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Rombalds 2019 Photos and Results

28 September 2019 / Ian

Photos

Many thanks to Dave and Eileen Woodhead for finding one of the many huge puddles and taking some photos. woodentops.org.uk

First puddle
Second Puddle

Final results

Pos	No.	Surname	First Name	Club	Cat	Time	M/F	MPos	FPos	CatPos
1	127	Adams	Tom	Ilkley Harriers	sen	00:52:51	M	1		1
2	126	Wood	Jack	Ilkley Harriers	sen	00:53:39	M	2		2
3	134	Howie	Robin	Wharfedale Harriers	sen	00:56:33	M	3		3
4	86	Hassell	Ethan	Wharfedale Harriers	sen	01:00:15	M	4		4
5	137	Cox	Matthew	Ilkley Harriers	v40	01:00:42	M	5		1
6	139	Addey	Bob	U/A	v40	01:01:53	M	6		2
7	117	Denniss	Jon	Ilkley Harriers	sen	01:02:59	M	7		5
8	129	Stirk	Adam	Wharfedale Harriers	sen	01:03:15	M	8		6
9	128	Lomas	Adam	Hyde Park Harriers	sen	01:03:42	M	9		7
10	114	Gurney	Mike	U/A	v40	01:03:46	M	10		3
11	140	Stell	Sam	U/A	v40	01:05:08	M	11		4
12	104	Gidlow	Paul	Horsforth Harriers	v40	01:05:35	M	12		5
13	91	Lamb	Gavin	Ilkley Harriers	v40	01:05:47	M	13		6
14	95	Page	Holly	Calder Valley	sen	01:06:11	F		1	1
15	85	Hartley	Adam	U/A	sen	01:06:19	M	14		8
16	132	McCall	Ross	Otley	sen	01:06:51	M	15		9
17	84	McGuire	Dave	Wharfedale Harriers	v50	01:07:24	M	16		1
18	105	Smith	Richard	Otley	sen	01:08:23	M	17		10
19	93	Pilling	Graham	P&B	v40	01:08:40	M	18		7
20	122	Smith	Tom	Bowland	v50	01:09:04	M	19		2
21	90	Roberts	Annie	Todmorden Harriers	sen	01:09:07	F		2	2
22	81	Foster	Dale	U/A	v40	01:10:02	M	20		8
23	125	Russell	Alan	Saltaire Striders	sen	01:10:04	M	21		11
24	112	Furlong	Ian	NLFR	sen	01:10:14	M	22		12
25	94	Pilling	Rachel	P&B	sen	01:10:31	F		3	3
26	133	Webb	Steve	Valley Striders	v50	01:11:07	M	23		3
27	141	Clayton	Daniel	U/A	v40	01:11:30	M	24		9
28	119	Blakely	Matthew	Roundhay Runners	v40	01:12:33	M	25		10
29	103	Walmsley	Nicola	Roundhay Runners	sen	01:13:02	F		4	4
30	118	Life	Alan	Clayton	v50	01:13:28	M	26		4
31	138	Wood	Helen	Ilkley Harriers	sen	01:13:41	F		5	5
32	102	Calderbank	Paul	Ilkley Harriers	v60	01:13:53	M	27		1
33	135	Padilla	Monica	Wharfedale Harriers	sen	01:15:29	F		6	6
34	100	Boothman	John	Barlick	v50	01:16:14	M	28		5
35	108	Toman	Michael	Accrington RR	v50	01:16:15	M	29		6
36	107	Wilcock	Matt	Trawden	v50	01:17:08	M	30		7
37	120	Moss	Marcus	Roundhay Runners	v40	01:17:30	M	31		11
38	110	Martin	Lawrence	Pudsey Pacers	sen	01:18:56	M	32		13
39	113	Carruthers	Andrew	Halesowen	v50	01:19:12	M	33		8
40	124	Rhodes	Jo	Hyde Park Harriers	sen	01:25:07	F		7	7
41	115	Jackson	Niamh	Roundhay Runners	sen	01:25:51	F		8	8
42	78	Evans	Mark	M’boro & Cleveland H	v50	01:25:52	M	34		9
43	87	Fairburn	Neil	Baildon Runners	v50	01:26:41	M	35		10
44	79	McMullan	Jessica	Roundhay Runners	v40	01:27:55	F		9	1
45	92	Fryer	Carole	Calder Valley	v50	01:30:01	F		10	1
46	130	Seims	Amanda	Valley Striders	v40	01:30:11	F		11	2
47	136	Bennett	Paul	Bramley Breezers	v50	01:32:20	M	36		11
48	88	Walker	John	Roundhay Runners	v50	01:33:05	M	37		12
49	131	Yeuy	David	U/A	sen	01:34:04	M	38		14
50	106	Short	Marc	Horsforth Fellandale	v40	01:34:52	M	39		12
51	123	Carnforth	Thomas	U/A	sen	01:36:21	M	40		15
52	96	Harris	Nick	Rossendale	v70	01:38:26	M	41		1
53	97	Myers	Rob	Baildon Runners	v60	01:38:27	M	42		2
54	83	Underwood	Helen	Roundhay Runners	sen	01:39:18	F		12	9
55	101	Robinson	Phil	Nidd Valley	v50	01:39:36	M	43		13
56	99	Morley	Sue	Knaresborough Striders	v60	01:39:49	F		13	1
57	121	Lane	Emma	NLFR	sen	01:41:13	F		14	10
58	111	Sunderland	Joanne	Roundhay Runners	v40	01:43:06	F		15	3
59	89	Thompson	Geoff	Wharfedale Harriers	v60	01:47:08	M	44		3
60	109	Allan	Andrew	Pudsey Pacers	v50	01:51:25	M	45		14
61	80	Wood	Edna	Knaresborough Striders	v50	01:53:19	F		16	2
62	116	Gillott	Ruth	U/A	v40	01:54:41	F		17	4
63	82	Lavercock	Julie	Salford Harriers	v50	02:07:11	F		18	3
64	98	Cardinale	Antonio	Otley	v70	02:30:20	M	46		2

