Best of 2011: Fell and mountain racing
Morgan - 2011 champ!
It’s difficult know where to start – there have been so many highlights. Races that instantly stand out for us are Morgan Donnelly’s return after injury at Yr Aran, Tom Owens’ win at the 3 Peaks, Pippa Maddam’s world title run in Slovenia, Max King’s surprise WMRC win and Mark Palmer’s sub 15 BGR…
But as ever there are are far to many great races to list. So, here are a few choice cuts to wind back the months in 2011 and to whet the appetite for 2012!
Owens and Mudge take Carnethy 5 wins
Tom Owens was “totally chuffed” with this one. After what sounded like a battle-royale with young Scots hill-star Robbie Simpson, Owens pulled away on the last descent for a narrow win, Bellahouston man Peter Davenport was third…
Angela Mudge on her way to a 12th Carnethy 5 win
Taggart and Wilkinson put ‘em to the sword at Long Mynd
Lloyd Taggart and Vic Wilkinson both scored excellent wins at yesterday’s Long Mynd Valleys race, the opening round in the 2011 English Fell Running Championships. However, the manner of their victories were in complete contrast.
Owens runs ‘race of his life’ to take 3 Peaks
In what will be fondly remembered as a sunny but breezy day in the Yorkshire Dales, Tom Owens today carved his name in fell running history as a winner of one of the most iconic races on the fell calendar, the Yorkshire 3 Peaks in an excellent 2.53.34 for the 23.3 mile route.
Thumbs-up from Tom...
Breaking: Kilian pips Tom at Zegama
After leading on the last descent the UK’s Tom Owens just fell short of the biggest win of his career to date, after the young master Kilian Jornet won the classic Zegama-Aizkorri Maraton Alpina today…
Breaking: Mark Palmer runs 14:59 BGR…
This is to be confirmed, but a number of social media sources and the FRA forum are talking of a 14:59 Bob Graham Round today by Mynydd Du’s Mark Palmer. He has been in sparkling form of late winning the Brecon 40 and Helvellyn races…
Kosovelj and Maddams are world champions…
British mountain running is apparently in rude health if the results of today’s World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge in Slovenia are anything to go by, with England’s Pippa Maddams taking a superb gold in the women’s race…
Maddams (c) with Alexander (l) and Helen Fines
Morgan’s season starts here…
Borrowdale runner Morgan Donnelly returned from a long-term lay off to win round two of the 2011 British Fell Running Championships in emphatic style at the Welsh Yr Aran race yesterday.
Donnelly crests Yr Aran
Snowdon 2011: Jones takes five, as it’s third time lucky for Maddams
The 2011 International Snowdon Race / Ras-yr-Wyddfa produced one of the closest finishes in the race’s history yesterday, as England’s Andi Jones took his fifth title on this famous mountain, from a valiant Murray Strain.
AndI Jones blasts up Allt Moses
World Mountain Running Championships 2011 – USA ‘bring it home’
We have been covering major events on MST for about three and half years now. In that time we have covered World XC champs, World Mountain champs, UTMB’s and so on…
Max with his WMRC booty
Meaty wins for Donnelly and Maddams are just champion
Morgan Donnelly and Pippa Maddams yesterday underlined their superiority in this year British Fell Running Championships by each taking final round wins at the Devil’s Beeftub race in Scotland…
McMullan and Adams make it a golden day for England
James McMullan and Lizzie Adams made it a hat-trick of gold medals for England at the Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Championships in North Wales as they won the men’s and women’s mountain races at Llanberis…
James McMullan takes gold
UKA Fell relays: Dark Peak dominate
The results are in, the images are up and the feedback is posted (on the FRA forum) and it seems that the 23rd UKA Fell Relays were an afternoon to remember from all perspectives, in glorious autumn sunshine on the fells of Kettlewell, Yorkshire.
