The Wasdale Fell Race (sometimes known as the Wasdale Horseshoe) is an annual Lake District fell race held in July, starting and finishing at Brackenclose in Wasdale. The course is approximately twenty-one miles long with around 9,000 feet of ascent and takes in checkpoints at Whin Rigg, Seatallan, Pillar, Great Gable, Esk Hause shelter, Scafell Pike and Lingmell nose wall. The route between Pillar and Lingmell is very rough, with steep technical ground and boulder fields. Among long fell races, Wasdale has one of the highest ratios of feet of ascent per mile, and it is often considered to be the toughest of the British races.[1]
^Angela Mudge, World’s Ultimate Running Races (Glasgow, 2011), 275; Steve Chilton, It's a Hill, Get Over It (Dingwall, 2013), 78-80.
The WasdaleFellRace (sometimes known as the Wasdale Horseshoe) is an annual Lake District fellrace held in July, starting and finishing at Brackenclose...
(Jack Maitland, 1987), female record 44:34 (Hannah Horsburgh, 2018) WasdaleFellRace AL 21 miles (34 km) 9,000 ft (2750 m) - male record 3:25:21 (Billy...
the women's race and within ten seconds of Menna Angharad's course record. In 1990, Diamantides set a course record in the WasdaleFellRace, which stood...
Joss Naylor, MBE (born 10 February 1936 at Wasdale Head) is an English fell runner who set many long-distance records, and a sheep farmer, living in the...
has performed particularly well in the longer fell races. Her wins include the Three Peaks Race, Wasdale, Borrowdale, the Langdale Horseshoe, the Ennerdale...
Ellenborough AC. He has won several of the most prestigious fell races, including the Three Peaks Race, Wasdale, Borrowdale, Ennerdale, the Three Shires and Skiddaw...
as the English title in 2009. Her race victories include Wasdale in 2009, Borrowdale in 2010 and the Snowdon Race in 2011. "World Long Distance Mountain...
the Ennerdale Horseshoe, Wasdale, Duddon Valley, the Edale Skyline and the Isle of Jura. He was the runner-up in the British Fell Running Championships in...
His wins included the Ben Nevis Race, Borrowdale, the Ennerdale Horseshoe, the Peris Horseshoe, the Three Peaks, Wasdale, the Welsh 1000m Peaks, the Edale...
by seeing Joss Naylor out running on the fells when she worked at the YHA at Wasdale. In 1979 a female Fell Runner of the Year contest was instigated...
along the county's eastern border. The south-east contains the Orton Fells, Howgill Fells and part of the Yorkshire Dales, which are all within the Yorkshire...
career, Rowell was a prominent fell runner, winning the Three Peaks Race four times, the Fellsman three times, as well as Wasdale, Borrowdale and Ben Nevis...
Sumner Gibson, and Harold Edward Lionel Porter, where they took lodgings at Wasdale Head. Mallory and Keynes climbed together predominantly, while Gibson and...
Robson. Honorary President, Cumbria Tourism. For services to Tourism. (Wasdale, Cumbria) Hugh Max Rolo. Chair and Founding Member, Key Fund. For services...
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