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Kettlewell Anniversary Fell Race 2019 – Results

7 June 2019 / Ian

Apologies for the delay in publishing the results. We had some issues with the timing device and despite considerable effort to retrieve the results involving many random computer cables, they seem to have vanished. Mike has spent a number of hours trawling through Strava to try to piece together the times, but we are fairly confident the order of runners is correct. For any queries, please get in touch.

Provisional

Position	Runner	Category	Time*	M/F Position	Cat Position
1	Darren Kay	M40	0:36:54	1	1
2	Ted Mason	M40	0:36:57	2	2
3	Owen Beilby	M40	0:37:28	3	3
4	Nick Charlesworth	M50	0:38:45	4	1
5	Oliver Roberts	MSEN	0:38:59	5	1
6	Jon Pownall	MSEN	0:39:23	6	2
7	Sam Watson	MSEN	0:39:37	7	3
8	Dave Kirkham	M40	0:40:20	8	4
9	Ethan Hassell	MSEN	0:40:21	9	4
10	David Oldfield	MSEN	0:40:25	10	5
11	Tim Richardson	MSEN	0:40:46	11	6
12	Ben Holmes	MSEN	0:41:03	12	7
13	Phil Livermore	M40	0:41:35	13	5
14	Michael Malyon	MSEN	?	14	8
15	William Barker	MSEN	?	15	9
16	Adam Thompson	MSEN	0:42:53	16	10
17	Andy McFie	M50	?	17	2
18	Declan Bulmer	MSEN	?	18	11
19	Andy Berry	M40	0:43:57	19	6
20	Luke Turner	MSEN	?	20	12
21	Charles Casey	M40	?	21	7
22	Dave Robson	M40	0:45:19	22	8
23	Jane Sheard	W40	0:45:28	1	1
24	Philip Rogers	M40	0:46:29	23	9
25	Gary Spencer	M40	0:46:56	24	10
26	Jonathan Whittaker	M50	0:47:32	25	3
27	Annie Roberts	WSEN	0:48:06	2	1
28	Dave Evans	M40	0:48:26	26	11
29	Ian Rowbotham	M60	0:48:32	27	1
30	Ben Grant	M70	0:49:07	28	1
31	Craig Thompson	MSEN	0:49:10	29	13
32	Matt Bourne	M40	0:50:15	30	12
33	Adam Nodwell	MSEN	0:50:19	31	14
34	Nils Lonstrom	MSEN	0:50:22	32	15
35	Helen Price	M40	0:50:28	33	13
36	Dave Murgaroyd	MSEN	0:50:37	34	16
37	Mark Jordan	M60	0:50:51	35	2
38	Karen Pickles	W40	0:51:01	3	2
39	Andy Holden	M50	0:51:12	36	4
40	Iain Jenkins	M50	0:51:13	37	5
41	Randolph Haggerty	M50	0:51:19	38	6
42	Peter Dugdale	M60	0:51:47	39	3
43	John Singh	MSEN	0:51:48	40	17
44	Alex Burton-Johnson	MSEN	0:51:59	41	18
45	Tony Shepherd	M50	0:52:02	42	7
46	Chantal Busby	W50	0:52:03	4	1
47	Harry Walshaw	MSEN	0:52:26	43	19
48	Kate Bell	W40	0:52:29	5	3
49	Aidan Curley	M40	0:52:38	44	14
50	Brian Hickey	M50	0:53:07	45	8
51	Rebecca Grey	WSEN	0:53:08	6	2
52	Ellen Sharpe	WSEN	0:53:28	7	3
53	Helene Whittaker	W50	?	8	2
54	Ann Brydson	W50	0:54:44	9	3
55	Paul Wilson	M60	0:55:37	46	4
56	Dave Bradley	M50	0:55:46	47	9
57	Elizabeth Sandell	WSEN	0:55:59	10	4
58	Andy Monk	M60	0:56:11	48	5
59	Martyn Price	M50	0:56:15	49	10
60	John Graham	M50	0:56:44	50	11
61	Caroline Clarke	W60	0:57:31	11	1
62	Ian Patchett	M50	0:57:39	51	12
63	Jo Rhodes	WSEN	0:58:15	12	5
64	Martin Bullock	M50	0:58:20	52	13
65	Stephen Lane	M50	0:58:23	53	14
66	Martin Roberts	M60	0:58:31	54	6
67	Lynn Whittaker	W50	0:59:20	13	4
68	Rose George	W40	0:59:56	14	4
69	Dan Simmons	M50	1:00:54	55	15
70	Emma David	W40	1:00:59	15	5
71	Sue Morley	W60	1:01:45	16	2
72	Elizabeth Jackson	W40	1:02:56	17	6
73	Aimee Bellwood	WSEN	1:07:35	18	6
74	Sarah Morris	W50	1:08:35	19	5
75	Amy Naylor	WSEN	1:11:07	20	7
76	Sarah Gole	W40	1:11:22	21	7
77	Nicola Hartle	W50	1:13:39	22	6

