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).

Harrier Hall of Fame

A Visit to our Glorious Past

 

 

PRE WALSH DAYS        1952 & 1953  

 

Maurice is featured below & there is a note re his hob nailed escapades!

 

                

YHA 1952 Maurice (boots) Dean at the start                Look closer, is that an early picture of Dave Bowers?

YHA 1952 Roland Moore comes in to win.

YHA 1953 Maurice in a sprightly start.

Mine were working boots, plastered with triple hob nails, Roland wore a posh pair of Vibrams, handy for pot-holing and rock climbing, having mastered both by necessity, and survived!  Mention is made of the time taken  by Bill Teesdale,  returning  30mins faster than ROLAND'S time  in 1952.  B.T. was much older and had been running up and down hills from the word go!  not in nailed boots. 

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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