Five Keswick AC ladies, and five men made the trip across the border for this most enjoyable 9.4m/3150' race from the town of Dollar, in the shadow of the Ochil Hills.
Full results here. Some photographs here and here.
Changeable weather with the cloud coming and going for the early part of the afternoon led to a palpable air of excitement as the assembled field of over 270 runners warmed up in the pleasant surroundings of the town's Dollar Academy. Following a steep climb to Saddle Hill the course is for the most part very runnable on good grass over Whitewisp Hill, Tarmangie, Andrew Gannel and Kings-Seat, before a long descent over Bank Hill to the finish at the Academy.
Pippa notched up a win in fine style just a week after the her great run at last weekend's Snowdon Race. Yesterday's makes it three wins out of three races this year for 2009 English and British champion Pippa. Some bold running from the rest of the ladies -Cathrine Evans, Julie Carter, Siobhan Brewer and Kim Clark saw Keswick AC win the team (3) competition from Eryri placing them in a great position going into the final championship race at the Black Mountains in South Wales on September 25th.
Keswick AC's improving men's side was well represented yesterday too -Steve Hebblethwaite (10th) well supported by strong runs from Jamie Luxmoore (36th), Chris Edis (50th) Ian Davies (51st) and Chris Clark (232nd). It has been a couple of years since the club fielded full mens teams for the English and British and it has been great to see a few of the lads running well and getting in the mix at a couple of the races this year.
Full results here. Some photographs here and here.
The final race in the 2010 British Fellrunning Championship is South Wales' 17m/5200' Black Mountains race on 25th September. For details and entry form click here. Entry limit of 400 so pre-entry is advised. Email Steve (stevenhebblethwaite@hotmail.com) so we can sort out transport and accommodation.
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