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For us mere mortals there is plenty going on around the country. The legendary Borrowdale is on tomorrow, 17 miles of classic climbs over the likes of Scafell Pike. Jebby, Ben Bardsley and Pippa Madams are all down, along with hundreds of others… Read more…
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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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What wasn’t clear from the early news at the Dollar Hill Race on Saturday was that Pippa Maddams had broken one classy record held by Angela Mudge. It was a close-run thing as she broke the old mark by 11 seconds, but a new record is a new record! Read more…
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Reigning British fell running champion Rob Hope went a long way to cementing yet another title at yesterday’s Dollar Hill Race. The Pudsey runner took the race by a mere 10 seconds from Prasad Prasad, with Lloyd Taggart third… 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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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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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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The upcoming weekend is one of the busiest of the year on the UK’s fell and hill racing calendar, with no fewer than 15 races across England, Wales and Scotland. Of course those are just the publicised ones (via FRA, WFRA and SHR ), with many more show and carnival races going ahead… 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
