Racing news: 30.04.09 Written on April 30, 2009, by matt.
Amazing 4th win for fell-legend Rob Jebb at classic fell race, Ricky Lightfoot chases him home for a Saab Salomon 1-2, Ben Bardsley grinds it out at Grisedale
Business as usual for Rob at Three Peaks Race
After last year’s sojourn to international status normal business was resumed at the Three Peaks race on Saturday. Normal in [...]
iROC Adventure Race Written on April 28, 2009, by annaf.
An adventure race with 6 stages and points to race for
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It was a brilliant weekend for family and friends, with a variety of events and distances for all to enjoy.
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The field was perfect for camping, the hot food caravans provided amazing energy foods and drinks and the marquee was cranking with a local band playing [...]
Lakeland trail racing Written on April 20, 2009, by johnh.
I travelled up to the Lake District at the weekend to take part in the Hawkshead trail race, which kicks off the 2009 Lakeland trails series. It was the first of these races I had run since the Coniston trail in 2005 and it was run in glorious sunshine, which made a nice change to [...]
Screel – Scottish Champs – Round 2 Written on April 19, 2009, by andys.
Tom and Robbie were on fine form at yesterday’s Screel hill race down in Dumfriesshire. The short (6.4km) hill sprint was the 2nd counter (following last week’s Clachnaben hill race) in the Scottish Hill Running Championship series. Tom led the way from early on on the rough, rooty ascent and by the finish had built [...]
One, two (and nearly) three in Scottish Champs Written on April 12, 2009, by andys.
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The Scottish Hill Running Championship kicked off yesterday with a Medium (16.8km / 1070m climb) race up in Royal Deeside.
With perfect clear blue skies the weather was spot on for an hour twenty romp through the thick heather of the eastern Highlands. (Bar the single local runner who was clever enough to wear orienteering shin [...]
Rob romps home in round 1 of the British Champs Written on April 8, 2009, by matt.
With his British champion crown to defend Rob Hope started 2009 where he left off in 2008 with a great win at the opening round of the British Fell Running championships in the Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland on Saturday (4th).
Chased home by brother Danny, Rob claimed his second Slieve Bearnagh win and broke his record [...]
Salomon Advance Week – France Written on April 1, 2009, by annaf.
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Day 2 of shoe testing and I have now done more miles in two days than I had all previous week! There really were some amazing innovative ideas and incredible development plans. It was really nice to be able to interact with the developers about our opinions for our specific shoe requirements. After a big [...]