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—British Fell Relay Championships.
Knavesmire took three teams to Braithwaite near Keswick for this amazing event, the highlight of the fell running year. There were 243 complete teams of 6 competing in the Championships, most from areas of the British Isles far more mountainous than York.
Four legs would have to be completed on the beautiful fells of the Coledale valley.
Leg 1 is a short solo effort followed by pairs running a longer leg 2, the third leg is the pairs Navigation leg where there is no advance notice of the route and orienteering skills are required to reach the checkpoints and the final leg is a shorter solo challenge.
There was much excitement as the Mire’ Ladies and the V40 team were neck and neck after legs 2 and 3. Also some excitement of the nervous variety as the Open Men’s team were long overdue on leg 3, thankfully due to problems coping with the pathless route choices over the terrain rather than any accidents.
-Leg 1 SOLO – 4.6km, 470m climbing ( Barrow & Stile End).
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- Leg 1 runners Graham, Nick & Orna
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- Nick heads off
YKH Men’s Open – 98th overall – Nick Zizzler ( 38:04 )
YKH Men’s Vet 40 – 154th overall – Graham Gill ( 42:53 )
YKH Ladies Open – 201th overall – Orna O’Toole ( 49:20 )
-Leg 2 PAIRS – 12.6km, 1030m climb ( Outerside, Coledale Hause, Eel Cragg & Sail).
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- Rose & Claire
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- Michael & Giles
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- Ewan & Glynn
YKH Men’s Open – 122nd overall- Ewan Sewell & Glynn Ellwood ( 1:51:25 – 128th fastest on leg 2)
YKH Men’s Vet 40 – 128th overall – Michael Shaw & Giles Hawking ( 1:50:27 – 126th fastest on leg 2)
YKH Ladies Open – 129th overall – Rose Mather & Claire Jones ( 1:44:03 – 98th fastest on leg 2)
-Leg 3 NAV PAIRS – at least 10.0km, 705m climb, pathless terrain.
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- Rich & Nik
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- Ed
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- Tom
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- Knavesmire teams racing each other on the last downhill
YKH Men’s Vet 40 – 106th overall – Gareth Green & Richard Purser ( 1:44:14 – 93rd fastest on leg 3)
YKH Ladies Open – 107th overall – Nik Tarrega & Victoria Sewell ( 1:44:51 – 97th fastest on leg 3)
YKH Men’s Open – 151st overall – Ed Roberts & Tom Ratcliffe ( 02:08:01 – 189th fastest on leg 3)
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- Gareth & Richard
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- Nik & Vic
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- Tom & Ed
-Leg 4 SOLO – 6.9km, 560m climb. ( Stile End, Outerside, and Barrow).
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- Becky
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- Rob
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- Barry
YKH Ladies Open – 102nd overall – Becky Penty ( 52:45 – 120th fastest on leg 4)
YKH Male Vet 40 – 106th overall – Barry Atkinson ( 56:22 – 154th fastest on leg 4)
YKH Male Open – 145th overall – Rob Bozeat ( 53:19 – 123rd fastest on leg 4)
-Final Category Positions.
YKH Ladies Open – Worked their way up the field to finish as 11th Ladies Team and 102nd overall.
YKH Men’s Vet 40 – 19th V40 & 106th overall.
YKH Open Men – 75th in Category & 145th overall.
Many thanks to Tom Ratcliffe and Nik Tarrega for organising the teams, Ed for the wild night out in Keswick & accommodation arrangements, Simon Collins for support and Keswick AC for putting on such a great event.
—Leeds Abbey Dash 10k.
145th David Morrison 34:04
447th Hannah Morrison 39:08
658th Karl Humphreys 41:34
999th Andrew Barker 44:43
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- Andrew Barker
—Langdale Half Marathon.
353rd Pam Anderson 2:36:39
392nd Andy Sumner 3:03:37
399th Susan Adams 3:20:02
402nd Paul Adams 4:07:37
—Penrith Rotary Club 10k Trail Run
50th Richard Anderson 91:53
—Kilham Multi-terrain 10k.
28th Rebecca Sizer 45:48 3rd FSEN
—Dalehead Fell Race.
40th Barry Atkinson 1:17:36 3rd M60
47th Giles Hawking 1:22:32
—York Parkrun Area PB’s.
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