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).

The fell running section of Preston Harriers. 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        

Fiensdale

Fiendsdale AM. 7.5m / 2500’ 25.3.06. New Route.

Previously cancelled due to snow making the access roads dangerous for driving, six harriers turned up at Fell Foot for the second attempt on a fine chilly day. We started at 11am up the road towards familiar territory to all harriers, and after the initial steep climb up Parlick you can catch your breath on fast running down the quad tracks to the bottom of the zigzags. A steep climb to the ladder stile on the Saddle Fell fence before turning west on a good path to the ladder stile near the true summit of Fairsnape.

Once over the stile you follow the fence over peat hags and boggy ground to Fiendsdale Head before descending steeply to the sheep pens. Karen, Pete and I arrived here almost together and we followed John on the alternative route following the stream instead of the fence, but everyone more or less arrived at Paddy’s Pole together. Karen was having her own tussle with two other girls as we speed across the tops towards Nick’s Chair where you veer right and descend at speed to the c.p at the fence/wall junction. From here it’s a hard climb on tired legs up the west slope of Parlick to the summit before racing down the other side and the finish at Fell Foot. A tough race, not as good as the original via Langdale Castle , but well worth doing.

Congratulations to Karen who collected another prize and Joe who completed without any mishap.

Results,

1^st Sean Boland, Bowland, 1.09.22 (local knowledge.)

32^nd Gordon Thompson.    1.25.33

48^th John Griffiths .         1.32.01

58^th Mick McLoughlin.       1.34.16

59^th Karen Nash .              1.34.20  2^nd V40.

68^th Pete Carter.             1.37.48

89^th Joe Howard .            2.13.29

96 ran, 92 finished.

see last race 2005

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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