Preston Harriers' fell running section . Some of our fell runners also do cross country and road running, but fell running is our main activity. Our junior fell runners are in a keen fell running section, you can read about them in juniorfellblog below. Preston Harriers running club was established in 1881. Mick McLoughlin our chairman of fellblog recently did the Bob Graham Round. Fell Runners are not as much bothered about PB's as they are about 3B's ( a local brewery).

Preston Harriers Fell Section :- fellblog

Harrier Hall of Fame

 

 

XCountry 

Lancaster Castle 1949

 

Jottings from the Archives    M Dean

Following in the traditional pre-war format of a Monster Meet Club Cross-country run, local clubs got together for the start of the Winter Season, on the first Saturday of October. The runners ran as a Pack for a distance of four and a half miles, stopped for a minute or two, and then lined up for a one mile team race (sprint)! Leyland Motors Athletic Club winning the Team award, led home by Carl Ericson,

A note from Maurice

Dates: Lancaster Castle x.c. meet,1st October 1949 !
runner with long hair is yours truly, this race was the kick start to x.c. running after the second world war, the meeting was the signal for four of the novices to join
Preston Harriers, at the December meeting. I wrote it  for the news -letter originally.

M Rainford   E Crangle     G Lewis    S Melton   M Withnell   L Melton   M Dean   J Higginson

The M Rainford above & below is Mick father of John! Mick is a legend like Maurice. Truly great runners.

Is that Mick Barton (bent knee)?

Runners descending from the Castle

Front Row L-R:  2nd M Rainford, 3rd F Gillet, 4th E Crangle , S Cuff (along side).

  M Dean, Leyland Motors A.C. leading Rispin of Blackpool and Fylde A.C.

 

 

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 Keeping abreast with our Fell Runnners

Lots of fell runners break away from their original running clubs, mainly because they have no interest in track & field, fell running being their main interest. The fell running section of our club decided to have their own website, probably for the same reason. Now a V70, George Arnold is our oldest active fell runner. There are a few more of us close behind! One of our top female road runners, whilst marshalling recently at Chipping Show Fell Race commented on just how friendly fell runners are.

Preston Harriers Fell Section :-  FELLBLOG  is the proud fell running section of the famous Preston Harriers Athletic Club. Our athletic club has been around for well over a hundred years. We like to call it famous because it is what Brendan Foster calls us on BBC athletic programmes. We are well represented in Track & Field presently by our pride & joy, Helen Clitheroe.  We also have some accomplished road runners. Our Fell runners are a mixed bunch of beer drinkers, most fell runners seem to be like that! We do run lots of races, as can be seen in the site itself. We have a world record holder Pete Benson, you can read about his feat inside. We are pleased that you have visited our website, which of course is mainly about fell running. If you want to see more about the club, you can visit our main site. Click here