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Racing in all home nations and Ireland continued unabated as the weather was a little kinder this weekend. With wins for Joe Symonds, Neil Parry and Brian Furey amongst others – it’s not all British Champs and Euro racing round here you know! Read more…
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Recent winner of round 2 of the British Fell Champs, Tim Davies, was back on the hills this weekend at the excellent Moel Siabod race in Capel Curig, winning in a close fought race with Shrewsbury’s Steven Cale. There was also racing at Fan y Big and Preseli… Read more…
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It’s not often that you have to hail the exploits of the officials and helpers over the athletes in a race. But last night’s Stiperstones fell race seemed to be one such occasion. The rather inclement weather over the last week or so in the northern region of the UK… Read more…
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Some lovely summer-like conditions by the looks of it at last night’s 6th race in the Great Arete Series in north Wales. Good job then that the A Team (Al and Gwynfor) photographers were there to capture some stunning fell photos – this is what it’s all about! Read more…
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Shrewsbury runners Steven Cale and Anna Bartlett made it two wins out of two in the Shropshire Hills Summer series at the Cardoc Classic last night. As usual in this great series the racing was fierce and none more so than the battle for the win… Read more…
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The Classic Ras y Moelwyn (Moelwyn 3 Peaks) took place on Saturday in warm conditions. Top Welsh mountain man Richard Roberts took the win by over 7 minutes. At the Mynydd Troed race on Sunday Martin Shaw and Helen Fines were also clear winners… Read more…
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Now available. Thought I would do a new post, as opposed to re-hash! So, a win for Steven Cale, by a sizable margin. Anna Bartlett comfortably won the ladies. Great to see a whole host of junior races too, that’s the future after all! Read more…
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I’d be grateful if someone could point me towards the results of yesterday’s Wrekin fell race, as I am struggling to find them if they are out there! It looks like Anna Bartlett probably won the women’s prize from the images online… Read more…
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The Edale Skyline takes place this Sunday, all 21 miles of it. A classic long one, made specially harder as it is in the early season and can be open to some foul weather. (mild and probably wet this w/e by all accounts) Read more…
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The 2010 edition of this classic fell race in north Wales took place in snowy conditions. Some great images from the Fell Running Pictures crew of Al Tye, Gwynfor James and Pete Mac – where would we be without this lot?! Read more…
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A measly 8 seconds separated Mercia’s Andrew Davies from 2009 English fell champ Simon Bailey at yesterday’s Long Mynd Valleys race in Shropshire. In what appears to have been a really close race the first 6 finishers were separated by less than a minute… Read more…
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One of the very few off-road races to survive a weekend running programme that was ravaged by the weather. It looked like a great turn out for the CCTPR with only one or two pairs of unprotected legs visible in the freezing conditions… Read more…
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237 runners turned out in bright, sunny conditions at yesterday’s Cardington Cracker. In contrast to some of the foul weather in the Marches over the last few weeks the Shropshire race was blessed with sunshine… Read more…
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Despite the time of year and rather damp weather, the hardy people of the UK still hit the hills for some fell and mountain action in Wales, Scotland and England. Results not through yet on Ras-y-Mast, Famous Grouse, Beinn Lora or Dave Staff memorial… Read more…
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Top fell tog Gywnfor James was at sea level on Saturday to get some great XC shots. James can normally be found with fellow snapper Al Tye capturing every last runner on the mountains of Wales and the Marches, and then uploaded at fellrunningpictures.co.uk Read more…
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Horizontal rain, stinging hail, mist and even a little snow is all a summit marshall needs. Having left a little late for comfort the summit marshalls “hurried” from base control in damp , slightly breezy weather at a creditable pace. Read more…
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The Snowdonia Marathon, now in its 27th year, yesterday showed why it can still be considered one of the very best marathons in the UK. With the entry limit (2000) reached in August demand for this scenic, challenging and wild marathon continues unabated… Read more…
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Following the sad death of our Treasurer and good friend, Ron Skilton, to Motor Neurone Disease in Dec 2005 this event was added to our Green Events calendar. The route for the half marathon is a figure of 8, mainly off-road and approx 13 miles long. Read more…
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GB international Tim Davies took an easy win at Sunday’s Breidden Hills race in Criggion. Held in lovely early-Autumn conditions Davies led from the start and never looked back as he won by over three minutes from Shrewsbury’s Steven Cale. Read more…
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Victory in this one went to Eryri man Sam Smith, with Helen Fines taking the women’s record – in 10th overall. You can feast your eyes on some excellent images from yesterday’s race courtesy of Gwynfor James and Al Tye of fellrunningpictures fame, and Emlyn... Read more…
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Some lovely images from Al Tye here of this weekend’s Black Mountains Fell Race, starting in Llanbedr and visiting, you guessed it, the Black Mountains near Abergavenny. The weather looked glorious… Read more…
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Whilst the prestigious Commonwealths were sucking most of the domestic races dry of elite athletes this weekend Calder Valley runner Helen Fines broke a nigh-on 20 year old record at the Llyn y Fan race on Saturday. Read more…
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Images courtesy of Al Tye @ fell running pictures from yesterday’s classic Shropshire ‘long’ event the Stetton Skyline. The weather looked idyllic for this 18 miler, and although results aren’t up yet it looks like top Welsh racer Richard Roberts took the win… Read more…
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Mercia man Pete Vale romped his way to the fifth fastest Peris Horseshoe race in history on Saturday. Andrea Rowlands won the women’s race. In the Half Paul Jenkinson won the men’s race with international Anna Bartlett leading the girls home… Read more…
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Yep, this one has been on the fell calendar for years and at around 40 minutes (for the quick ‘uns!) it’s a lovely afternoon sojourn in the Welsh hills. Although it didn’t quite work out like that on Sunday (30), as Al Tye’s photos show, it was a tad soggy. Read more…
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The excellent highlights programme from this year’s race is now available on demand via the S4C Clic source. There are plenty of images out there now too. The best, as ever, come from Dave Pinnington, Gwynfor James and Al Tye over at fell running pictures Read more…
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Llanbedr played host last Saturday lunchtime to the 3rd fixture out of 6 which constitute the 2009 Welsh Fell Running Open Championships. The race chosen was the Rhinog Horseshoe Fell Race, a gruelling 15.5 mile event which took in the peaks of Rhinog Fawr, Rhinog Fach, Y Llethr & Moelfre… Read more…
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Great report and images from the WFRA and Alastair Tye on Saturday’s race at Ganllwyd in Snowdonia. Great to see ex-international fell racer and mountain biker Dafydd Roberts, coming in second, a minute behind Meirionydd runner Ifan Richards… Read more…
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At a wet and windy Stretton Hills race on Saturday Rob Hope took the win to lead the English Fell running championships after two rounds. His lead is now a rather slender two points, over Pudsey & Bramley team mate John Heneghan. Read more…
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Despite some pretty mucky weather this week the ‘midweekers’ still got out there and ran the hills. It was relay time in the last Bunny Run of 2009, the Leinster League continued in Ireland, wind and rain greeted the hardy souls at Dumyat Hill Race, and last night the Sheinton Steeple Chase took place on the England / Wales border… Read more…
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The classic Ras Y Moelwyn took place on Saturday (18). Fell Running Pictures were there to capture the action. With results a bit scarce at the moment we thought we would give you a little photo montage for you to enjoy from the comfort of your chair! Read more…
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A fantastic set of images from this weekend’s Long Mynd Valleys Race courtesy of Alistair Tye over at Fell Running Pictures – without guys like Alistair the grass roots of our sport would be all the poorer! Read more…
