The Stùc a’ Chroin Hill Race in Strathyre in Scotland on Might 3 hosted the nationwide champs
Ross Gollan of East Sutherland Athletics Membership and Naomi Lang from Carnethy Hill Racing Membership had been victorious within the UKA British Fell and Hill Championship long-course race held over the Stùc a’ Chroin course on Saturday.
It was a sunny day and ideal situations for the 349 runners who tackled the 22.5km route with 1500 metres of climb.
The race begins within the village of Strathyre within the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Nationwide Park and climbs to a col slightly below Meaell Mor earlier than a steep descent into Glen Ample. The course then climbs steeply to Beinn Every (813m), then follows an undulating ridge to the to the highest of the Stùc a’ Chroin (975m) earlier than descending once more to Glen Ample. There’s a final steep climb again over the col then the ultimate lengthy downhill to Strathyre.
Within the males’s race Gollan took the win with a course report of two:04:21, however was pushed all the best way by Finlay Grant of Darkish Peak, who was only a few seconds behind in 2:04:38. Ewan Brown of Corstorphine AAC took bronze (2:05:46).
Lang was the main feminine, additionally setting a girls’s report (2:22:11). Catriona Graves from Highland Hill Runners took the silver medal (2:37:56), whereas Grace Pow of Carnethy was third (2:41:45).
Grant additionally took the under-23 males’s gold medal, with Rebecca Magee of Newcastle & District AC claiming the feminine under-23 gold.
The winners within the feminine veteran classes had been Caroline Marwick of Highland Hill Runners, W40), Sue Richmond (Pennine Fell Runners, W45), Angela Mudge (Ochil Hill Runners, W50), Jean Powell (Wharfdale Harriers, W55), Rowena Browne (Bowland Fell Runners, W60) and Wendy Dodds (Dallam Operating Membership, W70).
The male veteran gold medal winners had been Steve Halsall (Keswick AC, M40), Andy Fallas (Carnethy ,M45), Rob Jeb (Helm Hill, M50), Karl Grey (Calder Valley, M55), Paul Cornforth (Ambleside AC, M60), Colin Donnolly (Cambuslang Harriers, M65) and Brian Thompson (Helm Hill, M70).
