Monthly Archives: October 2014

British Fell & Hill Relays, Middleton.19^th October  2014.

CRR fielded a V40 team for this years British Fell and Hill Relays, held in Middleton, Cumbria. The event was hosted by Dallam running club and Howgill Harriers  in a relatively unknown part of Cumbria.

The team met up for an early start with a 2 hr drive over to the South Lakes. Registration was a straight forward affair followed by some hot tea, bacon butties and a little banter with some of our local neighbours, Eryri Harriers,  Denbigh Harriers and our arch rivals Buckley Runners.

Out first for CRR was Dan Hurst on leg 1, coming in 15^th in the V40 cat. A quick handover in the pen and it was over to team leader Jim Davis and Greame Peacock to take up the race for CRR. The lads returned just under the 2 hr mark  with a brilliant time of 1:57:18.

Next was the navigation leg with Chris Wilcox and Steve Jones setting of into the unknown. Returning safely in 1:29:10 it was over to John Montgomery for the final leg.

Overall the team came in an overall position of 20^th in V40, with over 200 teams competing in all categories.

Leg 1 was 5.4 miles with 1,648 feet of ascent

Leg 2 was 9 miles, with 2,559 feet of ascent

Leg 3 was 7.7 miles, with 1,659 feet of ascent

Leg 4 was 5.6 miles, with 1,722 feet of ascent

Brocken marathon in Harz mts, Germany. 11^th October 2014.

CRR was represented for the first time in the 37^th running of the Brocken marathon in Harz mts, Germany by Paul Oldfield. ‘ Okay, so it was just me but there was a bit of recognition of our club when the welsh bit on the running vest was spotted by a Danish runner as she zipped past, which was nice’.  The Brocken is 1145m high, the sam-ish as Snowdon, and I was made to feel very much at home due to the very familiar levels of low cloud, mist and clagg as often found around our parts, although the Harz has, allegedly, more trees.

Cheers

Paul

Tim Higginbottom had a great result in the first ‘lakes in a day’ race on Saturday, winning in 10.5 hours by only 4 minutes! The route was 50 miles and 4100 metres climb, a journey on foot from the very top of the Lake District at Caldbeck to the very bottom, at Cartmel, via the stunning Helvellyn Ridge and the western shoreline of Lake Windermere. With over 200 people racing it was no mean feat. The longest time taken was just under 24 hours.

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19^th October  –  British Fell & Hill Relays, Middleton.

CRR have a team entered for this event.

25-26^th October  –  The OMM. Cheviots – Northumberland.

Several CRR members competing this year.

2^nd November – Clwydian Hills Race. 9 miles, 3000ft.

7^th November – Dash in the Dark – Race 1. 6km.

5^th December – Dash in the Dark – Race 2. 6km

23^rd January – Dash in the Dark – Race 3. 6km

North Wales Cross Country League, 2014/15

4^th October – Treborth Track, Bangor.
18^th October – Colwyn Bay.
29^th November – Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, Wrexham.
31^st January – National Sports Centre, Telford.
7^th February – Marches School, Oswestry.

Long mynd Hike – 4-5^th October.

Clwydian Range Runners have been out  again  A very well done to Gareth Jaggard and his team who competed in the Longmynd Hike over the weekend 4^th-5^th October. The distance of 50 miles / 9800ft was covered in an impressive time of 14 hours and 18 mins, finishing 57^th out of 372 teams.

Exposure Lights Big Night Out – 13^th Sept.

As well as running, several CRR members are also keen cyclists. Many CRR members turned out to help marshal the event, all across the Clwydian Hills, including the Sunday SCOTT MTB marathon.

Club Timed Run. 6th September 2014

This months club timed run saw some good times despite the rain with Alex Cook setting the new female record in 29min01, closely followed by John Montgomery in 29min34.  The next one will be on Sunday 28th September 9.30am from the bottom car park with the same route to the top of Moel Famau and back via the top car park.  Please come along and see if you can beat your previous time, to enjoy a run with other club members or to have a practice if you are new to fell racing.