On Saturday, 6 hardy Lostock fellrunners headed up to the North Pennines to compete in the first club fell champs race, High Cup Nick.
Starting at the quaint village of Dufton, a total of 412 runners set off on the 9.3mile race with 1509ft ascent. The route heads out of the village along a road section under before heading onto the fells. It was a lovely sunny day but the recent downpours had made the stream crossing tricky and route up the valley extremely boggy and heavy going.
Higher up the valley, the bogs made way to boulder fields that rose steeply to a near vertical scramble as we reached to top. Those that took the opportunity to look back will have seen the perfect U-shaped valley, a stunning sight for which the summit is renown.
From here, the race to the finish is almost all downhill on the Pennine Way following rough, rocky paths, tracks and finally fast running through farmland returning to Dufton.
First Lostocker to cross the line in a superb time was Rob Sharkey in 1:28:42 followed by Josie Greenhalgh in 1:35:41 taking 3rd LV50 prize. Then, in quick succession followed Tony Marlow 1:38:01, Tom Grundy 1:39:21, Mark Shuttleworth 1:43:16 and finally, a fine performance from Amanda Smith on her comeback to fell racing in 2:37:15.
Checkers headed to Cracoe, north of Skipton, to compete in the Cracoe (BOFRA) Fell Race. This is a short but tough race covering 2.5miles of undulating fells with an elevation gain of 900ft. The conditions were extremely wet, and Checkers would refer to the first part of the run as a swim rather than a ... Cracoe (BOFRA) Fell Race
15 Lostockers headed to Radcliffe to complete in the Radcliffe AC Multi Terrain 5k. This is a tough race, starting at Sedgley Park Rugby Club, the race heads along Philips Park Road, before turning on to trails as Waterdale. The first mile of the race is all down hill and participants use this to their ... Radcliffe Multi-terrain 5k
Tribute by Josie: On Friday 19th July, the fellrunning community said goodbye to Joss Naylor MBE in one of the most heartwarming & colourful displays of respect for a man who inspired us all! It was an amazing send off that was a privilege to attend and I think Joss would’ve said ‘Aye, it was ... Tribute to Joss Naylor MBE