Ilkley Harriers news archive 2013
Ilkley Harriers of the Month, July
| Kate Archer | For continuing good race results on the fells | Other nominations were:
Sharon Meadows - for her Lakeland 100/50 race Neil Smith - for training hard & completing the Lakeland 100/50 and continuing good results in long races Neil & Clare Smith - for their performances in the Lakeland 100/50 Rob Cunningham - for numerous good race results |
| David Westhead | For his sub 36min 10k at the Jane Tomlinson Leeds 10k |
Earlier Harriers of the Month ...
St Ives beach 10K Cornwall, Tue 30 July
From Dave Iibbotson... this new race starts on the beach at low tide on the west end of Hayle beach, St Ives, Cornwall. The course takes you along the length of the beach before turning into the sand dunes at Hayle Towans. Beautiful scenery surrounds you as you follow well trodden paths and you are eventually faced with the 'Big Dune' Ð a very steep intimidating dune of soft loose sand. Once over this, you descend back to the beach for a long last mile slog to the finish. I did 51 minutes 54th out of 115 entrants. Winner Ben Price Cheltenham 35:39
Training, Tuesday 30th July
Please note there is no training at ILTSC this week as there is a major tennis tournament on. There is an Away Run as described in
the Forums.
See also the Google Calendar and training page for details of any training sessions taking a "summer break".
Blisco Dash, Sat 27 July
From Clare Smith... Provisional results for this English Championships Short counter:
Men 102 51:44 Nick Pearce (1st M60) 138 55:26 Will Buckton 147 55:50 Bradley Chapman Ladies 22 56:01 Kate Archer 34 58:21 Alison Weston (3rd LV45) 39 58:51 Jann Smith 65 67:13 Sue Booth
UTLD 50/100 mile, 26/27 July
From Clare Smith... Neil Smith finished 51st out of 274 starters (174 finishers) in the Lakeland 100 event in a time of 32:25:13. Clare Smith finished 201st out of 583 starters (482 finishers) in the Lakeland 50 in a time of 13:28:50.
Read Sharons's adventures! ...
Lancaster 5km, Sat 27 July
From Beth Massey ...
Unable to resist another opportunity to race over 5km I headed off into Lancashire for the 3rd of the Lancaster Summer 5km series. Not going to be caught out again by a 5km race being marked out in miles I'd worked out my pace beforehand! Unfortunately, I forgot to tell my legs and I was off the pace from the start going though the first 2 miles well off target and on course for a 20min+ time. My legs finally got the message and did the final mile at my target pace! I crossed the line in 19mins 44secs finishing 3rd lady (1st F40) a bit slower than I'd hoped for but a good effort! This is genuinely a PB course as it is run on a flat, traffic free circuit, although it would benefit from a bigger field as it can be a bit of time trial. Having said that, the first 9 men and 1st lady were all under 17mins with James Reed of Altrincham & District winning in the very swift time of 15mins 14secs.
If you're on form and running well it's certainly worth making the effort to travel to Lancaster to take part in this friendly series.
Parkruns, Sat 27 July
Bradford Lister Park 54 23:37 Joe Reynier Harrogate Stray 147 25:35 Emily Elmes 152 25:44 Julie Elmes Leeds Hyde Park 84 22:54 Cameron Reilly 85 22:54 Arthur Reilly Wimbledon Common 5 17:45 Dave Wilby 274 29:41 Kelly Harrison
Cracoe fell race, Sun 21 July
BOFRA Championship race ...
(1 20:54 James Hall, Wharfedale) 15 24:07 Bradley Chapman 19 24:39 Steve Turland 21 24:53 Iain Gibbons 49 29:21 Jann Smith 95 finished
Harrogate Town Centre 10k, Sun 21 July
From Henry Heavisides ... The course for the Harrogate Town Centre 10k is 2 laps of a residential area. It is undulating with lots of twists & turns. The weather was overcast & not as hot in recent days which made it quite pleasant for running a 10k. Rob Cunningham continued his fine run of recent form with a time of 36:13 for 13th place. 11 runners from Ilkley Harriers took part in the race. Results ...
(1 32:18 David Turnbull, Homfirth) 13 36:13 Rob Cunningham 40 39:29 Henry Heavisides 120 44:20 Michael Duffield 137 45:23 Neil Bloor 138 45:29 Philip Hirst 157 46:27 Chris Cunningham 243 50:38 Karen Lambe 286 52:56 Allison Ricci 346 56:01 Julie Elmes 351 56:27 Emma Payne 360 57:01 Sally Wright 378 59:05 Carole Cunningham 440 finished
This was a counter in the Ilkley Harriers Race League ...
