V
S Update - 11 June 2017
- Training Tuesday 13 June
- Washburn Valley Relay
- VSGP results and table
- Leeds Race Series and Junior Series
- British Race Walking Championship
- Report from Pen-y-Ghent
- Results from Apperley Bridge, Wharfedale, Otley
(ladies team prize), Lythe and Torshavn
Training Tuesday 13 June
- Juniors and Beginners/Improvers 6pm at GSAL
- Intermediates and Advanced 7pm at Leeds Beckett Uni
track Headingley
- See website for maps
Washburn
senior and junior relays (from Amanda Seims)
7pm Friday 14th July.
I have been sent the entry forms if anyone
wants to organise teams.
Teams of 3 needed (entry of £7.50 per team
payable on the night).
For the seniors, each leg is 3-4 miles on
fairly flat trails around Washburn and Fewston reservoir. Juniors run on the
trails east of the car park (1.1 mile lap) - see team criteria below.
Early entry needed due to the small capacity
of this race (60 teams). Max of 5 senior teams per club and car sharing
advised.
Seniors course is only marshaled
at road crossings so worth a recce if you don't know the area
Junior course is 1.1 miles and marshaled. Criteria for juniors is as follows:
1. Each team will consist of 4 runners, all aged 8 to 15, who will each do 1
leg
2. Each team will consist of at least 1 girl and 1 boy
3. Each team shall have at least 1 runner aged 8 to 9
4. Each team shall have at least 2 runners aged 8 to 11
5. Each team shall have at least 3 runners aged 8 to 13
Information at http://otleyac.org.uk/washburn-valley-relays/
Danefield Relay
7:15pm Tuesday 4 July.
See last week's V S Update for details www.valleystriders.org.uk/up170604.htm
V S Grand Prix and V S Fell Championship
Results
for all races so far can be found at
www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsgp2017results.xls
Grand
Prix Points have now been calculated, see
www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsgp2017.xls
See
calendar on website www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsdates.htm
Leeds
Race Series and Junior Series
Tables for Leeds Race Series and Leeds Junior
Race Series have been updated on www.leedsathletics.net. Note that entries for the Junior Series close
30 June. There are a number of Valley
Striders juniors who have not yet entered but have run many races in the Junior
Series!
British Race Walking Championships
On
Sunday 25 June, Leeds are hosting a 20km race walk which incorporates the British
Athletics, England Athletics, Welsh Athletics & Race Walking
Association 20km Championships and the British Athletics 2017 IAAF World
Championships 20km Trials.
So if
you want to see the best race walkers in Britain (and some from other
countries) come along to Roundhay Park.
The main event starts at 09:30 and the fastest walker is expected to
finish in just under 90 minutes.
More
details https://sites.google.com/site/britishgrandprixofracewalking
RACE
REPORTS
Please send your
reports to [email protected]
Pen-y-Ghent Fell Race (from Amanda Seims)
Well the warm sunny weather was probably a
deciding factor for me to take on the challenge of running up and down one of
the Yorkshire three peaks, along with the possibility that there may be some
nice cake on sale at Horton Gala.
I was surprised to see that I was a lone
Strider in the race (unless you count ex Strider Ali...) which seemed to be
dominated by a gaggle of Hyde Park Harriers (seem like that club's been bitten
by the fell running bug) but then it was the Wharfedale Half the same day. I'm
a much stronger runner in the longer events so it did seem ironic that I'd
snubbed that race for a short hilly lung-busting sprint.
We set off and I was immediately elbowed in
my shoulder joint by a tall gentleman so spent the first mile on the road wincing a little until the adrenaline kicked in. The route
followed the walkers' route up which is mostly runnable/shuffleable
paths interspersed with some fun hands on scrambling. Conscious of a lady
breathing down my neck I tried to keep shuffling as much as I could to try and
put some distance between us but I daren't look back as everyone knows that's
the sign you are struggling and therefore an easy target!
It was an incredibly hot day with some great
views and in a sadistic way I enjoyed the challenging climb up. At the trig
point we crossed the wall to turn right and follow the 3 peaks route for a
short distance then it was the choice of 3 routes down to Hull Pot but I made
the decision to follow the person in front and take the grassy/boggy route
straight down (which it seems is where everyone else went). It was fairly wet
and a boggy in parts but not technical and from Hull Pot the route was marked.
The sting in the tail was a short ascent up Whitber
Hill and then being
able to see the field where we started and thinking we were nearly back, but
then being made to do a long stretch on the road to the finish (the route was
advertised as 5.5 miles when it was actually around 6.3 so don't start your
sprint finish too early!).
Sprinting along the road I was unsure how
close the lady I'd tried to lose earlier was so I pushed as hard as I could. It
was lovely to see some friendly faces at the end (the usual suspects of Kathy
and Ian) and to find out I'd come 4th lady but even better was that my five
pound entry fee got me bananas and lots of amazing home made
cake! Prize-giving was extensive, with Castleberg
Outdoors vouchers for the category winners and then what seemed to be an
endless supply of quality spot prizes (and some amusing ways of choosing who
they went to such as whoever claimed to be the 'ugliest man').
