Al (Photo: Andrew Croughton)  



Jim and Sheena (Andrew Croughton)
Dave W. (Andrew Croughton)
Graham (Andrew Croughton)
Al (Andrew Croughton)
Chris and Roger (Andrew Croughton)
Virgina (Andrew Croughton)
Virgina's Socks (Andrew Croughton)
Peter (Andrew Croughton)
Michelle (Andrew Croughton)
Craig (Andrew Croughton)
Virginia (Andrew Croughton)
Craig (Andrew Croughton)
Frank (Andrew Croughton)
Frank (Dave Dillon)
Joe (Dave Dillon)
Alan (Dave Dillon)
Mark (Dave Dillon)
Duncan and Sabina (Dave Dillon)
Jim (Dave Dillon)
Dave W (Dave Dillon)
Graham (Dave Dillon)
Al (Dave Dillon)
Bob (Dave Dillon)
Roger (Dave Dillon)
Chris (Dave Dillon)
Virginia (Dave Dillon)
Peter (Dave Dillon)
Michelle (Dave Dillon)


The Annual Fell Race, Langdale


Route: Mill Beck - Sergeant Man - Little Heart-shaped Tarn - Easedale (by New Bridge) - Robertson Lamb Hut.

Members: Bob Anderson, Heather Brooke, Virginia Castick, Sabina Cosulich, Andrew Croughton, Dave Dillon, Joe Flynn, Mark Garrod, Jim Gregson, Sandy Gregson, Graham Harkness, Sue Harkness, Michelle Harvie, Sheena Hendrie, Alan (L) Jones, Duncan Lee, Craig Marsden, Neville McMillan, Al Metelko, Lester Payne, Jim Symon, Judith Symon, Chris Thickett, Peter Walker, Frank Williams, Margaret Williams, Dave Wylie (27).

 

The weather forecasters promised a good day on Sunday, and luckily they were right. This was preceded by heavy rain and low cloud on Friday night and Saturday morning, and followed by more rain on Sunday night and Monday, but it was dry on the day that mattered.

A select band turned up on Friday, but those that arrived on Saturday afternoon missed nothing except the bad weather. Al, Heather, and Wavey got some climbing in, but rather more went out reconnoitring possible routes for the morrow.

More people turned up on Sunday, making a total field of 18, a respectable number. With good visibility on the tops, my concern was that the course would be considered too easy. I need not have worried. Sufficient errors in navigation were made, under the stress of the event, to make the results "interesting".

The first race-problem arose when Heather, official gate-opener and closer near the start, was subjected to a verbal battering by the landlady of the Millbeck Guest House (a shining example of Lakeland hospitality at its best) for our use of their unmarked private drive to access a public footpath. What Heather did not know was that the harridan's wrath had been fomented by none other than Jim Gregson, who had earlier walked round the back of the farmhouse and through the sheep pens to access the public path! Anyway, we thought it prudent to move the race start for the second and third groups back to a public path, and leave the runners to open and close the gates themselves. The times for the first group have been adjusted to compensate for this.

Everyone got to Sergeant Man in their own time. In good visibility it is difficult to miss, even though it may not always be in sight. Michelle put up the fastest time (44 mins), then carried on at the same speed but in the wrong direction. Craig was another casualty on the next leg, getting carried away by progress without checking the direction! Everyone else was successful on this leg, except Peter who pulled a muscle. Al laid the foundation of his ultimate success by being 7 minutes faster than anyone else on this leg.

Despite Neville's helpful hints, very few took the Easedale Tarn route on the third leg (perhaps they suspected a plot), so did not use the excellent new path by Sourmilk Gill. Mark did, and (walking???) nearly put up the fastest time on this leg. The alternative route had some navigational problems for Frank, who got irreversibly off-course. Graham also had some navigational problems and, to a lesser extent, so did Duncan and Sabina. Craig and Michelle moved fast (Craig putting up the fastest time on this leg), but had too much lost time to make up.

The final leg back to the finish was found hard by many (perhaps because it was! - N.) But this was where fitness told. Michelle was 6 minutes faster than Al, 9 minutes faster than Craig, 10 minutes faster than Mark, 14 minutes faster than Jim and Sheena, and 17 minutes faster than Dave Wylie, to move up from seventh place overall to finish third!! Duncan and Sabina also did well on this leg, gaining 7 minutes on Jim and Sheena, but failing to catch them before the finish.

The winners were: Fastest overall: Al Metelko 2 hr 05 mins Fastest female: Michelle Harvie 2 hr 28 mins Fastest on handicap time (Shelagh Manning Trophy): Graham Harkness 1 hr 27 mins Fastest first time competitor (Concordia Trophy): Not awarded

The organiser enjoyed researching the course, and choosing the check-points. He also gained Sadistic pleasure from analysing the various expressions of pain and suffering as competitors descended the final steep hillside! He has also learnt some lessons: Mark walks faster than the majority run, so henceforth, walking or running, he will be permanently in the fast group. Joe, despite being very laid-back about whether he marshalls or participates, becomes very competitive when the opportunity arises; he won't be in the slow group again!

