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