2nd and 3rd in 10 mile and fell resp. 3 Paul’s
(Kaiser, Fotherby, Smith) came 3rd in team prize for 10 miler
Classic fell race
W 3 Kim
Threadgall 22:43
M 104 Paul
Smith 23:58
10 mile
11 Paul
Kaiser 1:00:21
14 Paul
Fotherby 1:01:03
29 Kim
Threadgall 1:06:46
35 Paul
Smith 1:08:35
Steve
Webb emailed that the Fell league has been updated to include results of
Burnsall.
Run Sunday (25 August)
1 Joel
Giddings 19:26
2 Ian
Sanderson 19:30
3 James
Tarran 19:59
Spofforth 10k (26 August)
6 Paul
Fotherby 39:42
18 Andy
Stoneman 43:12
40 Alistair Smyth
46:02
140 Sarah
Smith 57:42
DNF Chloe Hudson, stung by
bees and broken wrist
VSCycling Time Trial
– from Andy Stoneman
On 28 August night we
ran the Valley Striders Cycle Club Time Trial for the second time. An
undulating 10.4 mile course, that starts off with a fast 4 mile blast into
Collingham along the A58 and then climbs back to Shadwell via East Keswick.
We had 15 riders and finishers (just). Paul Sanderson took a more scenic route
and Patrick stopped off with his favourite bike mechanic Dr Kev in Wyke. Many
thanks to Ged Coll for helping organise it, and particular thanks to Ian Iain
Currie and his daughter, Paul Furness, Kevin Ainley, Tracey Morris and Ian Oram
for helping out with the marshalling.
I think we had several PBs compared to when we ran this for the first time back
in May, so well done to everyone, the training is obviously paying off! Some
fella called Andy Stoneman came home first in 29.01, closely followed by Mick
Wrench at 30.20 and Ged Coll in 31.39 (an improvement of nearly 4 minutes!).
Race
Name
Start Start Finish Finish Lights Race
Pos
Pos
Time Pos Time
Time
1 Stoneman,
Andy 4
01:30 1 31:01 00:30
29:01
2 Wrench
Mick
2 00:30 2 31:20
00:30 30:20
3 Coll,
Ged
13 06:00 7 38:19
00:30 31:49
4 Murray,
Dan
8 03:30 3 35:50
00:30 31:50
5 Adcock, Richard
20 09:30 12 41:56
00:30 31:56
6 Cheyne,
Oli
14 06:30 8 39:19
00:30 32:19
7 Loftus,
Mick 10
04:30 6
37:08 32:38
8 Tarran,
James 15
07:00 9
40:07 33:07
9 Simms,
William 6
02:30 4
36:06 33:36
10
Bucktrout, John 16
07:30 11 41:53 00:10
34:13
11
Davies, Alun
12 05:30 10 40:53
00:30 34:53
12
Whitehead, Vicky 3
01:00 5 36:47 00:30
35:17
13
Balshaw, Richard 19
09:00 14 46:57 00:30
37:27
14
Sanderson, Paul 7
03:00 13
46:52 43:52
15
Barrett, Patrick 18
08:30 15 55:10 00:30
46:10
Ramsbottom
Fell – report from Steve Webb
The fell
section were busy on Saturday morning 31 August running in the Capricorn long
distance orienteering score event at Ramsbottom Fell, organised by Pendle
Forest Orienteers. You could opt for a 2 hour, 3 hour or 4 hour time
limit. On the 3 hour event Kim and Julia competed as a pair and were
the first ladies in a great 3rd place overall. Thomas also ran the 3
hour event, and with some good route choice he actually won the event
outright. Sara and I went for the extra value for money option of the 4
hour course. This was won by James Logue who bagged all controls well
within the time limit. I was happy enough with 10th, just behind M50 rival Mark
Seddon who is very handy at this sort of thing - he has won the Elite course at
the KIMM/OMM more times than anybody. And Sara was happy enough at
having beaten two men! All in all a good warm up for LCW the next day.
Leeds Country Way
As most of you know
by now, Valley Striders scored a unique clean sweep in the LCW, winning all
three trophies – men’s, ladies’ and vets. – each by about 10 minutes.
Congratulations to all our winners. We also took 6 pairs of fastest leg
trophies so in all took home 51 of the 78 available trophies.
It was also spotted
that we also had the first third-placed team to finish, but unfortunately the
sequence was broken by Horsforth 5th team coming in ahead of our 5th
team.
