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A challenging day with the wet, particularly underfoot for the second race in the Northern Runner/Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series. This did not deter the mud loving field and saw 70 finishers in the main still smiling! The women’s race was in the early stages a contest between Karen Pickles of Pudsey and Sarah Attwood of York Knavesmire, with Louise Venables not too far away. As the race developed the gaps just grew to eventually give the veteran Karen a comfortable win. Sarah however led her team to victory... Read More

Thanks to Nick Cousins for these great pictures from the latest round of the Northern Runner/ Esk Valley Winter Fell race Series. The Saltergate Levisham Fell Race was well organised by Kim England and Pickering AC. Results are to follow shortly. The next race in the series is Eskdale Eureka on Sunday 6th December 2015.

The organisers baton for the Northern Runner Esk Valley Winter Fell race Series now gets passed from Bob Lillie and his team who did a great job organising Gisborough Moors to Kim England and the team at Pickering AC for the Levisham Saltergate. For those who remember this event is the old Saltergate Gallows route but, it starts and finishes in the village of Levisham which adds a few miles of bridleway to the route (see the route map below). The race takes place on Sunday 15th November at 10.30... Read More

Gisborough Moors Fell Race Results 2015. A bright sunny day greated the runners for the 38th running of this classic fell race. Phil Sanderson, who won the race back in 2011, set off with his usual quick start and lead from gun to tape. Despite the best efforts of Northumberland Fell Runners John Malley and Charlie Stead and Loftus AC’s Paul Butler to close the gap. The trio almost made contact on the flatter or downhill sections only for Phil to pull away again on the climbs. Phil then ran... Read More