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Heaps of news from north of the Border on a busy weekend. Wins for teenage sensation Robbie Simpson, Andy Symonds, Jamie Stevenson and Claire Gordon, amongst others. Some great results for Scottish athletes at the Euro Trials in Keswick too (more to follow on that…) Read more…
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Tonnes of racing this weekend all over the country. As ever the exhaustive lists are online at the FRA, SHR, Scottish Hill Racing and WFRA sites. Picks of the bunch are the Welsh 1000m (previewed here), Duddon, Pen-Y-Ghent and the Glas Tulaichean (uphill)… Read more…
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A very strong Scottish hill racing contingent make their way south this weekend for the UKA Inter Counties fell champs at Llety, north Wales. Mark Johnston reports on the detail… Read more…
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A couple of days after his third place at the British Orienteering championships, Murray Strain easily won the 37th Dymyat Hill Race last night near Stirling. Glasgow Uni student Jessica Martin won the womens event. Some great pictorial coverage from Chris Upson too… Read more…
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Chris Upson runs the excellent Scottish Hill Racing site, as with many in this sport it is for the love, so thanks must go to him and the SHR guys out on the hill at yesterday’s Carnethy 5 Hill race. Some great shots from Chris here… Read more…
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18 year-old Deeside athlete Robbie Simpson easily beat the Druim Fada hill race course record near Fort William, on Sunday. The Banchory runner covered the 6.5-mile course, with 1,200ft of elevation in 42:57. Read more…
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Some great images of last weekend’s UKA Fell relays courtesy of Chris Upson. This man gets everywhere, and the images currently find their home on the Scottish Hill Runners site. Chris also runs the Scottish Hill Racing site, visit them both to keep up to date with all the news! Read more…
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Oleg Chepelin (Shettleston) blew away the field at the Pentland Skyline to win in a staggeringly fast time of 2:25:56, given the windy conditions. Fiona Maxwell, was first lady in 3:02:00. Read more…
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The last of the summer sun was setting in the west as the runners stood atop the east cairn of Caerketton on a perfect evening for the eighth running of the Caerketton Doonhiller. What lay ahead for the 29 runners was a 1.8km plunge down the hillside, a vertical drop of 300m. Read more…
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Whilst the south of the UK basked in glorious sunshine it seems that the weather at the Sedbergh Hills Race was non too clement yesterday. With results still unavailable it’s good to see that the runners come through with fresh blogs to tell the tales… Read more…
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Plenty of activity over the last week in Scotland with great wins for youngster Robbie Simpson, veteran Colin Donnelly and Veronique Oldham amongst others. Read more…
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Yep, Scottish Hill Racing man Chris Upson told me last week that Tom Owens was on for this one, and so it proved on Sunday as the Shettleston Harrier ran a great race over the challenging 36km event to take his pal Andy Symonds’ record of 2008 by an impressive 6 minutes… Read more…
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Better late than never! Since the MST Welsh mountain running holiday a lot of Scottish water has run under the bridge, still here is a nice round up courtesy of Scottish Hill runners and Scottish Hill Racing – with wins for Robbie Simpson amongst others. Read more…
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After a few weeks scaling European heights it was time for Andy Symonds to return to Scottish earth and the heart of the Grampians. The Ben Rinnes 5 Tops is part of the Dufftown Highland games and Andy utilised his current form to claim the 9 yr-old course record Read more…
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There is a wealth of news now up on the excellent Scottish Hill Runners site. Three-time Ben Nevis winner David Rodgers warms up for this weekend’s International Snowdon Race with a strong run at the Half Nevis race… Read more…
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This nice little route starts at the end of the Old Kirk Road, goes up over Fala Knowe, indulges the organiser’s penchant for heather and bog by heading north down the hill to a wall corner before heading direct to the top of Carnethy… Read more…
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We can only imagine how it feels to achieve this feat. Scot Manny Gorman completed this amazing trek of a “successful round of all 219 Corbetts in 70 days, in one continuous journey by foot, cycling and sailing”, yep 70 days!! Read more…
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Round-up from Scotland courtesy of Scottish Hill Runners. The super weather that has drenched the UK over the last two weeks has ensured that courses are hard-packed, meaning for fast running and record times! Read more…
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Plenty going on in Scotland this weekend and last week, and with some of the countries’ best fell runners in England at the Tebay round of the British champs race it was an opportunity for some others to shine at the Glen Rosa and Eildons races… Read more…
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On Wednesday night Scottish teenager Robbie Simpson showed just why he could well be the next big thing in UK fell racing over the next decade or so. Beating Kenny Richmond by over two minutes Simpson took a record that had stood for over ten years, set in 1997 by Ian Murphy. Read more…
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There has been plenty going on over the last couple of weeks north of the Border. With a return to warmer weather this last week or so the racing has also hotted-up once more with wins for top Scots fell racers Brian Marshall and Clare Whitehead, amongst others… Read more…
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Kenny Richmond and Emma Birnie triumphed for Bellahouston Road Runners (a misnomer, if ever there was one!) and with Andy Birnie taking the male vet prize… Read more…
