Weasdale Horseshoe 2012 - English Championships

It was a great fell race preceded by and finished with a very tough cross county race.

The Start

Dark Peak's Rob takes the race out of the field

Fellrunners having to RUN to keep up

The Middle

But when the cross country race finished and the fell race started, Mercia's Simon Bailey broke away and started to build a big gap. "Simon Bailey ran away and left us 'cos we we weren't good enough to keep up!" said one of the top five finishers.

The End

The mud bath is ready

Our team sports photographer is in position

Now she's ready

And here come the runners, well just one runner, as we thought, first is Simon Bailey, alone without any pressure.

Winner Simon Bailey  - photo by Lisa Holmes

Morgan Donnelley, Tom Addison and Darren Kay getting ready to fight for second place -  photo by Lisa Holmes.

Results

1 - Simon Bailey Open Mercia 00:55:09
2 - Tom Addison U23 Helm Hill 00:56:03
3 - Morgan Donnelly Open Borrowdale 00:56:08
4 - Darren Kay V40 Pudsey & Bramley 00:56:18
5 - Rob Hope Open Pudsey & Bramley 00:57:01
6 - Lloyd Taggart V40 Dark Peak Fell Runners 00:57:25
7 - Mark Addison Open Helm Hill 00:57:33
8 - Robert Little Open Dark Peak Fell Runners 00:58:26
9 - Rob Baker Open Dark Peak Fell Runners 00:58:45
10 - Rhys Findlay-Robinson Open Dark Peak Fell Runners 00:59:12
11- Chris Birchall Open Leeds City AC 00:59:22
12 - Jason Williams Open Calder Valley 00:59:36
13 - Martin Mikkelsen-Barron Open Borrowdale 00:59:48
14 - Ben Bardsley V40 Borrowdale 00:59:55
15 - Mark Roberts V50 Borrowdale 01:00:16
16 - Shaun Godsman Open Calder Valley 01:00:23
17 - Tim Ellis Open Calder Valley 01:00:27
18 - Karl Gray V40 Calder Valley 01:00:36
19 - Tim Werrett V40 Mercia 01:00:43
20 - Ted Mason Open Wharfedale Harriers 01:00:47

Full Results

Men

Ladies

Video of Men's race by Will Neill 

Photos of the ladies race by Holmfirth Harriers

Borrowdale - Ricky strikes Gold but Birthday Boy takes Silver

Ricky Lightfoot (facing photographer) and Lloyd Taggart (back to photographer) with race record holder Billy Bland  (in cycling kit) and race sponsor Miles Jessop (in check shirt)
 photo by Paul Dobson

1 261 Ricky Lightfoot Ellenborough Athletic Club M 2.49.20
2 397 Lloyd Taggart Dark Peak Fell Runners M40 2.51.11
3 116 Simon Bailey Mercia Fell Runners M 2.52.57
4 46 Ben Abdelnoor Ambleside Athletic Club M 2.54.55
5 111 Carl Bell Howgill Harriers M 2.55.08
6 41 Morgan Donnelly Borrowdale Fell Runners M 2.58.40
7 205 Rob Jebb Bingley Harriers M 2.59.00
8 475 Oliver  Johnson Dark Peak Fell Runners M 3.00.27
9 102 Rhys  Findlay-Robinson Dark Peak Fell Runners M 3.03.15
10 124 Rob Baker Dark Peak Fell Runners M 3.09.48
11 75 Paul Cornforth Borrowdale Fell Runners M45 3.10.23
12 167 Martin Mikkelsen-Barron Borrowdale Fell Runners M 3.10.32
13 99 Kim Collison Eden Runners M 3.11.17
14 276 Karl Gray Calder Valley Fell Runners M40 3.12.54
15 114 Tom Brunt Holmfirth Harriers M 3.13.32
16 26 Tim Ellis Calder Valley Fell Runners M 3.14.35
17 278 Neil Northrop Dark Peak Fell Runners M 3.15.26
18 18 Andrew Fallas Carnethy Hill Running Club M 3.16.34
19 233 Matthew John  Otley Athletic Club M 3.16.41
20 224 Dave Milliken Horwich RMI Harriers M45 3.17.54

link to results

Report on the race by winner Ricky Lightfoot on Mud Sweat and Tears.

Round 4 English Championships - Borrowdale

The boulder strewn route to Scafell Pike pic from  http://www.thelakedistrictmountains.org/

"It's fierce in my dreams, It sees in my guts, 

It fills me with dread,
So consumed, it swims in my eyes by the bed
I pour myself over it, room spinning
And I wake up and I still have to run on Saturday....."

Amy Winehouse must have been thinking about the Borrowdale when she wrote that......But maybe there are a few other runners out there who feel like our little fellrunning journalist tasked with doing the race, just to bring you the news this Saturday?

But those at the top of the tables (and entered in the race) will no doubt be like the Team GB Beach Volleyball pair - Raring to Go!

High Fives down at Horse Guards Parade - pic by Metro

The Race

At 16miles and 6500ft, the record was set in 1982 by local man (and greatest fell runner ever) Billy Bland in 2:34:38. 

It starts off with a feisty run along a farm track with runners jostling for position, as if it matters. 

The first climb arrives (it's just after where Billy will be giving you a "Go on lad!") at Bessy Boot, followed by a flat and runnable stretch across to Esk Hause. 

Next is a boulder strewn steady climb to Scafell Pike, down a scree chute and keeping the momentum going, down the corridor route to Sty Head. 

Then a charge up Great Gable, which clever men will know exactly the best route off, then some fast running over to Honister. 

Feeling the length of the race a bit now, it's just one more climb up Dale Head, to find the best way down to the quarries, on legs that are getting too tired to run down hill strongly now, and last task, find the finish field.

Ben Abdelnoor winner of Borrowdale last year - pic by Andy Holden Borrowdale 2011

This year Borrowdale is a Long Counter in the English Championships which means the caliber of the front runners and therefore the racing, will be better than usual (and Borrowdale always attracts a high standard anyway). Let's have a look at the situation in the English Championships before the race.

English Championships - How they stand after Round 3

1 Ben Abdelnoor Ambleside - 144
2 Lloyd Taggart Dark Peak Fell Runners - 141
3 Graham Pearce Pudsey & Bramley AC - 118
4 Kim Collison Eden Runners - 117
5 Karl Gray Calder Valley Fell Runners - 114
6 Carl Bell Howgill Harriers - 108
7 Tom Addison Helm Hill Runners - 106
8 Morgan Donnelly Borrowdale Fell Runners (no long counter yet) 98
9 Simon Bailey Mercia Fell Runners (no medium counter yet) - 96
10 Ben Bardsley Borrowdale Fell Runners  (no short counter yet)- 91
11 Rob Baker Dark Peak Fell Runners  (no long counter yet) - 90
12= Rob Jebb Bingley Harriers & AC - (no short counter yet) - 89
12= Martin Mikkelsen-Barron Borrowdale Fell Runners - 89
14 Rhys Findlay-Robinson Dark Peak Fell Runners - (no short counter yet) - 81
15 Mark Addison Helm Hill Runners  (no long counter yet)  80
16 Mark Roberts Borrowdale Fell Runners - 76
17 Rob Hope Pudsey & Bramley AC  (no long counter yet)  74
18= Darren Kay Pudsey & Bramley AC . (no long counter yet)  73
18= Tom Brunt Holmfirth Harriers AC - 73
20 Gavin Bland Borrowdale Fell Runners - 72

Ladies standings are here and you can find out all the standings here.

