Subject: V S Update - Emails; Tuesday
sessions; Food; Peco races and help; Harewood thanks and profit; Membership;
Results from Harewood, Guy Fawkes, WYXC and elsewhere; Reports from Hardmoors
and OMM
Sent: 14 November 2015 00:51
Email System
I changed to a new
email system last weekend and you should have received an email from [email protected] You
should also have received one from [email protected] but that’s in the
next topic.
My plan is that
today’s email will be the last one from [email protected] and all future
emails will come from [email protected]
If you didn’t get the
one last week from the new “vsupdate” account, it could be for a number of
reasons
·
I’ve
used an incorrect email address in the new system
·
Your
membership lapsed more than a year ago
·
You
are a cycling-only member
·
You
enquired about Valley Striders over 6 months ago and haven’t joined
·
The
email went to your spam account
If you didn’t get one
from the “vsupdate” account last weekend and want to continue receiving them,
please email [email protected] and request to be
included.
Tuesday Juniors &
Beginners sessions
I haven’t yet set up
a separate email group for juniors (parents) so everyone will have received an
email about the waterlogged rugby pitch at Leos.
We may be in the same
situation next week too, but for the time being, assume the session is on, and
I will email Monday evening at the latest if it is off.
Regarding
beginners/improvers, we will continue to run sessions whether or not the
juniors session is on. Last Tuesday we did some short hill reps and an
endurance rep on the Buckstone Estate and that seemed to work well. NB next
time I will remember to take the second left turn not the third for the
endurance rep!
Food on Tuesday 17
November
Please order food
assuming the sessions are on.
For food
at 7:15pm book at [email protected] , for
food at 8:30pm, book at [email protected]
In each
case, choose meat or veggie lasagne (£3.50), and whether you also want apple
pie and ice cream (£1.50). Please book before 10pm Sunday 18 October.
If you are booking
food at 7:15pm and the juniors sessions are cancelled at short notice, we will
cancel the food and you will not be charged. If you want food at 7:15pm
whether or not the juniors is cancelled, please say so in your email!
Peco XC races on 22
November / supporting Peco races on 13 December
Full details for 22
November are at www.pecoxc.co.uk and click on “Race
1”.
Juniors : the 1 mile
race is for school years 4-6, the 2 mile race is for school years 7-12.
If your child is schoolyears 2 or 3 please email me - I am seeking
clarification of the minimum age. Register and pay on the day.
Seniors : pre-entries
see www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsteams.htm, I have all the race
numbers and will take them to Templenewsam. If it’s fine, they’ll be
under the flag, otherwise somewhere in the courtyard.
The small print says
“Any runners registered after the deadline can still be allocated a number, and
run, but will be counted as ‘guests’ for that race.”, so if you’re not on the
“vsteams” list and now want to run, email me by Thursday and I’ll allocate you
one of my spare numbers.
We’re hosting Race 2
which is at West Park playing fields on 13 December. We will need a lot
of marshals as there are a lot of turns on the route, but I’m hoping that we
can also make best use of those who are going to run on the day
·
If
you’re running the senior race we’d like you to marshal the junior races and/or
help set up the course
·
If
your child is running one of the junior races, we’d like you (with your child?)
to marshal the senior race
·
If
you’re not running but able to help but only part of the time, then please come
and help for the senior race.
If you can help on
the day, please email [email protected] and say what you are
available for
Harewood thanks and
profit
A HUGE thanks to all our marshals,
volunteers & runners that helped make the day such a success.
Race numbers were up
on last year. Considering the terrible weather on race morning it was a
nice surprise that over 100 registered on the day, and the entries desk was
also kept busy by about 10 runners deciding on the day that although they’d
entered the 10 miles, 5 miles would be sufficient.
There were 118
finishers in the 2 mile, 117 in the 5 mile and 319 in the 10 mile. Valley
Striders results are in the results section, and congratulations to 4 of our
junior runners who won their age categories.
Our estimated race
profit – shared between Lineham Farm and Yorkshire Air Ambulance - is
£1,050. In addition, when entering, some runners made extra donations to
the charities, these totalled £250. I also know that YAA took £110 on
their souvenir stall on the day, and I suspect Lineham Farm sold a lot of hot
soup and hot drinks, but I don’t know the value.
So thank you again to
everyone who helped raise more than £1,500 and helped 554 runners see the
Harewood countryside.
Membership Renewals
Please check your
membership status – runners check www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmemreg.htm ; cyclists check www.valleystriders.org.uk/ccmemreg.htm
Race Diary
Apologies to John
Marsham, in the last V S Update I missed mentioning the Tour of Pendle this
Saturday (today!) which is part of the VS Fell Championships.