Kettlewell Anniversary Fell Race 2019

29 May 2019 / Ian

More details https://www.nlfr.co.uk/races/kettlewell/

Rombalds 2018 – Results and Photos

15 October 2018 / Ian

Photos courtesy of Dave Woodhead Part 1 & Part 2

Any results queries, please contact Mike Ayers

Name	Category	Club	Race No	Time	Position
MCLEOD, ALASDAIR	MSEN	LEEDS CITY AC	533	00:50:39	1
WOOD, JACK	MSEN	ILKLEY HARRIERS	556	00:50:40	2
BAGOT, DAVID	MSEN	CLAYTON-LE-MOORS	491	00:57:37	3
STIRK, ADAM	MSEN	WHARFEDALE HARRIERS	524	00:57:38	4
MCINTOSH, CHARLIE	M60	P&B	488	00:58:37	5
SHEPPARD, BEN	M40	ILKLEY HARRIERS	529	00:59:04	6
CLARK, DANIEL	MSEN	U/A	551	00:59:19	7
ARMITAGE, NEIL	M45	P&B	394	00:59:53	8
GREEN, JEFF	M50	ILKLEY HARRIERS	542	00:59:56	9
DYNNE, LIAM	M40	OTLEY AC	540	01:00:48	10
HEMSLEY, JASON	M45	WHARFEDALE HARRIERS	554	01:00:54	11
ALLARD, JAMES	MSEN	WHARFEDALE HARRIERS	553	01:01:14	12
LOMAS, ADAM	MSEN	HYDE PARK HARRIERS	517	01:01:59	13
KEALEY, NICK	M40	U/A	509	01:02:19	14
PRIESTLEY, TOM	MSEN	NLFR	516	01:02:48	15
COLLINS, LUCY	WSEN	CVFR	545	01:03:36	16
WARDLE, PATRICK	MSEN	WHARFEDALE HARRIERS	510	01:03:41	17
CARTWRIGHT, JONNY	M45	STAINLAND	527	01:03:46	18
MARSDEN, DAN	MSEN	CVFR	544	01:03:50	19
LEAKE, ALICE	WSEN	LEEDS CITY AC	495	01:04:05	20
MAUDSLEY, IAN	MSEN	ST THERESA’S AC	518	01:04:18	21
COOK, PAUL	M40	DURHAM FR	391	01:04:49	22
McGUIRE, DAVE	M50	WHARFEDALE HARRIERS	388	01:05:53	23
SMITH, TOM	M50	BOWLAND	534	01:06:13	24
BUCKLEY, JO	W40	CVFR	523	01:07:33	25
HILEY, PAUL	M50	STAINLAND	387	01:07:47	26
ROBERTS, OLLIE	MSEN	HOWGILL HARRIERS	526	01:08:9	27
HARROLD, BRIAN	MSEN	CHAPEL ALLERTON	506	01:08:15	28
SAMUELS, ROBERT	M55	PUDSEY PACERS	393	01:08:31	29
SIMPSON, PAUL	M45	LBT	499	01:08:49	30
WILLIAMS, COLIN	M55	ILKLEY HARRIERS	537	01:08:50	31
LONG, VERNON	M50	VALLEY STRIDERS	555	01:08:53	32
PEASON, JAMES	M45	STAINLAND	494	01:09:58	33
SAMPSON, IAN	M55	NLFR	392	01:10:6	34
MITCHELL, NICHOLAS	MSEN	VEGAN RUNNERS	515	01:10:18	35
HOWARD, TOM	MSEN	ROUNDHAY RUNNERS	480	01:10:35	36
TOMAN, MICHAEL	M50	ROSSENDALE	484	01:10:51	37
HERRINGTON, RICHARD	MSEN	ST THERESA’S AC	502	01:10:56	38
ROBINSON, STEVEN	M40	OTLEY AC	541	01:11:32	39