Many many thanks to
our selectors, John and Myra. And even more thanks to John for completing
10 recce runs even though he was on holiday on the day of the race.
Travelling from afar
for the race were Pam (weekend from Croydon), Tosh (day trip from Birmingham)
and Andy Settle (stayed the night before in Lancashire).
Our multi-national
squad included Pam (South Sudan), Tomas (Czech), Kim & John (Scotland),
Myra (Wales), Sarah Graham (Morpeth), Julia (Trafford), Gary (Birmingham).
Myra and I were
relieved that no last minute subs were needed, but there were, as usual, a few
swaps in the final week leading up to the race and several pairs now relying on
the navigation of one person. I don’t think too many wrong turns were
taken!
Selected Team Results
1
Valley Striders Mens
07:02:00
2
Airedale Athletics Mens
07:11:28
3
Pudsey and
Bramley
07:14:42
4
Pudsey Pacers
A
07:19:50
5
Abbey Runners Mens
A 07:32:48
7
Valley Striders
Vets
07:44:04 1st vets
10
Dewsbury Vets
07:54:28 2nd vets
11
Horsforth Harriers Mens Vets 07:58:52 3rd vets
12 Valley
Striders
B
08:15:07 1st 3rd team
21 Valley
Striders Ladies
08:38:41 1st ladies
22 Abbey
Runners Ladies A
08:47:17 2nd ladies
25
Horsforth Harriers Ladies A 08:54:53 3rd
ladies
35
Horsforth Harriers Mixed B 10:32:33
1st 5th team
37 Valley
Striders
H
10:40:24 2nd 5th team
48 Hyde
Park Harriers ladies 13:17:36
final team
Here are the Striders
individual results, showing time and position for each leg followed by
cumulative time and position at the end of the leg, e.g. Sarah and Holly were
14th fastest team on their leg and at the end of the leg the team
were in 26th place.
Men's "A" team
1 Andy
May Simon
Midwood 1:08:19 1
1:08:19 1
2 Jeremy Ladyman Dave
Penman 1:17:11
4 2:25:30 1
3 Kevin McMullan John
Shanks 1:12:02
4 3:37:32 1
4 Steve
Webb Steve
Wilkins 1:18:11 4
4:55:43 1
5 Paul
Kaiser Gwil
Thomas 1:04:13
1 5:59:56 1
6 Gary
Mann Jon
Pownall 1:02:04
3 7:02:00 1
Ladies
1 Erica
Hiorns Pam Lomoro
1:41:05 37 1:41:05 37
2 Sarah
Graham Holly Williams 1:24:57
14 3:06:02 26 (fastest W)
3 Sharon Kaiser
Louise Wardman 1:24:25 22 4:30:27 24
(fastest W)
4 Julia Leventon Kim
Threadgall 1:31:02 15 6:01:29 20
(fastest W)
5 Sue Sunderland Alex
Watson-Usher 1:24:00 24 7:25:29 21
6 Myra
Jones Lisa
Wilyman 1:13:12 15
8:38:41 21 (fastest W)
Vets
1 Tom
Button Roy
Huggins 1:26:11 21
1:26:11 21
2 Ian Sanderson
Jerry Watson 1:17:10
3 2:43:21 11
3 Joel Giddings
Simon Vallance 1:13:09 5
3:56:30 7
4 Tahir
Akhtar Rob Hamilton
1:26:10 10 5:22:40 10
5 Richard Irvine Mark
Woodhead 1:11:42 6
6:34:22 8
6 Paul Sanderson Paul
Smith 1:09:42
9 7:44:04 7
"B"
1 Andy
Settle Alistair Smyth
1:27:40 25 1:27:40 25
2 Dan
Murray Jonathan
Smyth 1:21:50 11 2:49:30 15
3 Keith Brewster Steve
Dixon 1:21:17 17
4:10:57 15
4 Alan Hutchinson Tomas
Mildorf 1:34:37 20 5:45:34 15
5 Tom
Curran Mick
Tinker 1:21:24 20
7:06:58 16
6 Ross
Bibby Andy
Stoneman 1:08:09 7
8:15:07 12
"H" team (Holly's
Honeys?!)
