Clare Smith | Organising our HDSRL race, LDWA 100 | Other nominations were: Neil Chapman - organising our HDSRL race Val Kerr - relay team organisation Lawrence Basham - Ilkley Trail Race Sally Morley - won the overall John Carr series with a PB at every race Charlotte Smithson - 7min PB at Sunderland 10k and a 14min PB at Leeds Half Kate Archer - Fairfield Horseshoe result 4th lady Martin Archer - Ilkley Trail Race Tom Adams - 6th in Inter Counties and a new record in Ilkley Trail Race Nicky Green, Edinburgh marathon Stephen Coy - John Carr results Caz Farrow - result at the Ripon 10m - 1st F40 |
Neil Smith | LDWA 100 |
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Well done to our junior fell runners who are now FOURTH nationally in the fell Championships. Full report on the junior pages.
From Will Buckton... I headed to the Lakes for the first time in a while to take part in the first race in the Lakeland Classics 2014. The spectacular route, starting from Seathwaite, takes in 29km and 1830m ascent including the summits of Little Stand and Swirl How. I finished 26th in 3h38:37. Simon Harding of Macclesfield won the race in 3h00:12.
From Petra ... Results ...
Coventry (1 16:45 Matty Adcock, Hermitage Harriers AC) 18 19:46 Jonathan Schneider 470 ran Hilly Fields, Lewisham (1 17:56 Robert Edwards, Herne Hill Harriers) 6 18:49 Alex Hirst 125 ran Skipton Aireville Park (1 19:44 Stephen Robson, York Knavesmire Harriers) 10 22:22 Oscar Stapleton (junior) 69 ran
Lots of good reports on our eighth Ilkley Trail Race (just see the Twitter feed), well done to Lawrence and the team. There was a very good turnout of Harriers in the biggest field since 2009.
Will Buckton reports ... Tom Adams recorded a sixth successive Ilkley Trail Race victory, beating his own 2011 record in wet and muddy conditions. Tom galloped to victory, leaving a gap of almost six minutes to second placed runner Gareth Hird of Wharfedale. Martin Archer returned from a lengthy injury in a blaze of glory, finishing 5th and helping Ilkley to the team prize.
This was a counter in the Ilkley Harriers Race League.
From Rachel Websdale ... A huge thank you to all the helpers and marshalls who made the junior races possible. A record turn out of over 100 children. It seems kids just love running in the mud and every child who finished a winner with extra prizes for the muddiest ! Apologies to all those parents faced with very dirty kit - it was worth it to see all the smiling faces.
Full results and photo links on the Trail Race page
1 38:52 Tom Adams 5 45:45 Martin Archer 8 46:34 Mark Mon-Williams 21 48:20 Stephen Coy 22 48:32 Steve Turland 27 49:02 Will Buckton 30 49:27 Jonathan Sinclair 35 49:53 Alex Sinclair 36 49:55 Nick Pearce 44 50:42 Duncan Cooper 49 51:08 Andrew Sheldon 53 51:26 Sally Malir 54 51:35 Paul Calderbank 55 51:38 Steve Newell 56 51:40 Rachel Carter 70 53:25 Malcolm Pickering 75 53:43 Rebecca Mon-Williams 88 54:53 Michael Duffield 90 54:54 Beth Massey 109 56:15 David Schneider 126 58:20 Richard Morris 138 59:32 Phil Hirst 142 60:10 Alison Bennett 154 61:20 Val Kerr 156 61:23 Chantal Busby 159 61:32 John Marshall 168 62:35 Keith Wood 177 63:49 Nick Mellor 178 63:53 Robert King 183 64:22 Will Worboys 190 66:23 Ros Brown 195 67:24 Hilda Coulsey 196 67:38 Peter Lewis 213 69:28 Sarah Hayes 216 70.00 Rachel Hagan 219 70:36 Sue Williamson 229 72:14 Fiona Schneider 232 72:49 Amanda Newham 239 73:57 Sally Wright 241 75:20 Sue Morley 259 78:21 Kate Lofthouse 261 78:48 Julie Elmes 276 finished
From Pete Shields ... well done Nicky Green another great result 2-57.09, 5th lady at Edinburgh Marathon
From Clare Smith Neil and I completed the LDWA annual 100 mile event this weekend in the valleys of South Wales, coming in 42nd out of 255 finishers after 33 hours and 39 minutes. Weather and underfoot conditions were dreadful and I understand that at least half of the 487 starters retired, so I was just pleased to finish!