The results are in the following table, in the same format as last year.

My thanks to the six check point marshalls. Thanks also to Mark and Michelle for organising the food, and to Margaret for organising the kitchen, and making sure that everyone was looked after. Thanks to all those who took part, and to the Oldies for supporting the event. But next year lets havemore support from the younger end, and more female participation, especially from first-time entrants - the Concordia Trophy awaits you.

Next year's Fell Race will be in the Lake District again, maybe the Duddon, in October. I hope everyone will be there.

 

 

 Time to FinishH'capHandicap TimeFinishing Place

KMC Fell Race, October 2002

Langdale, Sergeant Man, Little heart tarn,

Easedale, Langdale

 

Results and

Order of Competitors over each stage

 

minshr:min:secminshr:min:secActualH'cap
Al METELKO1252:05:07-52:10:0715
Mark GARROD1442:24:20-463:10:20214
Michelle HARVIE

148

2:28:00

-17

2:45:00

3

13

Craig MARSDEN

156

2:36:05

23

2:13:05

4

6

Jim SYMON1582:38:14451:53:1452
Sheena HENDRIE1582:38:22342:04:2263
Sabina COSULICH1602:40:07132:27:0779
Duncan LEE1602:40:0822:38:08810
Dave WYLIE1632:43:18-473:30:18916
Graham HARKNESS1813:01:07941:27:07101
Virginia CASTICK1833:03:49482:15:49117
Joe FLYNN1853:05:42582:07:42124
Peter WALKER1923:12:07  DNF 
Alan (L) JONES2043:25:00612:24:00138
Frank WILLIAMS2373:57:04  DNF 
Bob ANDERSON2564:16:58942:42:581412
Roger DYKE2574:17:19623:15:191515
Chris THICKETT2574:17:19982:39:191611

 

Time to Sergeant ManTime from 1st to 2ndTime to Little Heart TarnTime from 2nd to 3rdTime to EasedaleTime from 3rd to Finish
 mins mins mins mins mins mins
Michelle HARVIE44Al METELKO17Al METELKO64Craig MARSDEN24Al METELKO89Michelle HARVIE30
Al METELKO47Sheena HENDRIE24Duncan LEE77Al METELKO25Mark GARROD104Al METELKO36
Mark GARROD50Jim SYMON25Mark GARROD78Mark GARROD26Jim SYMON114Sabina COSULICH37
Sabina COSULICH

50

Duncan LEE27Sabina COSULICH78Michelle HARVIE27Sheena HENDRIE114Duncan LEE37
Duncan LEE50Graham HARKNESS27Jim SYMON80Dave WYLIE33Dave WYLIE116Craig MARSDEN39
Craig MARSDEN52Mark GARROD

28

Sheena HENDRIE80Jim SYMON34Craig MARSDEN117Mark GARROD40
Dave WYLIE52Sabina COSULICH28Dave WYLIE83Sheena HENDRIE34Michelle HARVIE118Jim SYMON44
Jim SYMON55Dave WYLIE31Graham HARKNESS88Virginia CASTICK34Sabina COSULICH123Sheena HENDRIE44
Sheena HENDRIE56Frank WILLIAMS31Michelle HARVIE91Joe FLYNN35Duncan LEE123Dave WYLIE47
Graham HARKNESS61Virginia CASTICK32Craig MARSDEN93Graham HARKNESS44Graham HARKNESS132Graham HARKNESS49
Alan (L) JONES65Joe FLYNN32Joe FLYNN97Sabina COSULICH45Joe FLYNN132Virginia CASTICK49
Joe FLYNN65Alan (L) JONES37Frank WILLIAMS99Duncan LEE46Virginia CASTICK134Joe FLYNN53
Frank WILLIAMS68Craig MARSDEN41Virginia CASTICK100Alan (L) JONES47Alan (L) JONES149Alan (L) JONES55
Virginia CASTICK68Michelle HARVIE47Alan (L) JONES102Bob ANDERSON50Roger DYKE177Bob ANDERSON79
Peter WALKER72Roger DYKE48Roger DYKE127Roger DYKE50Bob ANDERSON177Chris THICKETT80
Roger DYKE79Bob ANDERSON48Bob ANDERSON127Chris THICKETT50Chris THICKETT177Roger DYKE80
Chris THICKETT79Chris THICKETT48Chris THICKETT127Peter WALKER Peter WALKER Peter WALKER 
Bob ANDERSON79Peter WALKER74Peter WALKER146Frank WILLIAMS Frank WILLIAMS Frank WILLIAMS 

 

 



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