Who's running on Saturday?

Here's the entry list (thanks Livi) and it's great to see Ben Abdelnoor right at the top (being an A). He'll be wanting to defend his win no doubt, remember he won the Great Lakes Race too.

So if you are running, we hope you are feeling fit, fresh and ready to inspire others. If you're like our journalist and feeling a little uncertain about it all, how about a bit of motivational high five-ing or mini hugs at every check point between runners, just like our Team GB Volleyball players.

A mini hug - photo from google images

Or if the possibility of 'high fives' won't get you round, perhaps this picture will.............

 Home of the post race reward - picture from http://www.lakedistrictwalkingexperience.co.uk

The Lake District Walking Experience perhaps puts it into perspective for us -

"The Borrowdale Fell race finishes at the Riverside Bar in the Scafell Hotel, in the bar there is a roll of honour board on the wall alongside a map of the route which leaves you tired just having looked at it!"

See you on Saturday, and for those of you we don't see, we'll let you know the results as soon as we can. Race starts at 11am Saturday morning.

Arrochar Alps results

Arrochar Alps Results (Prov) -

1. Ben Bardsley 3:07:19
2. Joe Symonds 3:08:00
3. Rob Jebb 3:10:33
4. Martin M Barron 3:16:55
5. Lloyd Taggart 3:17:00
6. Findlay Wild  3:19:37
7. Oli Johnson 3:20:17
8. Earl Karl Gray 3:21:27
9. Morgz Donnelley 3:21:29
10. Richie Roberts 3:21:46
11. Pete Vale 3:21:51
12. Rhys F Robinson 3:22:09
13. Dan Gay 3:25:16
14. Mark Roberts 1V50! 3:25:22
15. Gav Mulholland 3:25:33
16. Paul Faulkner 3:26:06
17. Steve Cale 3:26:59
18. Stewart Whitlie 3:27:32
19. Andrew Fallas 3:28:07
20. John Hunt 3:28:46
21. King Kong Corny the forth 3:29:04
22. Sam Watson Watdog 3:31:44

From this it would appear Joe Symonds cannot be beaten to the British title (he has enjoyed two wins and a second) and the cudos of breaking a Billy Bland record (3:07:39) for Ben Bardsley makes for a great day's fell racing.

Ladies
1. Jasmin Paris
2. Helen Fines
3. Lauren Jeska

Thanks to @sngwinter for fighting through the midges and taking a picture of the results, from where these are taken.

Home and Away

Brax from Home and Away looking for Beinn Narnain

No, we're not going to bring you a synopsis of next week's episodes from Summer Bay, (where Brax is due to get knocked out and dumped in the bush), instead we are going to take a quick glance forward to a weekend of Fell Running Championship action for 'Home' and Mountain Running news from 'Away'.


Home - Arrochar Alps
Round 3 of the Fell Running British Championship takes the runners to Scotland, for the 'long' counter, the potently titled 'Arrochar Alps'. The race is 15.5miles and a very tough 8000ft.

A picture taken on a recce by Sarah Ridgway in January

This rather ominous description by Scottish Hill Racing well, says it all.

"The race was created in 1987 by Andy Dytch and Bobby Shields. In 1988 it was used as a Scottish Championship race - where Alan Farningham (who had already won the championship) climbed The Cobbler at the end by mistake, instead of Beinn Narnain.
In 1989 it was used as a British Championship race in very bad weather. The terrain is steep, wild and rough with complex navigation in places.
The race was run in 1990, 1991 and finally 1992 - won by Colin Valentine on a shortened course due to bad weather - before being abandoned for 15 years. The race was resurrected in 2007 by Westerlands Cross Country Club."

Map by Scottish Hill Racing

The record is a Billy Bland 3:07 set in the first year it was run (1987). Joe Symonds leads the championship having won the first race at Coledale (English Lake District) and the second at Slieve Bearnagh (Mourne Mountains Northern Ireland) and according to twitter he's been round the route and learnt some handy shortcuts.
But will he be able to find these short cuts on the day if the mist is down and his guide isn't with him? The English runners perfected their navigation and teamworking skills at the Great Lakes Race a few weeks ago, which could pay off on Saturday. 
Whichever way it goes, it will be interesting to see how close the winner gets to Mr Bland's record.

Here's the entry list. The race starts at 11am on Saturday 7 July.
To those of you who are going - we wish you all good luck. For those of us staying at home - we hope they'll be some newshounds on the course bringing us words and pictures from the race which we'll relay to you as soon as we can.

Away - Turkey
It's the European Mountain Running Championships in the challenging dry and dusty mountain terrain of Denizli - Pamukkale, Turkey. Apparently the course passes through the remains of the ancient Greco-Roman and Byzantine city of Hierapolis.

The ancient city of Hierapolis - Will they have to run the steps? Emma's good in stadiums

But sightseeing probably won't be on the Team GB minds, which features a few trusty fellrunners.

Ladies

Mary Wilkinson, Emma Clayton, Sarah O’Neil, Katie Walshaw

Men 

Steve Vernon, Robbie Simpson, Orlando Edwards, Chris Smith

The race is also on Saturday 7 July, at an early 8am for the ladies and 9:15 for the men. You can find out more here. Good luck teams!

Great Lakes Run 2012

Karl Gray at Esk Hause

Results - link to full results on Ambleside website.

