Fell Running

A Fell Runner is ..... a topic that would be sure to cause great discussion on the Fell Runners Forum. Whatever the answer, fell running involves a lot of running, sometimes walking or scrambling, up and down hills, usually off road, typically over moors or fells. Races and courses are categorised by the amount of ascent and distance they are run over. The Calendar below lists races that 1 or more of us hope to get to. The races in Shropshire, South Wales & Derbyshire may well be day trips, those further afield probably a day or two away. Further details will be on the chatboard for anyone wishing to join us to try a fell race.

To find out more about fell running check out the links at the bottom of the page

For these and all the other events please see the chatboard and express interest..

Many of the closer events, especially in Shropshire & Derbyshire, may be day trips.

FELL CALENDAR – 2012

JANUARY 21 Box Hill BM

28 Kinder Trial O

FEBRUARY 4 Titterstone Clee AM

5 Long Mynd Valleys AM

25 Quantocks BM

26 New Chew O

MARCH 3 Carding Mill Canter AS

17 Lad’s Leap* AS

25 Edale Skyline AL

25 Wrekin AS

APRIL 1 Exe to Axe BL

14 Coledale Horseshoe* AM

21 Cribyn AS

22 Kinder Downfall BM

MAY 12 Mount Famine AS

13 Calderdale Way Relay

19 Shining Tor BM

Inter Counties

27 Surrey Hill Races BL, (BM, CS, nc)

JUNE TBA Billy Bland Challenge#

16 Great Lakes Run* AL

22 Wicken Hill Whizz AS

23 Reservoir Bogs BM

24 Tom Tittiman BS

24 Kinder Trog BL

24 North Devon Marathon BL

JULY 7 Charmouth Challenge BM

7 Moel Siabod AS

7 Callow (?) AS

16 Pen y Fan (?) AS

17 Fan y Big (?) BM

25 Dark & White evening Mini MM O

29 Gritstone Tryal O

AUGUST 1 Dark & White evening Mini MM O

1 Cracken Edge BM

4 Borrowdale * AL

4 Great West AS

8 Dark & White evening Mini MM O

11 Brecon Beacons BL

18 Sticklepath Horseshoe BM

18 Weasdale Horseshoe* BM

19 Sedbergh Hills AL

SEPTEMBER 5 Sourton Tor AS

9 Dark & White Mini MM O

9 Stretton Skyline BL

15 Lantern Pike BS

15 St.Boniface AS

15 Ventnor Horseshoe BM (nc)

16 Wroxall Round CL (nc)

23 Stanage Struggle BM

29 Manx Mountain Marathon AL

OCTOBER 7 Ian Hodgson Relay

14 UKA Fell Relays (Shropshire)

21 Breidden Hills AM

NOVEMBER 10 Dunnerdale AS

11 Copeland Chase O

11 Roaches BL

11 Dark & White Mini MM O

18 Wrekin Wrecker AM

25 Dark & White Mini MM O

DECEMBER 2 Cardington Cracker AM

16 Dark & White Mini MM O

31 Hadleigh Downs

CHAMPIONSHIP RULES

2011/2012 Championship concludes with the Shropshire weekend in March.

2012/2013 Championship starts with Lad’s Leap on17th March.

The format for the 2012/2013 championship will be unchanged and is as follows:-

5 races to count. 1 Long, 1 Short, 1 Medium, any 2 other races (to be counted only after the first 3 have been completed), to be taken from those above, (with the exception of the Relay events, Hadleigh Downs, and those marked (nc)), and the best performance in the Lingwood Time Trial. In addition to the races listed above, any AL or BL race from the 2012 FRA Fell Calendar may be used as the long counter on production of the appropriate results.

Scoring will be calculated as a proportion of the winner’s time.

POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED FOR NOT WEARING CLUB COLOURS

1^st offence, 10 points, doubling for each subsequent transgression.

WEEKEND TRIPS (Proposed)

Midsummer Madness weekend. An ideal introduction to fell running.

Brecon Fans Weekend. A couple of tough races in the Brecon Beacons

The Billy Bland Challenge – A 5 leg relay round the Bob Graham Route, 66m, 28,000ft

Relays – Interest having been shown in the Ian Hodgson Relay, it is intended to enter a team this year.

The UKA Fell Relays are to be held in Shropshire. It is hoped to enter a number of teams.

We will again be entering the Calderdale Way Relay.

For these and all the other events please see the chatboard and express interest..

Many of the closer events, Shropshire, South Wales & Derbyshire, may be day trips.