We successfully reached the summits of Brayton Barff and Hambleton Hough tonight. And what a night it was! A massive thank you to Amelia for providing much-needed mince pies to go with our liquid refreshments for this year’s annual Winter Solstice Run. It was a fantastic way to celebrate the end of our Wednesday evening runs in 2024 while we take a Christmas break for a couple of weeks.
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A fantastic morning of celebrations at Selby parkrun today as the event marked its 7th birthday! It was a day filled with personal triumphs, milestones, and the heartwarming return of a familiar face.
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Vale of York trustee, Neil Musgrove, loves a hilly trail run and Leeds has more hills than Selby with some spectacular scenery to boot. Last month Neil took on the 7 mile Calverley Chaos organised by Great Owl Running.
The event really was chaos because the runners were set off in alternating directions according to their race number which provided an opportunity to say hello and well done to all the runners taking the opposite direction about half way round. After some decent climbs in the first half, the second was quite fast and Neil passed a few people in the last few miles to finish second in his direction and sixth overall.
A well earned beer from Kirkstall Brewery for all finishers ensured a nice end to the day.
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Shot put safety Safety is of the utmost importance when coaching any of the throwing events. Children must be drilled from an early age to throw and collect only on instruction from a coach. Always instruct athletes to collect all throwing implements once everyone has thrown. Never allow anyone to collect whilst others are throwing […]
The enclosed photo below was taken at the London Marathon on 23rd April 2023 around 7:34pm. The name of the runner is Tom Durnin who completed his run in a reported 8 hours, 10 minutes and 58 seconds. Tom was the very last person to cross the finish line. Whilst lots of participants had already […]
Kev Moseley – Vale Of York Athletic Community When you are next at parkrun (in this case – our local Selby parkrun at Burn airfield), please make sure you say hi to the Tail Walker, for they are one of the most important people at any parkrun event. So, what is the Tail Walker? The […]
Kev Moseley (long distance & marathon runner) – Member of Vale of York Athletic Community – 25th 2023. How you get them, what to do to ease the pain in the leg and how I do it to keep them to stay away – Kev One of the things that often afflicts those of us […]
Why do we get them, what exactly are they & how I personally get rid of them instantly – Every single time. Kev Moseley – Vale Of York Athletic Community The last time I developed a stitch when running that stopped me in my tracks was thankfully, many years ago. Before this, I would get […]
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Dec
It is nearly the end of December and time to open the door to a brand new year. But before we do, let’s look back on some of the VOYAC highlights from 2022 with Sarah’s “12 days of Christmas” advent calendar. January Our first day of Christmas takes us back to January. It’s cold, its […]
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Dec
Our look back to 2022 on the first day of Christmas takes us back to January. It’s cold, it’s damp, it’s wet, it’s muddy. Yes, you guessed it… it’s CROSS COUNTRY! On the 29th January 2022, 12 Vale of York junior and senior members entered the Northern Athletics Cross Country Championships at Pontefract Park. This […]