Three Peaks    24m / 4500ft 30^th April 2000

Sally Blazes Home to Lead the English Rankings

The combination of scorching heat, wet underfoot conditions and marathon distance may be the magic formula for Sally. She stormed home in first place to gain maximum points in the English Championship and take the overall lead at the top of the ranking table after two races.

On a day when dehydration, cramp and heat fatigue troubled many, Sally made light work of the conditions. She ploughed the course in 3:38:11, beating off strong competition from former winners Sarah Rowell (Pudsey & Bramley) and Vanessa Peacock (Clayton le Moors). She took the lead before the second checkpoint and gradually extended the gap between herself and Peacock as the race wore on to finish eleven minutes in the clear.

Frank and Shutt were the male representation who showed after several withdrawals. Although Shutt wisely decided not to start after failing a last minute limping test on his injured calf. Frank managed to start and stay the course, to finish in 3:47:37 after witnessing numerous victims falling to cramp in the latter stages of the race.

Simon Booth (Borrowdale) won the race in 2:52:43, a minute clear of Ian Holmes (Bingley) who had led up to the final checkpoint at Ingleborough summit. Dave Neil turned in another power performance to finish 8^th overall and first vet home in 3:05:20.

Results

Frank Fielding    2nd May 2000

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