Untitled - Dark Peak Fell Runners
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S.Y.CHAMPS, HILLSBOROUGH : 24.2.35<br />
Sen i or5<br />
Vet s<br />
1 C.Maddocks. (SAC) 32.42 1 M.Martin. (SAC) 33.52<br />
6 R.Pearson. 34.33 3 I.Wainwr i ght. 36.06<br />
46 K.Jenkins. 35.40 16 C.Worsell. 41.01<br />
Ladi es<br />
1 J.CIarke. (SAC) 22.13<br />
3 J.Pearson. 24.25<br />
THE NATIONALS - "A rather special race."<br />
This year the 'National' was held on March 2nd at Campbell<br />
Park, Milton Keynes. Due to a conflict of fixtures (same weekend<br />
as the Chew Valley, High <strong>Peak</strong> Marathon and the British<br />
Orienteering Championships) we did not field a team. However,<br />
I'd planned to visit my brother, who lives in Milton Keynes,<br />
that weekend. I got in touch with Pete Lewis to enter me as an<br />
individual in order to sample what was descibed in this mauazine<br />
as a "rather special race".<br />
For those who have never attenjed one, the National is<br />
about a* far removed from the sol i tude of the fells as on" can<br />
qet - a nine mile crowded tunnel being one desciofion of Newarl<br />
last year!<br />
Bv an unfortunate twist of fate, the one v?,ir we decl i nod<br />
to enter a team the race was run on a course that realIv wouid<br />
have suited some of our fell stars - several sharp hills and<br />
really heavy goinq on glutinous mud for virtually the entire<br />
nine mil**. Certainly I've never seen so many people in a cross<br />
country race either droopinq out or