V
S Update - 20 May 2017
- V S Junior races and Club Handicap Tuesday
23 May
- V S Grand Prix
- V S Fell Championship
- Yorkshire Vets Series
- Leeds Race Series
- Country Trail Races
- Reports from Coniston & Fellsman
- Results from Leeds half and Roche Abbey
Club Junior Races and Club Handicap Tuesday 23 May
All races are free to
enter and all races are open to club members and non-members including friends
of existing members and juniors on the waiting list. Could non-members and waiting list please
email [email protected]
to let us know in advance?
Meeting place for race start and postcode for
parking are on the front page of the website www.valleystriders.org.uk. Note that it is a 3 minute
jog / 6 minute walk from Alwoodley Lane to the start.
On the night, we will be asking parents of
juniors to marshal along the half mile length of the junior route as
(especially if it is a nice evening) there are likely to be walkers, dogs and
bicycles on the route.
We need a few
marshals for the 5 mile race, if you can help please email Sue Sunderland [email protected] . The race can't take
place without these marshals.
In the Club
Handicap, runners are allocated start times based on recent "form"
and it is the handicapper's objective for everyone to finish at the same time
(except those who've recently won the club handicap, they get an extra penalty.
For the
Club Handicap, please arrive for 6:45pm, see if your name is on a sheet pinned
up on the fence, if it is, you will find your start time on it, if not, see Sue
Sunderland or Paul Sanderson and tell them your recent or estimated 5k or 10k
time and they will calculate your start time. Note that the cup can only
be won by someone with their name on the list. Note that start times will
be called out but it's your responsibility to be at the start line for your
time (and not warming up or taking a comfort break).
Note
that Grand Prix points are awarded based on "chip" time.
Training Tuesday 30 May
All
groups from Far Moss, see website
V S Grand Prix
Next races
- Club handicap on 23 May, Ilkley Trail Race (cakes highly recommended) on 29
May, Apperley Bridge Canter on 1 June, Wharfedale
off-road half on 3 June (not yet full, surprisingly), Otley 10 on 7 June, Pudsey
10k on 18 June (filling fast), Hyde Park mile on 28 June, Eccup 10 on 2 July
(filling fast).
V S Fell Championship
All fell races count but there are extra points for running in
selected races. The next selected races are
Ilkley Trail Race on 29 May, Otley Chevin on 1 June, Settle Hills on 18 June, Beamsley Beacon on 22 June.
Yorkshire Vets Series (from Ken Fox)
There
are a couple of great little Yorkshire Vets' races coming up - at Kirkstall on
Tuesday 30th May at 7:30pm and Lythe near Whitby on
Sunday 4th June at 11:10am. Both are multi-terrain with a few hilly bits and
cover about 6 miles. Just £5 to enter on the day. Just
have to be over 35. Full details on the YVAA web site: http://www.yvaa.org/grand-prix/
Leeds Race Series (from Bob Jackson)
It's
not too late to enter the Leeds Race Series 2017. In fact, of the 22 races in this year's
series, only 3 have gone. The Leeds Race
Series consists of all races in Leeds that are organised by local athletics
clubs plus each of the 6 parkruns in Leeds.
The Series itself is free to enter.
See www.leedsathletics.net
and click on link to Leeds Race Series where you'll find "rules" and a
calendar of races.
Next
races - Crossflatts parkrun on 27 May, Otley Fell
Race on 31 May, ABC on 1 June, Roundhay parkrun 4 dates (3 & 24 June and 8
&15 July), Otley 10 on 7 June, Pudsey 10k on 18 June.
Country Trail Races
This is
an interesting format introduced to Leeds a few years ago by our own Jason Praill. Runners can
start any time between 6:30pm and 7:30pm and are given navigation instructions.
The net time is calculated for the results. Start at or near a pub and the race
entry fee includes £2 drinks voucher (not sure if anyone has taken advantage of
this before setting off).
The
next race is the Bardsey Bound from the Bingley Arms in Bardsey on 7 June, https://www.facebook.com/countrytrailraces/
RACE
RESULTS and REPORTS
Please send your
reports to [email protected]
Please send your
results to [email protected]
(in particular any marathons, half marathons and ultra races
- all of these are eligible for GP points)
Ross Bibby sent a
couple of results in
For any other
marathon - Ultra Trail Barcelona (marathon)- 20th
position, time- 4.18
For any ultra - Hardmoors
30 (miles)- 3rd position, time- 4.05. Winners time- 3.59
If anyone has sent
me a report and it has not yet been published, I apologise for losing it in my
inbox, please re-send.
