“Its only 5 miles”. Yeah right! The first 2 miles, through the woods at the foot of Roseberry Topping was a real mud-fest. This was followed by a steep uphill climb to Roseberry’s lop-sided peak. Rachael Bullock and I had been exchanging positions a few times so far and I fell behind as she powered her way up. But I had run this peak before and on descending, I took a small grassy side path, instead of the tortuous, slippy-slidey stone steps which are a real bugger to run down in a hurry. This helped me get ahead. For added value, there was another climb to Little Roseberry, just the thing for already tired legs! Then, a brisk, slightly-loony exhilarating descent all the way back to the finish. I was glad to have finished without breaking something, perhaps I should have gone slower, but what’s the fun in that?
Elvet Striders came out in force today, with newbies to fell running such as Vicki McLean and Lindsay Rodgers, welcome to the dark side guys! Will Horsley won 1st place and Rachael Bullock was 3rd lady. Camilla Lauren Maatta was 2nd in her category and with Helen Allen were 1st ladies team. A fun, no-frills (£4), evening race with lots of prizes. What’s there not to like?
Results
Pos | Name | Club | Cat | Catpos | Time |
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1 | Will Horsley | Northumberland Fell Runners | SM | 0:34’37 | |
15 | Kay Neesam | New Marske Harriers | LV45 | 0:42’00 | |
38 | Danny Lim | SM | 0:46’45 | ||
39 | Aaron Gourley | SM | 0:47’27 | ||
40 | Rachael Bullock | SL | 0:47’31 | ||
46 | David Selby | MV40 | 0:49’33 | ||
65 | Camilla Lauren-Maatta | LV45 | 0:53’15 | ||
75 | Alister Robson | MV40 | 0:59’01 | ||
84 | Lindsay Rodgers | MV45 | 1:11’08 | ||
85 | Helen Allen | LV40 | 1:13’21 | ||
87 | Denise Benvin | LV45 | 1:16’06 | ||
88 | Kerry Lister | LV40 | 1:28’48 |
89 finishers