Subject: V S Update - Tue 21 Jul at GSAL; Juniors parkruns; LCW final
reminder; Results/reports from junior 1 mile, club handicap, Pool, Settle, Lyke
Wake, Paddy Buckley and Italy
Sent: 18 July 2015 14:41
Next Tuesday (21 July)
By
democratic vote immediately after the club handicap, we decided
·
Juniors/Beginners/Improvers
will meet 6pm at Grammar School at Leeds (if you’ve not been before, see
website for links to maps)
·
Intermediates/Experienced runners will meet 7pm Leos probably for
5 * 6 mins at Eccup Res
Reminder
that the following night the Golden Acre Relays take place at … Golden Acre
Park, see www.abbeyrunners.co.uk/golden-acre-relay/ for
details
We’ll be
back to normal for Tuesday sessions on 28 July and through August, so yes,
senior runners will have to do the hills on 28 July, and there will be food on
4 August.
Junior Runners parkrun
Reminder
We’ll be
updating our junior results page with recent parkruns and junior parkruns in
about a week’s time, so if you’re not registered on parkrun as a Valley
Strider, please do so as soon as possible – we won’t be able to spot your
results if you don’t. It’s easy to do, just wait for your weekly email
and there is an option to edit your details. Then click on “update” and there
is a drop-down box where you can select “Valley Striders A C”.
Applies
to adults too!
Leeds Country Way Final
Reminder
Just to
remind you that the cut-off for putting your name forward for the Leeds Country
Way Relay is Sunday 26 July, and we intend to select teams on 28 July to allow
5 weeks to arrange recce runs.
If you’d
like to run please email teams@valleystriders.org.uk . To
check if you’re on the list please see www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsteams.htm
We’ve had
6 teams of 12 for the last 2 years and are aiming for the same again so it is
disappointing that we have “only” 39 names so far.
We really
will accept runners of any pace for our “E” and “F” teams, you just need to be
able to run 10 miles at your own steady pace (and even walk any steep
uphills). The race route is generally scenic and on good footpaths.
Each leg has, at most, a couple of miles of road and you may have a small
housing estate or two to pass through. Please sign up and you’ll see
parts of Leeds you never knew existed in a really well organised event. I hope
I’ve persuaded you!
Strider on Google Maps
Spot the
Strider on Manor House Lane
RESULTS
Junior 1 mile (with a few
adult guests and ‘pacers’)
Thanks to
Kathy, Jo, Esther, Pete, Ellie, Mary and Graham for their support
1 Callum
Chambers
06:22
2 Sam
Hollis
06:28
3 Tally
Diamond
06:30
4 Max
Vine
06:43
5 Sam
Chambers
06:51
6 Imogen
Idle
06:55
7 Keira
Jones
06:59
8 Jason
Twigg
07:07
9 Felix
Linley
07:18
11 Max
Mauborgne
07:25
12 Cleo
Vine
07:44
13 Ben Williams-Dustan 08:08
14 Finlay
Chambers
08:22
15 Ella
Hollis
08:24
16 Rebecca
Noad
08:27
17 Alec Twigg
08:31
18 Josephine
Pawley 08:33
19 Lucie
Cliff
08:41
22 Joshua Birkin
09:05
23 Freya
Mauborgne
09:21
25 Jak
Stone
09:29
27 Charlotte Clark
09:51
28 Cameron Carrington-Hobson 10:00
30 Sophie
Clark
10:10
32 Alex
Brown
10:27
33 Callum
McDougall 10:29
35 Edie
Souter
10:45
37 Jimmy
Lockwood
10:53
38 Ava
Linley
10:57
40 Martha
O'Shea
10:59
41 Chloe
McDougall
11:00
42 Katie
Lockwood
11:06
44 Lucy
Adcock
13:42
46 Chloe
Stone
14:58
48 Jasmine
Sewell
15:35
49 Jak
Stone
17:46
Adults
10 Andrew
Linley
07:20
20 Heather
Pawley
08:42
21 Ruth
McDonald
08:59
24 Helen
Mauborgne
09:24
26 Stuart
Dustan
09:31
29 Ian
Hobson
10:01
31 David
Clark
10:11
34 Judith
Rodgers
10:30
36 Alison
Brown
10:50
39 Rebecca
Linley
10:57
43 Ian Lockwood
11:06
45 Richard
Adcock
13:42
47 Michael
Stone
14:59
49 Emma Stone
17:46
This
event was the final race in the V S Junior Grand Prix for 2014/5 which ends 31 August,
but points can still be scored in the “Fastest parkrun” and “Fastest junior
parkrun” categories. Points have been updated on the website – these can be
found by clicking on “Juniors” link in the top bar of the home page. Note
that we are a couple of months behind with the parkrun results. If you’ve
not registered as a Strider for parkrun and you do so now, we will pick up
historical results and include them in our calculations.
