7 ^ Fellrunner ^ O G IA T A O ^ C cto& ei t9 9 6 ^wiiudwct £cciofee<za and 'W<nCd 07'tofiAy ^e&u£fo and T^efoonfo Title Double at Peris September 14 PERIS HORSESHOE MOUNTAIN RACE Llanberis, N. Wales Having won the English title at if I could beat him on the climb up Borrowdale six weeks earlier, Ian Holmes Cynghorion that I would win. became only the third man ever to achieve "Obviously I'm very pleased to win the the double as he recorded a convincing British title. I’ve achieved what I set out victory in the British Championship to do at the start of the season and it’s decider from arguably the finest domestic there now in the history books for all time. gathering this season. The serious stuff’s over now, though - Holmes showed no signs of the heavy everything from now on will be for fun!" cold and chest infection that forced him to withdraw from the Ben Nevis Race If Holmes’ performance was breathtaking, the previous weekend (and probably what can one say about Menna accounted for his disappointing run in Angharad’s? Just seven days after placing Austria the weekend before) as he pulled fourth overall in the five mile Elidir Fawr clear in the final two miles to win by Race, the Eryri runner smashed her own almost three minutes. year old course record of 3:33:45 by over five minutes to place an astonishing 15th As with Robin Bryson and Mark Kinch overall (ahead of countless quality male virtually neck and neck going into the race runners) to beat reigning champion Sarah - Holmes knew that nothing less than victory would guarantee the title, a factor Rowell by over eight minutes. which probably accounted for the steady Unfortunately for the Welsh runner, pace in the first half of the race. Rowell’s victories at Aonach Mor and Welsh Fellrunning phenomenon Menna Angharad As the leaders climbed Pen-Y-Pass to the Wrekin, where Angharad could only place some of the lead on the Miner’s Track halfway mark, the leading group of ten fourth, proved enough to secure the (beyond halfway) but couldn’t. British title for Rowell by just two began to whittle down further to just "I’m happy overall and pleased with my points. Nevertheless, Angharad had the seven with Holmes, Mark Rigby, Mark race. What it shows, I think, is that there’s consolation of taking the Welsh title a Roberts and last year’s champion Mark another level I need to be able to compete year after placing joint second in the Kinch forcing the pace. at. Menna was able to do that today." championship in her debut season in the Going up Snowdon Kinch was sport. Veteran titles were also decided on the day the first to feel the pace as Graham Schofield and Anthony Bland (he eventually faded Rowell said: "I went out running hard won the M40 and M50 categories with to 8th) as Holmes hoping to get a reasonable gap over Carol McCarthy taking the women’s title. and Rigby moved Menna before the course became rougher The men’s Welsh title had already been closer to Roberts at later on. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to do determined going into the race as Simon the summit. On this and at Devil's Kitchcn (quarter-way) Forster regained the title he won two years the final climb she left me. I thought I might pull back ago. up Cynghorion. however, Holmes made his decisive effort and managed to open a significant lead which he increased gradually over the remaining couple of miles. Roberts, sixth in last year's championships, overhauled Rigby towards the end to take third overall in the championships behind Kinch. A delighted Holmes said: "When Mark. Kinch dropped back to fourth going up ' Snowdon, I knew1 I still had to win and that second wasn't good" enough, I was feeling pretty fresh at this point and confident to be honest. 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