Pendle Fell Race

[Trig]

Think I came 161st (and felt a bit disappointed) but then heard around 350 ran, so top half'll do for me! Good to be part of a classic. The A Short Season is upon us.....

[mr brightside]

Thanks to CLeM for the event organisation, it must have been quite a write-athon.

Memo to self: Might be better not to drink beer and eat chocolate croissants before a race next time, i could have done without running all the way back with a stitch. Got dicked all the way back

Did anyone see Amex? I saw the V8 monster parked up but never saw the man himself, not even in the pub

[Witton Park]

I have to say great turnout. It really felt like the start of the Fell season.

David Bailey and his team there did a super job. It was a bit overwhelming I think as they got about 3 times as many runners as normal but they plugged away and kept their patience.

For those involved in the Lancs Champs, the individual results are sorted except the lady VETs as they hadn't got that far with the results, so I'll sort that out when I get a full list of results through.

The Junior and Senior Team competition likewise and I'll arrange for the outstanding awards to be with the rightful recipients once the results are out in full.

[Flightless Bird]

Thanks for a great race. Certainly was a big turnout, and a class field from looking at the first 7.

Well done all.

[Dynamo Dan]

Thanks to the organisers, marshals and purveyors of fine lemon cake. Managed to knock 22 minutes off last years time (first race very unfit!) by my watch so I'm very pleased with that! Not sure where i came though the field was massive!!

[dwellshere]

Really enjoyed my first race. The organizers looked stressed but coped well, many thanks to them.

And I didn't come last!

[thebarlickbarons]

cracking race loads of excellent runners there thanks to organizer's well done all

[vburke]

Was even good fun watching! Am injured at the moment but me (and Blizzard) were shouting encouragement!

Looked like a huge effort with the organisation well done!
I couldnt believe how many people were there think I ended up parking in Roughlee!

[Harry H Howgill]

A good result for Tom Addison. It is good to see both him and his cousin Mark Addison racing so well. Both of them should only get better over the next few years.

Great runner that Holmesy.

John Brown won
Tom Addision 3rd
Graham Pearce 4th
Ben Mounsey 5th
Danny Hope 6th
Shaun Godsman 7th (won lancs champs)

Thats as far as I remember.
Big field though.

[AndyA]

Well done to David etc for organising this one. Over 250 juniors turned up, a record by a huge margin! They ran out of race entry forms at one point but it all came out ok, with only a short delay at the start.

I was marshalling the U16 turnaround point, got some good pics which I'll post when i get time to get them off the phone.