1 - Ben Abdelnoor Ambleside AC M 2:48:45

2 - Kim Collison Eden Runners M 2:49:11 

3 - Lloyd Taggart Dark Peak MV40 2:49:37 

4 - Ben Bardsley Borrowdale MV40 2:50:11 

5 - Rhys Findlay-Robinson Dark Peak M 2:53:03 

6 - Gavin Bland Borrowdale MV40 3:02:26 

7 - Simon Bailey Mercia Fell Runners M 3:04:03 

8 - Graham Pearce Pudsey and Bramley M 3:04:18 

9 - Stephen Pyke Staffordshire Moorlands MV45 3:04:27 

10 - Rob Jebb Bingley M 3:04:45 

11 - Tim Ellis Calder Valley M 3:05:12 

12 - Darren Holloway Pennine Fell Runners MV40 3:05:41 

13 - Mark Roberts Borrowdale MV50 3:05:57 

14 - Dave Wilby Ilkley Harriers M 3:06:53 

15 - Ian Nixon Pudsey and Bramley M 3:09:04 

16 - Paul Cornforth Borrowdale MV45 3:10:34 

17 - Mike Johnson Bowland Fell Runners MV50 3:10:55 

18 - Matt Reedy Ambleside AC M 3:11:15 

19 - Pete Vale Mercia Fell Runners M 3:12:23 

20 - Martin Mikkelsen Barron Borrowdale M 3:12:32 

21 - Carl Bell Howgill Harriers M 3:13:09 

22 - Karl Gray Calder Valley MV40 3:14:17 

23 - James Logue Calder Valley MV40 3:14:26 

24 - Tom Brunt Holmfirth M 3:14:52 

25 - Chris Hope Borrowdale M 3:15:56 

26 - Simon Booth Borrowdale MV40 3:15:57 

27 - Steve Birkenshaw Borrowdale MV40 3:20:39 

28 - Tom Addison Helm Hill MU23 3:21:42 

29 - Andrew Schofield Borrowdale MV40 3:22:01 

30 - Richard McGrath Ellenborough AC M 3:24:07 

31 - Sam Watson Wharfedale M 3:24:29 

32 - Matthew Hulley Dark Peak M 3:25:05 

33 - Nicholas Barber Pennine Fell Runners M 3:27:36 

34 - Hugh O'Donnell Ambleside AC M 3:27:54 

35 - Paul Aitken Helm Hill M 3:28:05 

36 - Gavin Mulholland Calder Valley MV40 3:28:13 

37 - Richard Talbot Ambleside AC M 3:28:16 

38 - Paul Barnes Borrowdale MV40 3:28:21 

39 - Chris Reade Bowland Fell Runners MV45 3:28:34 

40 - Lauren Jeska Todmorden Harriers L 3:28:38 

41 - David White Helm Hill MV40 3:28:55 

42 - John Hunt Dark Peak MV40 3:29:38 

43 - Nicholas Charlesworth Wharfedale MV45 3:29:43 

44 - Dave Sykes Dark Peak M 3:30:18 

45 - William Neill Mercia Fell Runners MU23 3:30:46 

46 - Holly Page Calder Valley LU23 3:31:04 

47 - Ben Mounsey Calder Valley M 3:32:47

48 - Jon Morgan Dark Peak MV40 3:33:01 

49 - Todd Oates Ambleside AC M 3:33:41 

50 - Nick Ray Ellenborough AC M 3:34:35
Ladies
1. Lauren Jeska
2. Holly Page
3. Sally Newman

Strange results you think...? Yes well the route was very tricky in the conditions, many got lost and couldn't correct their mistakes for some time, gullys to ascend that were waterfalls, rivers in spate to cross etc etc.

Apparently it was more like team building event from an episode of 'The Office' than a championship fell race......

Find out how it was at Esk Hause 50 mins in. Sports cameramen beware, this is BAFTA material.

An Invitation to A 'Great' Day Out

King Kong Corny, Rob Jebb and MMB on Scafell Pike

It's the Great Lakes Run on Saturday 16 June, that's the first long counter in the 2012 Fellrunning English Championships. It's only 13 miles, but as its 7000ft of ascent weaves its way through the Lake District's rough central fells, most of those 13 miles are rather 'challenging', at least, and completely 'unrunnable' for some. 
But today, and for a limited few days only, you have been invited to come on an armchair recce with some of Saturday's main contenders!
The Race
Let's ask organisers Ambleside to tell us about the race.......

"The race starts in Langdale at Stool End Farm, after an eyeballs-out ascent of The Band to Bowfell, the route makes a high-level summit-hopping circuit of Upper Eskdale, including Esk Pike, Great End, Scafell Pike and Scafell. There follows a crossing of what feels like Middle Earth, forging a path from Slight Side to Pike o' Blisco – fast running over the trackless reaches south of Great Moss. On a clear day it’s magic, but if the clags in then the map will definitely need to be out. The final descent from Blisco is notably steep if you choose to take it head-on."

So that's BOWFELL, ESK PIKE, GREAT END, SCAFELL PIKE, FOOT OF GULLY TO FOXES TARN, FLAGGED SECTION AVOIDING FOXES TARN, SCAFELL, SLIGHT SIDE and PIKE OF BLISCO. So reports of recces taking 8 hours are hardly surprising and yet the records are 2:37:41 (Simon Booth - 2009) and 3:30:36 (Kate Bailey - 2009).

An invitation to come on a recce

But for just a few days only, Fell Running Briefs is inviting you on a recce with, none other than, our British Silver Medalist Ski Mountaineer Ben Bardsley!

Here's Ben, don't be afraid, you can trust him, that's a Codade Horshoe buff he's got on his head, so he must be ok! Ben's meeting up with some friends today and they (like Ben) are top quality fell runners. 

Joining us on the recce are Borrowdale Fellrunners Captain Paul (King King Corny) Cornforth, this year's Grisedale Grind and Glaramara winner Martin Mikkelsen Barron (MMB) and the Jebi Master himself (and last year's English Championship runner up) Rob Jebb. I just hope we can keep up.......

Here we go up 'The Band'

Ben - "Are you ok back there?"

FRB - "I'll catch you up lads, wait at the top"

Now we've reached Bow Fell and we are looking over to Esk Pike

FRB - "Looks a bit rocky to me lads"

Ben - "Just a bit! But just watch Corny and MMB float over it"

Now we're at Esk Pike and looking over to Great End

FRB - "I think I can see a bit of grass I can run on for about two metres"

Corny - "Fill yer boots"

Heading off Great End towards Scafell Pike

OK we're heading off Scafell Pike now!

Ben - "There are some patches of grass here"

FRB - "Just finding them is the problem!"

Heading towards Slight Side

Ben - "Come on! It's good running!"
FRB - "It may be, but my legs have stopped working"

Looking back to Slight Side

FRB - "Surely you've transported us to the Alps Ben, that's beautiful!"
Ben - "Let's hope it's like this on race day"

Coming off Pike O' Blisco

Ben - "Simon Booth knows a good line off here if you can keep up with him"
FRB - "Is it nearly over Ben? I'm ruined, my legs are trashed"
Ben - "Honestly keep going FRB, I've got a treat for you at the end"
FRB - "Ugh, OK"

Back at Stool End

FRB - "Oh super, a bath with Corny, MMB and Rob Jebb - What a treat"

We hope you've enjoyed our recce today, don't forget to thank Ben for inviting us if you see him and good luck in the race! We'll hope to bring you news of the winners, shortly after the race as we know there isn't a lot of phone cover down Langdale.
Entry List
Here's the entry list.

Glaramara

Here's a rough idea of the course! But we can vouch (as we ran it today) it's a brilliant race! It's very interesting and full of surprises; runnable, walkable, scrambling, boggy, dry, technical, fast -  just some of the words that would be helpful in another great FRB report, however we just can't wait to bring you the news so forget the description.... here are the facts!

The record for this race belongs to Lloyd Taggart it's 5 miles and 2050ft and it's 44:17.

Today, local man Martin Mikkelsen Barron won the race in a very fast time. Martin lives within walking distance of the start of the race but doesn't train on Glaramara. He told us, every time he's been up there he finds a different route! It's a very deceptive hill, even in clear weather.

Full results

1. MMB (Martin Mikkelsen Barron) 46:21
2. Mike Fanning 49:05
3. King Kong Corny (Paul Cornforth) 50:15
4. Tom Edwards 51:28
5. Phil Winskill 53:04
6. Stevie B (Birkenshaw) 53:06 - after winning the Old Counties Tops (37miles) yesterday
7. Bob Wiseman 53:13
8. Sam Johnstone 54:27 (under18)
9. Mickey Cunningham 54:59
10. Andrew Davies 55:22 (V50 and on a comeback)
11. Simon Gray 56:38
12. Paul Barnes 56:43
13. Colin Valentine 57:39
14. Neil Sidaway 60:00
15. Daniel Platt 60:01

The top three today - MMB (right) Mike Fanning (left) leaning on  King Kong Corny 

Ladies
1. Nic Davies 60:54 (18th overall)
2. Kate Beaty 64:27
3. Sarah Bailey 65:09
4. Sarah Yeomans 67:02
5. Judy Howells 67:53
6. Bethany Gregory Smith 68:55

PS Thank you Scoff for guiding the ladies back to the finish after also finishing a brilliant 3rd in the Old Counties Tops yesterday.