The following weekend
are your final opportunities to score points in the Grand Prix and the Fell Championships.
On the Saturday is
the “Harriers vs Cyclists” race from the Fisherman’s Inn near Bingley (Wagon
Lane, BD16 1TS) and you can score VSGP and VSFC points
See http://www.bingleyharriers.co.uk/events/harriers-vs-cyclists/
And on Sunday, the
Peco XC is a VSGP race.
Xmas do
Save the date, Friday
11 December
RESULTS
Harewood Trail Races
2
MILE
Cat pos
3 Alvie
O'Brien
BSY5-6 12.17 1
4 Sophie
Turner
GSY9-10 12.21 1
8 Tally
Diamond
GSY5-6 12.59
1
9 Isaac
Spence-Brown BSY5-6
13.12 3
16 Keira
Jones
GSY5-6 13.54 3
19 Joe
Irvine
BSY9-10 14.22 2
20 Laurie
O'Brien
BSY7-8 14.27 4
21 Imogen
Idle
GSY5-6
14.39 4
23 Josephine
Pawley
GSY5-6 14.50 5
25 Max
Mauborgne
BSY5-6 14.56 8
26 Millie
Sofilas
GSY5-6 15.01 6
35 Felix
Linley
BSY3-4 16.09 4
39 Joshua
Birkin
BSY5-6 16.21 11
45 Jessica
Baxter
GSY1-2 17.05 1
47 Caitlin
McQuillen Strong GSY7-8 17.08 7
49 Daniel
Fotherby
BSY3-4 17.25 7
70 Amy
Sofilas
GSY5-6 19.12 13
72 Elliot
Spence-Brown BSY1-2
19.31 6
78 Charlotte
Clark
GSY5-6 19.46 14
80 Michael
Fotherby
BSY1-2 19.47 8
81 Sarah
Brown
Fsen 19.56 5
86 Sophie
Clark
GSY3-4 20.35 9
5 MILE
6 Alex
Brennan
Msen 35.45 2
15 Alex
Irvine
BSY11-12 38.23 7
10 MILE
17 Gary
Mann
Msen 67.11 13
115 Sarah
Wood
Fsen 80.12 6
150 Chloe
Hudson
F35 84.13 11
198 Stephen
Diamond
Msen 89.11 76
West Yorkshire Cross
Country
Under 11 Girls
25 Josephine
Pawley 7:07
31 Imogen
Idle 7:21
42 Ella
Hollis 7:44 (Skyrac)
61 finished
Under 13 Girls
14 Tally
Diamond 9:42
27 Keira
Jones 10:13
64 finished
Under 13 Boys
4 Joe
Sherman 12:26 (Skyrac)
35 Alvie O’Brien
14:27
37 Sam
Hollis 14:28 (Skyrac)
61 Laurie
O’Brien 16:37
65 finished
Under 15 Girls
11 Sophie
Turner 14:11
37 finished
Senior Ladies
13 Myra
Jones 24:16
28 Sam
Harris 25:19
38 Liz
Wood 26:05
39 Sue
Sunderland 26:32
56 Becky
Rankin 28:34
66 Pascale
Fotherby 30:12
94 Sara
Dyer 35:12
98 finished
Team finished
5th
Senior Men
13 Matt
Hallam 35:35
28 Paul
Fotherby 37:05
29 Daz
Hibberd 37:05
30 Simon
Midwood 37:10
31 Jon
Pownall 37:11
43 Gwil
Thomas 38:23
58 Jerry
Watson 39:37
68 James
Tarran 40:38
77 Simon
Vallance 41:13
82 Dave
Penman 41:38
113 Andy Pagdin
45:38
153 finished
Team finished 2nd
due to good packing!
