LANGDALE 2007

Saturday 6th OCTOBER 2007

AL  14m/4000’

Provisional results

The fine weather made the operation of the race easy and pleasant, running it was pleasant but still not easy. Without the assistance of many helpers from the organising club (Ambleside AC), local farmers, the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, St John’s Ambulance and Raynet, a long race with 200 to 400 participants, would not be possible. Pete Bland Sports kindly sponsored the race.

Numbers were down because of the clash with the English Championship and the Hodgson Relay the next day, but 246 runners started and only 9 retired. There were no serious injuries and nobody strayed far off route. Both the overall winner (Ben Abdelnoor, Ambleside, 2.14.08) and the first lady (Jackie Lee, Eryri, 2.39.26) were clear winners – by 7 ½  and 12 ½  minutes respectively. The Vet 40 winners were Ian Mulvey (Ambleside, 6th overall) and Helene Whitaker (nee Diamantides, the ladies record holder, Carnethy, 4th lady). Leading Vet 50s were Leigh Warburton of Bowland and Geraldine Walkington of Horwich. But perhaps the best performance on the day was the leading Vet 60 Kieran Carr of Clayton, 28th overall, and only 25 minutes behind the winner. The mens team competition was very close. Ambleside with 4 in the first 17 had to wait till 85th place to close a team with 122 points. 2nd were Bowland with 155 but CFR, Clayton and Dark Peak were close behind with under 180 points. No ladies team had the required 4 finishers.

Next year we hope to return the race to the 2nd Saturday in October.

 

106

ben

abdelnoor

m

sen

ambleside

1

2.14.08

94

alun

powell

m

sen

pudsey & bramley

2

2.21.44

191

steve

birkinshaw

m

sen

nfr

3

2.22.55

82

tom

brunt

m

sen

holmfirth harriers

4

2.23.55

77

paul

thompson

m

sen

clayton

5

2.24.05

306

ian

mulvey

m

v40

ambleside

6

2.24.33

272

alan

smith

m

v40

deeside

7

2.26.45

37

richard

mellon

m

sen

bowland

8

2.27.50

242

chris

reade

m

v40

bowland

9

2.28.30

273

roger

tomlin

m

sen

north york moors

10

2.29.19

253

alastair

horsfield

m

sen

u/a

11

2.33.47

262

rhys

findlay-robinson

m

sen

dark peak

12

2.34.42

277

stuart

shuttleworth

m

v40

ambleside

13

2.34.57

142

rick

stuart

m

v40

kendal

14

2.35.10

147

peter

ward

m

sen

lochaber

15

2.35.33

100

martin

holroyd

m

v40

borrowdale

16

2.35.48

209

philip

craker

m

sen

ambleside

17

2.35.49

103

leigh

warburton

m

v50

bowland

18

2.35.55

119

graham

watson

m

v40

u/a

19

2.36.00

290

colin

dulson

m

v40

cfr

20

2.36.13

241

richard

snowden

m

sen

totley

21

2.36.34

244

richard

clarke

m

sen

north york moors

22

2.37.26

157

andrew

stuart

m

sen

dark peak

23

2.37.31

6

john

boyle

m

sen

cfr

24

2.37.37

90

jonathan

whitaker

m

v40

harrogate harriers

25

2.37.44

99

lewis

grundy

m

v40

nfr

26

2.37.52

203

david

smith

m

sen

pickering running club

27

2.38.41

28

kieran

carr

m

v60

clayton

28

2.39.12

10

ross

litherland

m

sen

macclesfield

29

2.39.13

31

jackie

lee

f

lsen

eryri

30

2.39.26

264

huw

price

m

v40

horwich

31

2.39.37

215

thomas

edwards

m

sen

dark peak

32

2.40.20

332

neil

hardiman

m

sen

clayton

33

2.40.45

20

john

murfin

m

sen

settle

34

2.42.12

4

tim

edward

m

v40

clayton

35

2.42.46

202

iain

kelly

m

sen

keswick

36

2.43.01

211

andrew

graham

m

sen

cfr

37

2.43.29

252

peter

crompton

m

v50

cfr

38

2.43.40

155

richard

houghton

m

v40

buxton

39

2.43.47

78

nathan

pike

m

sen