Another race report, this one being my first and perhaps only report on a ‘virtual’ race. I’m not normally a big fan of these ‘virtual’ races but this was a bit different. There was a proper marked course, numbers, start/finish line, a medal etc – it was just like a proper race but with no marshals, no mass start (in fact a start of one – you had a set period in which to turn up, run, and send your…
Probably until at least the end of the year, the last 2 weeks of the month now means it’s Eric Smith Handicap Trophy fortnight. September’s race round Thruscross was won by David Mullen 25 seconds ahead of Nick Hodgkinson. Nick now leads the handicap table, but it’s still very tight at the top with Nick on 71 points, James Dobson on 70.5 and Antonio of 69. Catherine Dobson, Bob Payne, David Fox and Don Buffham also all in the 60’s….
Report from Rob Grant Hello everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these…. 13th September 2020 saw the post-COVID return for some of us to something like proper racing. After a LOT of organisation, reorganisation, public image management, numerous recces both official and unofficial and pre-race briefs (and pre-pre-race briefs) like you have never seen before Keighley and Craven AC managed to get the Yorkshireman off-road marathon and half-marathon up and away. Despite the staggered start (which actually…
Report from Phil Robinson: Great results from OAC runners in the yorkshireman in spite of brisk winds! in the full marathon rob grant starred in 8th place, lee gumbrell and matt clegg together in 47th and 48th – well done guys! in the half, a brilliant 4th place by richard smith, terrific runs from graham lake and sara elliot 17th and 36th, Andy webster 66th and i was 68th out of 160 finishers. A relief to get back to our…
Tash Whitaker came out on top of the virtual Danefield Handicap a good lead over joint second Antonio and Nick, Graham recorded the fastest time of 18:38. James Dobson moved to the top of the handicap table, 6 and a half point ahead of Antonio, with Bob moving up to third. See the full handicap table here. If I’ve missed you from the results please email me at androbertshaw@gmail.com. September’s race is the Thruscross Handicap, see details here H’Cap Pos…
The second race in the virtual championship needed a distance of 8 miles with 1800ft ascent. 8 Otley runners completed the challenge in various locations such as Ilkley Moor, Simon’s Seat, Ingleborough and Great Whernside. The route had to include one ‘summit’ and limit the amount of road or good vehicle track so it felt like a proper fell race. Winner: James Appleton of Keswick AC in 52.26 1st Lady: Nichola Jackson Keswick in 1.01.05 For Otley: 69th Andrew Robertshaw…
Making the best of the current situation regarding groups of people meeting, the committee decided to give a ‘virtual’ handicap a go. This meant club members could run the Leathley Handicap route at any time, within a 9 day period at the end of the month. Judging by the numbers sending in times, this proved to be a popular alternative to the traditional handicap, although I did have lots of comments regarding how hard they found Liz’s route 🙂 Hannah…
Well done everyone who successfully raced the 4mile 900ft first race in the Virtual Fell Running Championships. The challenge was to run an off-road 4 mile route with 900ft ascent and send your GPS record to the organisers. Women’s Results for Otley: Men’s Results for Otley: Women’s team finished 5th overall, Men’s team 13th. Oh, and Otley had the highest number of entries of any club! Some strong performances, especially from Jenson (up against u19s in his age cat), Sara,…
Please see the event for details of the Virtual Fell Running Champs, and a course that Graham has devised to meet the 4 mile and 900 ft requirement of the race. You can run the race anywhere you like though, you can enter here Update! Below you’ll find an alternative Danefield route that I finally got round to checking. It’s slightly more ascent than Chevin one, but probably faster running. Danefield 4m 900ft route description
Thanks to everyone who got involved in the Virtual Chevin Fell Race to raise money for British Heart Foundation in memory of Tim Agar, we’ve raised an amazing £730! Thanks to everyone who ran and donated. I know a number of you have been asking about times, so see below for Otley runners, and link for everyone (with a hint at how accurate the results are, but its all for fun, so don’t shoot me!) Virtual Chevin Fellrace Results Hopefully…