Trials and revelations on Snowdon
Prasad leaps to 6th on Garnedd Ugain
For many UK mountain runners who excel best at the uphill bit of mountain running, Sunday was the big day in their calendar. It was the selection race for the upcoming 2010 World Mountain Running Champs in Slovenia, and by all accounts was a beast of a race…
Over 3500ft of climbing in less than 7 miles for the men, with equally brutal (albeit shorter) routes for the senior ladies and junior men and women. There were some outstanding performances across the events, with Welsh youngster Dewi Griffiths annihilating the junior mens field.
Dewi Griffiths - surely a future mountain star
Tom Cornthwaite has it in the bag
Revelations also came in the form of Tom Cornthwaite, highly dominant in the men’s event, and Rob Samuel (4th), who was just outsprinted by James McMullan for an automatic selection berth in the same race. John Brown spliced them in second.
James McMullan outsprints Rob Samuel
Olivia Walwyn also ran out a comfortable winner in the women’s race, by over one minute, from Anna Lupton and last year’s winner Kate Goodhead. The trio win automatic selection for Slovenia. and in the junior women’s race Skipton’s Becky Lambson easliy won over the 4km route ahead of Hannah Bateson.
Olivia Walwyn - a comfortable ladies winner
Kate Goodhead
Entries were up on last year’s event (possibly helped by the fact that the races were also counters in Welsh regional champs and the McCain Mountain Running Challenge), but it would still have been interesting to see some more of the more seasoned ‘fell runners’ from around the country who excel in uphill races.
That aside this course and excellent organisation (along with no less than three photographers on the route!) were a worthy combination for such a prestigious event, and the comments after the races on Facebook and Twitter were those of a course that was super-tough, and had many athletes collapsing at the finish. A good warm-up for Slovenia then!
Results below with load of excellent images here, here and here...
Anna Lupton
A 'stuffed' John Brown
Full results
JUNIOR LADIES – 2.46m/1414ft – 3.95km/431m
POSITION TIME NO. NAME CLUB AGE ON RACE DAY
1 23.42 173 Becky Lambson Skipton AC 18
2 24.43 172 Hannah Bateson Lancaster & Morecambe AC 19
3 25.49 177 Beckie Taylor Blackburn Harriers 16
4 26.48 176 Laura Riches Leigh Harriers 17
5 27.35 175 Emma Spencer Wharfdale Harriers 16
6 27.45 171 Rachel Jefferson Warrington AC 17
7 30.36 174 Lauren Harries Aberystwyth AC 16
JUNIOR MEN – 4.5m/3210ft – 7.2km/978m
POSITION TIME NO. NAME CLUB AGE ON RACE DAY
1 41.22 132 Dewi Griffiths Carmarthen Harriers 18
2 44.24 133 Alex Hendry Central AC 19
3 44.44 140 Joe Morwood Aldershot Farnham & District 19
4 45.31 131 Mike Kallenberg Carmarthen Harriers 19
5 45.41 141 Billy Pinder Skipton AC 17
6 47.04 137 Peter Harrison Border Harriers 17
7 47.32 136 Adam Bateson Lancaster & Morecambe AC 16
8 48.31 139 Joe Johnston Rossendale 17
9 50.09 142 James Waldie Cornwall AC 18
10 51.08 138 Jos Addison Helm Hill Runners 17
11 54.15 134 Jon-Philip Seymour Wirral AC 18
SENIOR LADIES – 4.5m/3210ft – 7.2km/978m
POSITION TIME NO. NAME CLUB CATEGORY
1 47.25 116 Olivia Walwyn Altrincham & District AC S
2 48.27 114 Anna Lupton Radcliffe AC S
3 48.39 103 Kate Goodhead Bristol & West S
4 48.46 108 Sula Young Hunters Bog Trotters S
5 51.23 101 Amanda Wright Smith Birchfield Harriers V/40
6 53.20 115 Heather Timmins Warrington AC S
7 53.50 104 Emma Clayton FRA S
8 54.00 107 Tammy Lewis-Jones Eryri Harriers V/40
9 54.59 118 Jenny Heming Eryri Harriers S
10 55.17 106 Alaw Beynon-Thomas Carmarthen Harriers S
11 55.27 110 Zanthe Wray Dark Peak S
12 55.58 109 Lucy Harris Pennine Fell Runners S
13 56.02 105 Alison Lavender Oswestry Olympians S
14 57.09 112 Andrea Rowlands Eryri Harriers S
15 60.35 117 Sophie Lovell Leeds City AC S
16 61.33 113 Laura Bestow West Cheshire AC S
SENIOR MEN – 6.8m/3563ft – 11km/1086m
POSITION TIME NO. NAME CLUB CATEGORY
1 52.30 12 Tom Cornthwaite Blackburn Harriers AC S
2 53.04 21 John Brown Salford Harriers V/40
3 53.06 18 James McMullan Thames Hare & Hounds S
4 53.09 44 Rob Samuel Eryri Harriers S
5 53.13 28 Gareth Raven Sale Harriers S
6 53.28 8 Prasad Prasad Clydesdale Harriers S
7 54.57 5 Dave Mitchinson Newham & Essex Beagles S
8 55.11 40 Richard Burney Liverpool Harriers S
9 55.34 20 Robert Little Dark Peak S
10 55.47 13 Josh Tighe Blackburn Harriers AC S
11 56.04 3 Ricky Challinor Liverpool Harriers S
12 56.29 1 Andrew Peace Bingley Harriers V/40
13 57.01 46 Matthew Collins Cardiff AAC S
14 57.04 26 Kim Critchley York Knavesmire Harriers S
15 57.05 15 Martin Shaw Mynydd Du S
16 57.06 24 Peter Ryder Cardiff AAC S
17 57.16 14 Tom Addison Helm Hill Runners S
18 57.31 7 Tom Addams Ilkley Harriers S
19 57.52 16 Mark Addison Helm Hill Runners S
20 58.30 23 Adam Osborne Leeds City AC S
21 59.28 45 Nick Swinburn Northumberland Fell Runners S
22 59.36 6 Sam Hesling Carnethy Hill Running Club S
23 59.49 11 Andres Jones Cardiff AAC S
24 60.30 25 Matt Clowes Staffs Moorlands AC S
25 61.18 41 John McCole Liverpool Harriers S
26 62.04 22 Gary Priestley Horwich RMI Harriers S
27 62.11 9 Felipe Jones Aberystwyth AC S
28 62.25 43 Ifan Richards Meirionydd RC S
29 62.27 27 David Alexander West Cheshire AC V/40
30 63.16 30 Peter Hodges Dark Peak S
31 65.43 19 Martin Cliffe Eryri Harriers S
32 66.59 4 Tim Elsey Herne Hill Harriers S
33 67.20 2 David Wilcox Fell Runners Association V/40
34 69.51 32 Paul Jenkinson Eryri Harriers V/40
35 70.32 31 Noel Craine Eryri Harriers V/40
36 74.42 42 Dic Evans Cardiff AAC V/60
37 76.41 36 Dylan Owen Eryri Harriers V/40
38 77.57 38 Nathan Martin Holmfirth Harriers S
39 78.19 39 Ashley Wager Eryri Harriers V/40
40 79.23 35 Stephen Jones Clwydian Range Runners V/40
41 80.45 33 Don Williams Eryri Harriers V/60
42 83.04 34 Charles Ashley Wrexham AAC V/50
43 84.53 37 Dilwyn Rowlands Eryri Harriers S