CHARLESWORTH, IAN	M55	PENISTONE FOOTPATH RUNNERS	385	01:12:10	40
MCNUTT, JAMES	M40	STAINLAND	483	01:13:41	41
GROVES, ROB	MSEN	U/A	549	01:13:42	42
MITCHELL, GLYN	M50	U/A	400	01:13:58	43
WOODHEAD, MARK	M50	VALLEY STRIDERS	528	01:13:58	44
BAIRD, ANDY	M45	STAINLAND	384	01:14:18	45
GROVER, SEAN	MU21	CLAYTON-LE-MOORS	486	01:14:20	46
LAYNG, BRIAN	M55	U/A	530	01:14:25	47
STURLEY, CHARLOTTE	WSEN	CHAPEL ALLERTON	525	01:14:34	48
JUMEAU, PHILIPPE	M55	CITY OF LANCASTER TRI CLUB	490	01:14:58	49
HARDING, BRYONY	WSEN	BINGLEY HARRIERS	532	01:15:27	50
LINSTRUM, NILS	MSEN	WETHERBY	389	01:15:43	51
CARRUTHERS, ANDREW	M55	HALESOWEN AC	498	01:15:56	52
COOPER, DUNCAN	M45	ILKLEY HARRIERS	552	01:16:04	53
BASTON, LUCY	WSEN	U/A	543	01:16:13	54
CLINTON, STUART	M45	STAINLAND	521	01:17:23	55
ELLIS, CHRIS	M45	U/A	536	01:17:51	56
TAYLOR, PAUL MAURICE	M50	CVFR	538	01:18:8	57
PATRICK, PAUL	M50	STAINLAND	505	01:18:21	58
PRICE, HELEN	W45	HARROGATE HARRIERS	520	01:18:42	59
Johnson, Ian	M50	STAINLAND	383	01:18:55	60
JOHNSTON, RACHEL	W50	CVFR	539	01:19:07	61
CULSHAW, ROBIN	WSEN	HYDE PARK HARRIERS	548	01:19:30	62
ARMOUSH, LEILA	WSEN	LEEDS CITY AC	496	01:19:32	63
CLAYTON, PHIL	M50	BLACK COMBE	519	01:19:37	64
INGLES, JOHN	M45	STAINLAND	512	01:21:45	65
MUIR, RUTH	W40	ST THERESA’S AC	395	01:22:38	66
HARDY, AMY	WSEN	HORSFORTH HARRIERS	514	01:22:52	67
HOBBS, LUCY	W45	TODMORDEN	485	01:23:16	68
PYBUS, JONATHAN	M55	STAINLAND	497	01:23:39	69
STUBBS, MARTIN	M55	LBT	546	01:24:23	70
FAIRBURN, NEIL	M55	BAILDON	386	01:24:38	71
HALLAM, STEVE	M55	STAINLAND	398	01:25:10	72
POULTER, KATIE	WSEN	U/A	535	01:25:12	73
ROBINSON, PHIL	M55	NIDD VALLEY	487	01:25:21	74
PODD, MATT	M60	OTLEY AC	507	01:25:28	75
PATTERSON, STEPHEN	M60	PUDSEY PACERS	481	01:25:32	76
PRICE, MARTYN	M55	HARROGATE HARRIERS	522	01:25:36	77
DADE, JOHN	M55	OTLEY AC	504	01:25:49	78
LEONARD, JANE	W60	TODMORDEN	500	01:26:24	79
JEFFERSON, DAVID	MSEN	BINGLEY HARRIERS	550	01:26:43	80
MYERS, ROB	M60	BAILDON	531	01:26:55	81
TAIT, DAVE	M75	DARK PEAK	503	01:27:30	82
ALESSI, JOE	M55	DULWICH RUNNERS	492	01:27:46	83
BALDWIN, AILEEN	W65	STAINLAND	508	01:29:31	84
THOMPSON, GEOFF	M55	WHARFEDALE HARRIERS	489	01:30:44	85
YATES, CHRIS	M60	LBT	390	01:39:07	86

