V
S Update - 19 January 2018
- Peco XC at Middeton
Park - Sun 21 Jan
- Training, Food and Footwear - Tue 23 Jan
- Northern XC - Sat 27 Jan
- Beginners fell run - Sun 4 Feb
- 2018 Grand Prix
- Calderdale Way Relay
- Results from Brass Monkey and Templenewsam 10
Peco
at Middleton Park - Sunday 21 January
Details are at http://www.pecoxc.co.uk/pages/race4.html
Registration will be in the Parkside Suite of
the John Charles Centre for Sport (Middleton Grove, Leeds, LS11 5DJ) from
8:45am. Not on the Middleton Park fields.
Race start times
- Junior race 1 (school year 2 - 6): 10:00am, approx
1 mile, one lap, "gently" up, then "gently" down
- Junior race 2 (school year 7 - 12): 10.20am, approx
2 miles, 2 convoluted laps, up and down on each lap
- Senior Men at 10.50am (earlier than
usual), approx 4.5 miles
- Senior Ladies at 11.00am, approx 4.5 miles
Junior routes suitable for spikes, senior
route not.
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR VALLEY STRIDERS
- If you ran one of the first 3 races,
hopefully you have kept your race number, otherwise you'll need to pay for a
new one at the queries / guests table at registration
- If you were registered for the first 3 races but ran none, your number will
be in the registration area, look
out for a V S vest on a chair or similar
Junior numbers are sorted by school year, adult numbers by M/F and
surname
- If you didn't register but want to run race 4, then:
- - juniors, email [email protected]
before race day and pick up your number
on race day from Bob who will be in the registration area (nothing to pay)
- - seniors must register themselves as a guest on race day and pay £3 for the
bib and £3 race fee
- All juniors must register (nothing to pay)
- All adults must register and pay £3
All Valley Striders should wear club colours
i.e. white* vest/top with black lettering.
Those without an official club vest/top should wear plain white. (* Or off-white if it's been washed many
times)
Training
and Food and Footwear - Tuesday 23 January
All training sessions from Leos
All juniors and beginners/improvers should
bring off-road shoes. Juniors in the
"C" group and beginners/improvers are also requested to bring hi-vis
and road shoes in case we decide these groups will be on the pavements on the Buckstone Estate.
After the juniors and beginners/improvers
sessions there will be food available in the clubhouse
Food will be available at 7:15pm i.e. for
juniors, beginners and improvers. On the
menu is chilli (best beef mince or veggie option). To order, please email
- [email protected]
(for food after the 6pm session)
before 10pm on Sunday 21st, saying whether you want a full portion (£4) or a
half portion (£2) and whether you want meat or veggie chilli.
Northern
Cross Country - Saturday 27 January
No race day information is available
yet. As soon as we see it, we'll publish
links on the VSAC Members and VSAC Juniors Facebook groups and on the VS
website.
Beginners
Fell Training Run - Sunday 4 February (from Amanda Seims)
This will be a recce of the Beamsley Beacon fell race route (5.5 miles, 300m of ascent
in total).
Meet 09:00 at the corner of main street and
Bolton rd in Addingham
(LS29 0NS) outside the Crown Inn - you can usually park along that main road or
a side street nearby.
As with the previous runs I did last year,
this will simply be about getting out there and having some fun on the fells at
a sociable pace that everyone can manage.
I expect the run to take between 1 and 1.5 hours.
As with the other runs, the plan (for those
who are keen) is to have cake in a cafe afterwards... I don't know any over
that way but I do know that Bloomfield Square on the way back in Otley is
fantastic and you can park across the road in Sainsburys.
This is likely to be muddy (hopefully frozen
though!) so is not suitable for road shoes - you can probably manage with a
decent pair of trail shoes but if you have something more aggressive like fell
shoes/shoes with a decent grip/studs that would be even better.
For more information, see Facebook event in
VSAC Members group or email Amanda [email protected]
Grand
Prix 2018 Events and Dates (from Alan Hutchinson)
NB where dates are not yet known, the month
it took place last year is shown
There are 7 categories this year - Handicap, XCountry, Fell/Trail, Short, Medium, Long and Parkrun. You need to run at least 1 "race"
in each of 5 categories and at least 8 "races" in total to qualify for
any of the prizes.