1 Sarah
Harper Patrick Barrett 1:38:24
35 1:38:24 35
2 Elaine Craiggs Becky
Murray 2:15:58 45 3:54:22
44
3 Louise
Cazan Grace Thomas
1:55:26 41 5:49:48 43
4 Bob
Jackson Sarah
Smith 1:54:32 32
7:44:30 44
5 Gemma Midwood
Ruth Warren 1:29:54
33 9:14:24 39
6 Rich
Clough Helen
Stead 1:26:00 30 10:40:24
37
Autumn Junior Mile
and Club Handicap
Junior Mile
A great run by Max
just keeping a couple of yards ahead of Joe. Max’s 5:52 in summer still
stands as the record, but Ceara took 20 secs off the girls record.
In summer there were
a record 29 juniors and 8 adults; these numbers easily exceeded by 38 juniors
and 12 adults!!
Pts
1
Max Partington 5.58
100
2
Joe Sherman
6.00 99
3
Stephen Diamond 6.15
98
4
Alex Irvine
6.27 97
5
Callum Chambers 6.42
96
6
Liam Townend 6.55
95
8
Jonah Thorpe 6.59
94
9
Sam Hollis
7.02 93
10
Max Vine
7.03 92
11
Ceara Sexton 7.05
91
12
Fin Staines
7.09 90
13
Joe Irvine
7.11 89
14
Finlay Chambers 7.12
88
15
Ben Redshaw
7.13 87
16
Tally Diamond 7.21
86
17
Cleo Vine
7.29 85
18
Georgia Pettit 7.31
84
19
Josephine Pawley 7.37
83
22
Imogen Idle
7.47 82
23
Oliver Charlton 7.49
81
24
Nick Tynan
7.51 80
25
Ben Hollis
7.51 79
27
Sam Chambers 8.05
78
31
Amy Parton
8.28 77
32
Oliver Pettit 8.32
76
33
Henry Firth
8.34 75
34
Isaac Carver 8.49
74
35
Isaac Durrant 8.51
73
36
Ben Easton
8.55 72
37
Eleanor Partingto 8.57
71
38
Henry Dodman 8.59
70
39
Amelia Pettit 9.00
69
40
Emily Dodman 9.01
68
43
Ella Hollis 9.46
67
44
Isla Wynne
9.49 66
45
Jordan Diamond 10.13
65
47
Daniel Fotherby 11.01
64
50
Jonathan Easton 15.08
63
Adults
7
Howard Jeffrey
6.57
20
Richard Hollis
7.41
21
Tony Vine
7.42
26
Janet Tynan
7.55
28
Chip Chambers
8.06
29
David Dunne
8.11
30
Phil Staines
8.19
41
Liz Durrant
9.17
42
Sarah Ord
9.38
46
Mandy Sherman
11.00
48
Sophia Leeming
11.40
49
Sue Dodman 13.00
Autumn Handicap 5
miles
The Handicap cup was
presented to Pascale as first-over-the-line Rachael had not recorded a
qualifying time so was given an arbitrary handicap.
Apologies that
because of where I’d placed the start, a little out of range of the waiting
masses, a few runners missed their start time. But there were two runners
who were very public-spirited with their handicaps and asked for a later start
time as they felt the form book was inaccurate.
Thanks to our
marshals and officials – Mike & Eileen Crosfill, Pat Umpleby, Grace Thomas,
Kathy & Ken Kaiser, Liz Reddington, Paul White, Ian Place and John Umpleby.
There were 75
finishers, 2 more than the previous record set 6 weeks ago.