Guy Fawkes 10
2 John
Hobbs M35 (001/053) 0:58:45
5
Andy May M40 (002/072)
0:59:36
7
Daniel Fisher M (001/078) 1:00:03
66 Paul
Smith M40 (015/072) 1:12:06
163 Michael
Robins M50 (022/125) 1:17:52
164 Alistair
Smyth M50 (023/125) 1:17:52
166 Michael
Hall M (037/078) 1:18:00
186 Susan
Sunderland F50 (004/090) 1:19:12
297 Ruth
Warren F60 (002/019) 1:24:08
300 Graham
Pawley M45 (038/078) 1:24:21
347 Steph
Gledhill F35 (022/059) 1:26:37
696 Neil
Hall M (073/078)
1:48:34
755 Martin
Sutcliffe M (075/078) 1:55:41
Recent results
collected by Graham Jones
11-Oct-15 Yorkshire
Coast 10k
279 Steph Gledhill
00:47:02
366 Liz Reddington 00:48:56
523 Nicola Hartley 00:51:50
18-Oct-15 Bridlington Half Marathon
67 Paul Smith 01:32:30
143 Mike Robbins 01:41:40
24-Oct-15 Snowdonia Marathon
597 Sean Fitzgerald 04:00:24
1715 Sara Dyer 05:35:15
25-Oct-15 Holmfirth 10k
25 John Wallace 00:45:40
25-Oct-15 Holmfirth 15 Mile
4 Andy May 01:27:56
14 Ian Sanderson 01:43:50
25-Oct-15 Worksop Half Marathon
498 Louise Wardman 01:40:57
25-Oct-15 Bradford City Runs Half Marathon
2 Daryl Hibberd 01:18:22
16 Myra Jones 01:28:08 2nd Lady
25-Oct-15 Wistow 10k
1 John Hobbs 00:33:13
5 Rav Panesar 00:35:40
7 James Tarran 00:36:25
19 Hannah Corne 00:38:37 1st Lady
31 Paul Smith 00:40:02
41 Rob Marsh 00:41:02
58 Andy Pagdin 00:42:55
101 Mick Tinker 00:47:36
Another recent
result - I only spotted this because he was wearing the t-shirt on
Saturday...
11-Oct-15 Royal Parks Half Marathon
Sean Fitzgerald 01:35:33
Apology from Bob, in
the last V S Update, I incorrectly reported that Myra had won at Wistow, but in
fact it was Hannah – congratulations. Meanwhile that day Myra was
actually at Bradford where she finished 2nd in the half marathon.
REPORTS
Report - Hardmoors 60
(62.74 on my Garmin) Saturday 19th September - from Simon Redshaw
It was an early
start, I left Leeds at 6am after getting up and going through my normal
breakfast ritual to drive to Guisborough which is just at the top of the North
Yorkshire Moors below Middlesbrough. I haven't recced any of this route
but have run a couple of small sections in the past so knew that this was not
going to be an easy day out.
The route effectively
leaves Guisborough Sea Cadets and joins the Cleveland way continuing on to the
coast at Saltburn by the Sea then follows the coastline all the way down
through Staithes, Runswick, Whitby, Scarborough to Filey where the finish was
in a Methodist church in the centre of Filey.
The start was very
busy with 195 people making the start line, we set off at 8am, I found myself
near the front by accident and set off at a faster pace than I intended as a
result. I was going well though, it was a really pleasant run through a
forest at the start, with a couple of good steep climbs to set the expectations
for the rest of the day. I was keen to get to the coast, one of my main
reasons for doing this run, I knew it would be a beautiful route. The
weather was getting warmer and warmer as the morning progressed and by the time
the first checkpoint was reached at Saltburn I was relieved to be able to have a
good drink and refresh myself.
The checkpoints were
every 9-12 miles or so and well stocked with goodies coke etc.. We
continued down the coast and such a beautiful day the scenery did not
disappoint. A girl near to me kept stopping to take pictures, I thought
that was a great idea but was too busy focusing on my feet that I didn't want
to keep stopping.
(read Karen Nash's
blog for excellent pics and a more thorough race review http://karen-ultras.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/hardmoors-60-aka-gs-race-number-10one.html The VS vest is
visible 7 photos down).
The weather continued
to get better and it wasn't long before water became a problem. I
had drunk the litre I was carrying and as I entered into Staithes I had
thoughts of nipping into a shop for fluids. Luckily a supporter of a girl
I was running near gave me a quick top up. At 16 miles I started to
develop cramp, very early on for me but cramp was going to be a theme on this
race for some reason. I had it in my quads, calf’s and groin and on two
occasions had to stop to let it ease of. I fought cramp all the way to
just before Scarborough. Bizarrely the last 10 miles or so I had none!
At Sandsend i
remember seeing a guy running into a shop, now I am not sure if it was the same
guy but if you look at this article a very serious development occurred in the
race:
Dennis Potton, what a
hero indeed! This man saved peoples lives that day and went on to
complete the run. A real inspiration. I wasn't aware of any of
this, all the way to the finish, in fact I didn't find out about it until two
days later! Apparently the media arrived at the finish after I left.
Another main feature
of this race was steps. Lots of them. The 199 steps to Whitby Abbey
were a breeze in comparison to some of the climbs. A particularly
memorable one was from Runswick bay up the cliffs to Ravenscar where a
checkpoint at 40 miles provided a much needed seat and a cup of tea.
