Posted on March 14th, 2010 by TomC
The windy and cold conditions did not deter the excellent turnout of 46 runners who took on the challenge of the Snaefell fell race yesterday, contending with a strong headwind in places and mist and snow.
The race was won in fine style by Lloyd Taggart who broke Tony Rowley’s long standing (1987) course record by 18 seconds raising the bar to 40 minutes and 27 seconds. Second place went to Tom Cringle 3 and a half minutes behind with Ian Gale having an excellent race wrapping up the top 3 a further minute back.
There was a good turnout of seven ladies racing, the win went to Jackie Lee finishing in 10th in a fine time of 50 minutes and 8 seconds, the second slot went to Rachel Holden with Caroline Caren in third.
It was good to see Phil Cain back on the fells, he took the Vet 50 prize finishing in 11th overall, the vet 60 prize went to Dave Young once again having a excellent race and finishing 16th overall.
Thanks to all the marshals and supporters out on the course braving the chilly weather.
Full results thanks to Doug are now available here, photos by Sarah Cringle are available here, Murray Lambden and Nigel Armstrong are here along with further coverage on manxathletics.com.
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Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by TomC
Round 4 of this years Rentokil Fell League takes place on Saturday March 13th. The Snaefell Race is one of the toughest in the Manx calendar climbing a tortuous 1,900ft in just 5 miles. Start and finish is at the Bungalow on the TT Course with the start time 2.00pm. Registration will be from 1.00pm.
Full safety gear is mandatory for all competitors. Minimum age 16years on day of race.
You can check out action from last years race here
Don’t forget entries are now being taken for Easters Manx Mountain Marathon and Half Marathon. Entry forms can be downloaded from manxfellrunners.org/manxmountainmarathon here
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Posted on February 27th, 2010 by TomC
We still requre a number of marshals in order to cover this years race, details of marshal positions and people required can be found here.
If you are available to help out on the day please just email marshals@manxfellrunners.org
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Posted on February 20th, 2010 by TomC
Fantastic scenic conditions greeted the competitiors for the Glen Mona Fell race held today. The morning ice and snow had mostly cleared leaving a sunny but cold afternoon for the race.
The race win was taken by Lloyd Taggart setting a new course record in the process, second place went to Tom Cringle also breaking the old course record but 2 and a half minutes behind Lloyd, Simon Skillicorn wrapped up the top three about two minutes behind Tom with fourth place going to Ian Gale, fifth to Peter Bradley and sixth to Dave Gelling. Leading vet 50 was Rob Webb, making a welcome return to the fells, top vet 60 was Dave Young finishing 19th overall.
The ladies win went to Jackie Lee finishing 8th overall in a time of 1hr 11 min 45sec also setting a new course record, second lady was Caroline Caren .
Full results thanks to Doug now available here
Some pictures taken by Sarah Cringle are available here and some by Neil Wilson here
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Posted on February 12th, 2010 by TomC
We are looking to do an order soon for some Manx Fell Runners vests, the design has been slightly updated from the current ones. They are ron hill vests so will follow there standard sizes men and womens fit from XXS to XL. We will be doing a bulk order however if you want a vest please can you let me know at mail@manxfellrunners.org your size, just so we have an idea of numbers and sizes, if it’s any help I’m a medium! We will be looking to place the order next week.
Thanks, Tom
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The windy and cold conditions did not deter the excellent turnout of 46 runners who took on the challenge of the Snaefell fell race yesterday, contending with a strong headwind in places and mist and snow.
