Hi all
Still waiting on results for the Crowden Horseshoe and the Ring of Fire…but for now
Delamere Park Run 5k number 75 on Saturday August 30th saw a good podium finish for Colin Bishop who was 2nd overall in 17.31. Janet Robertson was first Helsby lady home for 67th overall in 24.16. Well done to Alex and Claire who both recorded PB’s on the day. Nine out for Helsby in total.
| 2 | Colin BISHOP | 17:31 | VM50-54 | 86.96 % | M | 2 | Helsby RC | PB stays at 00:17:15 | 39 |
| 16 | Alex FITZMAURICE | 20:16 | SM25-29 | 63.65 % | M | 16 | Helsby RC | New PB! | 3 |
| 34 | David FEAKES | 21:59 | VM50-54 | 68.16 % | M | 33 | Helsby RC | PB stays at 00:21:37 | 22 |
| 45 | Jim JONES | 22:46 | VM45-49 | 64.28 % | M | 42 | Helsby RC | PB stays at 00:21:16 | 15 |
| 67 | Janet ROBERTSON | 24:16 | VW45-49 | 67.45 % | F | 7 | Helsby RC | PB stays at 00:22:36 | 18 |
| 87 | Lesley FEAKES | 25:25 | VW45-49 | 65.18 % | F | 12 | Helsby RC | PB stays at 00:24:15 | 25 |
| 106 | David WIGGINS | 26:16 | VM55-59 | 58.50 % | M | 90 | Helsby RC | PB stays at 00:26:08 | 6 |
| 117 | Claire MORTON | 27:05 | VW55-59 | 65.97 % | F | 21 | Helsby RC | New PB! | 12 |
| 206 | Ivor JOHNSTONE | 33:03 | VM45-49 | 43.57 % | M | 146 | Helsby RC | PB stays at 00:28:04 | 13 |
Full results for the Delamere Park run as below
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/delamere/results/latestresults/
Also on Saturday was the Warrington Park Run 5k number 32 which saw Tom DeJong inside the top ten for 6th overall in 19.23 and first Helsby man home followed by Joanne Lacking who was first Helsby lady and a brilliant 2nd lady overall for 29th in 22.05 followed by 4th lady overall Helen Owens in 37th in 23.29
| 6 | Tom DE JONG | 19:23 | SM20-24 | 67.24 % | M | 6 | Helsby RC | PB stays at 00:19:08 | 10 |
| 29 | Joanne LACKING | 22:05 | SW30-34 | 67.47 % | F | 2 | Helsby RC | PB stays at 00:21:48 | 8 |
| 37 | Helen OWENS | 23:29 | VW35-39 | 64.73 % | F | 4 | Helsby RC | PB stays at 00:23:20 | 10 |
Full results for Warrington Park run as below
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/warrington/results/latestresults/
Saturday was the Maesgwm Muddle a new race for Snowdonia and not one for the faint hearted weighing in at 8.7miles with 2789ft climb. A good description of the route is included in Phil Gillard’s great race report below
“Shall we have starter and pudding?
One of my favourite training runs in Snowdonia starts in Llanberis, goes south down the Snowdon valley with a climb up to Foel Goch, along the ridge to Foel Gron and onto Moel Ellio, from there it is a grassy descent back down to Llanberis. It is homely run which leaves you very satisfied afterwards, much like steak and ale pie, chips and peas in your favourite pub.
I was delighted to learn that Mike Blake had created a new race called the Maesgwm Muddle which used this route as its core, I was even more delighted to learn that it had been chosen as one of the rounds of the British Fell Championship. So on Friday, Helen and I set off to camp in Llanberis with the anticipation of a nice walk on the Friday, do the race on the Saturday and a few beers to celebrate on the Saturday evening. What a great way to spend a weekend, enhanced by the site of Jimmy and Sharon who also ran
The start and finish of the race was right next to our campsite, so a quality field runners set off in full view of Helen, sat in her camp chair, drinking a Costa.
So, back to that steak and ale pie; steak and ale pie is a great main course and is a good wholesome meal in its own right, our starter prior to the main course was a hands and knees climb up Moel Cynghorion (much like climbing the stairs when you were two years old) followed by a steep descent back into the Snowdon valley. This ascent / descent was in the third mile of the race which I recorded as a 29 minute mile!
Ok the starter was a bit filling but I am sure I will enjoy the pie and chips and I did; a mile or so up a gradual track followed by a few hundred meters of climb up to the Foel Goch and then the ridge which was fantastic despite the swirling mist. The grassy descent was equally as good.
You know that feeling when you feel full but everybody else orders a pudding and you feel obliged to join in, well it was a bit like that the pudding was a steady, muddy climb through some beautifully coloured heater and then retrace your steps back to onto my normal route back to Llanberis.
A real tough race in some fantastic company and by the way we ate out that night and I did have starter, main and pudding”
40th Jim O’Hara 1.44.02
137th Phil Gillard 2.14.16
Full results are available on the Welsh Fell Runners website www.wfra.org.uk
And photos here http://www.sportpicturescymru.co.uk/pages/gallery/2014-gallery.php?gall_id=444
And here https://www.flickr.com/photos/hhac/sets/72157646666902477/
Sunday 31st August was the Crowdon Horseshoe. This is a race of 8 miles and 1699ft ascent. Race report by Jim Jones
“I did the Crowden Horsehoe today. It was a great route but a tough 8 mile course. The sheer drops along some of the paths are not for the faint hearted! There were also some really rocky paths with several streams to negotiate on the way out, and an uneven rocky descent on the way back. The peat bogs across the top were a challenge in themselves with no way of knowing if they would be ankle or waist high until you went through them. The weather was good today but it’s a course where you could easily go astray (as has apparently happened with some runners on previous years) if the weather closes in. It was good to see the hosts doing random kit checks. This is a popular race and the big turn out today caused quite a bottleneck at the first style, so anyone wanting to get ahead will have needed to fly off the start.”
Route below: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/579813836
Not seen the results yet but I think they’ll appear here: http://www.dpfr.org.uk/results/index
As hopefully many of you are aware it was the Anglesey Ring of Fire this weekend, amounting to about 33 Park Runs over three days! Among the many were four intrepid Helsby adventurers. We have no results as yet but photos are courtesy of Jackie have now been uploaded to our flickr account as below
https://www.flickr.com/photos/runhelsby/sets/72157647121876475/
I’ve also had some information from Jackie as attached
To be going on with, From their Facebook page:-
And the Ring O’ Fire 2014 winner is John Knapp #71 in a time of 23:25
Second is Val Swinger #128 in a time of 23:44
Third is Dion Leonard #43 in a time of 24:56
135 signed up. 106 started. 56 finished. The stats tell a story. It’s a tough but beautiful race. Well done to everyone who tried and a huge congratulations to those hardy 56 who finished. Thanks to everyone who made it so special. A massive thanks to our army of marshals who sacrifice a lot to support us. So long as the demand is there Bing, Q, Rich and team will keep the fire burning. Hope to see you back in 2015. We’ll be launching next year’s event in the next few weeks. Results will also be uploaded in next day or two. Sleep first!
Good luck to everyone running in the September Multi-Terrain series this month, a fabulous set of races to be part of!
Keep on running
Adair