Petra Bijsterveld reports ... Alex Hirst continues his excellent parkrunning in Lewisham and came second this week. Skipton saw a number of Harriers running very well this week, including all 3 Williamson ladies on their very first parkrun, with Lucy coming home as 1st female! Results ...
Leeds Woodhouse Moor (1 16:31 Thomas Hughes, U/A) 95 23:14 John Marshall 368 ran Bradford Lister Park (1 17:35 Andrew Siddle, Doncaster AC) 46 22:28 Joe Reynier (junior) 345 39:38 Abbie Reynier (junior) 384 ran Hilly Fields, Lewisham (1 18:08 Gareth Irvine, Sheffield AC) 2 18:48 Alex Hirst 70 ran Skipton Aireville Park (1 17:59 Will Kerr, Saltaire Striders) 4 19:46 Steve Turland 6 20:28 Oscar Stapleton (junior) 10 20:47 Lucy Williamson 1st F (junior) 29 23:51 Joanne Williamson (junior) 46 26:12 Samuel Turland (junior) 56 27:00 Sue Williamson 80 ran
From Adela Reperecki ... I took part in this local event organised by Horsforth Harriers which started and finished at Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge. The run was just over 5 miles (route was shorter than normal due to work on the canal path). A scenic and undulating route on road, paths and tracks. I was the only red and green to be seen and came in at 41:39
Results ...
(1 15:26 Jonathan Wills, Leeds City_ 52 17:47 Sally Morley 55 17:49 Stephen Coy 89 19:05 Derek Oliver 90 19:06 Jane McCarthy 108 19:31 Tilly Melechi 111 19:34 Lucy Haines 116 19:41 Sally Malir 119 19:43 Lizzie Hebbert 127 19:56 Beth Massey 134 20:07 Tom Worboys 157 20:37 Rebecca Mon-Williams 163 20:47 Lucy Jacques 174 21:15 Bethan Morley 177 21:22 Alison Weston 186 21:38 Emily Elmes 199 22:03 Alison Bennett 201 22:05 Sam Craske 204 22:16 Helen Waddington 223 23:10 Caroline Craske 237 24:05 Hilda Coulsey 248 25:01 Allison Ricci 288 26:56 Nea Weston 339 ran
Sally Morley's time equals Amanda Oddie's ladies' and LV35 Club record, set at Horwich in 2006.
(1 28:47 Mike Burrett, Harrogate) 19 32:24 Mark Mon-Williams 24 32:43 William Buckton 40 33:58 Steve Turland 51 34:54 Andrew Sheldon 54 35:08 Jane McCarthy 60 35:34 Rachel Carter 65 35:39 Steve Newell 98 38:00 Stephen Rhodes 111 38:16 Tom Worboys 122 38:36 Rachel McKay 129 39:08 Alison Weston 131 39:13 Julie Watson 146 40:14 Phillip Hurst 160 41:01 Adrian Weatherley 177 41:42 David Ibbotson 183 42:14 Stephanie Fox 186 42:27 Val Kerr 194 42:44 Will Warboys 236 44:29 Jean Sullivan 258 46:00 Eric Morley 270 46:33 Louise Airey 271 46:34 Geoffrey White 287 47:58 Jacqui Weston 289 48:09 Julie Elmes 291 48:12 Petra Bijsterveld 296 48:37 Sue Williamson 300 48:58 Sue Verspyck 311 50:17 Sally Wright 322 51:09 Sue Morley 325 51:20 Donald Macrae 354 57:51 David Millson 367 finished
Tom Adams was sixth in the senior race, helping Yorkshire to team bronze. In the U18 race Lucy Williamson gained a Yorkshire vest; in U16 Lucy Haines finished 5th as part of the Golden Yorkshire team, with Jemima Elgood just behind; and Ruaridh Mon-Williams had a good result 12th in the U16 men's race. Results
From Petra Bijsterveld ...