Senior 5-and-a-bit mile
handicap
Thanks to
Graham F, Kevin, Pat, John W, John U, Ben, Graham J, Ken, Kathy, Mike and
Eileen for their support.
As it was
Ann’s first race and her handicap was using her estimated time, the official
winner was Jo Chambers.
Gun time Hcap Run time Run pos GP pts
1 Ann Marsham
0:49:48 0:05:00 0:44:48
36 65
2 Joanna Chambers 0:52:45
0:12:15 0:40:30 30 71
3 Mike Powell
0:53:03 0:15:45
0:37:18 23 78
4 Joe
Hobbs 0:53:08
0:04:00 0:49:08 38 63
5 Liz Reddington 0:53:12
0:13:30 0:39:42 28 73
6 Dave Simms
0:53:18 0:19:00 0:34:18
14 87
7 Sarah Wood
0:53:54 0:18:00 0:35:54
17 84
8 Gemma Merritt 0:54:01
0:14:30 0:39:31 27 74
9 Sean Fitzgerald 0:54:12
0:21:00 0:33:12 7 94
10 Catherine Horn 0:54:17
0:00:00 0:54:17 43 58
11 Richard Adcock 0:54:35
0:18:30 0:36:05 19 82
12 Michael Hall
0:54:44 0:19:00 0:35:44
16 85
13 Stephen Diamond 0:54:52
0:19:45 0:35:07 15 86
14 John Marsham
0:54:53 0:21:00 0:33:53
12 89
15 Alan Hutchinson 0:54:56
0:18:00 0:36:56 21 80
16 Steve Webb
0:54:58 0:24:15 0:30:43
5 96
17 John Batchelor 0:54:59
0:21:45 0:33:14 9 92
18 Pascale Fotherby 0:55:02 0:14:15
0:40:47 32 69
19 Chloe Hudson
0:55:05 0:17:15 0:37:50
24 77
20 Daryl Hibberd 0:55:10
0:24:45 0:30:25 4 97
21 Nicola Hartley 0:55:12
0:11:15 0:43:57 35 66
22 David Howe
0:55:16 0:04:00 0:51:16
41 60
23 Sarah Shanks
0:55:20 0:17:15 0:38:05
25 76
24 John Hobbs
0:55:28 0:27:15 0:28:13
1 00
25 Graham Pawley 0:55:34
0:15:30 0:40:04 29 72
26 Paul Smith
0:55:40 0:22:00 0:33:40
11 90
27 John Shanks
0:55:41 0:24:30 0:31:11
6 95
28 Patrick Barrett 0:55:44
0:14:15 0:41:29 34 67
29 Joel Giddings 0:55:46
0:21:45 0:34:01 13 88
30 Esther Hollis 0:55:48
0:14:45 0:41:03 33 68
31 Sarah Clark
0:55:55 0:07:00 0:48:55
37 64
32 Roy Huggins
0:55:57 0:22:45 0:33:12
7 94
33 Dan Fisher
0:55:59 0:27:15 0:28:44
2 99
34 Leroy Sutton
0:56:08 0:19:00 0:37:08
22 79
35 Sue Sunderland 0:56:15
0:17:15 0:39:00 26 75
36 Matthew Hallam 0:56:27
0:26:30 0:29:57 3 98
37 Andy Pagdin
0:56:28 0:20:30 0:35:58
18 83
38 Sarah
Ord 0:56:30
0:07:00 0:49:30 40 61
39 Maureen Coffey 0:56:30
0:07:15 0:49:15 39 62
40 Anne Jones
0:57:50 0:05:45 0:52:05
42 59
41 James Tarran
0:57:53 0:24:30 0:33:23
10 91
42 Ian Sanderson 0:58:29
0:21:45 0:36:44 20 81
43 Samantha Harris 0:58:59
0:18:15 0:40:44 31 70
The Grand
Prix points table has been updated on the website. John Hobbs has a huge
lead in the men’s championship, he already has a maximum of 800 points he
didn’t “need” the 100 pts for fastest time in the handicap, but by doing so
ensured no-one else scored the 100. All the other categories are open for
grabs and there are still about 10 races to go.
Pool Gala Race
Having
recovered from his 56 mile epic Comrades Marathon, James Tarran won this 5k
race round the fields, his first ever race win (at the age of 48 and
three-quarters, he proudly posted on Facebook)
Settle Hills (from Steve
Dixon)
Sunday 21
June - 7
miles and 1750 ft of ascent
The race
is well organised by Settle Harriers with plenty of free parking, toilet
facilities and showers at North Ribblesdale Rugby Club.
