Guisborough Woods Fell Race: 27th December 2012

A big hearty well done to David Beech, David Daniels, James Knox, Sparrow Morley and Stephanie McFarlane for completing this year’s Guisborough Woods Fell Race. Not only did they have a challenging course to contend with, but a chilly easterly wind meant they couldn’t stand around for too long for fear of freezing to death.

The recent poor weather meant a change to the usual course, with runners having to navigate a small first lap of approximately 3 miles, followed by a slightly longer second lap of approximately 4 miles (see here). Sadly for the runners, the revised course still included a vicious ascent on each lap which reduced the majority of runners to walking pace as they made their way to the top, as shown below.

nobody said anything about mountaineering during the race!!

Sparrow leading the way

DD showing the tried and trusted ‘hand on knee’ technique for getting up a hill

At least James seems to be having an enjoyable time

Stephanie making steady progress on the ascent

David Beech finished in 12th place overall (9th Senior Male), so many congratulations to David.

David Beech coming in to finish off a fine performance

James in full speed pursuit

and the after affects

A leisurely stroll for Sparrow?

Congratulations to Stephanie on finishing her 1st ever fell race.

But as with all fell races, once it’s over – and the runners are back at race HQ having a hot drink (or possibly something stronger ) – it’s smiles all around as they regale the high and low points of the race and take satisfaction from finishing a challenging event.

Member’s results.

A full set of results can be found here

Many thanks to Dave Aspin for the photographs, more of which can be found here

Finally, can I apologise for spoiling runner 261’s glory shot by acting like a complete and utter tw.. twit in front of the camera.