2019 Frieth Hilly 10K

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2019 Frieth Hilly 10K

As very few races are taking place at the moment, I'm creating some web pages entitled "where I was taking photos this time last year". Today, I'm looking at the Frieth Hilly 10K which takes place from Frieth, a village in the Chilterns that is about 5M west of Marlow.

The organiser's website is at friethhilly.co.uk but it's currently unavailable. It says "the Frieth Hilly is known for the warmth of its welcome (and its hills) - the whole school and villagers turn out to cheer on the runners." There are two races: a 5K and a 10K but because there are youngsters doing the 5K I only take photos of the 10K.

The 10K involves sections on road, trails and footpaths through woods and fields, including challenging off-road descents and ascents. There's one point where the route that comes out of a wood to go along the side of a field throws you down from about 160m to 90m during the course of 0.5K. Then, after a flat section along lanes through Fingest and Skirmett, there's the inevitable long hard climb. Although, unlike the descent, the ascent doesn't all come at once, it's still hard work. In about 0.3K you go from about 80m to 110m. The path then flattens out for a bit (in Hatchet Wood) before there is another push. In all, you go from about 80m to 160m in about 2K. Although the rest of the route is mainly undulating, there is the final sting: the last 0.5K is a climb from about 140m to 175m to get back up to Frieth. And you have to do this climb (when you're exhausted) in front of the villagers and supporters! You can see the descent and the ascents in the elevation profile that is given below. Even though it's tough, I love this route, and Autumn is a good time to visit the area as the Chilterns landscape is gorgeous at this time of year.

Last year's race took place on Sun Oct 20th 2019 and this year's race was to have taken place today (Sun Oct 18th 2020). Unfortunately, because of Covid-19 it has had to be cancelled.

By the way, you can click on any of the photos on this web page to see the photo in hi-res.

The route of the race

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The above map is taken from www.mapmyrun. It also has this elevation profile
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Photos of the male runners who did well at the 2019 Frieth Hilly 10K and 5K

Here are some photos of the male runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

Jason Leaf (89, Cookham_RC) was 1st and the 1st MV40 finishing in a time of 00.38.46.

Adam Hunt (69, unattached) was 2nd and the 1st MU18 finishing in a time of 00.38.57.

Andrew Ingle (73, Bideford_Amateur_AC) was 3rd and the 1st SM finishing in a time of 00.39.41.

Mark Jefford (75, London_Heathside) was 10th and the 1st MV50 finishing in a time of 00.41.04.

Edward Dodwell (272, Reading Roadrunners) was the 1st MV60 finishing in a time of 00.45.34.

Toby Blythe (24, unattached) was the 1st MU15 finishing in a time of 00.55.35.

Brian Webber (158, Farnham_Common_Joggers_and_Wheelers) was the 1st MV70 finishing in a time of 01.02.40.
Here Brian is running behind Paul Naish (101, Farnham_Common_Joggers_and_Wheelers) but at the finish Brian was 30 seconds in front of Paul - Paul was the 2nd MV70.

Photos of male runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first male runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

Shaun O'Gorman (109, Brackley_and_District_RC) was the 5th MV50 finishing in a time of 00.43.12.

Michael Turney (224, Chiltern_Harriers) was the 2nd MV50 finishing in a time of 00.41.10.

Trevor Hunter (172, Handy_Cross_Runners) was the 4th MV50 finishing in a time of 00.42.48.

Richard Burgess (30, Hillingdon_AC) was the 26th SM finishing in a time of 00.51.14.

Malcolm McDonald (168, Marlow_Striders) was the 22nd MV50 finishing in a time of 00.54.09.

Scott Wixon-Nelson (222, Wycombe_Phoenix_Harriers_AC) was the 9th SM finishing in a time of 00.43.36.

Alan Roberts (126, Vale_of_Aylesbury_AC) was the 20th MV50 finishing in a time of 00.53.00.

Simon Cope (37, Vegetarian_Cycling_and_AC) was the 30th MV50 finishing in a time of 01.00.14.

Photos of the female runners who did well at the 2019 Frieth Hilly 10K and 5K

Here are some photos of the female runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

Sarah Gerrie (54, Ealing_Southall_and_Middlesex_AC) was the 1st female and the 1st SL finishing in a time of 00.43.53.

Shona Cowper (38, Ealing_Southall_and_Middlesex_AC) was the 2nd female and the 2nd SL finishing in a time of 00.45.35.

Lena Poulton (122, unattached) was the 3rd female and the 1st FV40 finishing in a time of 00.45.51.

Kate Heape (60, unattached) was the 9th female and the 1st FV50 finishing in a time of 00.48.33.

Jessica Anderson (15, Tyne_Bridge_Harriers) was the 1st FV60 finishing in a time of 01.05.32.

Pam Naish (102, Farnham_Common_Joggers_and_Wheelers) was the 1st FV70 finishing in a time of 01.23.14.

Photos of female runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first female runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

Jilly Dolphin (45, Handy_Cross_Runners) was the 14th FV50 finishing in a time of 01.04.42.

Claire Alden (12, Lonely_Goat_RC) was the 7th FV50 finishing in a time of 00.55.47.

Caroline Di-Franco (43, Marlow_Striders) was the 15th SL finishing in a time of 01.04.35.

Photos of Frieth School parents

Here are photos of the first male and female runners that are Frieth School parents.

Richard Knight (84, unattached) was the 17th SM finishing in a time of 00.46.09.

Sophie Maxwell (99, unattached) was the 17th FV40 finishing in a time of 00.58.22.

Postscript

If you did the Frieth Hilly 10K in 2019 and want a reminder, then here's a link to all the photos that I took. There's a calculator on that web page that makes it easy to find the photos of a runner given their time and you can find the time from this results web page.

If you want to see the reviews I've done on other races, then here's a link to a web page that includes an index of the reviews of races.

I maintain a web page for runners that provides a list of races near Oxfordshire and the latest results. As well as a lot of postponed/cancelled races(!), it is now includes several races that plan to abide by the Covid-19 regulations. So go and visit www.oxonraces.com to see what races may take place. And if you use twitter, you may want to follow @oxonraces to become aware of important changes to this web page.

This web page is at www.oxonraces.com/blog/2020-10-18-frieth. It was created on October 11th 2020 and last updated on October 18th 2020.