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That County Feeling

Fell Running Briefs - brief and about fell running

The action may be hotting up but the weather certainly isn't.

The Old County Tops
We understand that Stevie B and Tom Gibbs won in about 7:03, 2nd were Chris Near and Steve Higginbottom and 3rd Jebby and Scoff. 5th was the mixed team that included last year's (Vet 40) British Champion Judith Jepson. Results are available here.

The Inter Counties Fell Championship
Update - results - A win for Greater Manchester - The race is 7.5miles and 1750 feet. 

Here's Will at this year's Three Peaks Race - picture by Dave Woodhead 

Will Neill  (who was part of a strong Team Staffordshire featuring Simon Bailey) brought us the results and finished 5th team.

Masters

It was the World Masters Mountain Running Championships 2012 in Bühlertal Germany. Ben Bardsley, Mark Roberts and Jon Deegan made a road trip.

Outcome! - Lucky 7s! A 7th place for Ben and Mark on their categories (V40 and V50) and a 27th for John (V45). Here are the results.

Bob Graham
And a big shout to Aly Raw last year's silver medal winner (British V40) on completing the Bob Graham Round this fine May day - 19 May 2012!

Here's Aly at the Lad's Leap race earlier this year  - Pic by Dave Woodhead.

Slieve Bearnargh - Close Call

Joe Symonds won today but it was close. He said "it was a tough race, I just held off Rob Jebb and Morgan Donnelly for the win."

Rob Jebb, Joe Symonds and Morgan Donnelly

Rob and Morgz raced each other for second place, with Rob taking the honour just three seconds in front of Morgz."I was closing Rob down" said Morgz "and a few more metres maybe would have been enough".

Rob said it was a great race and was pleased with the result.

Top Twenty
1 Joe Symonds 49:13
2 Rob Jebb 49:39
3 Morgan Donnelly 49:42
4 Lloyd Taggart 50:23
5 Carl Bell 51:10
6 Karl Gray 51:17
7 Darren Kay 51:30
8 Ben Bardsley 52:08
9 Mark Addison 52:16
10 Martin Mikkelson Barron 52:25
11 Gavin Mulholland 52:55
12 Ben Mounsey 53:06
13 Danny Hope 54:04
14 Sam Tosh 54:13
15 Stephen Cunningham 54:17
16 Richard Roberts 54:19
17 Mark Roberts 54:33
18 Paul Cornforth 54:40
19 Tom Addison 54:44
20 Andrew Fallas 54:47

Full results here

Carl Bell (5th), being chased by Karl Gray (6th), being chased Darren Kay (7th)

Ladies
1 Angela Mudge 60:18
2 Helen Fines 61:39
3 Ciara Largey 62:04
4 Anna Bartlett 63:17
5 Mel Price 65:19
6 Lindsey Brindle 67:12
7 Helen Elmore 67:35
8 Charlotte Morgan 67:57
9 Diane Wilson 68:31
10 Nicola Davies 68:52

Full results here

The Three Peaks - The Marathon with Mountains

Update - the results for the 2012 Three Peaks Race are here.

The Three Musketeers, Three Coins in a Fountain, Three Steps to Heaven, what is it with all these threesomes?

We even have them in fell running, embodied in what many like to think of the fellrunner's response to the London Marathon; The Three Peaks.

The calender tells us the race is 23miles and 5300ft. Andy Peace has the current course record 2:46:03 from 1996. Anna Pichtrova from the Czech Republic has the ladies best time of 3:14:43 from 2008 (when it was a World Mountain Running Championship).

The race is tough not because the route is rough or the navigation is difficult, this route is tramped every day of the year by charity eventers and other walkers who complete it in a day. No, this race is tough as it's so very runnable and fast, leaving the competitors no place to hide.

Penyghent (694m), Whernside (736m) and Ingleborough (723m), but the greatest of these is Whernside 

Matt of Mud, Sweat and Tears analysed the entry list and has picked out some of those to watch out for......

"The fields for the mens and womens races are absolutely stacked with fell and mountain running talent from the UK, with the likes of Rickey Gates making the long trip to Yorkshire from California to have a crack at adding this monument of a race to his list of career wins.

The men’s race is headed by 2011 winner Tom Owens, recent British Champs round one winner Joe Symonds, multiple winner of the 3 Peaks Rob Jebb and 2008 winner and Jethro Lennox.

The 2009 winner Jebb will be aiming to put himself even further up the Three Peaks hall-of-fame rankings as he goes for his fifth win.

One other contender is 2009 runner-up Ricky Lighfoot. The Ellenborough athlete has had a good start to 2012 and is proven over the longer distance races.

Others to look out for are Dark Peak’s Oli Johnson and Robert Little, Carl Bell, Graham Pearce, Eryri’s Richard Roberts, Andy Davies, Martin Cox....." here's the rest of Matt's preview. And you can find out more in an article on the FRA website here.

Matt has also reproduced some quotes from those that have won over the years in an article on his magazine website. 

Mary Wilkinson - Ladies winner in 2007 (2:30:22) by Bryan Mills

The race starts at 10am on Saturday 28 April. Why not follow the race from the comfort of your armchair or your Local (or even an armchair in your Local!) on the sport ident live event monitor linked here. 

If you are going along to Ribblesdale to watch we hope you have a great day. The fast runners are expected to take around 26 minutes to reach the summit of Penyghent. They should be at Ribblehead by 11.20am. The record time from the start to Whernside summit is 1hr 38mins. Spectators on Ingleborough summit can expect to see competitors from around 12.20pm with the winner returning to Horton by 12.50pm

And, if you are going to compete, don't forget it's as easy as One, Two, Three!

Bell waltzes to victory

Carl Bell floating down Cat Bells - Pic by Hannah Fanning

Anniversary Waltz
Carl Bell today won the Anniversary Waltz Fell Race in the Newlands Valley near Keswick in a time of 1:33:46. The 11.5miles race (with 3600ft of climb) proved no problem to the Howgill Harrier, leaving our British Ski Mountaineer Silver Medalist Ben Bardsley with another second place.
Carl set off fast and led the field along the 3 mile flat track that marks the start of the race. When they hit the first climb (Robinson) expert climber Ben started to close in on Carl. Ben took a direct route up on to the ridge which leads to the top of Robinson while Carl decided to liven the day up with a spot of gully scrambling.

Once on the top of Robinson the significant climbs are over and Carl used his speed to seal the deal and beat the man who beat him on the same course in 2011.

