Stephen Wilson’s composite pictures of the twenty elite runners including four brown vests who won their respective categories in this year’s English Championships. There are one or two ‘game faces’ on display!
Limestone Series
Alison Wainwright is organising the Limestone Series which comprises four races in the White Peak starting with Ilam Four Peaks tomorrow. EoD available. The other three races are Litton Christmas Cracker in December, ‘Moonriver’, a night race in Dovedale in January and finally ‘Dovedale Big Daddy’, a very good looking AL in and around the Dove and Manifold valleys in February. Details can be found here. https://limestoneseries.co.uk
Past races
Longshaw – Race report and results. https://dpfr.org.uk/wp_dpfr/dpfr_results/849403
Great Longstone – Henry Webb 2nd, with Guy Ward, Ethan Butler and Jo Wade all in the top ten. In the age categories Andy Dickenson was 1st M60, Alison Wainwright 1st F50 with Keith Holmes and Dave Arundale 1st and 2nd M70’s respectively. Results https://my.raceresult.com/290943/results
Upcoming races
Sunday 8th September – Exterminator.
Sunday 8th September – Ilam Three Peaks, the first of the new Limestone Series.
Monday 9th September – Trunce 9.
Saturday 14th September – Three Shires, not a Lakeland Classic this year but a superb fell race nevertheless.
Saturday 14th September – Groovy Kinder Love (AL) and Groovy Baby Love (BM).
Saturday 14th September – Bollington Three Peaks.
Sunday 15th September – Stanage Struggle.
Saturday 21st September – Shelf Moor, Old Glossop.
Sunday 29th September – Peak Raid, Wardlow. The first of the four race series. These mini-mountain-marathons are highly recommended for both the initiated and the uninitiated!
JimP
Saturday, 7th September 2024