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The British Home Internationals seemed to produce some great racing on Saturday, with England (as expected) dominating the men’s and women’s individual races. Scotland, however, put up a great showing in the women’s race taking the team gold… Read more…
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Downhill racing. Big in mountain biking, not so big in mountain running. Though from a ‘buzz’ point of view, is probably unmatched in running. There are a few races on the British calendar, and last night descender supreme was Ochil man Al Anthony as he flew down Caerketton in record time… Read more…
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I am sure Lochaber man Finlay Wild won’t mind me saying that the biggest win of his hill running career will have shocked one or two onlookers on Ben Nevis today. Beating 2010 Snowdon winner Robbie Simpson by 30 seconds, Wild also soundly beat fell legend and 3-time race winner Ian Holmes into 3rd place… Read more…
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Bank holiday racing at Y Cnicht, Achnamara Forest, the Ochil 2000s, the Pendleton Fell Race and the famous Ras Beca ‘sprint’. The weather was certainly looking up and numbers at all events were certainly healthy, here’s hoping for an Indian summer hey! Read more…
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Lots going on north of the Border this last weekend. Whilst some of the Scottish elite traveled to the US to compete at the WLDMRC at Pikes Peak, many turned out for some quality racing at Craigengower, Two Inns and the Great Wilderness Challenge… Read more…
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Those looking at the sharp-end of 2010 Trans Alpine Run should sit up and take note. Tom is back. Tom Owens that is, 2009 TA partner of Andy Symonds. After a tough end to 2009 and early 2010 which saw the Shettleston man sidelined with an achilles problem… Read more…
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The Tom na Bat Hill Race, the second in this year’s SHR Champs, was a close run thing on Saturday as ‘Cosmic’ Dan Whitehead narrowly beat Brian Marshall on this swift 5.6km route, taking the course record into the bargain… Read more…
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And lots of it! Those busy racers in Scotland have been racking up the hill miles in the last week or so. Emma O’Shea, Dan Whitehead and Brian Marshall have been amongst those making the headlines… Read more…
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Don’t miss out on what appears to have been a very busy few days north of the Border last weekend. A plethora of races up and down the country saw wins for Steven Fallon, Matthew Sullivan and Andrea Priestley amongst others… Read more…
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Wins for Steven Cale, Ricky Lightfoot, Clare Whitehead and vet Paul Jenkinson, amongst others, as the UK summer continued to shine on the ever-popular mid-week racing in the UK. The Pen 3 Hills race looked particularly steep, as this image by Gwynfor James demonstrates! Read more…
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Andy Symonds is in fine fettle at the moment, and underlined his strength coming off last weekend’s LAMM win by winning the Run4It SHR championship long race at Glen Rosa on Saturday. He was chased home by Brian Marshall and Prasad Prasad in bright sunshine on the isle of Arran… Read more…
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Sorry all UK readers, a bit late on this one this weekend. Plenty of interesting races this weekend in England, including Tebay. It’s Moel Hebog in North Wales and the classic West Highland Way race in Scotland… Read more…
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It was good to see two of the UK’s classier fell and hill runners coming back to something like form after injuries and setbacks have plagued the first half of their respective 2010 seasons. Read more…
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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 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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After his fantastic fourth place at the recent British Championships race in Northern Ireland, teenager Robbie Simpson continued to demonstrate why he is being tagged as a future British champion after a convincing win at Stuc a’Chroin on Saturday… Read more…
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If your navigation isn’t up to scratch you should really think about doing one of these. At the very least it will save a few places and a few mins in the mist on a tricky race route, at best good mountain navigation skills could save your life one day… Read more…
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Lots of other racing up and down the country this weekend, with the Llantysilio race in Wales, the Beinn Ratha race in Scotland and the excellent Anniversary Waltz in Cumbria. Borrowdale strong-man Ben Bardsley won the ‘waltz’ from Chris Steele… Read more…
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It’s the big one this Saturday as the longer distance fell specialists hit Yorkshire for the 3 Peaks. Some more updates come in the form of Gary Devine – who is by all accounts going to have a crack at the MV40 record… Read more…
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A couple of Wednesday evening blasts to note down, as the summer series’ around the country get underway. Steven Cale and Anna Bartlett got their fast legs on to win at the Wrekin Streak, whilst in Scotland Matt Gillespie and Jessica Martin blew away the cobwebs at the Kaim Hill Race. Read more…
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A lot going on north of the border this last weekend, with big wins for teenage sensation Robbie Simpson, the return of Angela Mudge at Tarmachan, where Brian Marshall posted an impressive win. Full details now online at the SHR site… Read more…
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The weather forecasters got it exactly spot on when they forecast sunny, warm and settled conditions for western Scotland mid-week and this made for another excellent Highlander mountain marathon. Read more…
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With 4 races in Scotland and 8 in England and the IOM it’s a busy old weekend, though no races in Wales, NI or Ireland. Still the classic Manx Mountain Marathon goes ahead on the Isle of Man, and the short, sharp Rivington Pike race takes place in Horwich… Read more…
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A call on the Scottish Hill Runners site shouts the name of the Highlander, a two-day event taking place at Gairloch in the NW Highlands over the w/e of the 10/11 April. Entries are open right up until the Friday evening (9 April) at 8pm… 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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The day dawned overcast and cool, the tops were clear and only a few spots of rain dampened the day. Conditions under foot were still tricky in places as the last of the compacted ice on some well used tracks lingered and a snow bank on the lower approach to Bishop Hill provided interest! Read more…
