Preston Harriers' fell & trail running section . Some of our fell runners also do cross country and road running, but fell running is our main activity.Fell Running tends to be a Northern sport, the Lake District being the main centre for fell runners. The Harriers are the organizers of Paddy's Pole Fell Race, which usually takes place in June. 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 the chairman of fellblog did the Bob Graham Round in 2005. Fell Runners are not as much bothered about PB's as they are about 3B's ( a local brewery).

Preston Harriers Fell Section :- fellblog

Coniston       May 5th           Report from Robyn & even more exciting pictures

A kind of Coniston Race Report

On the 05^th May, the clouds lifted to see off the 200 odd runners up Wetherlam, across Swirl How, and over, down Coniston Old Man. Pete Orr finished 43^rd in a time of 1:31.58. He was followed by Roger who finished 51^st in a time of 1:33.21 with David Holmes close on his tail finishing 63^rd in a time of 1:39.26. Finally, after taking a magnificent tumble on the gravelly road 100m from the finish line, was me, Robyn…in a time of 1:56.09 in the top 20 ladies (there were 30 I think!).

The injuries obtained from my spectacular stumble, although impressive to the eye, were not as painful as those left below the skin when Roger coldly outsourced his TLC to the Ambulance team. I made a bee line straight for the most eligible of the men in green, who then referred me to a more curmudgeon looking fellow holding a TCP bottle and paper stitches.

And now, back due to popular demand… although not at their best due to 2 weeks healing (healing not to be mistaken for TLC)… injury pictures from the bath! For the sake of the sensitive, I have omitted the stretch of grazing that spans the length of my leg to abraded hip.

Blogger had difficulty getting thro' censorship with these bird in bath pictures! Thanks Robyn for the update!

And not wishing to be out of the limelight for long I thought it time for you to see my broken bone all over again. (Now 7 weeks since accident, soon I'm going to have to lose a stone & get running again). Picture shows left foot looking dirty. It was actually black & blue. Now 7 weeks on, it still looks black & blue, but it's just dirty.

You may like to see Coniston Fair 2005.

Now back to On the Fells 2007

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 at Chipping Show Fell Race 2007 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 126 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. The website is based in Riley Green, where the blogger is also Mayor of Riley Green. If you want to see more about the club, you can visit our main site. Click here