Durham Fell Runners

Results

Position	Gender position	Age cat position	Name	Club	Time	Category
1	1	1	Chris Alborough	Poole AC	1:20:44	MSEN
2	2	2	Will Carter	Dark Peak Fell Runners	1:21:48	MSEN
3	3	3	Craig Jones	Tyne Bridge Harriers	1:23:09	MSEN
4	4	4	Tom Carter	Durham Fell Runners	1:24:15	MSEN
5	5	5	Rory Woods	Durham Fell Runners	1:25:23	MSEN
6	6	1	Richard Bateson	Northumberland Fell Runners	1:25:46	M40
7	7	2	Hedley Fletcher	Blaydon Harriers & AC	1:26:46	M40
8	8	6	Tom Sabey	Netherhall AC	1:27:12	MSEN
9	9	7	Jonathan Graham		1:28:41	MSEN
10	10	3	Matt Walker	Durham Fell Runners	1:31:11	M40
11	11	4	Luke Appleyard	Wharfedale Harriers	1:32:56	M40
12	1	1	Katherine Klunder	Chorley Athletic and Triathlon Club	1:33:05	WSEN
13	12	5	Jon Bateman	Northumberland Fell Runners	1:33:16	M40
14	13	8	Joe Stringer	Northumberland Fell Runners	1:33:35	MSEN
15	14	1	Darren Fishwick	Chorley Athletic and Triathlon Club	1:34:10	M50
16	15	1	Philip Pearson	Northern Fells Running Club	1:35:39	M60
17	16	2	Graham Pearson	Derwent Valley Trail Runners	1:35:57	M50
18	17	9	Aaron Dobrianski	Durham Fell Runners	1:36:45	MSEN
19	18	6	Ian Hutchinson	Derwentside AC	1:36:54	M40
20	19	10	Owen Carter	Durham Fell Runners	1:38:22	MSEN
21	2	1	Karen Robertson	Northumberland Fell Runners	1:39:30	W50
22	20	3	John Rippon	Derwent Valley Trail Runners	1:41:04	M50
23	21	7	Andrew Stimson	Durham Fell Runners	1:41:43	M40
24	22	8	Sean Robinson	Howgill Harriers	1:45:17	M40
25	23	4	Chris Curtis	Northern Fells Running Club	1:47:16	M50
26	24	5	Ian Hodgson		1:48:25	M50
27	3	1	Nina Mason	Elvet Striders	1:49:30	W40
28	25	2	Steve Wathall	Black Combe Runners	1:52:09	M60
29	26	9	Paul Davison	Howgill Harriers	1:54:41	M40
30	4	2	Jane Verity	Howgill Harriers	1:55:16	W50
31	27	6	Ian Haigh	Southwell Running Club	1:55:43	M50
32	5	2	Meghan McCarthy	Durham Fell Runners	1:57:21	WSEN
33	28	3	Andrew Johnson	York Knavesmire Harriers	1:58:24	M60
34	29	4	Colin Eaton		1:58:56	M60
35	30	5	Trevor Symonds	Northern Fells Running Club	1:59:11	M60
36	31	11	Scott Nash		2:00:05	MSEN
37	32	12	Martyn Farnsworth	Durham Fell Runners	2:01:22	MSEN
38	33	7	Mark Russell	Stocksfield Striders	2:01:28	M50
39	34	6	Bernard Kivlehan	Northumberland Fell Runners	2:01:45	M60
40	35	8	Peter Murray		2:02:13	M50
41	36	7	Paul Burchell	Long Eaton Running Club	2:04:06	M60
42	37	10	David Riding		2:06:09	M40
43	38	13	Ian Taylor	Evenwood Road Runners	2:06:30	MSEN
44	6	2	Sarah Norman		2:07:11	W40
45	39	8	Graham Di Duca		2:08:53	M60
46	40	11	Diego García Mejuto		2:09:28	M40
47	7	3	Zoe Robinson	Howgill Harriers	2:11:28	W40
48	8	3	Eleanor Alborough		2:12:25	WSEN
49	41	1	Adrian Dixon		2:15:25	M70
50	42	9	Dougie Nisbet	Durham Fell Runners	2:17:54	M50
51	43	10	Richard Mellor		2:24:27	M50
52	9	4	Gemma Finnie	Tyne Bridge Harriers	2:27:15	WSEN
53	44	9	Andrew Charles	Durham Fell Runners	2:27:52	M60

Results also available as download as pdf or xlsx.

Photos by Dawn Hosking (sweeping)

Photos by Mark Bevan (out)

Photos by Mark Bevan (back)

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We did it! A continuous relay of the 214 Wainwrights in 4 days 6 hours 50 minutes 15 seconds.What a team. The encouragement, enthusiasm and efforts put in out on the hills day and night has been amazing. What a thing we just did!!

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The Wainwrights Relay

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Leg 23 – Andy B and Rory

‘Don’t run the legs off each other on the first climb!’ Was the instruction ringing in our ears as we left the carpark below Rannerdale Knots on a calm and sunny Monday morning, to depart on leg 23 out of 24. Myself and Rory wouldn’t claim to specialist in the ‘long stuff’, and we both enjoy a short blast. This leg at around 20km, was somewhere between a short blast and the long stuff so we had to be careful how we went.

We had both recced the leg well and knew every grassy ramp and trod, discussing each junction before we approached and always taking the right course. On the first climb we discussed the pacing, held ourselves back as instructed and planned to give it everything if we still had anything for the last hour or so. The leg is almost all on good runnable paths except the really steep and fun descent from Causey Pike directly towards Barrow, which 50% of our party enjoyed.

The last hour approached, and some quick calculations showed we were on to finish in under 3 hours, our best estimate had been 3:20, we didn’t know if the tracker was working due to poor mobile coverage, so were concerned leg 24 might not be ready for us. Rory fired off a WhatApp message on the last descent “down in 5”, which got through to the waiting team a minute or so before us, leading to a somewhat rushed changeover.

Throughout the leg Rory was faster on the runnable sections and I was faster on the steep stuff, meaning at all points we each had someone to chase – the pace was brilliantly furious. Not what everyone would enjoy, but 24 hours later and i’m still smiling about it. One of the best mornings out I’ve ever had on the fells.

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Leg 24, Newlands to Moot Hall; Steve Lumb and Stan

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Post date 31 August 2021
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A leisurely start for the final leg. Stan and Steve waiting at Newlands Hause with 2 dogs who couldn’t work out why we had driven there and were just standing around and were not running. The absence of a signal meant we had no idea of what time to expect Rory and Andy then sudden panic as they appear off the summit of Knott Rigg 30 mins early. Just enough time to get final preparations ready, strap on the tracker and off up the very steep climb to the side of Moss Force.

The small sheep trod that leads directly to the summit of Robinson was found and a steady climb saw us at summit number 209 in just over 20 minutes. From there it was great running to Hindsgarth and Dale Head. We found a good direct line down to Dalehead tarn and then the lovely descent fom High Spy. It was quiet until we hit Catbells, summit number 214, where we met the hoards and dodged through them until we reached the road.

Followed the Cumbria Way to Portinscale where we were met by a large contingent of DFR members and family with pushchairs and even cowbells which was a great boost to morale and put a bit of a spring back into tired legs.

The cowbells proved very effective in clearing a route along the narrow path into Keswick, helpful on a bank holiday Monday and the Moot Hall was reached at 1450. 4 days, 6 hours, 50 mins and 15 seconds, 214 summits, 27 runners and 2 dogs. Fantastic weekend. Chapeau Fran and Andy.