V S Update - 17 April 2016
- Training on 19 April and 26 April
- MVT Junior Races Tuesday 14 June
- Yorkshire Vets Race Tuesday 21 June
- Race calendar
- Striders men 44th at National 12 stage relay
- Results from Manchester, Sheffield, Sahara
Training on Tuesday 19 April
We'll all be at Leos
as is usual for the 3rd Tuesday in the month.
- All fully paid-up junior members are invited to the 6pm session (check on www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmemreg.htm
for payment status).
- Beginners/improvers at 6pm may be in a separate group
- Intermediates should join the experienced runners for 5 by 6 mins at Eccup
but run up the Avenue rather than across the fields
- As this is being sent out after 10pm, you're officially too late to order
food (I'll say no more)
Training on Tuesday 26 April
Juniors and
beginners/improvers may be at Grammar School at Leeds, please check the front
page of our website nearer the date
Meanwood Valley Trail Junior Races on Tuesday 14 June and
Vets Race on Tuesday 21 June
Both events are now likely to be ON, but we
still need a few more marshals.
Paul Jones, who is on the committee for the
junior race, has come with a fine suggestion.
Paul observed that the "problem"
with the junior race is that it is difficult for parents to marshal as they
can't stand away from Leos (e.g. at Stairfoot Lane or
Adel Crag) if they need to look after their child and get them ready to
run. And the "problem" with
the vets race is that a number of Striders will want
to run the race.
Paul suggested that if veteran Striders (age
33+) volunteered to marshal the junior race they should be given priority to
run in the vets race.
And Paul requested that parents of juniors who are unable to marshal the
junior race due to child care should volunteer to marshal the vets race (and
perhaps bring their children to help (NB will finish by 8:30pm)).
Just to summarise the proposals for the
events (both of which are based at Leos)
The junior races are proposed to start at
18:45 with a 1 mile race for school years 3-4, followed by races for years 5-6
(1 mile), 7-8 (2 miles) and 9-12 (2 miles).
For course map see http://valleystriders.org.uk/Meanwood%20Junior%20Map%202016.png
The vets race will
start at 19:30, this is a 2-lap course around Adel Woods, Buckstone
Moor and the Meanwood Valley Trail, totalling approximately 4.5 miles. For course map see http://valleystriders.org.uk/Yorks_vets_2016.jpg
If you are likely
to be available to help on one or both of these dates please email [email protected] immediately! NB we realise this is a long way in advance
to commit, and so will understand if a few have to give back word nearer the
date. Check names at www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmarshals.htm
.
Race Calendar
Please see www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsdates.htm
for dates for V S Grand Prix, VS Fell Championships and other races.
Note that several races are selling fast,
e.g. John Carr 5k at Esholt and the Hyde Park
mile. A race that sold out within a few
days last year - the Vale of York Half - goes on sale at www.racebest.com next Sunday.
The parkrun mobrun -
a challenge to local clubs to get the most runners - will be at Bramley on
Saturday 14 May, and, as an incentive to get a lot of V S runners there, will
be part of the V S Grand Prix.
The V S junior mile and Club spring handicap
will be on Tuesday 24 May, put this date in your diary!
V S Grand Prix and V S Fell Championship
results and tables are up-to-date on the V S website www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsclubch.htm
RESULTS
Congratulations to Ross Bibby, Dave Penman
and Jon Parker on winning the team prize at Baildon Boundary Way (full results
were in 8 April V S Update).
National 12-stage road relays
Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, Saturday
16 April
Here are the VS results (note that odd
numbered legs were 5.3 miles, even numbered were 3 miles)
John Hobbs |
28:43 |
41 |
Matthew Hallam |
17:15 |
43 |
Andrew May |
29:51 |
43 |
Jon Pownall |
17:27 |
43 |
Rav Panesar |
30:43 |
44 |
Gwilym Thomas |
18:37 |
44 |
Daryl Hibberd |
29:41 |
44 |
Ross Bibby |
18:28 |
43 |
Simon Midwood |
31:02 |
44 |
Jonathan Smyth |
17:43 |
42 |
Paul Fotherby |
31:16 |
45 |
David Penman |
18:22 |
44 |
TOTAL |
4:49:08 |
44 |
Highgate Harriers' winning time was 4:16:30, and they were followed by Aldershot
Farnham & District and Bristol & West.
First northern club was Liverpool Harriers (4th), first
Yorkshire club was Leeds City (a disappointing 16th) The only other Yorkshire clubs to finish
ahead of V S were 3 from South Yorks (Rotherham, Hallamshire
and Sheffield AC).
So a big WELL DONE to the team and a big
THANK YOU to Paul Fotherby who organised the teams and transport. Finally we shouldn't forget Ian Sanderson,
Paul Smith and Jeremy Ladyman who were part of the team at Sunderland and helped
V S qualify for the national final.
Mancheser Marathon
Pos |
|
Chip |
309 |
Andrew Bennett |
02:58:49 |
662 |
Paul Shackleton |
03:08:42 |
1595 |
Holly Button |
03:27:17 |
2254 |
Justin Mong |
03:37:14 |
4752 |
Kate McIntyre |
04:06:14 |
4909 |
Steph Gledhill |
04:08:34 |
Also listed as V S was Matthew Akpan, 40th in 2:43:07 but he hasn't joined the
club yet
Sheffield Half Marathon
Pos |
Chip |
Gun |
|
|
9 |
John Hobbs |
01:13:39 |
01:13:41 |
1st M35 |
11 |
Andy May |
01:14:47 |
01:14:47 |
1st M40 |
22 |
Daryl Hibberd |
01:18:26 |
01:18:32 |
|
1461 |
Chris Sawyer |
01:47:59 |
01:48:43 |
|
John was 4 seconds faster than at Brass
Monkey and Andy 3 seconds faster which indicates that some serious training has
been going on as Sheffield is a much tougher course!
Marathon des Sables
Richard Adcock finished 367th
overall. There were 917 finishers and
112 did not finish.
Stage |
Richard's |
Winning |
Percent |
1 |
07:05:33 |
03:10:29 |
44.76% |
2 |
07:56:16 |
03:24:04 |
42.85% |
3 |
08:06:56 |
03:03:41 |
37.72% |
4 |
17:20:05 |
08:11:24 |
47.25% |
5 |
06:19:57 |
03:11:32 |
50.41% |
See Valley Striders Facebook page for reports
from Richard and see http://marathondessables.co.uk/
(or Wikipedia) to find out what the Marathon des Sables is all about.
West Yorkshire Track and Field
There were "heat" wins for Alvie and Tally and some other high places for the V S
junior squad. Results aren't available
yet, but I'm assuming they'll appear on www.westyorkshireathletics.org.uk
soon.