Pudsey Multi-terrain 10k, Sun 21 July
From Paul Stephens... I like this race. It's a varied course, half off-road with some steep hills. Staring from the Cenotaph in Pudsey it plunges down into the Fulneck Valley, climbs out on the Bradford side, loops round and descends again with a steep ascent back up to Pudsey and a 3km finish along the roads, the last 800m uphill and into the park. There was a great crowd all the way around and plenty of marshals. I was the only Harrier, and was reasonably happy with my time of 47.10 and 76 place out of 351. It was a minute or two slower than in 2010, and a few places down, but a good friendly race. Results ...
(1 36:14 Christian Holmes, Wharfedale) 76 47:10 Paul Stephens 351 finished
Cheshire half marathon, Sun 21 July
From David Green ... this was my first half marathon and I can thoroughly recommend it as a course for the half marathon novice. The race starts and finishes at Arley Hall and is flat, well marshalled and takes in the best of rural Cheshire. The flat course and cooler conditions helped towards a sub-2 hour finishing time. A second Cheshire half marathon is held is in November at Capesthorn Hall.
(1 1:09:07 Tarus Elly, Salford Harriers) 213 1:53:07 David Green 379 finished
Run Sunday, Sun 21 July
Weekly 3 mile timed run on Otley Chevin. Results:
(1 19:38 Simon Anderson, Otley AC) 4 21:48 Tilly Melechi 23 finished
Kentmere Horseshoe, Sun 21 July
More from Will Buckton ... I followed Ingleborough by completing my 25th FRA fell race of 2013 on Sunday at the Kentmere Horseshoe (AM 19.8km/1006m). A classic race taking in the summits of Ill Bell, High Street and Kentmere Pike with some excellent grassy ridge running and fast descents. Although my legs were pretty tired in the first couple of miles, I soon got going and had a reasonable run to finish 38th out of a field of 214 in 1h53. Met a new Ilkley Harrier called Dan who I chased round and he finished strongly just ahead in 1h52.
(1 1h32:33 Rob Jebb, Bingley) 38 1h53:58 Will Buckton 212 finished
Ingleborough Mountain Race, Sat 20 July
From Will Buckton ... There was a great turnout of Harriers on Saturday at the Ingleborough Mountain Race (AM 11km/600m). It's a huge climb from Ingleton and a flying descent. Good to see Martin Archer back on the fells and first Harrier home. Ilkley cleared up four prizes with Jane McCarthy taking 1st Lady and LV40, Ian Rowbotham 1st V50 and Nick Pearce 1st V60. I needed a sprint finish to sneak under an hour in 59:58 according to my watch! Results ...
(1 50:08 Benjamin Riddell, Salford Harriers) 15 58:09 Martin Archer 23 59:58 Will Buckton 26 60:38 Ian Rowbotham 1st V50 28 61:40 Nick Pearce 1st V60 38 63:16 Jane McCarthy 1st Lady and LV40 39 63:28 Dick Waddington 80 70:52 Geoff Howard 87 72:26 Outi Kamarainen 138 91:59 Sue Morley 140 finished
Snowdon International Mountain Race, Sat 20 July
See Pete Shields in this video
Caz Farrow ran in the new Snowdon Super Cup (uphill only race to tie in with the full Snowdon Race), 24th in a quality field.
Results ...
(1 68:50 Andi Jones) 440 2:06:10 Pete Shields 529 finished Snowdon Super Cup (1 40:53 Wegene Tefese) 24 60:02 Caz Farrow 28 finished
Parkruns, Sat 20 July
Bradford Lister Parkrun 43 23:13 Joe Reynier 222 37:08 Abbie Reynier Walsall Arboretum 84 27:15 Emma O'Looney
Eshton Moor fell race, Thu 18 July
Jeff Green reports... the race used to be called Gargrave Cross Country and according to my calculations, it wouldnÕt count as a category ÒCÓ under FRA rules. But who cares?! This was a BOFRA race and a very friendly, low key one on a beautiful summer evening. There wasnÕt a huge turnout and it would have helped to have had a few more runners who knew the route, especially near the front. I think the eventual winner ran the furthest as well as the fastest. There was some enthusiastic junior racing too with an excellent 3rd place for Max Bradley in the Boys U12s race. Results ...