There was a mountain of food here but I couldn't eat very much, however the
Marshalls were very helpful.
Running the entire
length of the promenade at Scarborough I teamed up with a guy from Liverpool
and as we reached the end we were now to do the last cliff top section in the
dark. I am sure the compulsory kit list said spare batteries,
unfortunately this Liver bird had not read it. He struggled in my minimal
light beam in my foot steps all the way to the finish and there were some
serious drops on the cliff top! He was cursing all the way but thankful
for the company as was I.
The last section
towards Filey dropped all the way down to Cayton Bay and back up, then all the
way down to the beach at Filey and back up to the Town centre where my wife
Christine had arrived 5 mins earlier to meet me and pick me up.
Perfect timing to see me finish! After a good half an hour break in the
hall drinking soup and eating crumpets we drove back to Guisborough to pick up
my car from the morning and then back to Leeds.
It had been a long
day and at the end I had had enough. My quads felt detached when i had
finished, I hadn't quite put in the distance training required and this was a
tough event for sure. No I am not doing the 110m version (The whole of
the Cleveland way from Hemsley, or the 160m version which does the whole of the
Cleveland way plus the extra bit from Filey back to Hemsley) that's just nuts!.
1
Martin
Murray
10.03.50
4
Kimberley England
10.35.50
60
Simon
Redshaw
14.27.25
120
Dennis Potton
16.30.05
161
Rod
Collier
18.25.24
Report - OMM 2015
Tweedsmuir Hills – from Mick Loftus and Mick Wrench
Day one: 40.8km 3390m
Day two: 31.1km 2710m
Our tenth go at the
OMM Elite class started with a dark drive through pouring rain to Tweedsmuir
Hills (those hills off to the right of the M74 on the way towards
Glasgow). We quickly registered, sorted our kit and trudged to the start
as the rain got even heavier. We were in full waterproofs and they would
stay on all day.
With little fanfare
we dibbed, picked up maps and were off on our long day out. From the
start we went straight through the first of many swollen rivers. Then we
had a long big climb to the first controls followed by a long descent in more
rain to cross more rivers, sometimes up to waist deep. The day soon
settled into a pattern of steady progress, mud, rain and increasingly difficult
terrain due to deep heather.
The hours passed
quickly and after six hours we still had a third of the course to do. The
rain eventually eased and visibility was pretty good, although we felt rather
cold at times.
As we turned towards
the end of the course the under foot conditions were soul destroying at times
and our progress slowed. We noticed that light was beginning to fade and
we recalculated our position and time. We knew we would get round
comfortably before the cut-off time of 20:00 but we would be still out after
dark. Head torches went on after between nine and ten hours racing.
The sky had cleared towards the end of the day and as we descended to the
overnight camp we could see headtorches coming down off all of the surrounding
hills. We got to the finish in 10:29 and found ourselves in 21th place
out off 29 starting teams.
Camping was the usual
cramped, smelly, muddy affair but without any rain. We ate our food and
were asleep by 21:00.
At 06:00 bagpipes
roused us all, as is traditional in the OMM. By 07:30 we had eaten our
porridge, changed into wet running gear, packed up and got to the start to do
it all over again.
Day two, was drier
and warmer with perfect visibility but still a long way over tough
ground. We made no navigational errors but tiredness and our various
aches and pain slowed us down. After about six hours we made two
unwelcome discoveries. The controls progressively close as the day
passes. The control we had just arrived at was supposed to close at
14:00. It was 14:05. We dibbed anyway. Then we noticed that
the cut off time for the whole day was 16:00 rather than the usual 17:00.
We trudged up the
next big climb with the growing realisation that we weren't going to make it in
time. The next control closed at 15:00, we got there at 15:20 and
marshals were packing up. They said we could continue but the next
control inexplicably also closed at 15:00. They told us that we were the
17th team through. We knew we were now fighting a losing battle. We
could finish by 17:00 but not 16:00. If we continued, the later controls
might even have been taken down.
At about 15:30, after
about eight hours of day two, with just about enough energy in the tank to
continue, we abandoned the chase. We made our way back to the finish in
good order, over a stiff climb and a four mile descent. With impetus now
gone, the aches and pains of 18.5 hours of racing off road and often off path,
came to the fore. We hobbled to check in at the finish after around nine
hours on the go.
Only 15 teams
completed the OMM Elite this year. Of those 6 teams seem to have beat the
cut off time!
This year we didn't
make any particular mistakes, we just didn't go fast enough, though I think
that after every race!