Gun time Hcap Act time Act Pos
Pts Orig Hcap
1 Rachel Oliver 0:52:35
0:11:00 0:41:35 54
64 N/A
2
Pascale Fotherby 0:54:00 0:14:30
0:39:30 45
70 0:14:15
3 Elaine Craiggs 0:54:55
0:05:15 0:49:40 72
52 0:05:15
4 Ged
Coll
0:54:57 0:18:30 0:36:27
36 76 0:18:30
5 Franco Pardini 0:54:58
0:26:00 0:28:58 1
100 0:26:00
6 Jake Towler
0:55:00 0:14:15 0:40:45
48 68 N/A
7
Paul Sanderson 0:55:06 0:21:30
0:33:36 20
87 0:21:30
8 Rav Panesar
0:55:08 0:24:15 0:30:53
6 97 0:24:15
9 Jon Pownall
0:55:11 0:24:30 0:30:41
5 97 0:24:30
10
Ross Bibby 0:55:15
0:22:45 0:32:30 13
92 0:22:45
11
Gillian Felton 0:55:23 0:12:00
0:43:23 61
59 0:12:00
12
Bill McCaffrey 0:55:33 0:18:45
0:36:48 38
75 0:18:45
13
Alistair Smyth 0:55:36 0:20:15
0:35:21 30
81 0:20:15
14
Myra Jones 0:55:39
0:22:30 0:33:09 17
89 0:22:30
15
Gary Mann
0:55:46 0:24:15 0:31:31
11 93 0:24:15
16
John Hussey 0:55:49
0:14:30 0:41:19 50
67 0:14:15
17
John Shanks 0:55:50
0:24:45 0:31:05
9 95 0:24:45
18
Julie McGurk 0:55:51
0:13:45 0:42:06 58
61 0:13:45
19
Ian Rosser 0:55:52
0:21:00 0:34:52 26
83 0:21:00
20
Sarah Howell 0:55:54
0:14:30 0:41:24 53
65 0:14:15
21
Stephanie Gledhill 0:56:00 0:14:00
0:42:00 57
62 0:08:45
22
Paul Fotherby 0:56:01 0:25:40
0:30:21 4
98 0:25:45
23
Adam Parton 0:56:04
0:20:45 0:35:19 28
82 0:20:45
24
Kate McIntyre 0:56:05 0:14:15
0:41:50 56
63 N/A
25
Dawn Parton 0:56:06
0:10:30 0:45:36 69
54 N/A
26
Jeremy Richardson 0:56:07 0:19:00
0:37:07 39
74 N/A
27
Claire Senior 0:56:12 0:13:15
0:42:57 60
60 0:13:15
28
Kirsty Myers 0:56:13
0:11:15 0:44:58 66
56 0:11:15
29
Laura Dransfield 0:56:14 0:21:45
0:34:29 22
86 0:21:45
30
Tim Towler 0:56:16
0:22:15 0:34:01 21
86 0:22:15
31
John Bucktrout 0:56:18 0:15:15 0:41:03
49 68 0:15:15
32
Louise Cazan 0:56:19
0:14:00 0:42:19 59
61 0:12:15
33
Richard Irvine 0:56:23 0:23:00
0:33:23 18
89 0:23:00
34
Jeremy Ladyman 0:56:24 0:26:30
0:29:54 3
99 0:26:30
35
Dan Murray 0:56:27
0:24:30 0:31:57 12
93 0:24:30
36
Iain Currie 0:56:29
0:18:30 0:37:59 43
72 0:18:30
37
Simon Midwood 0:56:30 0:27:30
0:29:00 2
99 0:27:30
38
David Bass 0:56:39
0:20:30 0:36:09 33
78 0:20:30
39
Rob Marsh
0:56:40 0:21:30 0:35:10 27
82 0:21:30
40
Liz Guthrie 0:56:41
0:13:00 0:43:41 63
58 0:12:45
41
Callum Parton 0:56:42 0:19:00
0:37:42 42
72 0:19:00
42
Simon Vallance 0:56:43 0:23:45
0:32:58 14
91 0:23:45
43
Andy Stoneman 0:56:44 0:23:45
0:32:59 15
91 0:23:45
44
Nick Barnes 0:56:47
0:20:30 0:36:17 35
77 0:20:30
45
Steve Webb 0:56:48
0:25:40 0:31:08 10
94 0:25:45
46
Gemma Midwood 0:56:52 0:15:30
0:41:22 52
66 0:14:30
47
Holly Williams 0:56:54 0:23:30 0:33:24
19 88 0:23:30
48
Jonathan Smyth 0:56:58 0:26:00
0:30:58 7
96 N/A
49
Howard Jeffrey 0:57:06 0:21:45
0:35:21 29
81 0:21:45
50
Alexandra Watson-U 0:57:07 0:18:15
0:38:52 44
71 0:18:15
51
Sarah Clark 0:57:16
0:12:00 0:45:16 68
55 0:12:00
52
Mike Furby 0:57:28
0:22:00 0:35:28 32
79 N/A
53
Rich Clough 0:57:40
0:16:00 0:41:40 55
64 0:11:00
54
Andrew Bennett 0:57:43 0:26:45
0:30:58 8
96 0:26:45
55
Keith Brewster 0:57:46 0:20:15
