Racing Round Up – Epic Wins at Ben Nevis & Tholthorpe 10k…

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—Ben Nevis Race.

1st Lady/39th Rose Mather 1:59:52 (to the summit 1:15:14/26th)

96th Peter Walker 2:14:56 (to the summit 1:27:07 / 103rd)
205th Tom Ratcliffe 2:35:12 (to the summit 1:29:57 / 134th)
220th Giles Hawking 2:37:14 (to the summit 1:36:57 / 197th)
360th Barry Atkinson 3:08:56 (to the summit 1:53:10 / 340th)  Full Results

A fantastic run by Rose Mather at one of the most famous and challenging mountain races in the British Isles.

The historic race dates back to 1895 and is not for the feint hearted, from sea level in Fort William there is a 1360m ascent to the summit of Britain’s highest mountain.
On the upper section above The Red Burn the climb is very direct deviating from the tourist path’s zig zags to instead punish the participants with a relentless scree route, a case of two steps up and one back on the loose surface.

The ten mile  course is an out and back one, so as the majority of runners struggle up the scree towards the distant peak the leaders are already barrelling back  down towards them at breakneck speed, loose rocks and limbs flying in all directions.

Some Scottish runners were wearing kilts so anyone looking uphill would be getting quite  a view!

There is a definite technique to running on this low friction surface, the more you attempt to slow yourself, the greater the chance of a big slip’n’slide. It’s best to lean forward and let gravity do it’s thing, quick feet barely touching the ground and reducing the pressure exerted on the surface.
Once the seemingly endless scree is dispatched there is still no chance for the descending runners to relax, the tourist path has two major hazards, the tourists and the stony path. Full concentration is required to dodge the meandering walkers and to avoid tripping on the very solid and unforgiving stones that the path has been made from.

All the Knavesmire runners lost places on the descent to varying degrees , so we could do with some more practice which is hard to achieve in pancake flat York. Thankfully no injuries.

The chaps also put in a sterling effort, had a great trip up to the Highlands and were privelaged to witness one of our club members win at such a Blue Riband event.

—Tholthorpe 10k – Yorkshire 10k Championship.
-YKH Club Run.

Congratulations to our Yorkshire 10k Championship 10k medal winners.

6th David Smithers 35:51   ( 1st M50 )
15th Peter Ellis 37:57
26th Jack Rank 39:40
33rd Stephen Hobson 40:45
45th Kieron Niven 42:43
47th Ste Robson 42:53
54th Emma Brookshaw 43:35  ( 2nd Female )
58th Ewan Cochrane 43:58
61st Matthew Freeman 44:20
72nd Steve Ruddock 45:32
76th Jonathon O’Neill 46:08
90th Hannah Strange 47:15
95th Anita Ruddock 47:54  ( 1st F60 )
98th Pete Downes 48:04
106th Kathryn Dickinson 48:32  ( 2nd F60 )
108th Bryan Drew 48:44
109th Emma Bates 48:38
110th Alan Wilkinson 48:39
112th John Oliver 49:18
121st David Dickinson 49:37
133rd Rachel Gillespie 50:40
151st John Nodder 52:37
157th Anna Marshall 53:10
180th Caitlin Clark 55:02
181st Ellie Wilkinson 55:03
182nd Andrew Clark 55:05
238th Vanessa Barrett 59:51
296th Terry Bromfield 1:06:27
299th Kate Osborn 1:06:37
312th Colin Lea 1:09:40
320th Lynette Banks 1:10:18
329th Pam Anderson 1:13:50
337th Susan Adams 1:18:12   ( 3rd F70 )
340th Richard Anderson 1:19:13
345th Paul Adams 1:30:58

—York Autumn 10k.