World Trail hopefuls head to the Fling

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 25 Apr '13

1 comments
© www.zen31010.zen.co.uk

Ultra trail runners hoping to bag a GB vest for this summers World Trail Running Championships in North Wales will need to impress at the 53 mile HOKA Highland Fling race this weekend…

© Stu Stoddart

Ricky Lightfoot at High Cup Nick

In the men’s race the contenders will be Ricky Lightfoot (making what we think is his UK ultra debut) and Paul Tierney, who should have a good tussle with the 2012 winner Andrew James. Lakeland 50 winner from 2012 Tracey Dean goes in the women’s race, which should be very open.

The full entry list of the 590 runners is here with the Fling Facebook page here.

Reactions so far

  1. sheffieldnick Apr 26, 06:22 AM

    I’ve done a neat little pace/splits calculator for the race, which also shows the altitude profile of the course:
    http://climbers.net/race/The-Highland-Fling-2012

    Good luck to everyone racing tomorrow

Have your say

Open and honest communication is encouraged, but we reserve the right to edit or delete comments.

Your email will not be displayed and will remain private.

You may use basic Textile in your comment:
*bold*
_italic_
"linktext":http://…

Report an offensive post

Latest comments

  • sheffieldnick 26 Apr '13(World Trail hopefuls head to the Fling)

    I’ve done a neat little …

  • Tony Mollica 26 Apr '13( Lizzy breaks Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu speed record...)

    Way to go Lizzy! You …

  • Matt MST 23 Apr '13(The Fellsman - the original ultra!)

    Thanks Dave! Amended…

About MST

Mud, Sweat and Tears was dreamt up some time ago. I had returned to the sport of running (competitively) after around a 15 year layoff due to injury.

Read more…

Blogroll
Alex Vero
Great story. Great film making...
Athletics Weekly
The don dada of running magazines
Fell photos
These shots are top notch emotion
FRA
The FRA's site, still strong...
IAAF
The all-seeing eye
iRunFar
The very best coverage for all things ultra-trail, and much more!
Jonathan Wyatt
The greatest hill runner of our time...
Letsrun.com
New and eeeven better!
Original Mountain Marathon
Does what its says on the tin
Run Snowdonia
Iain and Sarah Ridgway's excellent mountain running guide service!
Runner's World
The mag for the masses
Running over Mountains and around the World
International blog from Moira O'Sullivan
Sleepmonsters
Dont sleep on this one!
Trail Running
Great trail running resource, take a peek
UK Athletics
Track and field, and other stuff
WFRA
Welsh Fell Runners Association
World Mountain Running Association
IAAF's global up hill, down dale, site
Friends & Family
  • After Market logo
  • Block Interactive logo
More Videos

Check out the MST collection:

YouTube