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

Preston Harriers Fell Section :- juniorfellblog        

 

SEDBURGH HILLS

 

FRA Race 5 - Junior Championships - 14th August 2005

On a perfect day of clear blue skies, with a cool breeze on the fells, the FRA race series moved on to the village of Sedbergh which rests just below the very attractive range of grassy hills known as the Howgills.

The races of various length were to ascend Winder, the first hill of the group. First then, as is the custom in the Howgills was a steep climb, followed by some contouring, then a rather fast run down.

No doubt because of holidays, only two young Harriers were present for this race. With being on my own, I could not get a picture of Rob and Colin Harrison's skill at identifying good photographic locations was also missed!

In the U16 race of 2.5 miles and 1,000 feet of climb, Rob Jackson finished in 3rd with a time of 19:42. The race was won by Sam Webster of Bingley in a course record of 17:45.

For the girls, in U14, Nichola Jackson was 6th in 19:00. The race was won by Laura Park (Ellenborough) in 14:23 - another record.

Pat Jackson

The Climb

Nichola in Full Flight

& at the finish after coming in sixth. Well done Nichola.

Thanks to Pat (Nichol's mum) for the article & pictures. Any news of Rob who did so well?

Would you like to see what happened in this race last year?

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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