Coming Events:
December, January and February
Attendance Scheme
– Final details:
Isle of Man
Marathon and Half 2004.
Blackpool
Marathon/Half: Idle AC Club race 2004
Marathon and Half
marathon training
West Yorkshire
Winter League – 2nd Race Sun 7th December at Idle.
2nd
Annual Sewage Works Surprise Club Handicap Race: Sunday 21st
December at 10am.
Review of a year
at Idle AC – 2003.
Events in bold indicate a ‘club’ event which members are encouraged to run.
|
Date |
Event |
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Sun 7th Dec 03 |
2nd WYWL. Cross Country hosted by Idle AC, 11am. All
club needed to run. Marshals/helpers also needed. |
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Sun 21st Dec 03 |
2nd annual Sewage Works Surprise club 4 mile Handicap
race, 10am, Apperley Bridge. Festive
event. 2pm presentation lunch at
Symposium- £4/£2. |
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Sun 21st Dec 03 |
The Stoop Fell Race, BS, 11.30am. 5miles/800’, Haworth. Free chocs
for all finishers!! |
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Fri 26th Dec 03 |
Chevin Chase 7 mile off road race, 11am, highly recommended event.
|
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Sun 28th Dec 03 |
Jolly Holly Jog 10k, 11am, Ripon. Scenic, multi terrain race
through Studley Park. Highly recommended. |
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Sun 28th Dec 03 |
Hot Toddy 5.8 mile road race, 11am, Todmorden. Hilly, ‘town &
country’ course. Free ‘hot toddy’ for all finishers. |
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Wed 31st Dec 03 |
Auld Lang Syne Fell Race, Haworth. 11.30a, 6 miles/900’. Free
bottle of beer to all finishers. A great way to end the year! |
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Sat 3rd Jan |
Yorkshire Cross Country Championships, Nunroyd, Guiseley. Women 6k
1.30 pm. (Team at least 3) Men 11k 2.10pm. (Team at least 6). Idle to submit
and men’s and women’s team. See Chris for details. |
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Sun 11th Jan 04 |
3rd WYWL Cross country from Esholt hosted by St.Bede’s,
11am. |
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Sun 18th Jan 04 |
Woodkirk 10k, Leeds. |
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Sat 24th Jan 04 |
North of England Cross Country Championships. (St. Helens) Idle to
submit and men’s and women’s team. See Chris for details. |
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Sun 25th Jan 04 |
Brass Monkey Half marathon, York. Club attendance points race for
2004. Entries closed. |
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Sun 1st Feb 04 |
Dewsbury 10k, 9.30am. C/D 17th Jan, no entries on day. Roundhay Romp 5k 10am/10k 11am. |
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Sun 1st Feb 04 |
Roundhay Romp 10k and 5k , 11am. Traffic free. |
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Sun 8th Feb 04 |
4th WYWL Cross country hosted by Pudsey Pacers, 11am. |
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Sun 15th Feb 04 |
Liversedge Half marathon, 12 noon. |
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Sat 21st Feb 04 |
National Cross Country Championships (Leeds). Idle to submit and
men’s and women’s team. See Chris for details. |
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Sun 22nd Feb 04 |
Final WYWL Cross Country hosted by Skipton AC, 11am. |
Top Fifteen Club Races for 2003: Handicap/ Attendance Scheme -6 out of 15 possible races to count. Please don’t forget to sign in the book each time you attend a club session (but only pay once per week) as each attendance at a club training session is worth 1 point and to be eligible for a trophy members must accumulate at least 30 attendance points during the year. Each attendance at a “Club” designated race earns you 5 points (see below). 50% of the required points must be achieved by attendance at training sessions.
