Blisco Dash fell race 2024 – English and British Championship short and steep race

Blisco Dash fell race 2024 – English and British Championship race. AS category – steep and short – 4.3 miles long, 2000 ft elevation, goes to Pike of Blisco (705 m) in Langdale valley and back again. Organised by Ambleside Fell running club. It’s normally a Wednesday night fell race but this year it was A Saturday race part of English and British Championship.

Saturday, 27 July 2024

Strava Route:
https://strava.app.link/cHc8QWObBLb

Results:
https://www.sportident.co.uk/results/FRA-English/2024/BliscoDash/

Time Chapters:
0:00 – video highlights
2:07 – introduction of the race with Steve Wathall
3:11 – arriving in Langdale, race registration and kit check
3:42 – Calder Valley ladies special warm up – open the gate, shoo the chickens 🐥, be the chickens, close the gate, scare the fox and kick the fox 🦊
4:11 – the ladies at the starting field
5:07 – the ladies race and the route of the race
7:10 – the long ascent and the view onto the valley behind me
8:11 – Eve Pannone – 1st lady finisher descending
8:23 – from Caroline Lambert – 3rd lady finisher descending (and others behind her)
10:15 – the scrambly climb
12:00 – at the top of Pike of Blisco (705 m)
12:58 – the way down
13:28 – my finish from where Josie Greenhalgh was sitting to the finish
15:03 – the ladies at the finish
15:12 – with Cal Pannone, Eve Pannone’s mum, at the finish
15:44 – with Deborah Gowans from Todmorden, who went wrong way on the way back and managed to finish after me
16:32 – the men’s race, the start and going back onto the fells
17:48 – from the first male finisher – Mathew Knowles (Lancaster)- first 55 finishers up to Harry Bolton (Keswick) including – descending
20:31 – from 56th finisher (see results) up to 131st male finisher – Dave Prosser
26:06 – from 131st finisher – Dave Prosser (Keswick)
26:44 – from Darren Fishwick (Chorley) – 141st
28:12 – from Jon Green (Preston) – 156th
28:56 – from the Howgills runner who was descending without one shoe
29:34 – from Tom Brown (Preston Harriers) – 162nd
30:27 – from around Richard Byers (Cheshire Hill Billies) – 170th and Dave Parkington Preston Harriers) – 171st crossing the stream
31:34 – from Brian Hickey (Cheshire Hill Bullies) – 179th
31:46 – before around Benjamin Grundy (Wharfedale) – 183rd
32:21 – from Colin Valentine (Keswick) – 190th – crossing the stream
33:00 – from John Orrell – 192nd – crossing the steam
33:19 – from Ray Gill (Helm Hill)
33:33 – the most spectacular slip and fall on the boggy descent, and the runners after
34:33 – from Trevor Symonds (Northern Fell Runners) – 203rd and Steve Tappenden (Preston Harriers) 201st
35:40 – from Michael McLoughlin (Preston Harriers) – 212th
37:28 – about the Presentation and the broken car
38:13 – happy ending in the pub