1. Carl Bell 1:33:46
2. Ben Bardlsey 1:38:37
3. Mike Fanning 1:39:29
4. Martin Mikkelsen Barron 1:39:49
5. Tom Gibbs 1:42:25
6. Daz Holloway 1:45:02
7. Stevie Birkinshaw 1:46:45
8. Sam Ware 1:47:01
9. Richard McGrath 1:50:29
10. Mark McGoldrick 1:51:09
11. Mark Chippendale 1:52:00
12. Anthony Smith 1:52:17
13. Mickey Cunningham 1:52:51
14. Brian Taylor 1:52:58
15 David White 1:52:59

Ladies
1. Beckie Taylor - 2:09:06
2. Sarah Bailey 2:13:50
3. Sarah Massey 2:15:30

Full results

Teenager with Altitude

Andrew Fallas, Scoffer, S.Pyke and Corny at Hindscarth by Pauline Charters

Meanwhile at the longer, tougher, selective but more brutal younger brother, the Teenager with Altitude (15.4 miles, 7600ft). The fight was between the front four. FRB watched the runners go through Hindscarth, about 2 hours into the race and spoke to Scoffer after.

FRB - "Hey Scoff - I thought you were going to win that race! You looked strong at Hindscarth and you looked like you knew the way better than Andrew Fallas did."

Scoff  - "Yeah! It was a really close battle between all four of us and I too thought I was going to win! We were catching Andrew Fallas up on every descent. I was going to let my dog run with me from Dale Head where Sharon was with some water, but as I thought I was in with a chance, I thought I'd better not. Knowing our collie Nell, she'd wander off with another dog and I'd have to go and chase her!"

FRB - "So did Andrew Fallas know the route?"

Scoff - "Well I was occasionally shouting directions to him from behind but it's not a difficult route to follow, but Andrew was stronger on the climbs and deserved to win"

FRB - "Well bad luck this time Scoff - they'll be another win around the corner. Steve Pyke came through strongly to push you to third though didn't he"

Scoff  "Yeah he was jammy!"

1. Andrew Fallas 2:54:49
2. Steve Pyke 2:55:04
3. Scoffer 2:55:26
4. Paul Cornforth 2:56:33
5. Richard Mellons 3:00:47
6. Jon Ashcroft 3:06:54
7. Dave Ward 3:12:40
8. Matt Hulley 3:12:44
9. Ross Litherland 3:13:31
10. Mike Johnson 3:17:57

First Lady and new record! Judith Jepson - 3:23:32
2. Helen Bonsor 3:31:21
3. Hazel Robinson 3:31:38
4. Nicky Spinks 3:41:46
5. Anne Johnson 3:45:47
6. Jean Brown 3:47:22
7. Jo Gillyon 3:57:36
8. Rachel Hill 4:01:49

Full results

Coledale Men's Results

Brett will be publishing the results on the FRA website shortly - but in the meantime here they are pasted below.
Message from Mike and Hazel
A big thank you again to everybody who helped us on the day, far too many to mention but you know who you are!
There were a number of photographers on the course, check them out at www.athletesinaction.co.uk and www.sportsunday.co.uk.
We do have a few items of lost property, we will take them to Anniversary Waltz and Buttermere Sailbeck so please come and grab them off us if you think you left any belongings behind.
Thank you

