The Original, and some say 'best'!
Yes, it’s OMM time again. The ‘original’ mountain marathon is literally that, and this weekend’s event hits the highlands of Scotland, for a return to big hills and rugged climbs…
The OMM always produces worthy winners, and has a role call of past winners that includes some of the best mountain runners that the UK has produced. It’s also considered the one to have on your resume of completed events if you are into multi-day, navigation based racing.
Founded 1968 the OMM is the originator of the 2 day mountain marathon type event and is for teams of 2, carrying all clothing, equipment, tent, sleeping bag, food for 36 hours, navigating one’s own route and including an overnight camp. Teams are totally self supporting, no GPS or outside support is allowed and teams NOT arriving at the the overnight camp are assumed to have camped safely.Your team partner is your first source of help and assistance.
The winners at the 2010 LAMM
Last year’s event was won by Andy and Joe Symonds , stealing the win from mountain marathon specialists Jethro Lennox and Steve Birkinshaw, who won in 2009. Jethro and Steve are back for more, and this time round should face more strong opposition as the start list has a number of top-quality pairings in there.
Oli Johnson / Rob Baker, Tom Owens / Oleg Chepelin, Jez Bragg / Matt Giles and Andy Fallas / Sam Hesling to name but a few. For a super extensive preview you could do worse than check out Nic Barber’s blog
Start lists are here and you can follow the event over the weekend via Twitter too…
