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

 

  JUNIOR FELL RACES 2006   

 

Race 1 Ilkley Moor - Sunday 19th March 2006

Grey overcast skies were Yorkshires` greetings for the first junior race of the 2006 season.

Several juniors made the short trip along the A59 &

A65 for the races, that included the Yorkshire Championships

In U12, Christopher Nash was 6th in 14:38. Winner was Rory Adison (Helm Hill) in 13:15. 39 completed

U14 saw Harriers have three runners out - Matthew Nash was home in a good 19:25 and 20th place; Andrew Harrison recorded a time of 21:46 for 33rd and a few places behind in 35th was Nichola Jackson (5th girl) in 22:13

In the U18 / U20m event, all running tigether, Rob Jackson was 9th in 30:04. Rob was actually 5th at U18.

The race also saw senior Karen Nash on the fell, as seniors were allowed - Karen coming home in 37:58.

There are some very good photographs of the whole day at www.junior.ilkleyharriers.org.uk - well worth a trawl through, with an interesting web-cam shot of the conditions and weather leading up to the event.

 

Pat Jackson

 

The U14 Start

The Nash Dash Descent, come on Matthew!

Come on Andrew!

Come on Nichola!

Thanks to Pat Jackson for this page.

 

Return to juniorfellblog

 
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