Coledale Horseshoe 2012 ~ Men's Results - updated 17 April
Position	Name	Surname	Category	Club	Time
1	Joe	Symonds	M	Kendal	01:07'45
2	Ionut	Zinca	M	Team Valetudo	01:08'42
3	Morgan	Donnelly	M	Borrowdale	01:08'48
4	Rob	Jebb	M	Bingley	01:09'18
5	Ben	Abdelnoor	M	Ambleside	01:10'37
6	Rob	Baker	M	Dark Peak	01:10'38
7	Lloyd	Taggart	MV40	Dark Peak	01:11'11
8	Ben	Bardsley	MV40	Borrowdale	01:11'13
9	Karl	Gray	MV40	Calder Valley	01:11'23
10	Rob	Hope	M	Pudsey & Bramley	01:11'38
11	Mark	Addison	M	Helm Hill	01:11'43
12	Tom	Addison	MU23	Helm Hill	01:11'44
13	Steven	Cale	M	Mercia	01:11'51
14	Carl	Bell	M	Howgill Harriers	01:11'52
15	Ricky	Lightfoot	M	Ellenborough	01:12'12
16	Jethro	Lennox	M	Shettleston Harriers	01:12'21
17	Phil	Davies	MV40	Borrowdale	01:12'22
18	Rhys	Findlay-Robinson	M	Dark Peak	01:12'27
19	Sam	Tosh	MU23	Rossendale	01:12'52
20	Tim	Davies	M	Mercia	01:13'09
21	Darren	Kay	MV40	Pudsey & Bramley	01:13'23
22	Kim	Collison	M	Eden	01:13'25
23	Chris	Steele	M	Borrowdale	01:23'29
24	John	Heneghan	M	Pudsey & Bramley	01:13'29
25	Martin	Mikkelsen-Barron	M	Borrowdale	01:13'37
26	Graham	Pearce	M	Pudsey & Bramley	01:13'39
27	Robert	Little	M	Dark Peak	01:13'55
28	Oli	Johnson	M	Dark Peak	01:13'56
29	Richard	Roberts	M	Eryri	01:14'01
30	Mike	Fanning	MV40	Borrowdale	01:14'34
31	Tom	Brunt	M	Holmfirth Harriers	01:15'02
32	Math	Roberts	M	Eryri	01:15'10
33	Kenny	Richmond	MV40	Shettleston Harriers	01:15'14
34	Jon	Morgan	MV40	Dark Peak	01:15'22
35	Matthew	Sullivan	M	Shettleston Harriers	01:15'36
36	Gavin	Mulholland	MV40	Calder Valley	01:15'51
37	Jack	Ross	MU23	Staffordshire Moorlands	01:16'35
38	Tom	Adams	M	Ilkley	01:16'43
39	Mark	Roberts	MV50	Borrowdale	01:16'52
40	Neil	Northrop	M	Dark Peak	01:16'58
41	James	Logue	MV40	Calder Valley	01:17'05
42	Andrew	Peace	MV40	Bingley	01:17'06
43	Paul	Cornforth	MV45	Borrowdale	01:17'11
44	Tim	Ellis	M	Calder Valley	01:17'13
45	Pete	Vale	M	Mercia	01:17'29
46	Gavin	Bland	MV40	Borrowdale	01:17'33
47	Ben	Mounsey	M	Calder Valley	01:17'48
48	Dave	Milliken	MV45	Horwich	01:17'57
49	Tim	Black	M	Calder Valley	01:17'58
50	Matthew	Lockyer	M	Pudsey & Bramley	01:17'59
51	Phil	Winskill	M	Keswick	01:18'20
52	Darren	Holloway	MV40	Pennine	01:18'25
53	Sam	Watson	M	Wharfedale	01:18'39
54	Steve	Birkenshaw	MV40	Borrowdale	01:18'40
55	Matthew	Reedy	M	Ambleside	01:18'41
56	William	Neill	MU23	Mercia	01:19'00
57	Jason	Williams	M	Charnwood AC	01:19'06
58	Andrew	Davies	M	Mercia	01:19'07
59	Dave	Taylor	MV45	Dark Peak	01:19'09
60	Andrew	Schofield	MV40	Borrowdale	01:19'13
61	John	Hunt	MV45	Dark Peak	01:19'19
62	Stephen	Pyke	MV45	Staffordshire Moorlands	01:19'57
63	Paul	Jones	MV40	Mercia	01:19'57
64	Hugh	O'Donnell	M	Ambleside	01:20'07
65	Dave	Eiser	M	Ochil	01:20'09
66	Bob	Wiseman	M	Ochil Harriers	01:20'17
67	Tom	Cringle	M	Manx Fell Runners	01:20'24
68	Ian	Nixon	M	Pudsey & Bramley	01:20'30
69	Chris	Knowles	MV40	CFR	01:20'33
70	John	Helme	M	Ambleside	01:20'41
71	Jamie	Luxmoore	M	Ambleside	01:20'47
72	Sean	Carey	MU23	Todmorden	01:20'51
73	Richard	Mellon	MV40	Bowland	01:20'55
74	Jon	Deegan	MV45	Ambleside	01:21'02
75	Nicholas	Barber	M	Pennine	01:21'17
76	David	Kirkham	M	Wharfedale	01:21'19
77	Chris	Reade	MV45	Bowland	01:21'42
78	Andrew	Jebb	M	Bingley	01:21'43
79	Anthony	Smith	MV40	Ambleside	01:21'55
80	Mike	Johnson	MV50	Bowland	01:21'57
81	Richard	Houghton	MV45	Macclesfield	01:21'58
82	Roland	Stafford	M	Mercia	01:22'12
83	Robin	Lawrence	MV40	Bingley	01:22'13
84	Andy	Brown	MV40	Bingley	01:22'14
85	John	Nicoll	MV40	Keswick	01:22'15
86	Lee	Athersmith	M	Bingley	01:22'19
87	Ed	Gamble	MV45	Cheshire Hill Racers	01:22'20
88	Nicholas	Charlesworth	MV45	Wharfedale	01:22'24
89	Alistair	Murray	M	Horwich	01:22'40
90	Dave	Neill	MV55	Staffordshire Moorlands	01:22'53
91	Muir	Morton	M	Pennine	01:23'04
92	Dwane	Dixon	M	Todmorden	01:23'09
93	Martin	Cliffe	MV40	Eryri	01:23'23
94	Mick	Stenton	MV50	Dark Peak	01:23'24
95	Andy	Fleet	MU23	Calder Valley	01:23'25
96	Mike	Robinson	MV40	Dark Peak	01:23'29
97	Mark	Johnston	M	Bellahouston RR	01:23'34
98	Andy	Thorpe	MV40	Calder Valley	01:23'47
99	James	Kevan	M	Horwich	01:23'53
100	Brian	Stevenson	MV45	Pudsey & Bramley	01:23'55
101	Matthew	Hulley	M	Dark Peak	01:23'57
102	Sebastien	Sillito	M	Helm Hill	01:24'00
103	Neil	Ashcroft	MV40	Ambleside	01:24'04
104	Konrad	Rawlik	M	Carnethy	01:24'24
105	Dan	Duxbury	M	Ambleside	01:24'44
106	Jonathon	Bradshaw	MU23	Wharfedale	01:24'45
107	Dave	Motley	M	Clayton le Moors	01:24'51
108	Mark	Chippendale	MV40	Bowland	01:25'05
109	Chris	Balderson	MV45	Clayton le Moors	01:25'10
110	Chris	Hope	M	Borrowdale	01:25'30
111	Lee	Newton	M	Keswick	01:25'31
112	James	Senior	M	Bingley	01:25'31
113	Lee	Morley	M	Ilkley	01:25'34
114	Tom	Roo	M	Mercia	01:25'42
115	Mark	Goldie	MV40	Calder Valley	01:25'50
116	Nigel	Bunn	MV45	Tring	01:25'52
117	Paul 'Crabby'	Crabtree	MV40	Wharfedale	01:25'54
118	John	McGrath	MV45	Ambleside	01:25'55
119	Peter	Brittleton	MV40	U/A	01:25'56
120	Paul	Carman	M	Wharfedale	01:25'56
121	Andrew	McFarlane	MV40	Clayton le Moors	01:26'30
122	Dave	Roberts	MV40	U/A	01:26'35
123	Karl	Steinegger	MU23	Ambleside	01:26'37
124	Harry	Dalby	M	Pudsey & Bramley	01:26'40
125	Howard	Seal	M	CFR	01:26'43
126	Jason	Hemsley	MV40	Wharfedale	01:26'49
127	Graham	Schofield	MV55	Horwich	01:26'51
128	Alan	Kirk	MV50	Pennine	01:26'59
129	Tony	Heron	MV40	Dark Peak	01:27'11
130	Paul	Barnes	MV40	Borrowdale	01:27'18
