^ I L R U N ^ Fellrunner tJJLaaajzme ^ S Q CIAT\0^ 3 tvne 2001 Lake District National Park Authority Slfcp! FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE It is n o w unlawful to use this path (possible penalty £5,000) All footpaths and bridleways across fells, other farmland and through woodland are now closed to public use. Foot and Mouth is a contagious disease which threatens the way of life of everyone in rural communities. 30th Anniversary FRA T/Shirt or P.B. Bum Bag Plus 10% discount and free postage on the following items. Walsh Shoes Clothing P.B. Trainer Mkll £61.99 P.B. Fell Suit £59.99 P.B. Trainer (standard) £54.99 Lowe Alpine, Adrenaline Anorak, P.B. Racer £54.99 colours: red, royal, flint £69.99 Raid II £61.99 P.B. Trainer Boot £69 99 Offer ends 31st August 2001 Special Offers on Footwear while stocks last Add £150 post FREE Pair of P.B. socks with following footwear Saucony Jazz 5000 814, 9, 9 14, 12, 13 £39.99 Saucony Jazz 5000 (ladies) 4, 4\ 5, 5 14, 6, 6 14, 7, 7’4 £39.99 Saucony Grid Kyotee (trail shoe) 6, 7,9 , 9 4,10 £29.99 Asics 1050 7, 9\ 10, 10\ 11,12 £39.99 Asics 1050 (ladies) 4, 5, 6, 6 4, 7 £39.99 Asics Gel Trespass (trail shoe) 7, 714, 8, 8%, 9, 914, 10, 1014, 11,12 £29.99 Asics Gel Trespass (ladies trail shoe) 4,4 4, 5,5 4, 6,6 4, 7 £29.99 Mail order, Switch, Visa, Mastercard, Delta, Connect Telephone orders taken Visit our on-line shop at www.peteblandsports.co.uk ^ U R U A ,/ ^ ste Fellrunner :)K agazine Editor: Dave Jones, 12 Victoria Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 5DL. Tel: 0161 485 1557 Mobile: 07950 440972 Email: [email protected] ell, little did I think as I put the last edition of "The Fellrunner" to bed that I would soon be presiding over the publication of the slimline, low-cholesterol, fat-free magazine you are now reading. It's a bit difficult to W produce a sporting magazine about a sport that has virtually temporarily ceased to exist, so I apologise if this edition doesn't have quite the variety it should - many thanks to those contributors who rallied round and sent material in. I don't know what state the Foot & Mouth outbreak will be in by the time you read this; I suspect that things will have improved somewhat in some areas and hardly at all in others but, if the outbreak has done one thing only, it's certainly made us all appreciate what we're missing - however much we try to convince ourselves that Woodbank Park (Stockport), Eccleshall Woods (Sheffield) or British Steel Slag Heaps (Workington) are acceptable substitutes, or however much we maintain that the new regime of road running/cycling will undoubtedly improve our performance we know it's all really a delusion. Nothing can compensate for the open spaces and the fells and until we can get back on them we are existing in a state of total sporting frustration. Some people have turned their energies to other activities while others have virtually given up training altogether - one Lakeland Superstar ruefully remarked recently that he could only bring himself to do Editorial Team a one-mile road run every two days! Contents There are going to be some very fat Access & Environment Calendar Update Chris Knox, 38 St.John's Street, and very unfit fell-runners around Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5AG. when this is all over!! *! The Vowel Round Tel: 017687 72922. Our loss, though, is clearly nothing O rthotics - The W ay to Championships compared to the loss of livelihood H appy Feet Jon Broxap, 8 Castle Garth, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7AT. and earnings being suffered by the 8 Classic Fell Races Part 1 Tel: 01539 734471. farming community, the tourist trade 12 Tiventy Years Ago C oach in g and innumerable associated 16 Why Do We Love Relays ? Norman Matthews, 8 Snowdon Drive, businesses throughout the affected Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7DG. areas. In certain parts of the country, 18 Celtic Corner Tel: 01204 468390. especially Cumbria, things are 20 Gucci Trainers Set an FRA unlikely to be the same again - noises Altitude Record on Mike Rose, 15 New ParkView, are already being made about possible Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5TZ. A concagua? changes to the whole structure and Tel: 0113 2556603. 22 Grand Poetry Competition nature of upland farming and the Ireland 2 4 Results Ian Taylor, 52 Bladon Drive, balance of priority between farming Belfast, BT9 5JN. and leisure activities is already the 34 The Show Must Go On Tel: 02890 280790. subject of much discussion. 