2004 Ladies Reports

 Romping Around Rotherham
11th Dec 2004

Cath Worth (NYMAC) and Shelli Kempson (NMH) completed a 50 mile race together around Rotherham finishing 1st ladies in 9hr 2 min 34 secs. They were also a respectable 19th overall from a field of 134 starters and would have had a women's team if Kendra White (NYMAC) hadn't taken ill the night before.
Cath said of their exploits :

"We had entered as a girly team with Kendra as they never get women's team. Sadly Kendra spent Friday night being ill in the Travel Inn we stayed at and couldn't run. She followed us around the route and supplied food and helpful hints about the route. I had a horrible time as it's completely flat and I had to run continuously, and navigating via the M1 and Tesco's is a bit odd. We managed to get the ladies prize, but obviously not a team prize. - poor Kendra! Bet the Roadies would love it....
 

 Caroline's Xmas Cracker 
 19th Dec 2004

Caroline Pollard took to the roads in the Great Langdale Xmas Pudding 10K and smashed the club road record clocking 42:42, finishing 5th Lady overall and first F45 too.

full results

NYM.AC Club Road records

Congrats go to Kirsty - our first lady member to complete a road marathon - and the Chicago Marathon at that!

Sarah, Here are my results, and a couple of pics. There were just over 33,000 finishers, approx 14,000 women, and approx 4500 in my 'division'. The last 6 miles were really tough!. Look forward to seeing you soon at training,

Regards, Kirsty

Kirsty displayed some good even paced running despite suffering in the last 6 miles:

Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay pics

North York Moors Athletics Club was formed and a Ladies Section was advertised………….
Regular training was organised every Wednesday from the beginning of April and the aim of the Ladies Section for the Calendar Year was to:

·        Encourage the interested ladies to represent NYMAC in the Great North Run, and
·        Enter a Ladies Team in the Ian Hodgson Relays

The membership of the Ladies Section took off and today, at least 12 ladies turn up each week to be put through their paces. Four ladies entered and finished the Great North Run which is a fantastic achievement and YES…… we entered a Ladies Team in the Ian Hodgson Relays......

After a few team changes and leg changes leading up to the event, the team was finalised and looking forward to the experience.
Sixty Five teams started in good conditions with Jo and Sarah running Leg 1. They finished just outside their predicted time and handed over to Gilly and Yvonne who worked well together to put in a solid performance on Leg 2 and finish when expected after having slid down the last hill on their bums.  

Leg 3 saw the weather deteriorate requiring Cath and Caroline to be confident with their navigation. They had a brilliant run together and gained a number of places in the mist before handing over to Clare and Kate. By this time, the day had deteriorated and it was driving pouring rain and with very poor visibility. They supported and encouraged one another and worked really well as a team to finish with huge grins on their faces even though they suffered in the severe conditions.

Final results showed that we didn’t come last……. We came 62/65 teams and we were 5/6 ladies team.

Abiding memories and comments

·        That was hard work, but I would definitely do it again fun…………
·        Gosh this is slippery, just follow me as she launched herself down hill on her bum……..
·        I never knew fell running could be so much FUN……….
·        GO, GO, GO………
·        That was bloody grim out there……. She said with a huge grin on her face!

We all thoroughly enjoyed the experience and are really keen to compete next year and know that we have something to aim for. 

Special thanks goes to NYMAC for having faith in us and entering a Ladies Team, our supporters on the day - Rob Pollard (Official Photographer), Jill Sexton, Gina Von Bradsky, Becky Bailey, Paul Lowe and from what I could tell, all of Clare’s family and finally Cleveland Mountaineering Club for allowing us to use their well positioned club hut.

 Sarah Hague
 

Those that turned up to training this Wednesday were treated to the first NYMAC Ladies Bi-Annual Handicap Race. The race was a 4.25km circuit starting at the top of Bellmangate and going up Bellman Bank to meet the Cleveland Way, along the Cleveland Way to Highcliff Nab, down Highcliff Nab to the middle track, along the middle track and back to finish at the top of Bellmangate.

It took 6 minutes to start all the athletes and they finished within 1.5 minutes of one another. Kate Woodall took the 'Queen of the Woods' trophy in a Handicap time of 27:18. Jenny Thornton took the prize for the most improved athlete since training started and, as Kate won the Handicap Trophy, Yvonne Storey took the prize for the fastest time on the night. The results were as follows:

*est. as Gina took a wrong turn near the finish
**The performance of the night considering that Michaela had run in the Great North Run 3 days earlier.

I wish you all an injury free winters training!
Kind Regards Sarah

  Great North Run
26th Sept 2004

Congrats to the ladies on fielding a team in the Gt North Run and esp. Diane in setting the inaugural club 1/2 marathon record!
 

Diane Jobson	1:43:28
Michaela McKenzie	2:13:34
Dawn Lloyd	2:14:28
Claire Hogarth	2:14:31

n.b these are the official times - actual times were a wee bit faster.

Our long distance specialist Cath Worth had an outstanding run in the 95 mile West Highland Way race finishing 17th overall from 90 starters and 2nd lady in 22hrs 46 min.

The West Highland Way stretches for 95 miles from Milngavie Railway Station (7 miles north of Glasgow) to Fort William and climbs a total of 11,624 ft - well done Cath!

 Darlington 10K
8th Aug 2004

We had 2 ladies in the Darlington 10K, Michaela McKenzie (50:05 an inaugural club record) and Dawn Lloyd (64:48). Well done ladies!

 Club Records

Ladies this is your chance to set a club fell or road record, either outright or in your own age category.

Recent inaugural records set by NYM.AC women:

Xmas Pudding 10K
Borrowdale
Road 10K
Wuthering Hike
Three Peaks
Fox & Hounds
West Highland Way

Caroline's Xmas Cracker

NYM.AC Club Fell records

Club records - catalogue of amendments

 Get fit with NYM.AC!

The Tees Forest 5K Trail Races 2004 are a good way to monitor your fitness levels and some of our ladies are getting measurably fitter....
 

	G’bro  22/4/04	Preston Pk 17/6/04	% change
Claire Hoggarth	59.68 pts	61.01 pts	+2.2
Michaela McKenzie	60.08 pts	61.73 pts	+2.7

 thanks in no small part to Sarah's training sessions....

 1-2-Tree-4 in Guisborough Forest
22nd April 2004

Jo Newton gave North York Moors AC their first female winner with a superb run in the first of the Tees Forest 5K Trail Races of 2004.  Jo completed the undulating course around the trails of Guisborough Forest in 19:40 ahead of Sue Milburn from Newton Aycliffe.  A record breaking entry saw 81 runners compete in the race.

Guisborough Forest 5K Trail results

 Club Road Championship 2004

Ladies why not have a go at the Club road Championship? The best four results from 6 races will count and athletes MUST compete in one 5 km, one 10 km and one 10 mile (plus one other to get the 4 races). The first race in the series is the Thirsk 10 miles on 6 June. Full details here....

NYM.AC Club Road Championship 2004

Club Road Champs results to-date

 Club Fell Championship 2004

Or there's always the Club Fell Championship with the 5 best results to count with 2 Long, 1 Medium, 1 Short race required + 1 other. Full details here...

NYM.AC Club Fell Championship 2004

Come and train on the woodland trails and open moors around the Guisborough area -  you'll love it. Pictures show Sarah Hague taking the women for a serious hill session.

full details here

Ladies Training Plan 2005

Ladies training / racing plan Winter 2004/5

Ladies training / racing plan Summer 2004