131	Ben	Gibbison	M	Dark Peak	01:27'29
132	John	Lloyd	M	Todmorden	01:27'40
133	Gavin	Williams	MV50	Dark Peak	01:27'40
134	Tom	McGaff	MV55	Cheshire Hill Racers	01:27'42
135	Paul M	Crabtree	MV40	Wharfedale	01:28'06
136	Paul	Knowles	MV40	Ambleside	01:28'08
137	Richard	Stevens	M	Ambleside	01:28'10
138	David	Edmondson	MV45	Clayton le Moors	01:28'12
139	Andy	Davies	MV45	Mercia	01:28'14
140	Simon	Reed	MV50	Notts AC	01:28'25
141	David	Keeling	MV45	Cheshire Hill Racers	01:28'28
142	James	McQueen	MV40	Eryri	01:28'31
143	Steve	Bell	MV45	Dark Peak	01:28'40
144	Andy	Hauser	MV55	Holmfirth Harriers	01:28'44
145	Andy	Staveley	MV50	Burnden RR	01:28'46
146	Peter	Winterbottom	M	Borrowdale	01:28'50
147	Mark	Messenger	MV45	Macclesfield	01:28'55
148	Ali	Welsh	MV50	Bowland	01:28'59
149	Nigel	Wood	M	Coniston Fell Runners	01:29'01
150	Will	Spain	M	Dark Peak	01:29'11
151	Christopher	Loftus	MV40	Keighley & Craven	01:29'18
152	Neil	Armitage	MV40	Pudsey & Bramley	01:29'22
153	Billy	Procter	MV55	Helm Hill	01:29'32
154	Rob	Sellors	M	Manx Fell Runners	01:29'39
155	Josh	Hubbard	M	Leicester Fell Foxes	01:29'48
156	Ged	Callan	M	Bingley	01:29'51
157	Peter	Crompton	MV55	CFR	01:30'06
158	Paul	Aitken	M	Helm Hill	01:30'09
159	Phil	Craker	MV40	Ambleside	01:30'15
160	Robert	Taylor	MV60	Pennine	01:30'17
161	Ian	Luke	M	U/A	01:30'19
162	Neil	Hardiman	MV40	Clayton le Moors	01:30'23
163	Ben	Grant	MV60	Harrogate Harriers	01:30'26
164	Richard	Horsfield	MV50	Dark Peak	01:30'29
165	Philip	Taylor	MV50	Rossendale	01:30'33
166	Paul	Jeggo	MV50	Springfield Striders	01:30'37
167	John	Rainford	MV50	Preston Harriers	01:30'40
168	Peter	Ward	M	Shettleston Harriers	01:30'49
169	Gavin	Fisher	MV45	U/A	01:31'00
170	Gareth	Briggs	MV40	Staffordshire Moorlands	01:31'29
171	Ben	Procter	M	Helm Hill	01:31'32
172	Jonathan	Fish	MV45	Ambleside	01:31'36
173	Dave	Soles	MV40	Pennine	01:31'51
174	Darren	Roberts	M	Eryri	01:31'54
175	Steve	Nolan	MV50	Burnden RR	01:31'57
176	Huw	Price	MV50	Bowland	01:31'59
177	Scott	Baistow	MU23	Wharfedale	01:32'07
178	Kenneth	Short	MV45	Teviotdale Harriers	01:32'11
179	Andy	Shaw	MV50	Holmfirth Harriers	01:32'15
180	Chris	Sanderson	MV40	NFR	01:32'25
181	Pete	Booth	MV60	Clayton le Moors	01:32'29
182	Ivan	Whigham	MV50	Clayton le Moors	01:32'34
183	Roger	Laycock	MV50	Settle Harriers	01:32'44
184	Pete	Tayler	MV45	Black Combe Runners	01:32'56
185	Gary	Fleet	MV50	Pennine	01:33'02
186	Ashley	Kay	MV50	Dark Peak	01:33'25
187	Jack	Holt	MV60	Clayton le Moors	01:33'30
188	Andy	Normandale	MV55	York Acorn Running Club	01:33'33
189	Joel	Dalby	M	Skipton AC	01:33'38
190	James	Archbold	MV45	Borrowdale	01:33'39
191	Robert	Johnson	MV55	Southport Waterloo	01:33'46
192	Marcel	Ellison	M	Todmorden	01:34'00
193	Matt	Dawson	M	Glossopdale	01:34'02
194	Jamie	Baron	MV45	Black Combe Runners	01:34'03
195	Jim	Rhodes	MV45	Bowland	01:34'10
196	Matteo	Lorenzi	M	Team Valetudo	01:34'25
197	Mike	Walsh	MV60	Kendal	01:34'38
198	Dominic	Carr	M	Clayton le Moors	01:35'01
199	Graham	Moffat	MV50	Howgill Harriers	01:35'02
200	Darren	Rodmell	M	Beverley AC	01:35'07
201	Andrew	Bradley	MV45	CFR	01:35'09
202	Dominic	Nurse	MV40	Abbey Runners	01:35'14
203	Michael	Formby	MV40	U/A	01:35'20
204	Phil	Clayton	MV40	Black Combe Runners	01:35'20
205	Stephen	Burthen	MV50	Warrington AC	01:35'45
206	Peter	Buchanan	MV50	Ochil	01:35'47
207	Barry	Blyth	MV65	Macclesfield	01:35'52
208	Martyn	Pollitt	MV50	Burnden RR	01:35'58
209	Brian	Walton	MV55	Horwich	01:36'06
210	Jim	Tyson	M	Ambleside	01:36'26
211	Dave	Collins	MV55	Todmorden	01:36'38
212	Martin	Price	M	U/A	01:36'44
213	Vincent	Booth	MV45	Cheshire Hill Racers	01:36'48
214	Ian	Warhurst	MV50	Pennine	01:37'03
215	Keith	Holmes	MV55	Dark Peak	01:37'04
216	Nick	Lancaster	MV55	U/A	01:37'05
217	Darren	Shepherd	MV40	Framlingham Flyers	01:37'19
218	Robert	Crawford	M	Helm Hill	01:37'22
219	Peter	Kemp	MV40	Ellenborough	01:37'25
220	Gary	Johnson	MV40	Eden	01:37'26
221	Andy	Blackett	M	Durham Fell Runners	01:37'27
222	Mark	Nutter	MV50	Clayton le Moors	01:37'42
223	Graham	McAra	MV55	Cheshire Hill Racers	01:37'45
224	Billy	Fraser	MV50	NFR	01:37'52
225	Jim	Semmelroth	M	Southwell RC	01:37'54
226	Neil	Sidaway	MV45	CFR	01:38'21
227	Alan	Renfree	MV50	U/A	01:38'22
228	Ian	Smallwood	MV40	York Acorn Running Club	01:38'24
229	Rory	O'Donnell	M	Eryri	01:38'47
230	Scott	Davies	MV40	Wharfedale	01:38'51
231	Kieran	Carr	MV65	Clayton le Moors	01:38'57
232	Dave	Sykes	M	Dark Peak	01:39'00
233	Ian	Haigh	MV40	Southwell RC	01:39'02
234	Mike	Cooper	MV45	Cheshire Hill Racers	01:39'06
235	Dicky	Wilkinson	MV50	Dark Peak	01:39'13
236	Shaun	Addison	MV50	Helm Hill	01:39'20
237	Andy	Cleworth	M	U/A	01:39'31
238	Alan	Pickering	MV45	Matlock AC	01:39'31
239	John-Paul	Ainsworth	M	U/A	01:39'34
240	Paul	Woolhouse	M	Southwell RC	01:39'56
241	Paul	Tiffany	M	Bingley	01:39'57
242	Craig	Dring	MV45	Keswick	01:39'58
243	John	Spencer	MV45	Rotherham Harriers	01:40'00
244	Dave	Tait	MV65	Dark Peak	01:40'03
245	Andrew	Murray	MV40	Keswick	01:40'04
246	Alan	Brentnall	MV60	Pennine	01:40'04
247	David	Beels	MV60	Calder Valley	01:40'05
248	Paul	Biddulph	MV40	Calder Valley	01:40'15
249	Stefan	Bramwell	MV40	Pennine	01:40'34
250	Steven Andrew	Bennett	MV50	North Derbyshire RC	01:40'35
251	Bolcato	Alberto	MV45	Team Valetudo	01:40'40
252	Phil	Hodgson	MV55	Todmorden	01:41'00
253	Neil	Cassidy	MV55	Tynedale Harriers	01:41'25
