Le Tour comes to Cookridge

May 192014
 
Le Tour comes to Cookridge

Le Tour comes to Cookridge… or training and racing together To mark the arrival of that there Grand Départ in Leeds this summer, Abbey will be staging its very own this Tour in June/July. The aim is to stage some whole club training sessions that both encourage a stronger racing mentality and help us all to get to know each other a bit better.  We’re a big club, but we run in small groups (albeit for good reason) that can make it difficult to get to know those outside our particular training group. Le Tour de Cookridge is four race/training events [more ...]

 May 19, 2014  Posted by at 9:42 pm news No Responses »

Final Le Tour results

Jul 242014
 

Le Tour de Cookridge came to a thrilling conclusion on Tuesday night with the final King of the Mountains stage.  Overall winners were Duncan Clark and Karen Garvican and full results are available here.  In all, 59 Abbeys took part over the four stages and it the event succeeded in not only being great fun, but also showing the enormous improvements some have made through training with Abbey and demonstrating the way different disciplines suit different people.  Well done to one and all! I would encourage everyone to join in if they can next time, because there was a strong [more ...]

 July 24, 2014  Posted by at 10:30 am news Tagged with:  No Responses »

A Day in the Life of a Tour Maker

Jul 162014
 
A Day in the Life of a Tour Maker

by Bernard Foster Yes, I know, this is not a running related article, but many Abbey Runners have been caught up in the Tour de France and at least five were Tour Makers – Roger Wilson, Mark Hetherington, Bina Bhatia, Andy Wicks and myself. Any more? If I’ve missed you out, let me know and I’ll add your name. On the Saturday I had intended to go with my son to Ilkley but, in one of those increasingly frequent senior moments, we got on the wrong train and ended up in Harrogate. No problem though as the atmosphere was great, [more ...]

 July 16, 2014  Posted by at 9:47 am race reports Tagged with: ,  No Responses »

Abbey Tour de Cookridge – Stage 4 – 22nd July

Jul 112014
 
Abbey Tour de Cookridge - Stage 4 - 22nd July

Stage 4 is on 22nd July and will be a time trial consisting of 1 mile ran up hill followed by 1 mile downhill. The course will be up Otley Old Road to Cookridge Tower, then you can use the rest of the training session to work your way back to the club. Come and see what times you can do – even if you’re not in the Tour Stage 3 Report See the current standing here

 July 11, 2014  Posted by at 8:58 am news No Responses »

L’Etape Du Tour

Jul 112014
 
L'Etape Du Tour

 L’Etape Du Tour - 7km Multi-terrain    8th July 2014              Results Position Runner Number Runner Name M/F Run Time Time Gap Tour Time 1 53 Duncan Clark M 00:26:06 00:00:00 00:26:06 2 48 Karen Garvican F 00:27:48 00:01:42 00:27:48 3 59 Gareth Cavill M 00:27:57 00:00:09 00:27:48 4 33 Martin Jones M 00:28:21 00:00:24 00:27:48 5 54 John Halliwell M 00:28:43 00:00:22 00:27:48 6 83 Nick Scrase M 00:30:12 00:01:29 00:30:12 7 77 Nicola Gabbutt F 00:30:33 00:00:21 00:30:12 8 24 David Nahal M 00:31:04 00:00:31 00:31:04 9 68 Paul Clarkson M 00:31:31 00:00:27 00:31:04 10 [more ...]

 July 11, 2014  Posted by at 8:27 am Uncategorized No Responses »

Tour of Cookridge

Jul 112014
 
Tour of Cookridge

With the cyclists back in France on Tuesday 8th July, the Abbey Tour of Cookridge continued with Stage 3 – L’Etape du Tour. A 7km multi-terrain race which was all about chasing the person in front, while they desperately tried to shake off the pursuing runner. It was a mass start race but the timing for the Tour concentrated on whether or not each runner finished within 30 seconds of the person in front, any runners managing to hang on formed a mini peloton of their own and got the same time as those ahead.The course contained, stiles, a hill [more ...]

 July 11, 2014  Posted by at 8:19 am race reports No Responses »

Total Warrior Super 10 weekend 2014

Jul 072014
 
Total Warrior Super 10 weekend 2014

I did the Total Warrior run on both Saturday 21st June and Sunday 22nd June, in what they called the Super 10 weekend. Why would I do such a thing? I’m not entirely sure I know, but perhaps the account below will shed some light on the matter or my state of mind. Total Warrior was advertised as a 10km+ obstacle run with 25-30 obstacles designed alongside ex-military personnel in order to test strength, stamina, and mental determination. The organisers had also stated that, “For anyone crazy enough to attempt both days – Super 10 Weekend – we are offering [more ...]

 July 7, 2014  Posted by at 6:05 pm race reports No Responses »

Garmin Connect

Jun 272014
 
Garmin Connect

Come on all you Abbey Runners if you have a Garmin device and you are on Garmin Connect .. why not join ABBEY RUNNERS on  http://connect.garmin.com/group/168119/members Share routes, chat , comment or just spy on what your fellow Abbeys are doing! 

 June 27, 2014  Posted by at 9:05 am news No Responses »

Jack Bloor Fell Race 2014

May 222014
 
Jack Bloor Fell Race 2014

Tuesday 13th May 2014 Ilkley – Category BS (5.2m/1148ft) By Martin Jones The Jack Bloor Fell Race is an annual fell race held on Ilkley Moor as a tribute to Jack Bloor (1926-84) who was a pioneering climber and fell runner who also helped establish the Three Peaks Race and was a renowned orienteering coach. All the profits from the race are used to help young people improve their skills in outdoor sports. The race is on this year’s Abbey Grand Prix as well as being part of the Fell League calendar. It was also my first ever fell race! [more ...]

 May 22, 2014  Posted by at 6:00 pm race reports No Responses »
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