Sunday, August 2, 2015

Borrowdale 2015

Possibly the most prestigious individual race in the fell running calendar, the Borrowdale Fell Race took place yesterday and saw some excellent performances from the 21 Keswick AC athletes taking park
Such is the prestige attached to the event, The Borrowdale Trophies are awarded to the first Keswick athletes to finish. These honours will this year be presented to Mark Lamb (13th, 3:15.22) and Hannah Horsburgh (2nd Lady, 3:42.59), who were both competing in the event for the first time.
Hannah was joined by Catherine Spurden (3:45.45) and Rachel Findlay-Robinson (4:27.15) to win the Ladies team prize.
Other notable performances included Steve Angus (3:32.55) taking over 10 minutes from his personal best and Kirsten Ogden smashing her 5 hour target with 4:51.06.
The race was won in dominant fashion by Ricky Lightfoot (2:54.14). Jasmin Paris (3:15.33) recorded an equally dominant win in the Ladies race and missed the record by only 15 seconds.
Other Keswick Results:
31st David Birch M45 03:32:37
36th Lee Newton M 03:36:43
39th Sam Ware M 03:37:11
93rd Donald Ferguson M50 04:02:04
106th Craig Smith M45 04:09:59
122nd Tom Loan M 04:16:13
127th Robert Jones M 04:21:02
158th Damian Kimmins M40 04:38:11
164th Keith Loan M55 04:40:42
167th Ivan Holroyd M40 04:42:20
172nd Sarah Massey F40 04:44:11
174th Adrian Bacon M40 04:45:04
179th Annabel Holmes F45 04:47:37
183rd Angela Wakefield F 04:48:34
188th Kirsten Ogden F40 04:51:06
208th Lesley Malarkey F65 05:00:23