Hebden 15 & 22 – Sat 27th Jan
The Hebden is a popular early long event for Bingley fell runners spending the winter preparing for the likes of the Three Peaks in April. It is a 15 or 22 mile run or walk taking in the tops (and bottoms!) around Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd and Cragg Vale, organised by the Scouts as a fund raiser. Jo, recovering from a calf strain, and Chloe did the walk option. Results and a few photos below. The results don’t include club; if I missed you, let me know and I can add you in.
Hebden 15 & 22
15 Miles 194 finishers
092 02:33:33 5 Andy Gibbons
157 02:35:34 6 Alex Small
222 04:18:04 97 Jason Beckett
072 04:25:11 112 Caren Crabtree
088 04:25:16 113 Caroline Francis
112 04:25:20 114 Cheryl Jepson
160 04:51:25 157 Jodie Smith
188 05:42:35 182 Chloe Weatherhead
343 05:42:46 183 Joanne Henry

22 Miles 173 finishers
529 03:39:38 8 Adam Worrallo
521 04:11:19 42 Robert Williams
493 04:11:21 43 Greg Trusselle
303 04:22:14 55 Donna Edmondson-Booker

Thanks to J Fradgley and C Crabtree for the photos.
Rombald’s Stride 23miles – Sat 3 Feb
Another Scout organised Long Distance Walk (or run) Association (LDWA) challenge – 23 miles up over Rombalds, Ilkley and Baildon Moors and Otley Chevin and all the downs in between. There is a 10 hour limit so you need to average 2.3 mph but Scouts and LDWA mean generous catering and hot drinks to enjoy at the checkpoints. What is there not to like? Again some Bingley runners were using this as a good way to keep their miles up over the winter and to challenge them to move a little faster and further than they may do on a training run.
Bingley (and partners) results :
12 509 Colin Walker MV50 1/43 03:06:06
49 521 Lesley Watson FV50 1/26 03:39:02
130 216 Joanne Henry FV45 6/32 04:22:49
186 54 Jason Beckett MV50 20/43 04:47:46
231 118 Caren Crabtree FV45 17/32 05:14:14
342 196 Lucy Hall FV45 22/32 07:00:15
Well done to Colin and Lesley – taking the V50 top spots home.
Thanks to Paul & Caren for the photos. Bingley readers should recognise the bank below the caravan site 😉.

Wadsworth Trog BL, 31km, 1110m. Sat 3 Feb 24.
Hebden Bridge, 31km, 1110m ascent, High Brown Knoll, bogs, tussocks, mud, Cock Hill, bogs, tussocks, mud, Top Withins, bogs, tussocks, mud and Hebden Bridge. Say no more. Once was enough. But not for some mostly seasoned Harriers :
4th 124 Simon Bell OSEN 02:47:52
33rd 123 Ian Ferguson O60 03:32:53
54th 60 Robert Williams O40 03:49:51
62nd 58 Greg Trusselle O40 03:53:37
78th 59 Stephen Fry O60 04:04:21
110th= 69 Dave Stephenson O60 04:32:48

Well done all. Martin Howard (2.31) and Charlotte Jackson (3.16) both of Calder Valley took the top spots.
Windy Hill BM 19km 640m Sun 11 Feb 24 : Club Fell Championship Race No 1
Our first Club Fell Championship race – longer than expected, for me at least – about 8 miles the last time I ran it – but they had to move the start which added an extra climb too. So a challenging first race – both length and time of year. But that didn’t deter first time fell-runners Simon Butterfield and Paul Allwood; both well prepared with recces or plenty of winter off-road running under their belts. A first ‘fell’ race for Dave Town too, but he has done some serious winter off-road ultras like the Cheviot Goat (59miles, Cheviots, 5 Dec 23, 15/105, 16hrs 55mins) so knows all about winter fells. Scott hasn’t ‘fell raced’ for a number of years but is well versed in off-road run or mountain bike ventures all year round.
Driving over for the 10am start in clear weather and good visibility until the top of the Pennines then we were enveloped by thick cold grey mist (as forecast!). It hung around for the start, then lifted for a while before settling back down while many runners were still on the tops, and then slowly clearing by early afternoon. So how did we do :

Pos No Name Cat Cat Pos Time
229 56 Cheryl Jepson FSen 18 02:43:05
193 34 Caren Crabtree F45 6 02:24:12
128 92 Simon Butterfield M40 16 02:07:45
100 55 Dave Stephenson M60 3 02:01:09
98 95 Paul Allwood MSen 34 01:59:53
73 61 Lesley Watson F50 1 01:54:06
56 144 Amicia Lee FSen 2 01:48:16
37 129 Martin Peace M55 1 01:41:56
32 91 Dave Town MSen 20 01:39:31
19 43 Scott Smith M40 3 01:34:05
11 57 Colin Walker M50 1 01:30:16

Especially well done to our first timers Paul & Simon, great see Martin back in longer action (longest race for a long time and happy to finish), and solid runs for Cheryl & Caren who already had long runs in their legs in the last few weeks. As happens in these type of races, Cheryl found friends in some fellow runners at her pace – looking after each other on the top of a very misty Blackstone Edge. Category wins for Lesley (F50), Martin (M50) and Colin (M50) – yes I know Colin is back with P&B but England Athletics still have him linked to Bingley too, and he is Lesley’s partner so I’d better include him 😉. Scott was our first Bingley finisher – complete with blooded knee from a fall on the final descent. A great second place for Amicia – she was just behind the third placed lady on the final climb but looked the stronger of the pair and on the final flatter section was able to take and hold second place. And the cherry on the cake – the Ladies team prize – for Amicia, Lesley and Caren. Great result.
I was on support, cheering, and photo duty. Photos on the Team App Gallery – https://bingleyharriers.teamapp.com/clubs/567035/photos/1862764?_detail=v1

Bingley Harriers Fell Championship 2024
More details on the Bingley Harriers Team App site – under Disciplines https://bingleyharriers.teamapp.com/clubs/567035/teams/971139?_detail=v1 or under Events.
Flower Scar (16 Mar) is full with a waiting list but entries are still open for Lad’s Leap (6 Apr) so get your entries in now. If you need a bit more information get in touch with your Fell Team Managers Becky, Paul or Andy to chat about what would be good for you, or pick up with some of the regular fell runners on our training sessions.
Becky Weight, Ladies : beckyweight@btinternet.com
Paul Crabtree, Men : paulcrabtree67@yahoo.com
Andy Jebb, Men & Juniors : andrewjebb2@gmail.com