(1 36:06 Craig Shearer, KCAC) 3 37:19 Jeff Green 30 finished
Golden Acre Relays, Wed 17 July
Lynn Donohue reports ... A beautiful summers' evening at Golden Acre, lots of teams - 113 in total and three Harriers teams: Junior girls, ladies team and a mixed team. Teams of three each running about 2.75 miles each, largely based on the PECO cross country course, a mixture of parkland, woods and fields. Won by a junior boys team from City of York in a new course record 44:22, in fact City of York had a brilliant evening wining the Junior girls and Ladies teams. Our junior girls of Tilly Melechi, Iso Hirst and Joanne Williamson had a good run finishing 50th in 59:18. It was very last minute making up the mixed team with only 2 runners until 5 minutes beforehand but we managed to borrow a young man from Abbey Runners and Keith was very pleased as he managed to finish in a faster time than the youngster! Results ...
(1 44:22 City of Yorks boys, new course record)
50 59:18 Team Robbie (Ilkley Junior girls)
Tilly Melechi, Iso Hirst, Joanne Williamson
82 67:10 Ilkley old 'uns and a young 'un (Mixed)
Keith Wood, Lynn Donohue, Edward Thirkell
101 73:15 Young & Old (Ilkley Ladies Vets)
Sue Williamson, Kate Lofthouse, Sarah Hayes
113 teams finished
Stretford track, Tue 16 July
Georgia Malir ran another 3000m PB l, her time was 9:44.02 placing her now 10th U20 in the UK.
Holme Moss fell race, Sun 14 July
Kate Archer, leading lady at Holme Moss. Results ...
(1 2h23:19 Karl Gray) 29 3h47:51 Kate Archer 66 finished
Jane Tomlinson Leeds 10k, Sun 14 July
Dave Westhead reports ... a sweltering 10k round a new course. Results ...
(1 30:41 Tesfaye Debele, Bradford Airedale) 26 35:53 David Westhead (1st V45) 131 40:51 Sally Malir (1st F45) 878 47:55 Kevin Lawson 839 49:04 Andrew Mitchell 1646 53:38 Charlotte Smithson 2225 54:05 John Marshall 2480 55:09 Emma Curran 3283 58:25 Sally Wright 5072 67:43 Andrea Westhead 7028 finished (finish order, chip time)
Addingham Gala fell race, Sat 13 July
Ilkley Harriers regained the Mob Match trophy, narrowly defeating Bingley Harriers 1381 points to 1355, every runner counting as both clubs fielded 16 runners.
Super results all round, especially considering it was the hottest day of the year so far! A big thank you to all those who marshalled and helped out. This race is going from strength to strength, with a record field of 81 runners even on a day when it would've been nice to just sit in the beer garden!
Results
Woodentops photos
(1 43:44 Gareth Hird, Wharfedale) 4 46:01 Rob Cunningham 8 47:46 Ben Sheppard 10 48:19 Alistair McInnes 13 48:29 Ian Rowbotham 18 50:54 Mark Mon-Williams 24 52:28 Geoffrey Howard 26 52:43 Rebecca Mon-Williams 1st lady 27 53:02 Ali Wood 36 56:17 John Hayes 42 58:18 Steve Weston 48 59:14 Paul Stephens 51 60:44 Philip Hirst 70 68:03 Lynn Donohue 76 76:17 Peter Lewis 77 77:52 Paul Sugden 59 63:42 David Ibbotson 79 finished
This was a counter in the Ilkley Harriers Race League ...
Wasdale fell race, Sat 13 July
Dave Wilby reports on this English Championships counter, 21 miles with 9000' of climb...
the toughest fell race in the calendar certainly wasn't made any easier by a late morning start on the hottest day of the year so far, but a good number of Harriers put in some fantastic performances to conquer the course in fine style. Steve Turland showed an excellent return to form to lead home the travelling contingent, and was followed home by the ice cool Will Buckton who knocked over an hour off his time of last year, despite conditions meaning times in general were slower by at least 10-15 minutes. Nick Pearce took on Wasdale for the first time, and despite doing the 120 mile White Rose cycle ride last weekend still had the legs to come home 3rd in his age group. Alison Weston ran brilliantly to lead home our ladies and maintain her consistent run of times, despite the conditions. Also completing in very fine style were Jann Smith, Neil Smith, Duncan Cooper & Clare Smith. Despite pre-race fears of missing the tough time limits, Clare raced through the final cut-off at Great Gable in good time, and kicked on to finish well inside 7hrs.
from Alison W... thanks to all who ran in such hot conditions. We got both men and ladies teams round this really gruelling race. And a very BIG thanks to all the supporters too especially Helen Waddington who carried bottles and bottles of water up to Styhead Tarn which was most appreciated and to Dave who helped Joss Naylor give out water at the road crossing, amidst lots of requests from runners for photos with Joss!