Five Harriers, all women, traveled to Ripon this morning for the 10 miler. A very scenic but hilly course taking you around Studley Royal and Fountains Abbey, mainly on good trails and minor roads. It was very tough going in the heat and I was substantially slower than last year, but some of the more intrepid runners were not so easily put off and achieved good finishing times.
I would recommend this race, and the tea and home-made cakes at the pavilion are a real bonus at the end.
Results
(1 58:06 Mike Jefferies, Billingham AC) 33 1:10:16 Caz Farrow 1st F40 60 1:15:43 Beth Massey 4th F40 184 1:32:38 Christine Cox 261 1:42:45 Petra Bijsterveld 288 1:47:49 Julie Elmes 342 ran
(1 19:44 Rob Jebb, Bingley) 20 24:23 Iain Gibbons (pictured) 100 finished
Some top junior results too: Euan Brennan 2nd U14, Max Bradley 3rd U12, and more.
From Helen Waddington... A well organised and (for me at least!) challenging 10k through beautiful woods, trails and fields on a perfect morning . . .
(1 41:50 Peter Branny, Leeds City AC) 9 46:37 Steve Turland 1st V45 60 59:26 Adela Reperecki 1st V50 (second year running! and with a faster time) 73 61:55 Helen Waddington 140 74:35 Petra Bijsterveld 200 ran
From Brian Melia ... Jamie Hutchinson and I set off once again for the Old County Tops. 37 miles and 10000 feet of ascent. It caters for pairs running as all male, mixed or all female. Fabulous weather made it even more exciting. The atmosphere at the start is really special. The route is a beautiful one taking in Helvellyn summit then a steep run down to Wythburn car park for tea and sandwiches. A trot up the valley follows under Raise then to Angle Tarn leading to Scafell Pike, which was very hot. Then the most exciting bit dropping off the top down some buttresses and steep narrow paths to the valley leading to Cockley Beck. We changed our route this year as some Keswick runners looked like they had something up their sleeves, so we pursued on an excellent trail to lovely cheese and pickle sandwiches, homemade cakes, tea etc. A superb pit stop! The final climb is tough, but we stuck together to the Old Man then after a rest headed the final few miles home. We both had problems, but the event way outweighs most things and the finish is a really special place to be, very low key, just fell runners in their new T shirts. We completed it in just over 9 hrs 30 ish, I believe and about 35th team. Fastest time was 8 hrs. Great day
BOFRA fell race.
(1 19:44 Rob Jebb, Bingley) 20 24:23 Iain Gibbons 100 finished
Some good Ilkley junior results, incl. Euan Brennan 2nd u14, Max Bradley 3rd U12
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results
Leeds Woodhouse Moor (1 16:39 Thomas Hughes, U/A) 16 18:52 Nicky Green, 1st lady 169 24:53 Jo Prowse 420 ran Coventry (1 16:18 George Goodwin, Rugby and Northampton AC) 20 20:38 Jonathan Schneider 516 ran Bradford Lister Park (1 18:42 Martin Fillingham, Saltaire Striders) 2 18:47 Alex Hirst 40 22:47 Philip Hirst 358 ran Skipton Aireville Park (1 17:57 Neil Maloney, Skipton AC) 8 20:28 Oscar Stapleton (junior) 18 22:23 Tom Worboys 74 35:17 Fiona Schneider 81 ran
(1 15:31 Kevin Ogden, Spen) 35 17:20 Mark Mon-Williams 59 17:50 Stephen Coy 61 17:50 Sally Morley 70 18:03 Steve Weston 71 18:06 Nicky Green 89 18:30 Mark Iley 94 18:38 Derek Oliver 95 18:46 Catherine Farrow 98 18:52 Arthur Reilly 101 18:55 Jane McCarthy 112 19:16 Tilly Melechi 122 19:27 Lizzie Hebbert 125 19:29 Lucy Haines 126 19:30 Sally Malir 132 19:41 Tom Worboys 140 19:53 Beth Massey 154 20:13 Lucy Jacques 191 21:07 Jacob Hellewell 206 21:46 Alison Bennett 217 22:15 Emily Elmes 220 22:22 Helen Waddington 247 23:16 Nicholas Mellor 249 23:20 Dave Taylor 256 23:59 Hilda Coulsey 278 25:12 Petra Bijsterveld 280 25:16 Julie Elmes 288 25:34 Nea Weston 289 25:36 Alison Weston 318 26:44 Fiona Schneider 337 29:06 Jo Taylor 338 29:06 Bridget Taylor 363 finished
Nicky's time is a new ladies' Club record, not only beating Sally Morley's LV40 record of 36:57 from last year's Abbey Dash, but also beating Sarah Jarvis's LV35 and ladies' record of 36:34 from Middlesex in 2008.