MORLEY, SUE	W60	KNARESBOROUGH STRIDERS	493	01:48:18	88
MORSE, ROB	M50	U/A	513	01:53:50	89
FARREN, HILARY	W55	ROSSENDALE	511	01:59:27	90
WHEATLEY, BEKKI	WSEN	CHAPEL ALLERTON	547	02:05:29	91
THOMPSON, GENEVIEVE	W45	CVFR	397	02:05:31	92
WHYTE, ALEX	W40	STAINLAND	396	02:05:40	93
BARKER, JACKIE	W60	STAINLAND	399	02:10:39	94
CARDINALE, ANTONIO	M65	OTLEY AC	482	02:10:45	95

Rombalds 2018

22 September 2018 / Ian

More info here…

LAMM 2018

15 June 2018 / Ian

The LAMM has been on my radar for many years, but I’d never seriously thought about entering it before. It’s a mountain marathon based in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. But this year was a bit different, there was a buzz about it. Martin Stone, the organiser of the event for the last 22 years, announced that it would be located on the Ise of Harris and promised it was sure to be a classic. This was one not to be missed.

The organisation that went into this event was phenomenal. Sorting logistics for some 700 runners to arrive in a small village in the middle of an island with just two ferry ports and one small airport must have been a huge undertaking. Not to mention providing food and various facilities to look after us while we were not running in the hills. And then their were our own logistics to plan, which essnetually involved lots of travelling. After 8 hours of driving, a stopover at a friend’s flat (thanks Barbara and Simon), a 2h30 ferry and an hour coach transfer, I arrived safely with racing partner Pete Wilkie.

From the second we arrived at the ferry port the atmosphere was great, meeting friends old and new, everyone was excited for the adventure. And that atmosphere would only grow throughout the long weekend. Well, I say weekend but Harris being a very religious island, there was to be no racing on the day of rest. So the two days of racing was over Friday and Saturday.

We had opted to compete in the Score class, which gives us 7 hours each day to collect as many checkpoints as we can, with points lost for every minute late back. We set off along a track, but after about 2 minutes we veered right and up our first hill. This was to be the last path we would use for the rest of the weekend!

The scenery was incredible, so wild and remote. Even with all the runners on the hills, we were on our own for a lot of it, although this could have meant we were taking a rather niche route selection. All was going well, for the first 5-6 hours, but the problem with score is that one small decision can have a big impact on the overall result. Approaching the final stages of the day, I had tried to calculate how long it would take us to reach the finish while picking up 2 high scoring checkpoints on the Western most peaks. Problem was, I didn’t correctly account for the contours we needed to cross. Long story short, we had to abort and only collected a measly 10 points in the last hour rather than the 60 we aimed for. More annoyingly, I didn’t spot a much shorter route that would have netted us an easy 50 points with time to spare. But that’s why score is so fun, right!? Still, 9th after day one isn’t so bad (…2nd would have been better)

Anyway, the remote campsite was incredible. We just don’t talk about the toilet situation.

