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Broughton Mills Fell Race
Yes, another Saturday and another long race in the Lakes you are thinking! But no, this wee gem of a race only took me 36m 23s for the 4m/1300ft. It was part of the Broughton Mills Fun day and was very similar to our own Tinto Race, except there was warm sunshine, tug-o-war, raffles and a pub where you could enjoy fine ales in the sunshine. Jane's pal mark won £25 in the raffle to spend in the pub afterwards and that capped a fine day in a wonderful part of the Lakes. As for the race itself, it was over in the proverbial blur compared to my recent races. A sprint out the Fun day field, down the road, up through some woods,where I was ambushed by some tree roots and jaggy bushes, out onto some nice runnable open fell, a wee scramble up to the summit, and then a frantic dash back down the same way, with the sting in the tail of a uphill finish for the last few hundred metres. Ricky Lightfoot won the race in just under 30 min and the first woman was @38 min. just like a highland games race back home except for the midges.
Some photos of the race and the rest of the weekend runs/walks in the hills round Coniston here
Posted by John Donnelly on Sun 13 Aug 2006 | 2 comments
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Don said...
Is Muffy trying to start some post race line dancing in this photo? Seriously though, god run Muffy.
Monday 14th August 2006 10.37am
DON said...
OOPS! - Refer above comment to Abernethy race report photo.
ps your photos were excellent John.
Monday 14th August 2006 10.41am