Coniston, 8.7m, 1065m. The "Lancashire 3
peaks"? (from John Marsham)
A busy w/e of fell
races.
Coniston(M), 3 peaks(L), Fellsman
(very L). Did anyone do a short? Here's my Coniston report.
I've wanted to do this race for a while, and
finally got around to it this year. It's always on the May day
bank holiday and this year that clashed with Yorkshire Three Peaks (always the
last w/e of April). Not a problem for me though as I wasn't fit or injury free
enough for 22 miles and hadn't done any qualifying races anyway. 8.7 miles
doesn't sound far, but it would be the longest race I'd done in a while, and
Coniston's steep - I did a few sums, roughly the same height gain/mile as Sedburgh or Borrowdale.
It's a real 'village race' park at the Junior school (parking fee to school funds). Register in the
village hall (with soup, sandwiches, tea & cake after). Ceilidh
in the church hall that night. Camping nearby.
The run completes the classic horseshoe above the village, taking in 3 peaks,
with the Old Man of Coniston as the final one. The Old Man was the highest
summit in Lancashire before it became Cumbria (hence the 'Old Counties Tops'
race over The Old Man, Scafell Pike and Helvellyn).
For a ridgeline horsehoe
the actual line is surprisingly devious, using the main paths relatively
little. Instead it's a case of follow the leader up the big climb out of the
village and then over grassy trods to reach the ridge
crest, and then along the ridge, but also with some cunning contouring lines to
avoid any unnecessary height gain. Here the views are spectacular - fells on
one side, sea on the other, which takes your mind off the undulations as you
work around to the Old Man. By now the field had spread out and the best line
off the summit, which drops 740 m in 3km is
notoriously tricky to find. Luckily there were just enough people for me to
follow, and a strategy of 'if in doubt head down' seemed to work, but I can't
say I ran this descent very smoothly, which I think is a very fast line if you're
up to it.
I think the clash with the other Three peaks
distracted a few runners, so I was pleasingly far up the field, but Tom's not
unused to winning races, so I was happy to be 'only' 25 mins behind him.
1 1:08:13 Tom Addison
10 1:17:49 Richard Mellon
32 1:25:47 Lou Roberts
52 1:33:35 John Marsham (M40) - Valley Striders
Leeds Half Marathon
Many Striders did not show with their club
name in the results either because they were new members or because they'd
signed up immediately after last year's race and there was no prompt for club
name. Here are the results Graham and I
have managed to find.
Pos. |
Name |
Cat. |
Gun Time |
Chip Time |
Gen der Pos. |
Cat. Pos. |
Chip Pos. |
GP Pts |
Age grade % |
2 |
John Hobbs |
M35 |
01:12:59 |
01:12:59 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
100 |
81.76 |
16 |
Daryl Hibberd |
M |
01:17:27 |
01:16:41 |
16 |
12 |
10 |
99 |
76.14 |
28 |
Jeremy Ladyman |
M35 |
01:20:47 |
01:20:45 |
28 |
7 |
29 |
98 |
73.90 |
62 |
Gwilym Thomas |
M40 |
01:23:38 |
01:23:27 |
60 |
7 |
64 |
97 |
72.44 |
144 |
Ian Sanderson |
M45 |
01:28:10 |
01:27:58 |
138 |
13 |
158 |
96 |
71.57 |
353 |
Roy Huggins |
M50 |
01:34:02 |
01:33:51 |
335 |
17 |
386 |
95 |
71.92 |
398 |
Kevin McMullan |
M45 |
01:35:14 |
01:34:40 |
376 |
45 |
416 |
94 |
68.23 |
412 |
Martin Cliff |
M45 |
01:35:33 |
01:35:08 |
390 |
46 |
443 |
93 |
66.74 |
447 |
Iain Currie |
M45 |
01:36:22 |
01:35:47 |
423 |
50 |
484 |
92 |
67.43 |
473 |
Ken Fox |
M55 |
01:36:46 |
