In the men’s race there were 9 Toddies, first home being Dom Leckie in 4hr 37min In the women’s race Annie Hassell was the lone Tod Harriers runner and put in a great run to finish in 4hr 57min for 7th place. The men’s race was won by Billy Cartwright from Matlock in a very fast time of 3hr 32min with the first women home Nichola Jackson of Keswick in 4hr 14min The race had over 300 starters with separate women’s & men’s races being set off 15 minutes apart.
The weather gods graced the event with glorious clear skies and a light breeze but also a bearable temperature that didn’t have everyone regretting how little water they were carrying within the first hour. It has everything a Lakes Classic should have with steep climbs, rocky scree descents, a few little route choices if you know them or are brave enough to follow the people in front and even a bit of good grassy ridge running if you’ve anything left in the legs towards the end. And what a one to start with! At nearly 23 miles and 7,500 ft of climbing it’s not for the faint hearted. I would like to know if, in calculating the integral above, you expanded the exponential and summarized the terms as I did (by the way, this is the smartest way to do such an integration) or if there is another way to do it that might be relevant in some circumstances. Saturday saw the first serious return to fell racing since the pandemic started with the running of Ennerdale as the first counter in this years English Championship.
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