Untitled - Dark Peak Fell Runners

THE 11th SIERRE ZINAL RACE : 12.8.84Mare than usual commotion this year, to celebrate ten years o-fthe event. (Only-Will could celebrate 10 years with an 11th! race.)The. celebrations included publication of an excellant, wellillustrated book,•n the day itself, yours truly did not match the pre-racepublicity. The -weather was adequate and eventually pleasantly sunny,but'I had some sort of stomach upset and consequential problems withmy exhaust. Some of you will no doubt insist that farting around thecourse is perfectly normal for me, but on this occasion I was nevercertain that that was all it was going to be. So I was verydisappointed to be just over 4 hours instead of just under.v I.t was a mixed day for the British overall; Mike Short and MikeBishop first home, in 9th and 10th, and 4th team. However we did havefirst youth Tim Barnett and first lady, Veronique Marot. The latterwas on all four of the continental mountain races, and theaccompanying appearance money was presumably an ego-restorative aftermissing out on the Olympics, and to be fair usually setting a newwomens record. The only other person there with Dark Peak connectionswas 1 John 'laughing' Blair-Fish, who now runs for Carnethy 'Fun'Runners or something (theres no accounting for taste) who againfinished well in 44th place. The winner was a new face, a Swiss skier,who has just decided to try a bit of running! !1 V.Fabrizi. 2.37.43538 W.McLewin. < 4.00.46Will McLewi n.THE BRITISH JUNIOR FELL RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPOpen to all. juniors 17 years or under on 1st March 1984. Arunners best 8 positions to count out of 12 chosen races listed below,scoring points 22 for 1st, 19 for 2nd, 18 for 3rd etc. The championwill be th junior with the highest number of points from 8 of theseraces..Kentmere Pike, .Pen-y-Ghent, Coniston, Clougha Pike, Saddleworth,Wasdale, Downham Vi11 age, Latrigg, Sedbergh, Pendleton, Thievely Pike,Butter Cr ag. ," •'•When Micati decided to have a go at the Championship we didn'trealise the season to be such a long and testing one., beginning inApril and lasting 7 months to October, and travelling nearly 2000mi las,•starting with...Kentmere Pike on 8th April, approx 6 miles, 2000' on a cold, wet,misty day with'frozen snow fields on the Pike. Micah was glad to getthe race over with, racing a three mile leg in the Northern AAA'sRelays at Salford the day before, the 2000' pike looked a dauntingprospect.The favourite for the race was Robin Bergstrand from Rochdale,now 'incidentally at Sheffield University, a fell runner of somerepute. From the start Robin pushed the pace and climbed well,descending better'to run Micah into 2nd place.Pen-y—Ghent 29th April,5.5 miles,1500'. A warm sunny day and a longfast climb saw Micah with a good lead, and a good descent reversed thepositions of Kentmere to win by over a minute from Robin Bergstrandand Gary Devine.22