01:35:50 |
445 |
11 |
486 |
91 |
73.06 |
531 |
Graham Pawley |
M45 |
01:37:57 |
01:37:01 |
498 |
58 |
557 |
90 |
66.58 |
724 |
Louise Wardman |
F |
01:41:00 |
01:40:32 |
58 |
33 |
836 |
89 |
65.14 |
786 |
Sue Sunderland |
F55 |
01:41:50 |
01:41:42 |
66 |
3 |
931 |
87 |
78.54 |
872 |
Leroy Sutton |
M55 |
01:43:13 |
01:41:23 |
793 |
25 |
905 |
88 |
69.71 |
1208 |
Chris Sawyer |
M55 |
01:48:07 |
01:46:58 |
1072 |
32 |
1469 |
86 |
65.45 |
1510 |
Steph Gledhill |
F35 |
01:51:54 |
01:48:49 |
196 |
28 |
1695 |
85 |
61.29 |
1560 |
Lisa Koi |
F35 |
01:52:36 |
01:52:31 |
202 |
31 |
2181 |
83 |
TBA |
1848 |
John Wallace |
M50 |
01:57:29 |
01:55:40 |
1593 |
115 |
2551 |
80 |
56.33 |
2435 |
Eamon O'Brien |
M45 |
02:05:30 |
01:54:06 |
2036 |
242 |
2353 |
81 |
55.65 |
2449 |
Kat Martin |
F35 |
02:05:36 |
01:50:35 |
405 |
67 |
1925 |
84 |
59.77 |
2662 |
Chloe Hudson |
F35 |
02:08:01 |
02:05:12 |
480 |
79 |
3782 |
73 |
53.02 |
2666 |
Elizabeth O'Shea |
F35 |
02:08:04 |
01:53:45 |
483 |
80 |
2322 |
82 |
58.95 |
2669 |
Bob Jackson |
M65 |
02:08:05 |
02:04:29 |
2186 |
7 |
3691 |
75 |
60.78 |
2709 |
Nicola Hartley |
F |
02:08:33 |
01:57:09 |
500 |
271 |
2734 |
78 |
55.72 |
3025 |
Philippa Cox |
F40 |
02:11:55 |
01:59:25 |
622 |
89 |
3092 |
77 |
57.27 |
3598 |
Stuart Harris |
M35 |
02:17:43 |
02:04:59 |
2746 |
429 |
3761 |
74 |
46.95 |
3621 |
Neil Hall |
M35 |
02:17:55 |
02:05:28 |
2762 |
431 |
3812 |
72 |
46.77 |
3872 |
Rachael Oliver |
F40 |
02:20:29 |
01:56:24 |
975 |
150 |
2643 |
79 |
58.34 |
4376 |
Louise Jennings |
F45 |
02:26:43 |
02:12:47 |
1204 |
116 |
4660 |
71 |
52.84 |
4602 |
Abi Frankland |
F35 |
02:29:48 |
02:04:28 |
1318 |
208 |
3688 |
76 |
53.87 |
5133 |
Maureen Coffey |
F65 |
02:36:36 |
02:25:18 |
1623 |
3 |
5724 |
70 |
65.00 |
6110 |
Stuart Dustan |
M50 |
02:55:28 |
02:31:05 |
3880 |
336 |
6003 |
69 |
43.88 |
If you ran and are not on this list, please
email [email protected]
You'll see a couple of extra columns on the
right hand side.
The right most column is the age graded
percentage. Most of you will know what
this is because it is shown
on all parkrun results, but for more information see www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsagegrd.htm
. John Hobbs scored the highest AG% of
all Striders and for this he will be awarded the Vadim Kuznetsov
trophy see www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsvadim.htm
The column next to the right shows the V S
Grand Prix points, based, as always, on chip time.
John
Carr 5k Series at Esholt
We have these results (thanks to Rob Hamilton
for sending the first race) but I am going to publish them in the next V S
Update as by then we will have calculated the V S Grand Prix points.
Roche
Abbey half marathon and 10k (from Amanda Spencer)
This event was in the "Its Grim Up North" series and offered distances of 5k, 10k, half
marathon, full marathon and ultra marathon
Half marathon
2nd
Adam Parton 1:42:43
10K
1st
woman (equal 1st overall) Sarah Graham 45:50
4th woman (13th overall) Amanda Spencer 52:21
6th woman (15th overall) Dawn Parton 54:35
Fellsman (from Anthony Fryer)
The plan was simple, build up to the Fellsman over the months leading up to it. Do the Howarth
Hobble, then do the Calderdale Hike and see how they go before I make a
decision. None of that happened, so there I was start of April, 3 weeks before
the start of the Fellsman and I am emailing Mick
Loftus, who I knew had done it previously, asking if a 61 mile fell race is wingable as I have done no prep or build up.
