top of the forest

Sun September 13 2009
Listed by northernrunner
Entrants (5) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
Ands Great run, first part fab, then a nasty straight up ascent, then great bit of 'off road' descent, hill (again) then fast downhill to finish. Felt like 8miles (and someone's Garmin said 8.1m). Not bee nto Hamsterly Forest before, and really enjoyed it, esp the peek at the fells on the top. My friend agreed (yesterday) to come with me, and it made my race to run along with her. Blaydon Harriers & AC 1:16:50 50.02
Bez-head Gosforth Harriers & AC 1:17:17 42.40
Grey Badger A shame that only 16 turned up for this race, Start was nice and flat for first 1/4 mile then straight up a mountain bike trail which was pretty steep. Got stuck behind a guy for the next 1/2 mile, was unable to pass on narrow path and lost time on the leaders. Rest of the route was pretty fast on forest roads and paths mainly. A very fast last 2 miles which i did in 10min 40sec. Finished 3rd. Northumberland Fell Runners 58:07 62.00
northernrunner love running here at hamsterley forest, would train here all the time if i lived closer. race was 1k longer than last year so was just over 13k. not a big turn out but enjoyed it non the less. led from start to finish and won my first ever race Blackhill Bounders 49:53 56:28 55:53 57.65
scrappy excellent race, love the forest, race actually over 13k more than last year as the course was changed back to the original course....could do with a bit more fell than forest tracks Blackhill Bounders 59:26 1:01:00 1:03:50 56.80

Photos

No photos added yet
  • Add Photo







Back To Top
X

Free training & racing tools for runners, cyclists, swimmers & walkers.

Fetcheveryone lets you analyse your training, find races, plot routes, chat in our forum, get advice, play games - and more! Nothing is behind a paywall, and it'll stay that way thanks to our awesome community!
Get Started
Click here to join 112,238 Fetchies!
Already a Fetchie? Sign in here