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—Bradford 10k.
Well done to First Lady Becky Penty.
14th Becky Penty 34:39
370th Jonathon Boyle 50:51
—Three Shires Fell Race.
The Three Shires Fell Race is a Lake District fell race, starting and finishing at the Three Shires Inn in Little Langdale. After an initial run along the valley, the route climbs steeply to Wetherlam, then down to Prison Band and up to the summit of Swirl How. The course then drops to the Three Shire Stone at the top of the Wrynose Pass, the meeting point of the historic counties of Cumberland, Lancashire and Westmorland. An ascent of Pike of Blisco follows, then the route drops to Blea Tarn before the final climb to Lingmoor Fell and descent to the finish.
The route is approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) in length with 1,360 metres (4,460 ft) of ascent.
115th Ursula Moore 02:49:53
135th Oli Read 02:54:23
—Beck Busters 10k.
57th Andrew Barker 47:48
—Fryup Frazzler.
The first race in the North Yorkshire Moors Winter Fell Series.
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- 2nd Ewan Sewell 46:57
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- 9th Tom Ratcliffe 48:46
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- 19th Tom Sinclair 51:58
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- 25th Tom Pavis 53:50
—Evensplits York 5k Series – September.
32nd Richard Walker 18:16
40th Gordon Walmsley 18:43
—Pikes Peak Marathon.
The Pikes Peak Marathon is a trail running competition that begins at the base of Pikes Peak, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, and climbs over 7,815 feet (2382 m) to the top of the 14,115 foot (4302 m) mountain. The race has been contested since 1956, when it was the first U.S marathon to admit women.
It is safe to say that the 13 mile ascent is something of a challenge , especially with the low levels of oxygen available at such high altitudes, the 6412ft altitude start provides only 81% of sea level oxygen and by the over 14,000ft of the summit there is only 60% of the sea level amount available. Any exertion at this altitude can lead to some major light headedness or worse.
After the long slog to the mountain’s peak there was a return back the same way along the Barr Trail, initially great fun, but dodging boulders, rocks, tree stumps and loose gravel in scorching heat proved to be as arduous as the long climb.
Giles fell and was lucky to get away with just a good dose of gravel rash and Barry hit the wall with 8 long miles to go.
The enthusiasm of the American runners was off the scale though, everyone was greeted with a ‘good job’ or ‘awesome work’.
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- Zig Zags to the top
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- Giles at the half way point
233rd Giles Hawking 06:57:43 ( Ascent 301st 04:30:16 / Descent 159th 02:27:22 )
318th Barry Atkinson 07:31:06 ( Ascent 247th 04:18:39 / Descent 413th 03:12:25 )
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- Barry at the finish