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        

10th World Masters

Sat. September 10^th. World Masters, Keswick, 2005. (In 5 year age categories.)

Short Course, 9.5km / 476m

Long Course, 11.6km / 684m

On a glorious day in the Lakes only six Harriers entered this prestigious event, a World trophy right on our doorstep. All the races started and finished in Fitz Park and went part way up Skiddaw via Latrigg.

First Harrier away was George Arnold in the V65 on the short course and he put in his usual determined effort, you could tell by the look on his face at the finish.

Next were Ben Higginson and Michael Mcloughlin in the V50 on the long course. It was a tough course, runnable all the way up and very fast descending. This was Ben’s comeback race after a long painful injury and he done fantastic to finish, we hope he’s on his way back to regular running.

Ben and myself now put our feet up to watch Gordon in the V45 race again on the long course and again he impressed with a great run. The final race was the V40 where Steve Bamber and John Griffiths represented Preston Harriers. This was a very fast run race won by an Italian priest with Steve and John well up in the chasing pack.

It was a great days racing and nice to see fellow Hill Runners from all over the world, those who didn’t enter missed a great day and a rare opportunity to run in a World Championship event. Also thanks to Dave Holmes and Eddy Stewart for support on the course.

Results,

V65, Short Course, 41 ran.

1^st. Peter Covey, P & B, 0.50.05

23^rd, George Arnold,      1.06.57

V50, Long Course, 148 ran.

1^st. Nigel Gates, Brighton & Hove, 0.56.56

71^st. Michael Mcloughlin.               1.11.36

145^th. Ben Higginson,                     2.10.20

V45, Long Course, 188 ran.

1^st. David Neill, Staffordshire, 0.52.51

73^rd. Gordon Thompson,          1.07.47

V40, Long Course, 194 ran.

1^st. Franco Torresani. Italy, 0.50.39

109^th. Steve Bamber,           1.07.38

122^nd. John Griffiths,           1.08.48

Mick.

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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