Here’s some great drone footage from the event, thanks dropro aerial imagery

Day 2 was another stunner. A bit of mist in the morning, but lovely views and weather as the day went on. There was still a tough 7 hours of hills, hills and more hills, but there were no complaints. Our aim was to make the most we could of the course, and I think we made a good overall plan. We thought better of a risky last push to grab a few more points towards the end, so we finished with time to spare and smiles on our faces. We managed to gain one place, finishing 8th overall, with the top 10 being close it was always going to be hard to make up for yesterday. Congratulations to Konrad Rawlik & Jasmin Paris (and baby who joined them at midcamp!) on a storming 2nd day and pulling away from the chasing pack and being ahead by literally the distance of the highest mountain on the island.

Another great feature of the event is that because we were on an island, no one can escape before prize giving and the evening’s entertainment! The school gym was packed as Martin told us about the lead up to the race and provided some insight to what it takes to put on such a great event. After prizes were awarded, it was then time for Martin to make an announcement. He was so pleased with the “Harris Classic” it was time to go out on a high, this was to be the last LAMM he would organise and with him the name would also retire. A standing ovation of several minutes followed and many a tear was shed. I’m so privileged to have been part of the event and so happy that we decided to give this one a go. Thank you to Martin, his team of volunteers, the Islanders of Harris and Pete for pushing hard the whole way through the event.

Kettlewell Anniversary Fell Race 2018 – Results

12 June 2018 / Ian

Results in spreadsheet format can be found here…

Photo credit: Ann Brydson

Overall	Name	Category	Club	Time
1	Ted Mason	M	Wharfedale	00:37:04
2	Jack Cummings	M	Ilkley Harriers	00:37:53
3	Alistair Thornton	M	LUOC	00:38:15
4	James Warburton	M	Knaresborough Striders	00:40:35
5	Dave Kirkham	M40	Wharfedale	00:41:04
6	Mark Irving	M	Bowland FR	00:43:06
7	Daniel Lame	M	Ilkley Harriers	00:43:08
8	Declan Bulmer	M	Wharfedale	00:43:11
9	Brian Pennington	M40	Howgill Harriers	00:43:24
10	Ben Holmes	M	Ripon Runners	00:44:06
11	Robert Cranford	M40	Howgill Harriers	00:44:15
12	Ben Timbens	M40	Keighley & Craven	00:45:07
13	Jm Roberts	M40	Keighley & Craven	00:45:20
14	Phil Livermore	M40	North Leeds FR	00:45:28
15	Kirsty Hall	W	Ribble Valley	00:45:31
16	Karl Robb	M	NA	00:45:39
17	Monica Padilla	L	Wharfedale	00:45:48
18	Jane Sheard	W40	Pudsey & Bramley	00:45:49
19	Helen Wood	W	Ilkley Harriers	00:45:57
20	Andy Holden	M50	Wharfedale	00:46:30
21	Jonathan Whitaker	M50	Harrogate Harriers	00:46:39
22	Charles Casey	M	Harrogate Harriers	00:46:46
23	Katie Kaars Sijpesteijn	W	Keswick AC	00:47:05
24	Paul Calderbank	M60	Ilkley Harriers	00:47:22
25	James Nobles	M	NA	00:47:23
26	Sean Robinson	M40	Howgill Harriers	00:47:48
27	Lorena Lozano	W	North Leeds FR	00:48:03
28	Matthew Hurst	M	NA	00:48:35
29	David Middlemas	M40	Valley Striders	00:48:41
30	John Singh	M	Saltaire Striders	00:48:50
31	Alan Hirons	M50	North Leeds FR	00:48:58
32	Aidan Curley	M40	Abbey Runners	00:49:26
33	Sunny Cheema	M	Abbey Runners	00:49:48
34	Helen Price	W40	Harrogate Harriers	00:50:03
35	Mark Lay	W40	Long Eaton RC	00:50:10
36	Mark Jordan	M60	Harrogate Harriers	00:51:00
37	Tim Dempsey	M	Wharfedale	00:51:24
38	Martin Farrer	M50	Wharfedale	00:51:31
39	Chantal Busby	W50	Ilkley Harriers	00:51:38
40	Jonathan Stubbs	M50	Settle Harriers	00:51:57
41	Martyn Price	M50	Harrogate Harriers	00:52:04
42	Jean Powell	W50	Wharfedale	00:52:10
43	Graham Moffat	M50	Howgill Harriers	00:52:38
44	Nick Oddy	M40	Keighley & Craven	00:52:49
45	Leah Williams	W	LUOC	00:53:09
46	Andy Challiner	M40	Horsforth Fell and Dale	00:53:41
47	Sarah Gill	W50	Harrogate Harriers	00:53:43
48	Lynn Whittaker	W50	Wharfedale	00:53:54
49	Dave Bradley	M50	Wharfedale	00:53:58
50	John Graham	M50	Bowland FR	00:54:05
51	Matt Basterfield	M	NA	00:54:24
52	Theresa Oldroyd	W40	Harrogate Harriers	00:54:56
53	Lucy Mallnson	W	Wharfedale	00:55:04
54	Nick Andralojc	M50	Harrogate Harriers	00:56:23
55	Graham Smith	M	NA	00:56:55
56	Ken Robinson	M70	Wharfedale	00:57:05
57	Daniel Oxtoby	M40	Harrogate Harriers	00:57:05
58	Elizabeth Sandell	W	Harrogate Harriers	00:58:10
59	Jonathan Gibson	M50	Wharfedale	01:02:00
60	Sue Moul	W50	Harrogate Harriers	01:02:09
61	Elizabeth Jackson	W40	NA	01:02:46
62	May Crawford	W	Helm Hill	01:03:18
63	Graham Breeze	M70	Wharfedale	01:03:37
64	Ian Hartman	M60	Baildon Runners	01:04:13
65	Charlotte Charnley	W	NA	01:05:19
66	Andrew Gitten	M50	Black Combe Runners	01:06:24
67	Aimee Bellwood	W	NA	01:06:56
68	Michelle Miller	W40	NA	01:09:33
69	Sarah Morris	W50	NA	01:10:50
70	Micheale Spessa	W40	NA	01:12:38

