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There were eight Morpeth Harriers, several wearing the vest of Northumberland Fell Runners, among the 175 finishers at the 66th annual Chevy Chase fell race on Saturday. Described by organisers Wooler Running Club as ‘a rewarding and demanding personal challenge’, the race was run over the now established twenty mile circular route that takes in demanding ascents and descents of both Cheviot and Hedgehope, and was won once again won by veteran Jarlath Mckenna, now with Tyne Bridge, in a time of 2 hours 38 minutes 56 seconds, some three minutes faster than last year. Remarkably, Mckenna finished over 21 minutes ahead of nearest rivals Hamish Murray from Keswick and Craig Jones from Tyne Bridge in 2nd and 3rd, with Keswick’s Shirley Murray fastest female finisher in 3:26:18. Carnethy’s Jill Mykura was 2nd in 3:37:30 and Wallsend’s Jennifer Berry 3rd in 3:47:59. In his first Chevy Chase, Alistair Douglas was 28th and first back for Morpeth in 3:49:17 with NFR member Gary Mason 52nd in 4:10:36. Running together, Jane Kirby and Anna Wright, who had both run the Edinburgh Marathon a few weeks ago, were 70th and 71st and 9th and 10th female finishers in 4:29:59. Jamie Johnson was 74th and Mike Winter 75th in the same time (4:30:26) also running together, while Gwenda Cavill was 85th in 4:35:47 and Claire Calverley, thankfully avoiding injury this time, was 88th in 4:37:18.  Some of the Morpeth contingent taking part in the Chevy Chase Comments are closed.
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