|
XC |
PECO
2 Golden Acre Park |
10
December 2017 |
|
FT |
Otley
Chevin Chase |
26
December 2017 |
|
H |
Winter
Handicap |
31
December 2017 |
|
XC |
PECO
3 Roundhay Park |
07
January 2018 |
|
XC |
PECO
4 Middleton Park |
21
January 2018 |
|
XC |
Northern
Cross Country Championship |
27
January 2018 |
|
S |
Dewsbury
10k |
04
February 2018 |
|
XC |
PECO
5 Temple Newsam |
11
February 2018 |
|
S |
Brownlee
5k series (best time to count) |
28
February 2018 (and
9 more dates) |
|
P |
Park
Run Q1 - Roundhay Park |
03
March 2018 |
|
L |
Spen
20m (best 20 mile time to count) |
11
March 2018 |
|
L |
East
Hull 20m (best 20 mile time to count) |
18
March 2018 |
|
L |
Trimpell 20m (best 20 mile
time to count) |
18
March 2018 |
|
H |
Spring
Handicap |
|
|
P |
Park
Run Q2 |
|
|
FT |
Guiseley
Gallop |
01
April 2018 |
|
FT |
Baildon
Boundary Way |
08
April 2018 |
|
M |
Vale
of York 10m |
15
April 2018 |
|
L |
London
Marathon |
22
April 2018 |
|
L |
Three
Peaks 26m |
28
April 2018 |
|
S |
John
Carr 5k series (best time to count) |
01/08/15
May 2018 |
|
M |
Leeds
Half Marathon |
13
May 2018 |
|
FT |
Ilkley
Trail race |
28
May 2018 |
|
L |
Wharfedale
Half Marathon |
02
June 2018 |
|
M |
Otley
10m |
13
June 2018 |
|
S |
Pudsey
10k |
17
June 2018 |
|
S |
Hyde
Park Mile (best 1 mile time to count) |
June
2018??? |
|
FT |
Apperley Bridge Canter |
June
2018??? |
|
H |
Summer
Handicap |
|
|
P |
Park
Run Q3 |
|
|
M |
Eccup
10m |
01
July 2018 |
|
FT |
Danefield Relay |
03
July 2018 |
|
H |
Autumn
Handicap |
|
|
M |
Vale
of York Half Marathon |
09
September 2018 |
|
S |
Golden
Mile (best 1 mile time to count) |
September
2018??? |
|
P |
Park
Run Q4 |
|
|
M |
Plusnet Yorkshire 10m |
14
October 2018 |
|
S |
Wistow 10k |
October
2018??? |
|
XC |
West
Yorkshire XC |
October
2018??? |
|
S |
Abbey
Dash 10k |
04
November 2018 |
|
XC |
PECO
1 TBC |
November
2018??? |
|
L |
ANY
other Marathon |
To
30 November 2018 |
|
L |
ANY
ultra |
To
30 November 2018 |
|
M |
ANY
other Half Marathon |
To
30 November 2018 |
Please note:
- Spen 20 applications close 9 March
- Three Peaks opens 10 February closes 13 April or when full
Results and points from the first 4 races and
also the points in "Any Other Half" from Brass Monkey are now on the
website www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsclubch.htm
Calderdale
Way Relay 20 May 2018 (from Sarah Smith)
It would be great to have two teams for this
race.
In addition to the delights of the Calderdale
Way, the race organisers offer the following to lure you to enter.
- We have again added the following prizes to tempt you to challenge,
individual leg, and overall race, records
- For the male or female team that sets a new course record a prize of £300.00
per team will be awarded.
- For a pair that break any of the individual leg
records a prize of £100.00 per pair will be awarded.
There are 6 legs run in pairs,
- leg 1 10.55 miles
- leg 2 8.46 miles
- leg 3 4.8 miles
- leg 4 9.36 miles
- leg 5 7.55 miles
- leg 6 10.55 miles
There is more info on the Halifax Harriers
website: http://www.halifaxharriers.co.uk/club/club-races/calderdale-way-relay/
There are organised reccies
run by HH.
Full kit is required - which will be the FRA
mandatory minimum kit as follows: waterproof whole body cover (with taped seams
and integrated attached hood), hat, gloves, map of the
route, compass, whistle and emergency food.
See the runners' rules:
http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/documents/2017/FRA%20Requirements%20for%20Runners%202017%2020-09-2016.pdf
But don't be put off by all that, we can pair
less experienced with more experienced runners so people have the chance to run
[if we have enough people interested to put two teams together]
N.B. A mixed team must
have a minimum of 6 ladies to qualify for the mixed team prizes. Vets teams
ages, ladies 35, men 40 years.
If anyone would like to be on a team please
let me know and I will ask Ross [fell captain] and others for help in working
out the best teams. Please indicate if you would like to run with someone also.
Thanks
Sarah
[email protected]
07722525728
RESULTS
Templenewsam Ten (Leeds Race Series)
|
3 |
Terry
Midgley |
01:04:05 |
|
34 |
Mark
Metcalfe |
01:11:06 |
|
70 |
Hayley
Nancolas |
01:15:05 |
|
86 |
Michael
Hall |
01:17:23 |
|
137 |
Iain
Currie |
01:20:38 |
|
161 |
Amanda
Spencer |
01:21:54 |
|
190 |
Paul
Smith |
01:23:38 |
|
298 |
Bob
Jackson |
01:29:23 |
|
689 |
Becky
Murray |
01:53:24 |
|
690 |
Danny
Murray |
01:53:24 |
Brass Monkey (Grand Prix any other half marathon
category)
|
28 |
01:14:30 |
|
|
41 |
01:16:15 |
|
|
662 |
01:43:22 |
|
|
968 |
01:54:30 |
|
|
1198 |
02:02:02 |