Posts tagged with: tom owens

Owens and White dominate at Durisdeer

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 13 Jun '10

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…
Jethro gets stuck-in, in 2010...

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Mon 01 Mar '10

Inov-8 athlete and top all-rounder Jethro Lennox has had a busy start to 2010. On his Inov-8 blog he documents a mix of fell and cross country racing, and loading in the miles (100 a week at the mo’) for mountain marathons later in the summer… Read more…
2009 Trans Alpine Run - film now online!

Posted in Through the Lens by Matt Ward on Mon 15 Feb '10

After months of editing the Gripmaster finally unleashes the 2009 race highlights in one super trail running packed 16 minute film. The race was an epic last year, with Saab Salomon pairings of Andy Symonds and Tom Owens carrying all before them... Read more…
Andy Symonds caps off a great year

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 03 Nov '09

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…
Symonds and Owens win 5th GORETEX ® Transalpine-Run

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sat 12 Sep '09

The two British racers Andrew Symonds and Tom Owens of Team Saab Salomon Outdoor won today’s last stage of the GORE-TEX® Transalpine- Run 2009 from Schlanders to Latsch, Italy… Read more…
Symonds & Owens enjoy more solitude

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 07 Sep '09

Yep, it was business as usual for Tom Owens and Andy Symonds as they went for their third stroll in the Alps today. It’s no so much that they have no competition, more the fact that they are a pair of the best endurance mountain runners in Europe! Read more…
GORE-TEX® Transalpine - Day 2

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 07 Sep '09

Andrew Symonds and Tom Owens of Scotland left no doubt as to their superiority among the Men’s teams as – once again – they were first to dash across the finish line in the renowned resort community of St. Anton/Arlberg… Read more…
Brit raiders head to TransAlp

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 04 Sep '09

The TransAlpine Run is no ordinary day at the office! As Tom Owens and Andy Symonds (men’s event) and Angela Mudge and Ben Bardsley (mixed event) get ready for the eight days of racing that will see them visiting Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy… Read more…
Owens takes Glenshee 9 record - as predicted!

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 11 Aug '09

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…
Plains, trails and automobiles

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Tue 21 Jul '09

3.00am isn’t normally a good hour to be getting up at! But when one is offered the opportunity to be part of a mountain race relay squad – in Annecy, France – alongside the British Fell running champion, the winner of this year’s Zergama SkyRace Read more…
Brits raid at Annecime

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 15 Jul '09

The 5th Annecime ultra trail and mountain race took place on Saturday in the amazing surroundings of Lac d’Annecy, France. With races across 80km of Alpine trails the racing was highly competitive in this most beautiful of locations… Read more…
Heneghan survives best...

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 01 Jun '09

It was hot, dry, wet and muddy. Yep, all types of conditions were endured at Swinley Forest for the series opener of the Saab Salomon Turbo X race series. Neck-deep bogs meant that it was, at times, a survival of the fittest, however, the popularity of this type of racing must be gauged by a field of almost 900 runners. Read more…
Championships standings updated

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 08 May '09

After two rounds of the British Fell Running Championships the updated overall standings are now online over at the FRA site. In the women’s event Phillippa Jackson has slender lead over Helen Fines. Read more…
Duncan wins at Stuc a' Chroin

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 04 May '09

Jon Duncan is a world class athlete. Better known for being part of the world orienteering championship winning GB team of 2008 his prowess in the mountains was also underlined this weekend at round 2 of the British fell championship. Read more…
Owens takes Screel, 2-1 for the Bannermans at Cioch Mhor

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 19 Apr '09

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…
Saab Salomon head to Mourne

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 02 Apr '09

This weekend sees the opening round of the British Fell Running Championships in the beautiful Mourne mountains, Northern Ireland. The race at Slieve Bearnagh is only 4 miles in length but still has 2690ft of climbing. Read more…