Lakeland Trails Helvellyn and Ullswater Races

Well done to the excellent number of Harriers who took part in the Lakeland Trails Races at Helvellyn and Ullswater, also known as the Dirty Double, over the weekend of 1st and 2nd November. The club trip was organised superbly by Lisa WILLIAMS and heavily subsidised by your generous and fantastic club! Star of the weekend was Carl AVERY who did the Dirty Double double, winning the Helvellyn 15k Race on the Saturday and the Ullswater 14k Race the following day. Carl is primarily a Morpeth Harrier, though due to 2nd claimer rules and with the permission of the organisers, he was entered as an Alnwick Harrier and joined us on the trip. In winning the Helvellyn event, Carl’s time of 54.22 broke the course record!

Lisa WILLIAMS-Helvellyn Trail Race 2014

It was great to see Bruce CROMBIE racing again after a lengthy injury break, finishing a brilliant 4th in the Helvellyn race to win the male 40 category. However poor Bruce had to sit out the Sunday race due to injury! Just under a minute behind Bruce in 7th was the 2nd male 40 Adam FLETCHER. Amongst the other Harriers Steve PATTERSON ran well, as did recent Chicago marathon hero Jo GASCOIGNE-OWENS who was 4th lady finisher. Micky AISTON impressed again, whilst a number of the 16 Harriers made their trail race debuts such as Mary PLUMLEY and Helen BURN.

Adam FLETCHER-Helvellyn Trail Race 2014Also that day 13 Harriers took part in the Helvellyn Trail Race over the same 15k route. First to complete was Dave BARTRUM in 62nd of the 465 finishers. Next along was Rachel McCOY, Maureen BARTRUM and Morag DONOGHUE. Again there were a number of trail race newbies as well as a Harriers debut from Rhona LAWSON.

Rhona LAWSON-Helvellyn Trail Challenge 2014Also on Saturday Andrew SHELL was the sole Harrier in action in the first race of the weekend, the 10k Run. Andrew finished 41st in 50.28.

Andrew SHELL-Helvellyn 10k Run 2014Helvellyn 15k Race results:

1-Carl AVERY 54.22

4-Bruce CROMBIE 58.17

7-Adam FLETCHER 59.15

18-Steve PATTERSON 1.03.13

31-Jo GASCOIGNE-OWENS 1.06.26

66-Stuart MORRIS 1.10.45

78-Micky AISTON 1.12.01

98-John HORSLEY 1.14.03

143-Hesus KIDD 1.19.16

180-Lisa WILLIAMS 1.24.44

184-Denise DRUMMOND 1.25.42

191-Dave COATES 1.26.47

192-Sue BOLAM 1.26.54

209-Adam SPILLER 1.30.33 (definitely wrong-email sent to organisers!)

224-Mary PLUMLEY 1.33.36

251-Helen BURN 1.44.13

Hesus KIDD-Helvellyn Trail Race 2014Helvellyn Trail Challenge results:

62-Dave BARTRUM 1.21.38

192-Rachel McCOY 1.34.39

230-Maureen BARTRUM 1.38.04

240-Morag DONOGHUE 1.38.53

271-Carol DAVISON 1.41.36

369-Tim SHEPHERD 1.51.38

387-Rhona LAWSON 1.53.19

398-Laura RICE 1.55.22

415-Ron McCORMACK 1.58.37

424-Mark HUME 2.00.21

463-Kate LAWSON 2.37.07

464-Angie EMBLETON 2.37.08

465-Sheona DUFFY 2.37.10

Dave BARTRUM-Helvellyn Trail Challenge 2014Helvellyn 10k Run result:

41-Andrew SHELL 50.28

The following day virtually all the Harriers who travelled over and who were fit enough took part in the Ullswater 14k Trail Challenge. There were some superb performances with the top 3 spots being taken by our runners! Carl AVERY was once again a clear winner, with 2nd place Adam FLETCHER almost 10 minutes back, and 3rd place Steve PATTERSON a further 2 or so minutes behind. Adam SPILLER, Stu MORRIS and Micky AISTON also finished in the top 20 to round off a great weekend for the club. For the women Sue BOLAM and Denise DRUMMOND were the first two Harriers to complete, running together, with Maureen BARTRUM next. Well done to Derek and Eileen GUTHRIE for taking part and thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Eileen GUTHRIE-Ullswater 14k ChallengeUllswater Trail Challenge results:

1-Carl AVERY 53.12

2-Adam FLETCHER 1.02.45

3-Steve PATTERSON 1.05.06

6-Adam SPILLER 1.09.25

11-Stuart MORRIS 1.11.07

18-Micky AISTON 1.15.26

41-Dave BARTRUM 1.23.35

83-Sue BOLAM 1.35.26

84-Denise DRUMMOND 1.35.26

102-Maureen BARTRUM 1.40.57

104-Derek GUTHRIE 1.41.24

106-Mary PLUMLEY 1.41.38

120-Carol DAVISON 1.45.15

123-Morag DONOGHUE 1.45.39

157-Helen BURN 1.58.02

165-Tim SHEPHERD 2.00.32

169-Mark HUME 2.02.34

174-Laura RICE 2.04.20

176-Eileen GUTHRIE 2.08.32

180-Angie EMBLETON 2.16.59

181-Rachel McCOY 2.16.59

182-Rhona LAWSON 2.17.00

185-Kate LAWSON 2.20.13

Steve PATTERSON-Ullswater 14k Trail ChallengeUllswater 14k Trail Race result:

83-Dave COATES 1.33.20

Loads more photos from this fantastic weekend away are available on our Flickr site which can be accessed at the right of the website.

Dirty Double Weekend!

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