The Club races for 2003, where points can be earned, were as follows:
|
Date |
Race Details |
Comments. |
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February - Sun 16th |
Liversedge Half Marathon, 12.00 noon. |
8 members ran. 3 club records broken: Male, Female
& M40. 5 pb’s. |
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March - Sat 22nd |
Coniston 14, 11am. |
Sue Elliott flew the Idle AC flag. |
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April - Sun 6th |
Wakefield 10k, 10am. |
Chris Smith, Martin and Jo Belcher ran. Jo set a new
pb in a time of 46.01. |
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April* - Sun 6th |
Baildon Boundary Way Half, 10.30am. |
6 runners at the Baildon BW: Joe Marjoram 1.41, Dave
Lewis 1.42, Adrian 1.43, Donna 1.45, Edward 1.46 and Simon 1.50. |
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April* - Sat 12th |
Meanwood Valley Trail 8, 10.30am. |
Two club records were set at this 8 mile race: Simon
set an M40 record in a time of 60.38 and Richard set a Male record in 61.03. |
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April* - Sun 20th |
Guiseley Gallop 10k, 10.30am. |
6 runners in this local event: Richard 46.25, Dave
Lewis 46.30, Donna 48.03, Tony 48.46, Edward 49.17 and Pete Helliwell 51.00. |
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April- Tues 1st |
Bunny Run1, 3mile ‘Fell’ race, 7.00 pm. |
9 runners at the first Bunny run: Kay, Jo, Amnuay,
Chris, Tony, Donna, John, Richard & Simon. |
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May - Sun 11 |
Leeds Half or Full Marathon, 10am. |
6 runners in the Half, many of whom obtained pb
times, including Pete V who took 8 minutes off his previous best. |
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May - Wed 14th |
John Carr 5k, Esholt, first race. |
16 runners at this first of the John Carr 5k series
with Dave Lewis, Donna Edmondson & Kay Gambles all breaking club records. |
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June - Sun 22nd |
Blackpool Half or Full Marathon, 9am. |
16 runners at this race and despite the hot weather
pb’s were broken and Kay Gambles set a new F45 club record. |
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Aug -Sat 9th |
Arncliffe Gala 4 mile Road and/or Fell race. |
8 Idle AC members in the road race and three in the
Fell race, including Jo Belcher was 2nd female. |
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Aug - Sat 23rd |
Burnsall Classic 10 mile road race. |
3 runners in the 10 mile race: Chris Stubbs 1.05 (23rd),
Chris Smith 1.12 (43rd) and Dave Lewis 1.13, (47th).
Ian Fisher running for Otley won the race (54.11). Idle AC were 6th
team. Tony Blythe ran in the fell race. |
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Oct – Sun 5th. |
Horsforth 10k, 10am. |
A record club turn out of 24 runners (26 if you count
the twins!) Doug, Amnuay, Trevor, Katy, Elaine and Heather all ran pb’s. Idle
AC were the largest team. |
|
Nov- Sun 2nd |
Guy Fawkes 10mile, 10.30am. |
We had 10 runners at this event. |
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Nov- Sun 30th. |
Abbey Dash 10k, 9.30am. |
We had 20 runners at this event. See results page. |
Details of the attendance winner will be announced in the January edition of the Gossip.
Congratulations
to Martin Burnside and Matthew Coles who get the club’s two guaranteed entries
and to Simon Bellwood and Pete Helliwell who also have entries via the lottery.
There
has been a lot of interest in these races, which are run in Mid August 2004
following Peter Vickers’ success there last year. Pete is therefore recommending these races
for a possible weekend away for club members.
If there is enough interest we might be able to organise a weekend trip.
Please let Pete know if anyone is interested in this idea so that initial
details can be obtained.
Abbey
Dash 10k race 30th November 03:
We had a 20 strong team out for the Abbey Dash which included good runs from Doug and Joe who were battling it out to the finish line in a hope of breaking Chris Stubbs’ club record (they were close). There were also fine performances from Elaine who broke the 1 hour mark and from Heather who ran her second 10k. Alison and Davina were pleased with their race times, both having recently given birth. The official times were as follows:
175 Doug Briggs 38.25 pb
188 Joe Marjoram 38.37 pb
278 Chris Smith 40.25
296 Pete Vickers 40.46 pb
322 Richard Raistrick 41.06
347 Steve Little 41.20
446 Dave Lewis 42.42
578 Adrian Trevelyan 44.14
698 Simon Bellwood 45.34
765 Jo Belcher 46.09 pb
1000 Pete Helliwell 48.22