The start
is from the town square and immediately climbs steeply uphill through the town
and onto equally steep tracks until you eventually reach the high fells above
Attermire Scar. The views are magnificent but can't be fully appreciated owing
to the tussocks and rocks underfoot!
Steve, Ross and Mick
were fighting it out at the front but Steve was able to reel in the other two
on the long climb at the start and was not to be caught after that. Steve
continued to take the overall M50 prize. All 3 finished in under an hour! Tom
and myself finished 10 mins later with Malcolm hot on our heels to, as always,
take the M70 prize.
A future
fell running star made her debut as a spectator at this event - Lula Button
with her mum Holly to support Dad.
Lots of
cakes and soup on offer afterwards and beer for those quick enough. Tom could
only watch aghast though as the shutters came down as he approached the bar for
that well earned pint!
Although
the race involves a steep tricky descent the route is so well marshalled and
taped that I would recommend this race to anyone wanting to try a fell run
but is put off by the navigation that's often necessary in other races
92 ran and just one
DNF
1 Mark McGoldrick Wharfedale H
Man 51:47
13 Steve Webb Valley
S MV50 57:24
18 Ross Bibby Valley
S Man 59:17
22 Mick Loftus Valley
S MV40 59:57
23 Becky Penty Knavesmire H
Lady 1:00:03
49 Tom Button Valley
S MV40 1:09:20
54 Steve Dixon Valley
S MV60 1:09:52
67 Malcolm Coles Valley S
MV70 1:13:52
Fell Championship (from
Steve Webb)
The VSFC
table has been updated to include Settle Hills where there were good points on
offer: Messrs Webb, Bibby and Loftus in particular all made hay to keep things
very tight at the top of the table. Steve and Malcolm will have to make a
return trip to Settle to spend the vouchers at Castleberg Sports awarded as V50
and V70 winners. Steve was also first Vet at the new Blackfell race at
Kettlewell. This is run over Great Whernside and is like a combination of
the FRA relay navigational leg from a few years ago and the Wharfedale Triple T
race. Heartily recommended for next year. Anybody got other results
to report to me?
Lyke Wake Race 2015
42 miles
from Osmotherley to Ravenscar, across the North York Moors.
=1 Jamie
Hauxwell & Andrew Minister 6h 10m
5 Shelli
Gordon 6h 29m first female
32
Sarah Smith 8h 28m
101
started, 89 finished
Paddy Buckley
I had to
check this on Wikipedia, and it says it is a circuit of 100km taking in 47
summits in Snowdonia – the Welsh equivalent of the Bob Graham Round.
John
Marsham emailed
Just to
say I got around in 27 hours 31 minutes 43 seconds on 26/27 June. Slower than
planned, but still a round. Thanks to my fantastic support team (Chris Jones,
Mick Loftus, Dave McGuire, Sue Haworth and Ann Marsham) and those who would
have run if I’d postponed to the next w/e because of weather. Full report
later.
Maratona Dles Dolomites (from Martin Hepworth)
Four of
us, Richard Styrin, Guy Meynell, Mark Bradford and me, completed this on Sunday
as part of a 5 day trip.
Two of us
ended up on the medium course (66 miles, 9500 feet of climbing) due to a cut
off time we were unaware of. The other two completed the long route including
the mighty Giau which I was not sad to miss (85 miles, 14500 climbing).
The event
is entered via lottery but we bought a package including accommodation to
guarantee we all got in. Flight to Venice with 3 hour transfer. We stayed in La
Villa where it starts. Corvara where it finishes would also work.
The
temperature was unusually high, peaking at 35 degrees. This, along with the
fact you are either going up or down all day made it hard. That said the short
55km route, built into a cycling holiday, would have been a pleasure. It's the
mountains so anything can happen on the weather front. You can choose the
course whilst out on the road which is nice.
This is
without doubt the biggest and best sportive I have ever done. 12000 people, closed
roads, TV cameras, amazing atmosphere and organisation. Goody bag included a
Castelli shirt and gilet and loads of other bits.
Next
time, personally, I would do the short route. That way you could ride more on
the other days. You could also throw in some MTB if so desired as there is
loads of that around too.
You can't
train very effectively over here for those hills they are just too big. The
longest climb is 12.5 km at circa 7%. The Giau is a touch steeper that East
Chevin, does not relent, and is 10 km long. Pace is key. I am an average B
rider and rode this event at circa 10mph. Our faster boys I believe managed 11
or 12. The winners are pretty much pro level managing around 20 mph so you will
find competition at whatever level you ride if so desired.
Anyone
who likes a challenge and "enjoys" hills should have this on the
bucket list. It's in the same category as The Marmotte and Etape Du Tour I
reckon. See www.maratona.it/en/