Report from Mark Hall: Winner: Steve Littler, Wesham 53.49 Otley OAC runners. Only 3 of us made it to the start line. Mark Hall, 21st,60.19, 1st V55, 1st UK V55 rankings time 2019. Ged Peacock, 471st, 84.30 Andrew Rayner,609th, 88.34
Woodhouse Moor parkrun A total of 497 runners took part. Position Gender Position parkrunner Club Run Time 1 1 Unknown ATHLETE Unattached 00:16:19 28 1 Rachel DAVIDSON Unattached 00:20:32 63 58 Andrew WEBSTER Otley AC 00:22:34 Skipton parkrun A total of 219 runners took part. Position Gender Position parkrunner Club Run Time 1 1 Unknown ATHLETE Unattached 00:17:20 5 1 Indira PATEL Dacorum & Tring AC 00:19:56 20 17 Paul TRANTER Otley AC 00:22:30 117 37 Pamela TRANTER Otley AC 00:29:12 Fountains Abbey parkrun…
Runners of the Month for March: Gilly Wight with a fantastic time at the Cambridge Half, in her post-baby return to racing, completing it in 1:48:06, her fastest time since 2013! Rob Fearnley for his top time of 51:55 at the Keighley Big (not quite) 10k, an unofficial PB. Well done both!
Report from Andy Webster: This was my fourth attempt at running this race, it is a nice and flat course with good crowd support. The race conditions were nearly perfect cool and dry. I had trained pretty well for this race, but from many previous bad experiences of blowing up at anywhere between 16-22 miles I made a conscious effort to run within myself setting a pace of 8-8:30 minutes per mile for as long as I could maintain it….
There were a number of Black and Whites taking part in this popular off-road half marathon. Men’s winner was Matthew Hallam of Valley Striders in 1.23.06 Women’s winner was Margaret Beever of Stainland Lions in 1.35.26 For Otley AC: 41st and 3rd woman Victoria Stainburn in an excellent 1.38.10 74th (11th w)Louise Williams in 1.46.22 97th Martin Stringer in 1.50.57 102nd Nick Clarke in 1.51.44 145th (21st w) Sara Elliott in 1.57.20 215th Graeme Cowling 2.07.05 233rd Jarod Merridew 2.09.18…
Report from Tom Lynch: The Blubberhouses 25 is a long distance walk starting from Bland Hill village hall and taking in the Washburn reservoirs, Rocking Hall, Storiths, Beamsley Beacon and Round Hill in a 23 mile/38 km loop. Runners are welcome, and as with most of these events the route is stocked with bounteous checkpoints offering all sorts of sweets cake and food. It’s an ideal preparation race for the Three Peaks Race and is often popular with Otliensians, however…
Report from Colin Best: I haven’t been around for many fell races so far this year but with the weekend training in the lakes I thought I would give this one ago. I was a beautiful day and where better to be. Pre race I met up with Tanya Shepherd, Sharon Smith and past member Dale Foster. The route follows the main route up Buckden Pike, and for those slightly better than me, is largely runnable. This was well and…
Richmond parkrun Position Gender Position parkrunner Club Run Time 1 1 Adam CLARKE Aldershot, Farnham & District AC 00:14:31 20 1 Gemma CARTER Serpentine RC 00:19:48 80 71 Jarod MERRIDEW Otley AC 00:22:46 Marple parkrun Position Gender Position parkrunner Club Run Time 1 1 Gary JOHNSON Otley AC 00:18:02 10 1 Zara BLOWER Leamington C and AC 00:20:31 Temple Newsam parkrun Position Gender Position parkrunner Club Run Time 1 1 Richard Thomas HERRINGTON St Theresa’s AC 00:18:02 12 1 Jasmine TROTT Unattached 00:20:50 27 25 Zachary…
Report from Matt Whilst many members of the club were enjoying the beauty of the Lake District, Rob Fearnley and I were enjoying the beauty of Keighley, on this scenic tour. Through builders merchants, lorry parks, back alley’s and allotments, it’s not boring and it’s not flat. Highlights included seeing a turkey on one of the allotments, some out of date wraps in the goody bag and having to get up extra early due to the clocks changing. Won by…
Position Gender Pos parkrunner Club Run Time Woodhouse Moor parkrun 1 1 Jack WOOD Ilkley Harriers AC 00:16:19 20 1 Jana MACHACOVA Unattached 00:19:25 74 67 Howard JEFFREY Otley AC 00:21:41 Bradford 1 1 Martin FILLINGHAM Saltaire Striders 00:17:51 2 2 Mark HALL Otley AC 00:18:44 7 1 Sophie MARTIN Wharfedale Harriers 00:19:37 40 4 Sara ELLIOTT Otley AC 00:23:00 95 13 Ann YEADON Otley AC 00:25:30 127 26 Nicola SWANN Otley AC 00:26:39 Roundhay 1 1 Neil ROACH Unattached 00:18:57 29 1 Sophie HENEBERRY Unattached…