Kettlewell Anniversary Fell Race 2018

3 May 2018 / Ian

More details: https://www.nlfr.co.uk/races/kettlewell/

Marmot Dark Mountains – Forest of Bowland

2 February 2018 / Ian

This event has been on my radar for a few years now, after having failed to make the start line a few years ago due to injury, and it’s taken me about 18 months post hip surgery to be confident enough to take something like this on. It’s been fascinating to hear stories from previous years about the challenging conditions that only a night mountain marathon in the depths of winter is sure to bring, so hopefully you’ll find this one interesting too.

I was joined by fellow Roundhay Runner and ultra-running legend Pete Wilkie. We had entered the Long Score class, which gave us 10 hours to find as many checkpoints as possible, starting at 9pm on Saturday night. Not really knowing how either of us would hold up over the distance and not having raced together before, we agreed that the night would be a success if we nailed the navigation and kept moving as consistently as possible throughout.

I’ll spare you a long essay about the full night and instead I thought I’d provide you with a five line summary and an annotated map of our route.

Jogged up a road
Slogged up a hill, contoured through some heather, descended through some heather, disappeared into a stream, slogged into the wind. Repeat
Put on a warmer layer and some waterproof trousers
Repeat step 2
Ran down a road a bit more quickly

(If you click on the map, you should be able to see it in high res in a new window)

Finishing with just 5 seconds to spare at around 7am, we ate a very welcome cooked breakfast and had a bit of a nap. As the sun rose and the finishers from most of the linear courses came in it was finally time for prize giving. With the top runners battling it out on Elite, we were happy to sneak into first place in the Long Score. Huge congratulations to anyone that made it round any course!

So I guess technically that leaves us leading the British Championships, perhaps it’s time to look at going to Scotland for the LAMM? Anyone else fancy heading up?

Thanks to Shane and team for hosting the Marmot Dark Mountains. We’ll be back.

Open 5 – Coniston

11 December 2017 / Ian

Great Sunday spent running and cycling around the Lake District. I’m not going to write too much, the photos are far more impressive than any words I could contribute. Some please enjoy the small selection of the spectacular photos taken by excellent event photographer James Kirby. Thanks also to James, Lisa and the Open Adventure team, along with Joe Faulkner plus helpers for the catering.

Next event is in Edale in February get signed up!