http://www.manxfellrunners.org Roiederyn-slieau Vannin Tue, 13 May 2008 21:11:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Simon Skillicorn took the victory at the Carraghan fell race this evening after a race long battle with Tom Cringle who finished second. Andy Watson wrapped up the top three with Rich Sille fourth. The Vet 40 honours were taken by Mark Preston making a welcome return to ... http://www.manxfellrunners.org/index.php/2008/05/13/close-racing-at-carraghan/ Manx Fell Runners were well represented last weekend at the Coniston Fell Race. The race route started with the arduous climb of Wetherlam (2502ft) and continued along the ridge, taking in Swirl How (2637ft) and Coniston Old Man (2634ft) before returning to the picturesque village of Coniston. The long, rocky descent ... http://www.manxfellrunners.org/index.php/2008/05/07/coniston-fell-race/ After a nice break the Rentokil Fell league springs into action again on Tuesday May 13th with the short blast to the summit of Carraghyn and back. Distance is just 2.5 miles but it includes a tough 1100ft of ascent. Start time is 7.00pm. Please use the car park that is ... http://www.manxfellrunners.org/index.php/2008/05/05/carraghyn/ Manx fell runners will be represented at the weeked at the Anniversary Waltz fell race taking place in the Newlands Valley in the Lake District. Dave Griffin, Anthony Bell-Scott, Richard Sille and Tom Cringle will all be dusting off their dancing shoes to join the 549 other entrants in this 11.5 ... http://www.manxfellrunners.org/index.php/2008/04/21/off-for-a-dance/ The latest positions for the 2008 fell league have been calculated and are available here. If you have any queries please just contact Manx Fell Runners. http://www.manxfellrunners.org/index.php/2008/04/20/2008-fell-league/ There was some good racing all round in the Snaefell fell race held today in cold and windy conditions. With the race access affected by the mountain road closure it was great to see 31 competitors taking on the Snaefell challenge. The race was won by Tom Cringle, taking his ... http://www.manxfellrunners.org/index.php/2008/04/05/good-racing-at-snaefell/ As many will have realised the mountain Road is closed every day for the next couple of weeks from 9.30am to 4.30pm. The Snaefell Race will however go ahead as permission has been given by the DOT. The course may vary slightly at the Black Hut depending on where the work ... http://www.manxfellrunners.org/index.php/2008/03/28/important-snaefell-race-info/ The next race on the 2008 Manx Fell calender is the Snaefell Fell race which takes place on Saturday 5th April and starts at 2pm from the Bungalow. The 5 mile category A course has a bit of everything with some longer descents and a couple of good climbs, out of ... http://www.manxfellrunners.org/index.php/2008/03/26/next-up-is-snaefell/ Well done to everyone who achieved a finish in yesterdays races. There were many fantastic performances which no doubt will be highlighted in the race report. We were very lucky to enjoy a dry and sunny day but it was cold, bitterly cold in places and very windy making life ... http://www.manxfellrunners.org/index.php/2008/03/23/the-heroes-of-yesterday/ Clayton le moors Paul Thompson took the victory in yesterdays Manx Mountain Marathon from Dan Gay in second place and Andrew Brierley in third. The ladies race was won by Wendy Dodds with Pip Fitzpatrick in second and Clare Kenny in third. In the Half Marathon Lloyd Taggart took the win and ... http://www.manxfellrunners.org/index.php/2008/03/23/paul-thompson-wins-the-mountain-marathon/