Preston Harriers Fell Section :- fellblog
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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 |
 
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juniorfellblog High Rigg 2007Sunday 27th May 2007 Report from Nichola Jackson (our ace reporter).
This race, the second in the FRA championship was at the same venue as the Helvellyn race for the seniors. Mum drove to the Lakes for this race as Dad was running the Black Sheep races again in Yorkshire. We picked up Alan Appleby on the way as he wanted to watch.
When I did this race two years ago, we parked on a very hilly car park which had lots of cow muck in it but this year we were on a different field. This is a nice race and is organised by a relative of the Stuarts - Rosie is in my age group for the fells, but older runners (Dad!) will know all about her Dad, Kenny Stuart. Our races go across the road to climb High Rigg... the ascent for the seniors looked very steep and I`m glad we were not going their way.
Andrew was here too running in the U16 boys but I`m not sure where he finished as full results are nowhere to be seen!!
This is a good, mostly all runable race and Laura Park who had a great winter at cross country won the race. On the descent, I pushed hard and Alan was very supportive! I managed to pass two others on the way in to finish 6th and I was quite pleased as it was a strong field and I`m in the lower end of the age group. Mum took the pictures, so they are not as good as Dad's and she didn't manage to get Andrew in the centre of the picture! Nichola Jackson Well done again Nichola, I'll see if I can get you on the reporting payroll! I like references to cow muck! & mum's picture of Andrew. Well anyway Andrew, nobody can say you were framed!
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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 |