254	Jonathan	Walkingshaw	M	CFR	01:41'32
255	Stehen	Fry	MV45	Harrogate Harriers	01:41'43
256	Dick	Waddington	MV40	Ilkley	01:41'48
257	Hanno	Torn	MV40	Pennine	01:41'51
258	Simon	Harden	MV50	Buxton AC	01:41'52
259	Andy	Watts	MV60	Cheshire Hill Racers	01:42'17
260	Neil	Worswick	MV40	Clayton le Moors	01:42'27
261	Peter	Hill	MV50	Pudsey & Bramley	01:42'43
262	Ron	Rees	MV55	Pennine	01:42'50
263	Greg	Rimmer	MV45	Dark Peak	01:43'18
264	Steven	O'Keeffe	MV40	CFR	01:43'22
265	John	Mooney	MV50	Macclesfield	01:43'30
266	David	Malia	MV45	Mercia	01:43'31
267	Jim	Tinnion	MV40	Mercia	01:43'55
268	Mike	Park	MV45	CFR	01:44'26
269	Kevin	Bray	MV50	Morpeth Harriers	01:44'28
270	Roderick	Pugh	MV55	Kilmarnock Harriers	01:44'37
271	Rick	Ansell	MV50	Tring	01:44'42
272	Mark	Cliff	MV40	Pennine	01:44'43
273	Pete	Robinson	MV45	Pennine	01:45'28
274	Ian	Connell	MV45	Clayton le Moors	01:45'35
275	Adrian	Dixon	MV65	U/A	01:45'38
276	Colin	Wilshaw	MV45	Pennine	01:45'39
277	David	Naylor	MV55	Clayton le Moors	01:45'47
278	Trevor	Longman	MV60	Macclesfield	01:45'48
279	Mark	Graham	MV50	CFR	01:46'10
280	Russ	McInroy	MV60	Helensburgh AAC	01:46'21
281	Michael	McLoughlin	MV55	Preston Harriers	01:46'22
282	Stephen	Bury	MV50	Clayton le Moors	01:46'39
283	Mick	Wilson	MV60	Helm Hill	01:46'41
284	Mark	Woodhead	MV45	Valley Striders	01:46'50
285	Richard	Bellaries	MV55	Clayton le Moors	01:46'54
286	Aaron	Forshaw	M	U/A	01:46'54
287	David	Burton	MV50	Keswick	01:47'20
288	Neil	Smith	MV45	Ilkley	01:47'28
289	Marcus	Taylor	MV40	Burnden RR	01:47'34
290	Martin	Hancock	MV40	Skipton	01:47'50
291	Jonathan	Haynes	MV55	Bishops Stortford	01:47'52
292	Andy	Howie	MV55	Pennine	01:47'58
293	Ian	Newbold	MV40	Wharfedale	01:48'01
294	David	Ross	MV40	CFR	01:48'05
295	Chris	Jagan	MV60	U/A	01:48'07
296	John	Blair-Fish	MV60	Carnethy	01:48'08
297	Michael	Mummery	MV55	York AC	01:48'14
298	Rigby	Jerram	MV50	Kendal	01:48'49
299	Brian	Horn	MV55	U/A	01:49'16
300	SPaul	Coope	MV45	U/A	01:49'30
301	Martin	Whitehead	MV55	Calder Valley	01:49'40
302	Stephen	Dixon	MV55	Valley Striders	01:49'41
303	Paul	Jennings	MV45	CFR	01:49'52
304	Mick	Cochrane	MV65	Dark Peak	01:50'01
305	Richard	Lindsay	MV40	Esk Valley Fell Club	01:50'04
306	Shaun	Hardisty	MV40	Eden Runners	01:50'13
307	Stewart	Barrie	MV40	HBT	01:50'21
308	Dave	Culpan	MV50	Calder Valley	01:50'35
309	Mark	Bullock	MV45	U/A	01:51'07
310	Jack	King	MV60	U/A	01:51'09
311	Richard	Leonard	MV50	Todmorden	01:51'21
312	Martyn	Finn	MV40	Pudsey & Bramley	01:51'28
313	Iain	Glendinning	M	Calder Valley	01:52'03
314	Simon	Froude	MV50	U/A	01:52'07
315	Spencer	Samson	MV45	Kendal	01:52'14
316	John	Taylor	MV60	Bowland	01:52'52
317	John	Fletcher	MV45	CFR	01:53'06
318	Paul	Hills	MV50	Pennine	01:53'19
319	Nick	Moore	MV50	CFR	01:53'55
320	Giorgio	Pesenti	MV55	Team Valetudo	01:54'07
321	Colin	Whitaker	MV45	Bowland	01:54'09
322	Dennis	Lucas	MV65	Rochdale Harriers	01:54'12
323	Graham	Eccles	MV50	Clayton le Moors	0.079386574
324	Ian	Smith	MV60	Bolton	01:54'22
325	Andrew	Firth	MV50	Clayton le Moors	01:54'24
326	Ross	Powell	MV55	Mercia	01:54'26
327	Richard	Watson	M	Black Combe Runners	01:54'28
328	John	Parker	MV70	Horwich	01:54'52
329	Paul	Murray	MV70	Horwich	01:54'54
330	Tim	Ruck	M	Pennine	01:55'21
331	Mathew	Driscoll	MV40	York Acorn Running Club	01:55'26
332	Tim	Done	MV45	Wharfedale	01:55'55
333	Darren	Webb	MV40	Dark Peak	01:56'32
334	Dilwyn	Rowlands	MV40	Eryri	01:56'54
335	Dennis	Learad	MV60	Clowne Road Runners	01:57'03
336	John	Williams	MV60	Springfield Striders	01:57'22
337	Andy	Ross	MV45	U/A	01:57'23
338	Richard	Pegram	MV45	Wirksworth RC	01:58'10
339	Peter	Calladine	MV60	Saddleworth	01:58'15
340	Mike	Troup	MV55	Ambleside	01:58'25
341	Andy	Neill	MV40	U/A	01:59'19
342	Mark	Irving	M	Bowland	01:59'32
343	Eric	Gilhooley	MV55	U/A	01:59'33
344	Chris	Clark	MV60	Keswick	01:59'41
345	Roger	Whitaker	MV65	CFR	2:00'29
346	John	Robson	MV45	U/A	2:00'30
347	Colin	Ledlie	MV45	Carnethy	2:00'43
348	Ian	Wolfendale	MV50	Pennine	2:00'46
349	Rod	Campbell	MV65	Staffordshire Moorlands	2:01'30
350	Andy	Fletcher	MV50	CFR	2:01'45
351	Martin Francis	Walsh	MV65	Bowland	2:02'04
352	Chris	Drinkwater	MV60	Todmorden	2:02'06
353	Roger	Ashby	MV65	Pennine	2:02'12
354	Elliott	Lorimer	M	U/A	2:02'21
355	Stephen	Firth	M	Bingley	2:02'50
356	Peter	Dugdale	MV55	Clayton le Moors	2:03'29
357	Ed	Grimshaw	MV50	Accrington	2:05'28
358	Richard	Blakeley	MV65	Todmorden	2:05'44
359	Peter	Jagan	MV60	Bingley	2:05'49
360	John	Robinson	MV60	Walton Chasers	2:07'15
361	Bill	Alsop	MV70	Buxton AC	2:07'15
362	Paul	Walsh	MV65	Bowland	2:07'17
363	Richard	Beard	MV45	Black Combe Runners	2:07'57
364	Jeremy	Brayshaw	MV65	Totley AC	2:08'13
365	Neil	Goldsmith	MV60	Pennine	2:10'17
366	Anthony	Kent	MV40	U/A	2:11'01
367	Bill	Wade	MV70	Holmfirth Harriers	2:11'40
368	Jim	Sommerville	MV60	Holmfirth Harriers	2:12'12
369	Barry	Johnson	MV70	CFR	2:14'48
370	Pete	Dowker	MV65	Kendal	2:21'06
371	David	Wilson	MV55	Todmorden	2:21'26
372	Philip	Walters	MV45	Dark Peak	2:22'53
373	Andrew	Frame	MV45	Bingley	2:23'08
374	Roger	Hall	MV65	Wharfedale	2:23'13
375	Peter	Ehrhardt	MV65	Todmorden	2:23'46
376	Colin	Waterworth	MV55	Horwich	2:24'17
377	John	King	MV60	Helm Hill	2:26'47
378	Kevin	Heywood	MV70	Kendal	2:36'55
379	George	Arnold	MV70	Preston Harriers	2:40'12
380	Roy	Lee	MV80	Middleton Harriers	2:56'26
381	Roger	Baumeister	MV70	Dark Peak	3:30'46