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You can never have enough mountain-craft, so the good people of the Scottish Hill Runners have called on clubs to come forward should they be interested in taking part in navigation and safety courses. The courses would be open top all runners, not just SHR members.. Read more…
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Most of the UK fell programme remains badly affected by the snow and ice, albeit a thaw is expected this weekend. White Holme Circular, K.G.S.M.R. (Kielder) are canceled / postponed respectively, with Ashurst Beacon leaving it til the last minute... Read more…
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Those Scots are a hardy bunch. With temps well into the minus’ the traditional races at Cruim Leacainn and Law Breaker went ahead as planned on Boxing Day. As the SHR site puts it “40 brave or stupid runners started and finished” at Cruim Leacainn… Read more…
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The 2010 Run 4 It Scottish Hill Runners Championships have been announced. With 2 long, 2 medium and 2 short races, running from March to August, there should be plenty of opportunity for runners to qualify… Read more…
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As originally announced at the AGM on 7th Nov, SHR is pleased to confirm that a wide ranging and comprehensive sponsorship package for 2010 has been agreed with the running shop retailer Run4It. It is envisaged that the deal will continue for at least 2 further years thereafter. 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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Scottish Hill Runners report: Prasad Prasad took the Tinto race firmly in his grasp and, on a fine day to be out on the hill, came home a clear winner in a record size field. Claire Gordon was first woman. Full results to follow. Read more…
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As the Scots’ hill season draws to a close, three of the main protagonists of 2009 continued to dominate the men’s event at last weekend’s Meall a Bhuachaille race. Youngster Catriona Buchanan had a storming run to upstage another dominant force in 2009 women’s hill racing, Clare Whitehead… 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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29 year-old dentist Marc Lauenstein blew away a world-class field at yesterday’s 6th World Mountain Running Long Distance Challenge in Söll. The Swiss orienteer was running his first non-O of the season and won the 42km race by almost six minutes! Read more…
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Thus is the yell from Rob Jebb as he descends in the atrocious conditions at this year’s Ben Nevis race. Thanks to a link from the Scottish Hill Runners site to fellephant’s You Tube page and this great 5 or so minute b & w film from this years race… Read more…
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Still lots going on north of the border. Racers at the Newtyle Hill Race and Bennachie thankfully dodged the gales of Saturday as Sunday dawned. The long trip north from London was made all the more worthwhile for Chris Smith, as he broke the course record at Bennachie… Read more…
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The gusting 80mph wind forced a course change, but nothing could dampen the friendly atmosphere or the competitive racing for Bellahouston Road Runners’ inaugural Ben Venue race. Read more…
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The weather looks a little iffy, however there are lots of races to get the pulse racing of the UK’s fell runners over the next couple of days. Read more…
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GB international orienteer Scott Fraser won a close-fought Two Breweries race on Saturday, with a helping hand from Broughton Ales, one of the sponsors of this most scenic of events starting in Traquair. 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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From organiser Alex King Runners in this year’s Ochil 2000s had to put up with a strong head wind and some wet conditions underfoot, but the cloud had cleared the hills before the race had started. The race was won by Alasdair Anthony of Ochil in an impressive 2:48:23… 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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The last round of this classic Scottish series took place on Wednesday evening (12) with a fourth Caerketton win in 5 years for Al Anthony. The Scottish Hill Runners has results and a brief report online now. 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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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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Website online detailing the World Long Distance Mountain Running challenge for 2009. Jethro Lennox has accepted the Scottish invitation and will be a tough man to beat, considering that this race combines two of his great strengths – distance running and mountains… 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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In what was one of the most hectic race weekends this year much of the activity was north of the Border. With the main focus for long-distance types at the LAAM, the shorter, faster stuff was taking place all across the region… 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…
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If the Tuesday and Wednesday night fell racing scene is anything to go by then there is a big demand for this type of shorter, less time consuming racing. For those whose weekend time is precious it now seems mountain runners up and down the country can easily get their fix mid-week… 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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Clare Whitehead continued her winning ways at Screel this weekend with a 2-minute win – with Tom Owens having a superb up-and-down to takes the men’s race – and in the stunning Scottish Highlands the Cioch Mhor race-record fell to local man Alec Keith… Read more…
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The hills were alive this weekend as all four Home nations and Ireland saw fell race action. With many of the top runners over in Northern Ireland at Slieve Bearnagh it was an opportunity for some new, and not so new winners around the country. Read more…
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In a race that is known for being the fell season opener Rob Jebb immediately opened his 2009 account at the 9th ‘Tiso’ Carnethy 5 on Saturday. A distance of 6 miles, with 2500 feet total climbing over 5 summits makes the race a testing opener for February! Read more…
