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New for 2010 – enter Online through UK Results.

The 2010 Otley 10 Mile Road Race Entry Form is now available from the Otley 10 Mile page.

As an alternative to usual club training from Otley Cricket Club, a Moonlighters run, meeting at the Yorkshire Water car park, Fewston at 7.15pm is available to members. Obviously bring a torch and sensible attire. Needless to say participation is at an individual’s own risk.

A reminder that the next OAC nominated Runner of the Year event is the Wakefield 10km on Sunday 28th March. More details and how to enter at wakefieldhospice.org

For the up-to-date ROY table as at 28th February 2010 and details of the revised format and nominated races for 2010, see the Club Runner of the Year page.

Details of this year’s evening League Races are now available from the HDSRL website.

Please note that the first race at Ilkley has been moved forward to Thursday 29th April and is likely to count as a sealed Handicap race for the OAC Club Handicap Championship for the month.

The League is only open to participating Club members and as a thank you for all the help and support OAC members put into hosting OAC’s highly enjoyable League Race last year, the Club will be paying OAC members entry fees for this year.

To obtain a Series number, see Julian on a training night in order to sign the disclaimer and to receive your number.

After two of the last three handicaps have had to be cancelled because of the weather, bright sunny skies made a welcome change at Harewood for the 4.25 mile trail handicap.

Antonio just held off John to win his first handicap in almost three years, another 50 metres and the result would have been reversed.  Despite struggling with recent injuries Zack recorded the fastest time of the day.  Rachael lowered her own women’s record to 29:08 and it was good to see a few of our newer members running in their first handicap.

Matt Podd moves to the top of the handicap table just ahead of Rachael with early leader Carol in third.

The nights are drawing in and through Winter as an alternative to pounding the tarmac “triangle” there will once again be an option for ‘Moonlighting’ on Thursday evenings.

For the uninitiated, this involves off-road running, with head torches, typically alternating each week with routes of approximately six miles North and South of the River. Of course, running off road, through winter, in the dark, is not without danger and is therefore undertaken at your own risk.

As a new initiative this year, and by popular demand, we will have two groups, hopefully taking the same route, but at different paces. The “faster” group will be lead by Chris Stacey and the “slower” group by John Dade.

Barbara would like to highlight that she will be offering sports massage to members on Tuesday training nights starting by 8pm at the latest in the fitness room.