Three Shire Fell Race

John Helme & Carl Bell vying for the lead

The fifth race in the Lakeland Classics trophy is the Three Shires Fell race. Opting not to race I headed out into the persistent rain in support mode. Despite a large number of photographers none of the runners opted to ford the waist deep river just after the start so I headed up on to Lingmoor to get some photos.

Steve Birkinshaw in 8th place

Andy Thompson of Eden Runners

Leading women Hazel Robinson

Keswick AC's Julie Carter in 3rd place

Wendy Dodds chasing hard in 4th position

The crowd going wild!