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Results show we had 2nd mixed team 17th overall and our second team was 68th, out of 100
1 5:57:12 Calder Valley 17 7:12:50 IH A Mixed 10/10 1:22:06 Dan Wilkinson and Mark Mon-Williams 18/11 1:11:34 Justin Phillips and Jez Hellewell 20/11 45:43 Rebecca Mon-Williams and Kate Archer 21/13 1:18:49 Dick Waddington and Jane McCarthy 23/13 1:07:49 Sally Malir and Jann Smith 30/17 1:24:48 Sally Morley and Steve Weston 68 9:28:36 IH B Mixed 74/74 1:52:44 Alison Bennett and John Coates 73/73 1:37:10 Nick Mellor and Nigel Tapper 78/73 1:05:55 Amanda Newham and Jacqui Weston 68/70 1:45:02 Sarah Edwards and Lawrence Basham 74/70 1:27:42 Keith Wood and Lynn Donohue 55/68 1:34:04 Andrew Merrick and Helen Horton
From Fiona Schneider ... Well! That was a first. Not a half marathon or a Leeds half marathon but sitting on a pavement mid race for 25 min attending a collapsed lady until the ambulance arrived. The paramedic was great but took about 15 min to arrive so it was fortunate poorly lady from Leeds was feeling a lot better by then. In my head I had abandoned my own running at this 8.5 mile stage. (I was heading for the wrong side of 2 hr with 63 min on my clock at half way.) But of course, no-one was going to give me a lift. So ensuring the lady was recovering in expert hands I set off again. Running did not flow easily at first but then I got it! I was doing what I had never done! Reel in nearly every runner on the road! I could get to like that!
Results ...
(1 1:08:26 Tesfaye Debele) 210 1:30:58 Rachel Carter 1002 1:45:53 Kevin Lawson 1070 1:48:59 John Marshall 1296 1:48:37 Charlotte Smithson 1367 1:50:06 Eric Hawthorn 1385 1:50:31 Dave Ibbotson 1720 1:53:40 Martin Wright 2374 1:57:37 Geoffrey White 3122 2:04:59 Sue Williamson 3578 2:12:52 Donna Hattersley 4827 2:31:13 Fiona Schneider 5318 finished
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Dave Wilby reports ... The long and lonely search for some half decent racing form took me to a wet & windy Lake District on Saturday, for one of the best races in the calendar. Buttermere Sailbeck was back on following a 2 year hiatus, and a very hard course was complemented by some tough weather on the higher tops. After a long grassy ascent to the first CP at Ard Crags, and a steep technical drop off and down the valley, the crux of the race is the unrelenting ascent up the side of Causey Pike. There follows a glorious ridge run over Sail & up to Ill Crag, before a tricky line in thick mist around to Whiteless Pike. A few missed the contour and went straight on to Grasmoor, but I was fortunate enough not to join them and so picked up the odd unseen place before the final headlong dash all the way off back in to Buttermere. I didn�t quite have the legs to mix it up with the Lakes based runners but I was pleased to get a 4min PB and finish 12th in a good quality field of 100 finishers. Results
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Alex Hirst continued his series of a PB every consecutive week at Lewisham and came 2nd this week. Oscar Stapleton (junior) was 3rd at Skipton. Results...