"If you are fit, then winging it is
definitely possible and probably no more painful that preparing for it." -
Mick Loftus
And with those wise words and a quick read of
his blog report which really didn't sell the race at all. I went and recced
parts of the route and thought that will have to do. I have done multi day
running events and done long 15 hour back to back days when mountain biking so
I knew what to expect and knew how to keep going for many hours so it was not
completely unknown. It was just simply 35 miles longer than any running race I
have finished before.
Using Mick's previous time as my only point
of reference, I decided I would like to finish same time give or take an hour
so I had a 14 - 16 hour window. So far so good, I had managed to keep science,
logic and a solid plan well away from my race and build up,
they just get in the way.
Race day came quickly and Sarah and I made
our way up to Threshfield on the Friday night.
Registered and faffed around a bit then tried to sleep. Our coach was one of
the last to leave at 6.30am. We met up with Paul Sanderson who was back for a
3rd time in a hope to get round. A shame a knee injury previously sustained on
his bike forced an early retirement from Paul (next year?).
Once the race started I ran up Ingleborough, not really pushing it but soon realised I was
a bit far up in the race. The sun was also getting up and I was getting hot. First layer off. Clipped in at Inglebrough
then took a fast direct route NNW from the summit straight down a steep grassy
slope then cut back to the walkers slabs once down. The day was just getting
hotter and I never really settled in a rhythm at all up to Dent. This, in
itself is an AL fell race of about 18 miles or in Fellsman
terms, the warm up! I got there far too warm and not feeling like I had got
into it at all. I thought I had dropped loads of places and unfounded doubt set
in. I was thinking this was going to be a LONG day.
Over the next 15 miles things eventually
started to click. I was a good temperature and a breeze appeared, and I was
moving okay. Stonehouse was next, I was actually feeling better 30 miles in
than the first 10 miles? This was the first serious food checkpoint. One of the
things I had thought previous to the race was what I wanted to eat at each of
these checkpoints (they send you a menu!), but once presented with food, trays
of cake and vats of soup I just did not fancy much at all. I did however taker
a sudden fancy to cheese sandwiches with thickly buttered white bread. Strange as I typically don't like cheese sandwiches?
It was from here that I was starting to push
on a bit, I felt that I was really trying all the way
up to Fleet Moss. I was starting to pull people back and move back up the
field.
At this point I got settled running with
another guy. He knew the route well but maybe was not quite as fast. I decided
that for the slight delay in running speed would be made up for by running the
right way in the first place. My slight mistake was I should have dropped him
earlier once I got past the difficult nav but, but
that kind of felt unfair, we had been running for a good couple of hours
together now. In fact I think I ran with this guy with no name from just after
half way right to the finish. I am going to guess Paul? I could be wrong. I am
not great with names. I could tell you loads about his
life and his teenage kids, just not his name :(
The dreaded Fleet Moss was not that bad, then
after middle tongue we were taking good lines and we even had a bit of a spurt
on to avoid getting grouped at Cray. Turned out we had loads of time but I
didn't tell the man with no name this as it may have slowed him down.
Unfortunately that meant he was struggling on the next section which involved a
climb over Buckden Pike, then round to Park Rash, a
bit I know reasonably well, however we again took sneaky shortcuts and straight
lined parts of the race through tussocks and bogs.
Park Rash we were grouped and at this point a
sub 14 was there or thereabouts. Two hours from Park
Rash to the finish, I could do that, but could everyone else? We went up Great Whernside just as the sun was setting. After a promise of a
great line down from Great Whernside from one of our
new found team mates we set off from the summit on a low line. This started off
as a great grassy trod on the hillside, slightly downhill, enough to make it
easy on the legs, it soon disappeared into the darkness and left us with
yomping over tussock and bogs again.
After that is was a slow jog to the final checkpoint when all that
was left was a road run downhill to the finish. This was cruel! Uphill fine,
but a fast concrete downhill hurt a lot.
On getting in to the finish all I could think
of was bed. Not food, rest etc, BED! So quick shower
then spent the rest of the evening trying to sleep but waking myself every 30
minutes whenever I moved or cramped.
Final result initially was 25th but an error
with some peoples finish time not deducting the time waiting to form group I
have been pushed back to 27th.
This was a great race, painful but an amazing
event, The volunteers do an amazing job to put on such
a well supported and organised event and its great
value for money. It's on my to do list for next year
already!
Anthony Fryer: 14:12
Sarah Smith: 20:38
Paul Sanderson: Retired