It's beginning to look a lot like winter

Snow on the Pentlands this morning by Davie Bell - East Kip, Scald Law and Carnethy from West Kip

It's beginning to look a lot like winter........and there's fell (and hill) races everywhere you go. Whilst our American 'ultra' running cousins were cracking out 50 miles in the one race ('The North Face Fifty') under the Californian sun on the Marin headlands, we've had over 40 miles (and 6820ft) of races in all shades of wintry weather.

The Angus Tait Hexham Hobble

The Hexham Hobble 2011 - all rights reserved - balaz_s

10.5miles and 1220ft, some of it in a blizzard!
1. Andy Blackett - 1:11:39
2. Duncan Archer - 1:12:23
3. Phil Sanderson - 1:12:50
4. Stanley Charles - 1:12:57
5. Richard Park - 1:13:11
6. Conrad Franks - 1:14:21

7. Rhys Findlay Robinson - 1:15:48 

8. Paul Turner  - 1:16:09 

9. Chris Winter - 1:17:43 

10.Gareth Huxley - 1:18:20

More pics by Balaz_s of the Hexham Hobble here.

Eskdale Eureka

5miles and 1000ft

Remember 16 year old Cameron Taylor who came 4th behind Mike Fanning, Charlie Stead and Matt Hayes at the previous race in the Eskdale series, well today he won the race outright, beating Nic Barber from the acclaimed Sheffield University Orienteering school of running and fell running veteran Jim Bulman winner of a Wasdale back in the 90's.

1. Cameron Taylor

2. Nicholas Barber

3. Jim Bulman

Bolton by Bowland

8miles and 800ft

Tom Cornthwaite at Bolton by Bowland today - by SportSunday

The snow hasn't quite reached the Forest of Bowland.....yet

1. Tom Cornthwaite - Northumberland Fellrunners - 48:30

2. Josh Tighe - Northumberland Fellrunners - 49:05

3. Grant Cunliffe - Rossendale - 50:03

4. Ted Mason - Wharfedale - 51:54

5. B Johnson - Southport - 52:44

6. David Kirkham - Wharfedale - 52:51

7. Lucas Payne - Wharfedale - 53:15

8. A Lawrence - My Vet - 53:52

9. Christian Holmes - Wharfedale - 54:20

10. P Stevenson - Pudsey and Bramley - 54:49

Ladies

1. Tara Kryzwicku

2. Deborah Gowans

Socks Away! - Hurricane Ted Mason showing the good folk of Bowland how to get over a fence - Andy Holden

• More pictures by SportSunday available here
• And pictures by Andy Holden here
• Full results here

Gravy Pud 5 (and cake competition)

5miles and 1000ft

1. Carl Hardman - Salford Harriers - 37:23

2. Richard Anderson - Holmfirth Harriers - 38:19

3. Colin Bishop - Saddleworth - 38:45

4. Darren Holloway - Pennine - 38:56

5. Howard Mead - Salford Harriers - 39:19

6. Martin Cain - GMFRS - 39:31

7. Tom Bush - Altrincham - 39:33

8. Ryan Ganose - Altrincham - 39:34

9. Chris Barnes - Blackburn Harriers - 39:38

10. Olivia Walwyn Bush - Altrincham - 40:20 **NEW RECORD**

Ladies
1. Olivia Walwyn Bush - 40:20
2. Emma Gregory - 48:59
3. Rachel Nolan - 49:07

• The Gravy Pud race this year saw 169 runners set off in a heavy downpour of rain.
• Carl Hardman of Salford Harriers was first and first lady Olivia Walwyn of Altrincham broke Christine Howard's record from 2006.
• Full results - results sheet disintegrated in the rain but I'm sure the gravy boys won't have made any serious errors!

The winning cake - you can see a runner running up a hill with the finish at the top of the cake! Winner - Paul's sister.

Cardington Cracker

9miles and 2600ft

• Mercia's Steve Cale was seen flying up Caradoc and may have have gone on to win
• But team mate Andy Davies may have put paid to that notion.....and indeed he did.

1. Andy Davies - 1.11.28

2. Steven Cale - 1.12.37

3. Paul Jones - 1.17.45

4. Ian Grindley - 1.18.19

5. Ed Gamble - 1.19.27

6. Martin Humphreys - 1.19.58

7. Jamie Loxam - 1.20.56

8. Jez Brown - 1.21.06

9. Martin Cliffe - 1.21.57

10. Daniel Young - 1.22.00

Results

Thanks to @nbaba88, @adyinaccy, Dominion, @fellrunner1975 and @davethefell for the information and results for today's races and @dingdongrun for the wintry pictures.

East Cairn Hill in the Pentlands by Davie Bell