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).

FRA Junior Championship at Barley

28th July 2007

 

The FRA junior championship races rolled into Barley on the 28th July and it was a gloriously sunny day... for a change! The views from the top of Pendle were magnificent.

Barley from Pendle             Pendle Up  Barley Down

Most of the courses headed up Pendle Hill to varying heights and the climbing began almost immediately. Harriers had two runners out, both in the U16 race, Nichola Jackson & Andrew Harrison.

Andrew Up                                                                    Andrew Down

Nichola Up                                                                         Nichola Down

From Barley, the route hit the ridge above Lower Ogden Reservoir, dropped to Under Pendle and then slanted across Ogden Hill. The climb was then relentless from Buttock Gate all the way to the trig point at 557m where runners turned round. A very fresh wind was blowing in from the west and the runners were buffeted on the way up and down.

Andrew with his Bronze Medal. + Reporter Steve 

Andrew picked up a bronze medal in the Lancashire Championships which were part of the same race, Nichola just missing out in 4th and being 6th overall. The next race is at Sedbergh on the 19th August.

Steve Jackson

Thanks for the report & great pictures Steve. (+ guest comments from Homer Simpson)

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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 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