Leeds Woodhouse Moor (1 16:04 Thomas Hughes, U/A) 108 24:14 Will Worboys 377 ran Hilly Field, Lewisham (1 18:19 Stephen Thackeray, U/A) 2 18:47 Alex Hirst PB 118 ran Skipton Aireville Park (1 18:22 Tim Ashelford, Leeds and Bradford Tri Club) 3 21:04 Oscar Stapleton (junior) 17 23:38 Helen Waddington 46 28:16 Alex Millar 67 ran Fountains Abbey (1 17:26 Toby Osman, Ripon Runners) 43 24:08 Alison Eagle 157 ran
From Clare Smith and Neil Chapman ... thank you so much to all the wonderful Harriers who gave their time,
effort (and sandwiches!) to help make tonight's first event in the Harrogate District Summer Race League a success.
Results etc. on www.harrogate-league.org.uk
(1 27:35 Andrew Grant, Harrogate) 13 29:18 David Westhead 22 30:20 Mark Mon-Williams 27 30:38 Dick Waddington 30 30:52 William Buckton 52 32:38 Rachel Carter 53 32:48 Jane McCarthy 55 32:52 Jack Cummings 57 32:55 Catherine Farrow 60 33:03 Duncan Cooper 62 33:13 Steve Nowell 64 33:19 Mark Iley 92 34:21 Ben Joynson 112 35:29 Stephen Rhodes 114 35:33 Rachel McKay 147 37:32 Nigel Tapper 149 37:37 Julie Watson 167 38:35 Alison Bennet 172 38:44 Adela Reperecki 184 39:18 Sue Williamson 187 39:24 Will Warboys 190 39:31 Helen Waddington 196 39:51 Stephanie Fox 199 39:57 Val Kerr 213 40:35 Anna Barlow 228 41:13 Nick Mellor 229 41:14 Louise Airey 238 53:49 Laura Dawes 241 41:48 Jean Sullivan 242 41:50 Hilda Coulsey 247 42:13 Geoffrey White 265 43:49 Peter Lewis 285 45:27 Sue Verspyck 290 45:42 Julie Elmes 295 46:16 Jacqui Weston 304 47:47 Sally Wright 316 49:44 Donald Macrae 331 54:16 David Millson 341 finished
Results, with a win for Tom 28 seconds clear of 2nd place!
1 15:16 Tom Adams 41 17:24 Ruaridh Mon-Williams 61 18:03 Sally Morley 67 18:11 Steve Weston 73 18:23 Andrew Sheldon 86 18:43 Mark Iley 89 18:57 Nick Pearce 98 19:05 Tilly Melechi 99 19:06 Derek Oliver 100 19:07 Arthur Reilly 103 19:10 Jane McCarthy 118 19:24 Catherine Farrow 122 19:27 Sally Malir 136 19:44 Lucy Jacques 141 19:49 Lucy Haines 145 19:54 Tom Worboys 146 19:56 Toni Melechi 153 20:09 Beth Massey 155 20:11 Lucy Williamson 164 20:20 Rebecca Mon-Williams 178 20:36 Bethan Morley 209 21:19 Jacob Hellewell 211 21:22 Alison Weston 225 21:44 Emily Elmes 226 21:48 Alison Bennett 285 23:54 Hilda Coulsey 323 25:40 Petra Bijsterveld 325 25:41 Sue Williamson 332 25:48 Julie Elmes 346 26:07 Nea Weston 393 29:31 Dave Taylor 394 29:32 Bridget Taylor 422 finished
Nick Pearce's time beats his own V60 Club record of 19:11, set at John Carr last year.
