Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon
MAROC members Craig & Alistair Chapman and Nick & Peter Collins competed in the 2016 Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon this weekend, 2nd & 3rd July. Despite the 'mixed' weather and very little sleep at the camp on Saturday night, they managed to come in 3rd and 13th respectively on the Bedafell Course - well done!
The Bedafell class is the class reserved for parent and child teams, with a handicap of one minute for each month the junior is under 18 years old at the time of the race. Both of our juniors were 14 with similar handicaps of around 40 minutes taken out of their Saturday time, and both made the cut for the chasing start on Sunday.
To give an idea of how competitive this class is, Craig and Alistair would have won the equivalent open 'Wansfell' course by a clear 50 minutes, and Nick and Peter would have come in second. The junior member of the winning Bedafell team, Matthew Hall, claims to run up Ilkley Moor 4 times per week - top training tip!
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