Any Runners On Here??

[wanda2010]

Sign up for the larger race and see how you do. Maybe use one of the small trai races as part of your training?

Managed to drag myself out for a short run as I'm going shopping shortly. Slow pace and breathing was a tad difficult but I managed a little over 3 miles. Ski gloves and liners seemed to do the trick this time.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

My next events are;
Saturday 23rd; http://todharriers.co.uk/flowerscar.htm (6.5 miles/2300 feet of ascent) or

Sunday 24th;http://www.ilkleyharriers.org.uk/index.php?page=imr

I didn't go to 'Flower Scar', I decided against so much climbing with Ilkley Moor the day after......
.......... Which was a fun race, if one that is a lot harder than it deserves to be for its (almost) civilized location, so close to town
As it says on the Harriers own site; "It is a hard fell race in Winter and not really suitable for beginners as there are some steep, slippery, and rocky descents"Whilst we didn't have severe weather conditions, there was still snow & ice on the higher stretches, coupled with some very steep scrambles (your eyes are level with the ankles of the runner ahead of you)
Pete Bland (of Kendal) had their mobile shop there, with a few good bargains

Sadly I had a bad start; my knee was protesting at a fast start, so lost places (after injuring it in January 2012 during a 'XC' at Temple Newsam, hence no run in 2012)
Hence I lost perhaps 70-80 places in the first mile, & due to the nature of the course at points, it was nigh on impossible to make them up easily (drops to one side, single track, & a banking at the other)
Still, once the first mile or so was over, not many overtook me during the race & I held a position

The result???
137/221 @ 56:56 (scarily the exact time that I recorded in 2011)

Lots of photos here
http://www.woodentops.org.uk/index.php?topic=home&subtopic=morephotos









Running the last XC of our series on Sunday, up at Lawnswood (on Leeds University grounds)
http://www.pecoxc.co.uk/index.html

 

[wanda2010]

You're all barking . I freely admit to being a soft Southerner

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

You're all barking . I freely admit to being a soft Southerner

Nope, we just like the hills

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Last XC of our series today

Didn't enjoy the race at all; entirely on grass, that was very soft.
It wasn't muddy (well, in patches), but was mainly just 'claggy', soft enough to dig in ankle-deep at points, but not wet enough to splash up

We were on Leeds University grounds up at Boddington Hall, on the side of Leeds Ring-Road, where it intersects with Otley Road at Lawnswood

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

There's no results yet, but Dave has his first sets of images up

Juniors fully uploaded, but Seniors are only the Club (group) shots & part of first lap - we have 3(?) runners missing

More from Dave to follow, plus Eileens (his wife) images.

http://woodentops.org.uk/index.php?topic=home&subtopic=morephotos

 

[3narf]

I really need to get back into running.

All I do is cycling nowadays - for the first time in my life running feels unnatural.

 

[BrumJim]

Did Parkrun again last Saturday. First time since my son was born in December.
Today I'm remembering why I don't do it more often. Or as my wife puts it, why I should be doing it more often!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

There's no results yet, but Dave has his first sets of images up

Dave has lots of images up now

Full race & season results are up;
A rather poor Senior male position of 139th/221 (164th/359 overall in race) at this race. Oh well, it happens!

106th/429 for the season

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Didn't run at all yesterday, had 'one of those days' where anyone attempting to get me out of the house for a trot round would have had trouble doing so, no idea why, but I just felt that way


This morning, in contrast, I was out at 08:30 heading over to Pontefract for the ParkRun.
It wasn't anything approaching a fast time, just took it easy & ambled round for a mid-20's placing (cold enough to regret not wearing gloves down the back-straight though)
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/pontefract/results/latestresults/

Came home, had breakfast, & pottered abuot, then headed out for a (circa) 6 mile 'XC' in the rain (shorts, long-sleeve t-shirt & hat)
Was a nice run, got very wet on one bridleway that had turned into a stream(about 1 & 3/4 mile mark)

Got quite muddy too in a couple of stretches, with some quite deep patches too

T'was good fun, had a brief stop at Half-Moon to listen to/watch a WoodPecker on a tree alongside the track (more or less at the 4 mile point)


http://gb.mapometer.com/running/route_1609594.html

 

[wanda2010]

Finally!

Short running sessions yesterday evening and this evening. Am pitifully slow but at least I'm back in the game Just need the to do one so I can run to work without needing heated gloves!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This morning, in contrast, I was out at 08:30 heading over to Pontefract for the ParkRun.
It wasn't anything approaching a fast time, just took it easy & ambled round for a mid-20's placing (cold enough to regret not wearing gloves down the back-straight though)

There's a few pics here from last Saturday on their FaceBook page
http://www.facebook.com/ackworthroa...13934840583.1073741825.262313390453974&type=3

Finally!
Short running sessions yesterday evening and this evening. Am pitifully slow but at least I'm back in the game Just need the to do one so I can run to work without needing heated gloves!

Good on you Wanda!!

Rose sell (battery operated heated gloves & inner-soles - browsing through their (extremely thick) printed catalogue

http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/heat-systems-shoe-heating-3d-with-remote-control/aid:444810
http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/alpenheat-heatable-undergloves-fire-liner/aid:597632 (scary prices though!!)

 

[wanda2010]

How much? Thanks for looking Richard.

Thankfully I've already got heated insoles and gloves, but from a different company. I bought them for the Friday Night rides last winter but this winter decided to use them on the commute as well.

Could have done with the gloves yesterday evening. My fingers almost fell off, despite wearing two pairs of gloves.

Anyway, another short run tomorrow lunchtime

 

[Venod]

Hi Richard

I used to be a member of Ackworth RR for a few years but road running is not my favorite, I still run with some members on a Wednesday from Ponty Squash Club there's only a few, they are the remnants of when Ackworth had a very active Pontefract section, I keep promising myself a park run but the Friday night beer usually wins, I have been a runner for more than 30 years, nowadays Foot Orienteering & MTB Orienteering are my main events, I have done several mountain marathons and am still a FRA member although I haven't done a fell race for a few years.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Hello 'Afnug'
I've only been an 'Ackworth' member since the end of 2010, but try to go on both weekday runs if I'm not working lates
There's still quite a few long-standing members there, check the website, you may recognise names/faces??
We have 140+ members now

I keep fancying having a go at Orienteering, but not sure where there is round here (admittedly not really looked)
I know that there's a 'course'(??) on Ilkley Moor, as Ilkley Harriers use their map as the basis for detailing the route of the 'I-M Fell-Race'