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On UKH now, Claire Maxted picks Britain's top 12 female off-road runners of all time: https://www.ukhillwalking.com/articles/page.php?id=9928

In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:

Wow, the UTMB is much longer than I thought according to that!

In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:

Excellent article, but shouldn't Beth Pascall be on the list given her achievements in the Spine Race & Dragon's Back?

In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:
To my shame, I didn't realise that Pauline Stuart's record was quite so impressive, until last week when I spent an evening with Steve Chilton (the guy on the right in the picture of Pauline). I suppose it is easy to be overshadowed in a male dominated sport,when you are married to one of the all time greats, one of the trinity (Joss, Billy, Kenny).

I'm not much of a fell racer these day, although I have run in races with a few of these ladies and whilst not a race, Helene helped me through a tough section of the Hebden about six years ago, when I was very much a novice at longer fell events. One of the nice things about fell running, you could be in a race with a legend and unless you know, you wouldnt know until they disappear off in to the distance.

In reply to Iain Thow:


https://www.bethpascall.com/race/

You're probably right, at least maybe in the last section which mentions Carol Morgan as being on the radar.

In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:

And then there's runners like N Wales's Menna Angharad, who appeared to arrive on the scene from nowhere, set some astounding times and disappeared again.

Not really for inclusion due to not being around for long, but I wonder what might have been if she came to the sport younger and stayed longer.

In reply to mountainbagger:

I think Beth's outstanding result is actually her Lakeland 100 women's record in 2016.

In reply to Iain Thow:
Also surely Katy boden s (now katy something else) BG should be mentioned on there . Maybe she's happy to stay under the radar.

In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:

For those interested who might not know about it, Nicky Spinks is doing a talk at Buxton Pavillion arts centre on Weds Dec 6th at 7.30pm
Looking forward to it.

https://buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/event/nicky-spinks