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The race was started in 1968 by Joe Long and Frank Travis of the West
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waited at the start until five minutes after everyone else had begun so that the other runners could not follow him and take advantage of his detailed route knowledge. Bland then ran through the field and was able to overtake everyone except Hugh
Symonds.
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In poor weather in the 1981 race, one of the competitors, Bob
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applied to run over the same course as the men in 1979 but was refused entry. She ran unofficially, to the consternation of the race organiser. The next year, women were allowed to compete over the full route.
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The 2003 race was cancelled due to the small number of entries. Around that time, the event became part of the
Lakeland Classics Trophy series of races and numbers recovered in subsequent years.
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A junior race was run in conjunction with
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Hewitson but they were credited with a joint win in a time of 5:32:54 by race organiser Colin Dulson.
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with a time of 3:20:57 set in 1985. The fastest women's time is 4:01:33, set by Janet McIver in 2008.
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1360:Colin Dulson, "Four Minute Ennerdale",
1339:Lakeland Classics Trophy: Race Results.
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1148:CFRA: Ennerdale 'Horseshoe' Fell Race.
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1381:Fell running competitions in Cumbria
142:The men's course record is held by
22:2014 Ennerdale Horseshoe Jackie Lee
1260:Lakeland Classics Trophy: History.
149:The winners have been as follows.
128:English Fell Running Championships
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1350:CFRA: Ennerdale Fell Race 2017.
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28:Ennerdale Horseshoe Fell Race
1219:(Dingwall, 2013), 148, 155.
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1217:It's a Hill, Get Over It
1191:(Preston, 1985), 209-10"
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1163:(Preston, 1985), 226-30
739:foot-and-mouth outbreak
1299:, Summer 2015, 147-48.
915:Rhys Findlay-Robinson
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1232:(Dingwall, 2013), 75.
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1250:(London, 2004), 151.
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111:In the 1986 event,
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411:Sue Parkin
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318:Joan Glass
312:Mike Short
176:Joss Naylor
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55:Green Gable
43:Great Borne
1135:References
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879:Rob Jebb
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393:Ros Coats
132:lightning
75:Crag Fell
71:Iron Crag
59:Kirk Fell
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138:Results
124:British
81:History
67:Haycock
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164:Women
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