| Event name | Barrow Park Run | ||||
| Date 01.12.2017 | Overall Position | Age position | Time | No's starting | Full Results |
| Ray Gill | 5 | M50 | 19.59 | ||
| Dawn Gill | ? | W50 | 27.22 | ||
| Event name | Langdale xmas pud 10k | ||||
| Date 01.12.2017 | Overall Position | Age position | Time | No's starting | Full Results |
| Martin Gardiner | 79 | M40 | 44.46 | 608 | XP10 |
| Karen Wallbank | 225 | WV50-13 | 52.02 | ||
| Event name | Hoad Hill 10K Pudding Run | ||||
| Date 03.12.2017 | Overall Position | Age position | Time | No's starting | Full Results |
| Peter Sandford | 56 | MV60 | 42.41 | 302 | H10 |
| Ray Gill | 67 | MV55 | 43.73 | ||
| Event name | Lancaster Park Run 5K | ||||
| Date 09.12.2017 | Overall Position | Age position | Time | No's starting | Full Results |
| Tyron Lewis | 34 | MV50 | 23.17 | 209 | |
| Grace Leedham | 49 | WV45 | 24.24 | ||
| David Nichols | 88 | MV35 | 27.09 | ||
| Marian DeSilva | 100 | WV55 | 27.54 | ||
| Event name | Amalfi Positano Wine Trail Race Day 1 13.7 mile 7858' climb | ||||
| Date 09.12.2017 | Overall Position | Age position | Time | No's starting | Full Results |
| David Griffin | 5 | MV55 4th | 3.17.50 | 30 | |
| Event name | Amalfi Positano Wine Trail Race Day 2 11.2 mile 5700' climb | ||||
| Date 09.12.2017 | Overall Position | Age position | Time | No's starting | Full Results |
| David Griffin | 5 | MV55 4rd | 2.29.44 | 25 | |
Provisional result
officially 3rd male overall over both days.
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The Italian Job!!!
If music be the food of love, running in Amalfi must be food
for the soul……
What a fantastic 2 days of racing that was! Beautiful
scenery, tough runnable course, great organisation and I have met some really
nice people, what’s not to like?
Winter holds little running enjoyment for me, it’s always a
mental fight to get myself out running in some meaningful way so, when I saw a
promotion for the Amalfi Positano Wine Trail Race my imagination and appetite
was well and truly whetted!
I’ve never raced
abroad before so I was full of apprehension as to how fit I needed to be and
how was I going to navigate around the course (have you seen Italian maps!!) so, weeks of map studying and buying a satmap
GPX device was going to have to do. I also hoped to do a little recceing when I
arrived at Furrore, where I was staying.
Arriving at Naples filled me full of apprehension, have you
ever driven in Italy!! Have you ever driven in Naples!!!
The next day was to be a recce day. Having looked at the map
and web site I set off to find the start of the race and walk the first few
miles, 3 hours later I hadn’t found the start, even after googling the start
area, frustration and foreboding set in.
Italian wine is great for putting things back into
perspective. I found the start on day two, to much relief, and decided to have a
jog round day one course. Well, why had I worried about getting round! After
about 2 miles I had learnt to follow the red spot markers and tape!
I have never experienced a training run like this one. The
further round the course I got, the more I wanted to go further, the views!!
Wow!! The mild climate!! It was all falling into place. The only worry was the
drops on the side of some of the paths, narrow with 1000’ shear drops. Brown
trouser routes!
Saturday, the weather has changed to light rain and freezing
cold wind, yuk. At the start I bumped into Ben Mounsey and Kirsty Hall and
relayed, what I hoped would be, valuable info about the route and to be aware
of the freezing conditions on the exposed high points.
Months of anticipation and excitement came together on the
start count down, 3 2 1 ….. We’re off! The first climb came almost immediately,
in the park. I counted where I was in the race, 5th, I started to
wonder how far back I would go.
After about two miles I was on my own on a long climb, the
sun shone and I was getting too hot!! December hey! I looked like I was in for
a tan!! After I whipped off a layer I was caught by fellow runner Sean, we stayed together
for most of the race.
Once off the high point of the race and, after about a 3,000’
climb, came the technical downhill bit, loose rock, semi scree, it was like running
on marbles but we had to keep pushing onwards after all we were 5th
and 6th and both quite confident on keeping these positions.
Heart stopping, is the way to describe running along the
Path of the Gods, to the left sheer cliffs, to the right shear drops, not a place
for heroic running! But WOW! The views!!
Not long after the Path of the gods the final uphill, about 100 steps, on dead legs it’s nearly impossible to get up them but, get up them you must, thankfully afterwards it was only a short distance to the finish.
Arriving at the finish was fantastic, especially after I
found out I was 5th!! At the finish I was greeted by Ben and Kirsty, 1st
and 3rd, team GB first!!!! LOL It was then off to the pasta party
and then back for an early night.
Sunday, I arrived at the start and met up with Kirsty, as
Ben was racing in Amalfi (and went on to win!) I thought she was in with a damn
good chance of an outright win.
Off we went, legs a bit tired and having set off at a steady
pace I started to go backwards in the field, Oh no!! I tried to up my pace but
to no avail, it wasn’t looking good. 1 mile in, my legs found a renewed vigour
and off I went. I had been keeping a count as to my position and was soon back
up to 5th!
Having not recced the
course it was all new running, after the first 2 miles, we were running down,
steep down, to a church, this church must have had about 2000 steps leading up
to it! Fortunately we were going down but Oh how it jarred the hips and knees.
Once down this steep
bit it was along to the Fjord, a most stunning inlet from the sea
After this spectacle it was about a 3000’ climb up and up
and up!! Towards the top I managed to get close to the runner who finished 2nd
in my sights unfortunately once at the highest point he managed to pull away
from me, at this point my legs were giving out and the last couple of miles
were a real struggle. Just as I thought the race would never end I came to the
starting park!! Crickey!! I mentally picked myself up and sprinted(?) for the
finish, 5th again!!
Well what a weekend that was. 3rd male overall, possibly
first old git but I didn’t get that prize!!
Day 1 Ben Mounsey 1st Kirsty Hall 3rd
David Griffin 5th.
Day 2 Kirsty Hall 3rd David Griffin 5th
Prizes David Griffin 3rd male
Kirsty
Hall 1st Lady
Would I do it again? OOHH YESSSS
| Event name | Lancaster Park Run | ||||
| Date 09.12.2017 | Overall Position | Age position | Time | No's starting | Full Results |
| Grace Leedham | 37 | WV45 | 24.51 | 203 | LPR |
| Marian DeSilver | 93 | W55 | 28.04 | ||
| Karen Wallbank | 94 | W50 | 28.05 | ||
| Event name | Fell Foot Park Run | ||||
| Date 09.12.2017 | Category | Overall Position | Time | No's starting | Full Results |
| Richard Simpson | MV60 | 95 | 28.03 | 154 | |
| 23.21.17 | |||||
| Richard Simpson | MV60 | 126 | 28.05 | 243 | |
| 30.12.17 | |||||
| Richard Simpson | MV60 | 117 | 27.21 | 233 | |
January 2018 Races
Its the start of the Kendal Winter League!!! lets have a good show from Dallam. We have some great runners we can get great results!!
Nine Standards Fell Race
Fancy a Challenge?
TRIGGER used to be the Marsden to Edale race or Tanky's trog. I have run this quite a few times. It's tough but rewarding. Be aware that it will run in snow, fog gales etc, Not for the faint hearted!
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