Five Harriers to Compete in the
World Long Distance Mountain
Running Challenge
26th April 2008
Ingleborough (mountain 3) from the top of
Whernside (mountain 2)
Training Run 17th February 2008
FOUR MONTHS of training
will be put to the test this Saturday, 26th April, as five members
of Rochdale
Harriers & A.C. compete in the 2008 World Long Distance
Mountain Running Challenge.
This year the race takes place on the gruelling 23.5 mile/5000ft Yorkshire Three Peaks course.
Over 900 qualifying competitors are taking
part, representing 19 countries and travelling from as far
afield as Australia and the USA. In 1969 this race was won by our very own
Colin Robinson.
The 2008 Rochdale team consists of Paul Leary, Norman Eames, Dennis Lucas, Stephen Leak and
John
Mayall. Progress of the Rochdale team can be tracked in ‘real time’
on the day, stage-by-stage, via this web link:
http://siera.sportident.co.uk/threepeaks/
The Ingleborough webcam is here.
Splits in previous years (for comparison with 2008) were as
follows:
|
Year
|
Name
|
TIME
|
Pen-y ghent
|
Split1
|
Ribblehead
|
Split2
|
Whernside
|
Split3
|
Hill Inn
|
Split4
|
Ingle
borough
|
Split5
|
Finish
|
Split6
|
|
N/A
|
P. Leary
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2007
|
D. Lucas
|
4:31:28
|
42:42
|
42:42
|
1:50:03
|
(67:21)
|
2:34:16
|
(44:13)
|
3:02:18
|
(28:02)
|
3:44:25
|
(42:07)
|
4:31:28
|
(47:03)
|
|
2005
|
N. Eames
|
4:39:16
|
43:59
|
43:59
|
1:52:18
|
(68:19)
|
2:36:47
|
(44:29)
|
3:04:46
|
(27:59)
|
3:50:42
|
(45:56)
|
4:39:16
|
(48:34)
|
|
2004
|
S. Leak
|
5:30:24
|
42:56
|
42:56
|
1:51:09
|
-
|
2:37:29
|
-
|
3:16:27
|
(38:58)
|
4:11:58
|
(55:31)
|
5:30:24
|
(78:26)
|
|
2006
|
J. Mayall
|
5:05:00
|
46:36
|
(46:36)
|
1:59:01
|
(72:25)
|
2:51:21
|
(52:20)
|
3:24:03
|
(32:42)
|
4:14:40
|
(50:37)
|
5:05:00
|
(50:20)
|