Results ....
(1 3:55:19 Ben Abdelnoor, Keswick) 53 5:07:06 Steve Turland 76 5:22:17 Will Buckton 99 5:38:17 Nick Pearce 3rd MV60 108 5:50:42 Alison Weston 2nd LV45 113 5:52:29 Jann Smith 139 6:07:16 Neil Smith 146 6:12:44 Duncan Cooper 188 6:53:49 Clare Smith 192 finished 4th ladies team, and 3rd LV40 team
Alva fell race, Sat 6 July
BOFRA Championship race ...
(1 21:26 Alastair Dunn, Helm Hill) 19 27:25 Iain Gibbons 67 finished
Parkrun results, Sat 13 July
Bradford Lister Park 35 22:04 Oscar Stapleton
Washburn Valley Relays, Fri 12 July
Ben Sheppard reports ... Good Ilkley performances across the board on a lovely night for picnicking. Which, incidentally, is what Malcolm was doing when he should have been at the prize giving as part of the winning men's team. All were spared the spectacle of us celebrating like we'd taken gold in the Olympic 4x100 by the fact we were oblivious to our momentous victory until the organisers pointed out the team home before us were a mixed team. We were further denied the opportunity to over-celebrate with trophy waving by the fact the organisers had 'temporarily mis-placed' (lost) the 'trophy' (shiny plastic egg cup with handles). Meanwhile the ladies' excellent run was edged out only by another team of talented youngsters, running in Yorkshire vests. Despite another good performance the mixed team could not match Baildon's mixed team, which finished first overall. Thanks to Neil for organising us.
Results from organising club Otley AC ...
(1 64:31 Baildon (mixed)) 2 64:43 20:57 Malcolm Pickering 24:21 Ben Sheppard 19:25 Rob Cunningham (fastest on leg 3) 8 67:52 Harrogate (1st ladies) 10 69:00 20:40 Beth Massey 27:11 Caz Farrow 21:09 Sally Morley 36 86:38 26:52 Allison Ricci 37:45 Julie Elmes 22:01 Alistair Wood 39 86:55 30:19 Sally Wright 29:10 Rachel Carter 27:26 Lynn Donohue 49 teams finished
Loads of junior teams out too, and Ilkley brought home the trophy for first junior team!
Next local relay is the Golden Acre Relay next Wednesday 17th July.
Norman Smith Handicap race (HDSRL), Wed 10 July
The finale of the 2013 Harrogate District Summer Race League was staged this year at Thirsk. Both Don and Petra beat scratch runner Ian Fisher in the handicap race, Don was just 1 second away from a trophy for 3rd place! And another race with free beer, plus an excellent supper and the presentations of the League trophies and medals (alas no silver-ware for Ilkley this year!)
Handicap positions, race times 4 50:07 Don Macrae 110 51:38 Petra Bijsterveld 133 31:31 Ian Fisher, Otley AC, fastest time) 162 finished
Stirton fell race, Wed 10 July
From Paul stephens ... A lovely little race, a beautiful evening, a little cooler than Tuesday, and a bottle of beer for all finishers. I thought I'd done the race before - back in the 1990s. But I was mistaken. I had raced in the area before - in 1993 and 1995. But it was called Airdale Pikes in those days and organised I believe by 264 (Skipton) Air Training Corps or possibly Clayton-Le-Moors Harriers. Judging from the times it was probably a similar distance but I'm sure the course was different.
(1 37:04 Stephen Chew, Barlick Fell Runners) 15 42:06 Bradley Chapman 23 44:17 Will Buckton 33 45:39 Richard Joel 45 47:31 Paul Stephens 96 63:05 Sue Morley 98 finished
Hyde Park Harriers Summer Mile, Wed 10 July
From Sally Malir ... Georgia and Sally Malir ran this well organised 2 lap mile race last Wednesday. Georgia was 3rd woman over all in 5:05.8 (actually breaking last year's record) and Sally was 13th (think first old woman) in 6:00.8. After the race walking event there were 10 waves of runners organised on predicted times which meant that you could spectate as well as participate! There was also supper (chilli and cakes) included in the race entry of £5. We had a great time and recommend this race to anyone.
Stoodley Pike fell race, Tue 9 July
From Will Buckton... Enjoyed a nice run (BS 5km/213m) up and down Stoodley Pike on a beautiful Tuesday evening in Calderdale.