This was a race I'd definitely recommend,
even on the cake alone. Well marshalled, not really much in the way of route
finding needed and a good option for those starting out in fell running. I
think it's a good contender for the next year's fell champs!
1st Man: Thomas Corrigan from Barlick FR (48:44)
6th: Ali Burns (50:44)
1st lady (33rd): Rachel Pilling from Pudsey and Bramley (1:00:15)
Me - 4th lady (67th) in 1:07:33
Last man: 1:53:28
140 ran.
RACE
RESULTS
Please send your
results to [email protected]
(in particular any marathons, half marathons and ultra races
- all of these are eligible for GP points)
Apperley Bridge Canter
(VSGP) (from Graham Jones)
5 |
100 |
||
8 |
Andrew Bennett |
0:38:11 |
99 |
9 |
Dan Fisher |
0:38:14 |
98 |
17 |
Jack Crawford |
0:39:55 |
97 |
22 |
Jonathan Smyth |
0:40:22 |
96 |
25 |
James Tarran |
0:40:28 |
95 |
32 |
Mike Clarke |
0:41:08 |
94 |
38 |
Graham Jones |
0:41:44 |
93 |
39 |
Paul Smith |
0:41:54 |
92 |
43 |
Myra Jones |
0:42:16 |
91 |
65 |
Sean Fitzgerald |
0:44:41 |
90 |
71 |
Hayley Nancolas |
0:45:15 |
89 |
98 |
Louise Cazan |
0:46:55 |
88 |
103 |
Jason Twigg |
0:47:09 |
87 |
118 |
Paul White |
0:47:53 |
86 |
132 |
Carmel Barker |
0:48:59 |
85 |
167 |
Liz Wood |
0:51:06 |
84 |
181 |
Liz Reddington |
0:51:53 |
83 |
208 |
Stuart Harris |
0:53:15 |
82 |
214 |
Nicola Hartley |
0:53:50 |
81 |
237 |
Emma Steel |
0:54:53 |
80 |
279 |
Elaine Craiggs |
0:58:17 |
79 |
338 |
Becky Murray |
1:05:08 |
78 |
342 |
Rich Clough |
1:05:39 |
77 |
Wharfedale Half Marathon (VSGP) (from Graham Jones)
25 |
Steve Webb |
100 |
|
70 |
Graham Jones |
1:50:27 |
97 |
81 |
Paul Smith |
1:51:59 |
93 |
110 |
Graham Pawley |
1:58:02 |
90 |
144 |
Mark Woodhead |
2:02:48 |
87 |
217 |
Alison Eaves-Lai |
2:15:56 |
83 |
227 |
Hannah Corne |
2:16:53 |
80 |
Otley 10 (VSGP) (from Graham Jones)
9 |
100 |
||
25 |
Clive Bandy |
1:04:58 |
99 |
27 |
Gary Mann |
1:05:11 |
98 |
53 |
Myra Jones |
1:09:15 |
96 |
57 |
Paul Smith |
1:10:02 |
95 |
60 |
Roy Huggins |
1:11:06 |
94 |
67 |
Joe Hanney |
1:11:35 |
93 |
75 |
Hayley Nancolas |
1:12:36 |
91 |
81 |
John Batchelor |
1:12:56 |
90 |
86 |
Adam Parton |
1:13:12 |
89 |
94 |
Graham Pawley |
1:13:54 |
88 |
101 |
Sean Fitzgerald |
1:14:41 |
86 |
120 |
Louise Cazan |
1:16:23 |
85 |
128 |
Leroy Sutton |
1:17:18 |
84 |
132 |
Sue Sunderland |
1:17:39 |
83 |
318 |
Brian Tyrrell |
1:37:59 |
81 |
345 |
Maureen Coffey |
1:52:01 |
80 |
Congratulations to Myra, Hayley and Louise
for winning prize for 1st ladies team.
Yorkshire Vets League Race 3 at Lythe
near Whitby
|
Women |
|
51 |
Maureen Coffey |
70:17 |
60 finished |
||
|
Men |
|
23 |
Roy Huggins |
47:31 |
34 |
Ken Fox |
49:47 |
44 |
Leroy Sutton |
52:00 |
|
89 finished |
See www.yvaa.com
for more information about these races, NB you must be aged 33 or more to run.
Torshavn marathon (from Jonathan Brownbill)
Result from Torshavn Marathon, Faroe Islands : 04:12:08
gun and chip. 51 overall
Hilly race with a
gale to add to the pleasure round the fjord, but, visually the most attractive
race in my running decade. If you can deal with the logistics of
getting to the Faroe Islands and £10 for fish n chips then it's a run to do.