Roseberry Topping

North York Moors, Tuesday, August 31, 2010

AS / 1.5m / 720'

Dougie Nisbet

Nina just ahead of Cal.
photo courtesy and © David Aspin

At £4.61 per mile, compared to the Great North run at a measly £2.90 per mile, you expect to get a fair bit for your entry fee. But what’s this, no road closures? No Lucozade or water stations? No walk-through showers? No medal at the finish? Does Brendan know about this? What this tiny and absolutely barking event does have is far better prizes and much nicer views, and thankfully, none of the runners shouting Oggy Oggy Oggy as we crawled up the mountain. As if we had the breath.

It was a gorgeous evening for this year’s event with the now familiar site of both first-timers and old-timers standing around looking up towards Roseberry Topping with the usual expressions of shock and awe. Roseberry Topping was looking both beautiful and scary in equal measure. There was a lot of chatter about whether “The Chute” would be the better route choice for the descent, with most runners deciding that not breaking a leg would be a more reasonable option.

A prompt start at 7.15 and soon after the bottleneck of the first gate. I hopped over and was managing to stick close to Cal and Nina and was pretty pleased about that. Soon it was hand-over-hand up the Chute and then the final stumble to the trig point with Nina and Cal a little ahead and Jan a little behind. The gaps between us soon widened on the descent with Will way ahead but just behind the ultimate winner. The local vest I was following took a wide loop on the way down that avoided the steps and allowed for a flat out run for most of the final yards. I was about 50 seconds faster than last year so it couldn’t have been a bad route choice.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 Jack Willis Unattached MJ 11.59
2 Will Horsley NFR M 12.09
9 Pippa Archer DFR F 13.49
42 Calum Young M 17.03
48 Nina Mason F 17.32
58 Dougie Nisbet MV45 19.30
61 Jan Young FV55 20.05

78 finishers.

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