0:37:31 40
74 0:20:15
56
Sue Bates-Patrick 0:57:50 0:13:15
0:44:35 65
57 0:13:15
57
Sarah Harper 0:57:52
0:17:45 0:40:07 46
70 0:17:45
58
Kim Threadgall 0:57:53 0:24:45
0:33:08 16
90 0:24:45
59
Josie Rothera 0:57:54 0:13:30
0:44:24 64
57 0:13:30
60
Helen Gill 0:57:55
0:08:30 0:49:25 71
53 0:08:30
61
Becky Murray 0:58:05
0:07:00 0:51:05 73
51 0:07:00
62
Tom Curran 0:58:16
0:22:00 0:36:16 34
78 0:22:00
63
Jean Hussey 0:58:22
0:00:00 0:58:22 75
50 0:00:00
64
Julia Leventon 0:58:25 0:23:45
0:34:40 25
84 0:23:45
65
Roy Huggins 0:58:32
0:24:00 0:34:32 23
85 0:24:00
66
Ian Sanderson 0:58:37 0:24:00
0:34:37 24
84 0:24:00
67
Alan Hutchinson 0:58:50 0:22:15
0:36:35 37
76 0:22:15
68
Sally Cox
0:58:57 0:04:00 0:54:57
74 51 N/A
69
Sara Dyer
0:58:59 0:12:00 0:46:59
70 53 0:12:00
70
Bob Jackson 0:59:06
0:17:45 0:41:21 51
66 0:17:45
71
Ian Spence 0:59:18
0:21:45 0:37:33 41
73 0:21:45
72
Alex Irvine 1:00:00
0:19:30 0:40:30 47
69 0:19:30
73
James Tarran 1:00:23
0:25:00 0:35:23 31
80 0:25:00
74
Sarah Smith 1:00:43
0:17:15 0:43:28 62
59 0:17:15
75
Stephen Diamond 1:02:54 0:17:45 0:45:09
67 55 0:17:45
Wetherby 10k (VSGP
and VSJGP)
Wetherby
mini-marathon 1.8 miles
8 Callum Parton 10:20
M14
13
Alex Irvine 10:44
M13
18
Finlay Chambers 11:37
M9
32
Sam Hollis 13:00
M9
36
Tally Diamond 13:08
F8
42
Imogen Idle 13:22
F8
57
Ben Hollis 14:25
M11
63
Callum Chambers 14:51
M11
72
Ben Easton 15:52
M8
74
Henry Firth 15:53
M8
87
Jordan Diamond 17:13
M14
88
Sarah Ord 17:13
F34
Wetherby 10k
Gun
Chip GP Pts Age grade%
21
Jonathan Smyth 00:37:26
00:37:23 100 72.06
24
James Tarran 00:37:44
00:37:38 99 77.18
26
Dave Penman 00:37:53
00:37:50 98 71.20
27
Joel Giddings 00:37:56
00:37:51 97 74.52
31
John Shanks 00:38:16
00:38:11 96 70.47
33
Kevin McMullan 00:38:24
00:38:18 95 75.26
52
Andy Stoneman 00:39:41
00:39:34 94 69.72
60
Myra Jones 00:40:07
00:40:03 93 74.56
66
Richard Irvine 00:40:21
00:40:17 92 69.06
103 Adam
Parton 00:42:09
00:42:00 91 67.56
110 Rob
Marsh
00:42:18 00:42:09 90 65.88
142 Graham
Jones 00:43:46
00:43:37 89 67.57
157
Louise Wardman 00:44:32
00:44:24 88 67.18
182 Ged
Coll
00:45:25 00:44:59 87 64.61
190 Iain
Currie 00:45:47
00:45:21 86 63.61
195 Nick
Barnes 00:45:58
00:45:44 85 58.68
202 Paul
White 00:46:12
00:45:54 84 75.35 3rd
M60
215
Alexandra Watson-U 00:46:38 00:46:29
83 64.14
264
Pascale Fotherby 00:48:13 00:47:46
82 62.21
288 Sarah
Harper 00:49:03
00:48:49 80 60.99
298 Gemma
Midwood 00:49:18
00:49:08 79 60.68
306 Bob
Jackson 00:49:22
00:48:40 81 67.66
334
Louise Cazan 00:49:56
00:49:43 78 59.91
335 Steph
Gledhill 00:49:57
00:49:44 77 60.04
393
Joanna Chambers 00:51:52
00:51:24 76 60.18
408
Esther Hollis 00:52:17
00:51:49 75 59.21
414 Sarah
Howell 00:52:28
00:52:15 74 57.01
543 Sarah
Clark 00:56:39
00:56:10 73 56.96
558
Louise Jennings 00:57:03
00:56:17 72 55.17
609 Helen
Gill 00:59:35
00:59:06 71 53.26
also
214
Michael Mansfield 00:46:38 00:46:20
83 64.41 R'hay Runners
Nb the race was won
by Louise Wardman’s husband, James!