From Ben Sheppard ... I didn't spot any other Ilkley Harriers through the rain in Lothersdale for this 3.6 mile, 600ft climb category BS race. The going was heavy and a headwind made a struggle of the climb up, in contrast to last year's blinding sunshine. Tenth at the turn, despite descending skills that owe more to Kenny Everett than Kenny Stuart and displaying all the elan of a runaway bath in a scene from Last of the Summer Wine, I out-hurtled two James Herriotts (Wharfedale vets) to finish 8th in a little under 28 minutes, half a minute slower than than last year but fourteen places nearer the front. Seemingly it pays to race in dreary weather. Results ...
(1 23:50 Jack Smith, Wharfedale) 8 27:46 Ben Sheppard 84 finished
George Elmes reports ... with junior Ilkley Harriers currently an impressive 5th in the English Club Championships, SIXTEEN travelled across to Mytholmroyd for round 3 of the Championships looking to maintain our early form. Some fabulous results - see the full report on the junior pages.
Photos from the Woodentops and Graham Weston.
From Jim Ryder ... The senior Coiners race was run outright by Katie Walshaw, Holmfirth Harriers, 54:48. I came in 24th in 1:00.59. 127 ran. A great route up and around Stoodley Pike, with a friendly atmosphere and great views.
(1 37:08 Richard Bernie, Liverpool) 27 44:28 Steve Turland 255 finished
Petra Bijsterveld reports ... I was alerted to the existence of this race last year by Dave Wilby's report. He said he'd hated almost every step and that sentence resounded in my head as I went round this morning. I cannot say I enjoyed the process much either. I had entered this race to try and break the 2 hour barrier, having failed by 13 seconds last year on a flat course in Holland. Today I did set off too fast, got to the half way point in 57 minutes and struggled considerably in the 2nd half. I pushed on as the thought of 'having' to enter another flat road HM was just too much to bear, and achieved my goal! I would recommend this race to anyone wanting to achieve a fast time. The event, now in its third year, is supremely well organized, completely traffic-free, with lots of water stations, a jelly bean station (!) and much general support along the route, and a nice finish inside Scunthorpe FC stadium. I did not see any other Harriers there or in the results ...
(1 1:10:36 Jason Cherriman, Leeds City AC) 766 1:59:08 Petra Bijsterveld PB 1115 finished
Charlotte Smithson is ... really happy to share my PB of 4 minutes from today's Sunderland 10K. Results ...
(1 31:39 Ian Hudspith, Morpeth) 280 49:54 Charlotte Smithson PB 1588 finished
(1 1h05:07 Adii Bouafif) 500 1h35:09 David Schneider 4516 finished
From Alison Weston ... results from 2nd English Fell Championship race. A great 8.5 mile run up Wetherlam and Coniston Old Man with a steep fast descent back to Coniston village. Six Harriers took part including a ladies team. Results ...
(1 1h07:57 Tom Addison, Helm Hill) 133 1h27:11 Nick Pearce 2nd V60 224 1h37:49 Alison Weston 238 1h39:54 Will Buckton 245 1h41:16 Kate Archer 246 1h41:20 Jann Smith 263 1h43:49 Norman Bush 1st V70 403 finished
See Graham's photos.
A new race from Addingham up Beamsley Beacon. Results ...
(1 34:06 Chris Loftus, KCAC) 3 37:52 Ian Rowbotham 32 48:56 Chantal Busby 58 58:43 Sue Morley 65 finished
Petra Bijsterveld reports ... Another PB for Alex Hirst who finished 4th at Lewisham and has managed to improve his time for the 4th week running. Where will it end? Also a PB for Fiona Schneider at Skipton. Results ...
Bradford Lister Park (1 17:25 Will Tyrrell-Moore, U/A) 16 20:48 Oscar Stapleton (junior) 114 24:53 Sarah Haines 468 ran Skipton Aireville Park (1 18:55 John Broom, Barnsley) 18 22:35 Lewis Carr (junior) 59 27:28 Fiona Schneider PB 72 29:27 Dylan Carr (junior) 97 33:40 Miranda Phillips 99 ran Hilly Fields, Lewisham (1 18:20 Gary Maskell, Leigh on Sea Striders) 4 18:56 Alex Hirst PB 123 ran Coventry (1 16:04 Peter Freedman, U/A) 29 20:18 Jonathan Schneider 523 ran