35 Dark Peak Wrecks!! lu n io rs However, enough of despair and Dave Richardson, Canny Brow Foot, 37 Dr Martyn's Problem Page despondency - even though the Gatebeck, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 OHS. 38 Foot and Mouth Disease Tel: 01539 567132. Championships have been cancelled Long Distance and therefore there won't be any 40 Letters, Views, Opinions etc Martin Stone, Sleagill Head Farm, Presentations at the Dinner, it will still 41 Round of the Four Passes Sleagill, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 3HD. be a good social opportunity to meet 42 Junior Page Tel: 01931 714106. all the people you normally see on the Results hills but haven't this year and could 43 Rambling Rose Dave Weatherhead, 16 Birchlands Grove, be a really good "get-together". Details 44 Urban Bunny Run Race Wilsden, West Yorkshire, BD15 0HD. Tel: 01535 273508 Email: [email protected] are inside the magazine but a Reports S cotlan d complete day of fell-running activities 46 Notice of AGM Mark Rigby, 332 Crow Road, has been planned, so get your ticket 4 7 FRA News Glasgow, G il 7HT. applications in early!! Tel: 0141 3340442. 48 Book Review W ales Data Protection Act I Choose to Run John Sweeting, Lower Lodge, Cynghordy, The Data Protection Act requires us to tell all members that their 49 Arctic First near Uandovery, Carmarthenshire, addresses, dates of birth and club names will be maintained on a computer. This allows us to send you an FRA calendar and three magazines each SA20 OLD. Tel: 01550 721086. year. You have the right to request that your name be removed from the 51 Is There Life After Walshes ? computer database and you should contact the Membership Secretary if Website (www.fellrunner.org.uk) this is your wish. 52 Stories of Long Ago Bill Waine, 36 Blandford Drive, Unless your details are kept on a computer we will be unable to send you an FRA calendar, the magazine or an annual membership renewal form. Coventry, CV2 2JB. 53 Martin Stone's Long Tel: 02476 603813. Printed by Walker Design & Print, Huddersfield, Distance News tel: 01484 862121 email: [email protected] i The "Fellrunner" will be published three times a year in the second half of February, June an d October. Please send in any articles, letters, etc. which you feel may be of interest - if possible send them in Word format, either on disc or by email. Photographs of runners and events are particularly welcome; please give details of the subject of the photo and your address if you want it returned. Photos published in the magazine will be paid for at £7 per photo (£20 for a front cover) Deadline for the next edition is Sunday 9th September Please send material to Dave Jones, 12 Victoria Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 5DL. Tel: 0161 485 1557 Mobile: 07950 440972 Email : [email protected] Please send Results and Race Reports to: Dave Weatherhead, 16 Birchlands Grove, Wilsden, West Yorkshire, BD15 0HD. Tel: 01535 273508 Email: dtwacp@nol rnm Please send Advertising Copy to: Tony Hulme, Running Bear, 5 London Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7JT. Tel: 01625 582130 o fficers and committee members 2000-2001 chairman's Chat FRA OFFICERS 2001 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIVES Chairman Alan Barlow Peter Dyke, 13 Falkland Road, Sheffield, S ll 7PL. from Alan Barlow Tel: 0161 4839330 Tel: 01142 662807 12 Redcar Close, Hazel Grove, Stockport, SK7 4SQ. Linda Hannah, 84 Ramsey Avenue, Bacup, This edition comes to you all during a Lancashire, OL13 9PJ. period when there is little access to Secretary Mike Rose Tel: 01706 875899 Tel: 0113 2556603 Neil Taylor, 10 King Street, Cononley, near Keighley, training and racing on the fells. I would 15 New Park View, Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5TZ. West Yorkshire, BD20 8LH. like to take this opportunity to thank Tel: 01535 631237 Email: [email protected] you all for adhering to the restrictions Assistant Secretary Alan Brentnall that I feel will prove beneficial for the Tel: 01663 746476 Brett Weedon, 3 Dale View, Silsden, Keighley, "Westfield”, Spring Bank, New Mills, West Yorkshire, BD20 0JP. future of the sport. Given that we have High Peak, SK22 4BH. Tel: 01535 654928 already lost most of the championship email - [email protected] N.IRELAND FELLRUNNERS ASSOCIATION races it is felt by the committee that we Ian Taylor would be unable to hold suitable Treasurer Tony Varley Tel: 028 9028 0790 52 Bladon Drive, Belfast, BT9 5JN. alternative races and consequently the Tel: 01204 669570 1 Kensington Drive, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6AE. SCOTTISH ATHLETIC FEDERATION HILL English Championships have been RUNNING COMMISSION cancelled for 2001. For the same reasons Membership Secretary Pete Bland Keith Burns the PST have cancelled the British Tel: 01539 731012 Tel: 01620 860257 21 The Dean, East Linton, East Lothian, EH40 3ED.