(1 18:59 Rob Hope, Pudsey & Bramley) 56 25:45 Will Buckton 186 finished
Verbier St Bernard Boucle 110 km Ultra Trail Race, 6/7 July
From Brian Melia ... a beautiful ultra trail race set in and around Verbier, Switzerland, with constant views of the magnificent Grand Combins. The event covered some very high cols which were covered in deep snow making racing very difficult in extreme heat. I finished 26th in 19hrs 38 mins and was pleased to have run so well. Not sure I will attempt it again as the final climb from Loutier to La Chaux is one of the most difficult climbs I have encountered. www.trailvsb.ch
Lakeland Trails marathon, Sun 7 July
From Ben Sheppard ...
A breathtakingly picturesque circuit of Coniston Water on footpaths and bridleways taking in Tarn Hows and the Beacon Tarn, with views of the lake and the surrounding peaks of the Old Man, Swirl How, Wetherlam and Dow Crags. One other harrier, Ewan Welsh, was up for it too after a spell on the sidelines of late.
Fully marked, well supported, well organised and friendly (the race, not me), highly recommended for trail runners who like to be pampered, road marathoners who fancy a change, and even hard-as-nails fell runners who fancy a soft option.
The heatwave took its toll, the last 7 miles a real slog on an undulating course, but held it together for a PB (it being my first marathon) of 3 hours 43.
Read Ewan Welsh's bit ...
Results
(1 2h54:21 Marcuss Scotney, Howgill Harriers) 21 3h43:24 Ben Sheppard 188 5h07:16 Ewan Welsh 259 finished
Eccup 10, Sun 7 July
From Beth Massey ...
The Eccup 10m took place on what must have been the hottest day of the year so far! Not the easiest of courses at the best of times, the undulating route and excessive heat certainly took its toll! The race incorporated the Yorkshire Open and Yorkshire Veterans AA Championships so attracted a good quality field and a record number of entries. It was great to see eight Harriers representing the club in the race and the ladies in particular were well placed in the YVAA Championships. I was first Harrier home in 67mins 40secs finishing 2nd FV40 in the Yorkshire Champs. Caz Farrow also ran well taking 1st FV35 in 69mins 50secs, and Emma Barclay taking 1st FV45 in 70mins 44secs. Martin Archer finished in 69mins 32secs, Anthony Swanepoel 85mins 59secs, David Green 94mins 15secs, Petra Bijsterveld 104mins and Donna Hattersley 104mins 41secs, all really good efforts in tough conditions.
Results c/o David Green...
(1 55:07 Matthew John, Otley AC) 70 1h07:40 Beth Massey 88 1h09:32 Martin Archer 90 1h09:50 Catherine Farrow 106 1h10:44 Emma Barclay 376 1h25:59 Anthony Swanepoel 502 1h34:15 David Green 628 1h44:00 Petra Bijsterveld 637 1h44:41 Donna Hattersley 751 finished
English Junior Fell Champs - Langdale, Sun 7 July
From George Elmes... 8 juniors made the trip across to the lakes to compete in the final round of the championship in the stunning setting of the Langdale Valley. In scorching weather all performed fantastically well to ensure Ilkley finished 6th in the 2013 club championship
out of over 70 clubs competing. The future is looking bright!
A fantastic effort by all that have put on an Ikley vest and competed at the highest level in the championship this year.
Full report and results soon.
Run Sunday, Sun 7 July
Weekly 3 mile timed run on Otley Chevin. Results:
(1 19:34 James Tarran, Valley Striders) 4 21:25 Toni Melechi 6 21:58 Tilly Melechi 16 finished
SLMM, 6-7 July
From Paul Stephens ... An unexplored part of the Lake District with superb views out to sea, and across the Duddon Sands, Corney Fell was the location for this years Saunders. And we escaped the worst of the heat both days, although Sunday was a little more humid. This was the 10th SLMM my brother and I had competed in. I guess we were slightly disappointed with our result - 53rd out of 130 finishers in the Carrock Fell category - 20km and 805m on the Saturday and 17km and 840m on the Sunday. Our excuse was that the weather was too good, and the checkpoints too easy to find. But it was still a great weekend, and no injuries or stiffness afterwards. We obviously didn't try hard enough. Other Harriers included John and Sarah Hayes, and Gavin Burgess in the Harter Fell, Rachael and Kevin Gooch in the Kirkfell, and Outi Kamarainen in the Scafell.