Yorkshireman Marathon
Incorrectly named, it
should be Yorkshirewoman marathon
Race report from
Steve Dixon
A short race report
in case no one else has sent one into you - I'd hate Kim's success to go
uneported!
For the 3rd year running the weather conditions were good with sunshine, mild
temperatures and little in the way of wind. There were 9 Striders on the
start line for the full marathon at 10am and a further 2 Striders in the half
starting at 10.30am.
Franco led the
Striders contingent in the full until an unfortunate stumble resulted in a
twisted ankle and an enforced retirement. Kim took on the baton and in a
spectacular run finished first lady and 16th in the field - a minute
ahead of the 2nd placed lady!
1 Ged
Callan Bingley 03:18:29
16 Kim
Threadgall-Spence 03:46:55 (1st Lady)
36 Mick
Loftus
04:02:39
45 Ian
Sanderson 04:07:03
66 Steve
Dixon
04:32:48 (1st MV60)
71 Alistair
Smyth 04:34:29
115 Sarah
Smith
05:08:56
142 Simon
Barker
05:30:28
Out of 185 starters
179 finished, Striders Franco Pardini and Rob Hamilton were among the 6 not
able to finish.
In the half marathon
Paul Smith came home in 23rd position in 02:02:40 and
Amanda (Meg) Galsworthy came 166th in 02:47:23. 246 finishers
out of the 250 starters. Winner was Ben Mounsey of Calder Valley in
01:41:04.
Race report from Kim
Threadgall
I ran the
'Yorkshireman trail race' on Sunday for the first time which is an off road
marathon starting in Haworth. Apart from the Stanbury Splash earlier in
the year I haven't done any running in that area before and I always like to
explore new places to run. I had a leisurely drive to Haworth although somehow
seeing Sarah Smith and Steve Dixon cycle from Leeds to Haworth made me feel
guilty about not doing enough that day!
As always there were quite a few Valley Striders at the start, some were doing
the full marathon and some were doing the half (which is actually closer to 15
miles) and started half an hour after us. The sun decided to come out
which was good considering how bad the rain had been on Friday...
Off we went and after about a mile of running on the roads we hit the trails,
the scenery was stunning, beautiful hills and countryside - it wasn't too rough
underfoot so it gave me the chance to appreciate the view. From a race
point of view I found myself in second place for about the first 2.5 hours...I
could feel myself slowly catching the first female. Annoying she was with
a group of guys who were leading the way and after that I couldn't see anyone
for a while...if I passed her it meant I would be leading everyone and it is
always easier to follow people in these races as you are constantly looking out
for stickers on lamp posts etc. I eventually did pass them but she stuck
to me like glue and I couldn't shake her off. Although the first 14 miles
ish is very undulating the second half has lots of long flat fast sections
followed by some steep climbs, as you can imagine a lot of people were cramping
up over the second half and I seemed to pass quite a lot of people.
Unfortunately I soon went passed Franco who had to pull out with a twisted
ankle!
Thankfully we caught up with someone who seemed to know the way which was good
however, we then came to a junction and he turned right, the others followed us
but someone was shouting at us to go back...I was about to turn around but the
guy in front who was pretty confident about the route told us we were going the
correct way. I stuck with him but the female and the group of guys turned
back....it didn't take long before I realised we were not going the right way
but he said it would be fine. My heart sank as I knew I would have lost
my lead and eventually we did come out on the correct path and although I had
dropped into second place I was probably 'only' about 20 or 30 seconds behind.
Once again I caught her and managed to get in front but by this point my legs
were struggling.....with about a mile to the end she passed me again and then I
caught her on a downhill section. With about half a mile to go I knew I
had to push as hard as I could even though I knew it was going to hurt and
finishing on a steep uphill road section wasn't going to help but somehow I
crossed the finish line after 3 hours and 46 minutes, first female and a new
course record by 15 minutes! The second female crossed the finish line
about 45 seconds behind me...
Everyone seemed to enjoy it but agreed it was a tough race, I think if you
enjoy hills and flat running then it is definitely a good race to do and would
recommend it for anyone that hasn't done it to do it next year! Lots of
great results from everyone and Steve Dixon also won first male 60 although we
all agreed he doesn't look that age :-)
More Results from Rombalds Romp and parkruns in the next
edition. Please email me with results from other races e.g. Great North
Run