The 10km Cracken Edge Fell Race is a major annual fund-raising event for the Kinder Mountain Rescue Team. Following the near-catastrophic events at Toddbrook Reservoir in Whaley Bridge, for which the team had been on stand-by since the previous Thursday, race-day saw Whaley Bridge re-opened to residents along with the surrounding roads, many of which had been closed when a dam-failure appeared imminent. The team feared a significant reduction in the number of entrants as a result of all the disruption but there were very nearly as many people attending as last year, with 206 runners starting. The course was significantly more ‘challenging’ than in previous years due to erosion caused by the recent deluges.
However, the race took place under clear skies after a day of rain, with lovely sunset vistas from the top of Cracken Edge and, fortunately, there were no major incidents, just a few relatively minor tumbles.
Steve Vernon of Stockport Harriers romped home in first place, over 5 minutes in front of the second-place finisher, and Lauren McNeil of Pennine Fell Runners was the first woman. Well done Steve and Lauren.
Over twenty prizes were awarded to individual runners, together with one for the muddiest tumble in the race which was awarded to Lisa Ashwood of Disley Runners. The team prize went to Stockport Harriers and the Ladies team prize to Pennine. The Mountain Rescue Team prize was won back from Woodhead by Glossop Mountain Rescue Team – always a hotly-contested challenge.
Kinder Mountain Rescue Team’s chairman was starting to present the prizes when he was interrupted by a text message; the formal “stand-down” for the team from the Toddbrook incident – a fitting end to both a trying week for the local community and a wonderful race event. Thanks from the team to all the racers and particularly to the many friends and family that helped to organise and marshal the event.
See you next year…
| Pos | First name | Surame | Cat | Club | Time |
| 1 | Steve | Vernon | M | Stockport Harriers & AC | 00:41:07 |
| 2 | Malcolm | Johnson | M40 | Stockport Harriers & AC | 00:46:24 |
| 3 | Mark | Burton | M45 | Calder Valley FR | 00:46:29 |
| 4 | Nathanael | Booker | M | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 00:46:40 |
| 5 | Tim | Budd | M | Glossopdale Harriers | 00:47:12 |
| 6 | Jason | Brunnock | M | Buxton & District AC | 00:47:42 |
| 7 | Jack | Redvers Harris | M | Pennine FR | 00:47:48 |
| 8 | James | Stubbs | M | Pennine FR | 00:47:49 |
| 9 | Jack | Foxall | M40 | Dark Peak FR | 00:47:53 |
| 10 | Damian | Kilpin | M40 | Penistone Footpath Runners & AC | 00:49:14 |
| 11 | Luke | Cook | M | Pennine FR | 00:49:15 |
| 12 | Fraser | Macdonald Oulds | M | Chorlton Runners | 00:49:41 |
| 13 | Jacob | Winfield | M | Buxton & District AC | 00:50:39 |
| 14 | Andrew | Campbell | M | Pennine FR | 00:50:54 |
| 15 | Mark | Burley | M | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 00:51:04 |
| 16 | Ben | Martin | M | Dark Peak FR | 00:51:05 |
| 17 | Duncan | Hill | M45 | Sale Harriers Manchester | 00:51:08 |
| 18 | Chris | Bentley | M | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 00:51:11 |
| 19 | Paul | Skuse | M40 | Glossopdale Harriers | 00:51:27 |
| 20 | Allen | Bunyan | M | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 00:51:32 |
| 21 | Tom | Bush | M | Pennine FR | 00:51:33 |
| 22 | Tom | Peers | M | Stockport Harriers & AC | 00:52:10 |
| 23 | Mark | Pursell | M40 | Pennine FR | 00:52:23 |
| 24 | Ben | Snell | M | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 00:52:35 |
| 25 | Richard | Hudson | M40 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 00:52:56 |
| 26 | Richard | Kendall | M | Unattached | 00:53:15 |
| 27 | Jack | Swindells | M | Dark Peak FR | 00:53:21 |
| 28 | Christopher | Leigh | M45 | Trafford AC | 00:53:35 |
| 29 | Mike | Hill | M50 | Wilmslow RC | 00:53:48 |
| 30 | Paul | Freeman | M | Unattached | 00:53:50 |
| 31 | Cristian | Harrison | M45 | Glossopdale Harriers | 00:53:54 |
| 32 | Julien | Minshull | M55 | Unattached | 00:54:33 |
| 33 | Mark | Harrison | M | Unattached | 00:54:35 |
| 34 | Tim | Oliver | M50 | Pennine FR | 00:54:39 |
| 35 | Andy | Roberts | M50 | Congleton Harriers & AC | 00:54:47 |
| 36 | Rob | Williams | M40 | Unattached | 00:55:04 |
| 37 | Ian | Fraser | M50 | East Cheshire Harriers | 00:55:07 |
| 38 | Mark | Davenport | M | Glossopdale Harriers | 00:55:11 |
| 39 | Lauren | McNeil | F | Unattached | 00:55:29 |
| 40 | Shaun | Jackson | M45 | Altrincham & District AC | 00:55:30 |
| 41 | James | Hobson | M | Goyt Valley Striders | 00:55:38 |
| 42 | Phillip | Hutchinson | M | Unattached | 00:55:41 |
| 43 | Colin | Haughton | M45 | Pennine FR | 00:55:50 |
| 44 | Alannah | Birtwistle | F | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 00:55:51 |
| 45 | Eleanor | Johnstone | F | Pennine FR | 00:56:03 |
| 46 | Martin | Lundy | M55 | Marple Runners | 00:56:20 |
| 47 | James | Dean | M45 | Unattached | 00:57:10 |
| 48 | William | Mather | M | Glossopdale Harriers | 00:57:11 |
| 49 | Andrew | Fox | M60 | Glossopdale Harriers | 00:57:19 |
| 50 | Richard | White | M45 | Glossopdale Harriers | 00:57:21 |
| 51 | Phil | Greenough | M40 | Unattached | 00:57:28 |
| 52 | Dan | Collins | M | Pennine FR | 00:57:43 |
| 53 | Simon | Freytag | M40 | Unattached | 00:57:46 |
| 54 | Jim | Trueman | M50 | Pennine FR | 00:57:48 |
| 55 | Simon | Reeves | M40 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 00:57:54 |
| 56 | Chris | Gregory | M45 | Unattached | 00:57:59 |
| 57 | Lars | Bevanger | M45 | Marple Runners | 00:58:01 |
| 58 | Michael | Jones | M | Goodgym | 00:58:02 |
| 59 | Matthew | Pink | M45 | Pennine FR | 00:58:12 |
| 60 | Nick | Syrett | M40 | Chorlton Runners | 00:58:27 |
| 61 | David | Clarke | M60 | Unattached | 00:58:36 |
| 62 | Ingrid | Storm | F | Chorlton Runners | 00:58:41 |
| 63 | John | Peel | M | Pennine FR | 00:59:09 |
| 64 | Steve | Swallow | M50 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 00:59:10 |
| 65 | Duncan | Robb | M | North Derbyshire RC | 00:59:13 |
| 66 | Oliver | Cook | M50 | Long Eaton RC | 00:59:18 |
| 67 | Luke | Holme | M | Glossopdale Harriers | 00:59:34 |
| 68 | Steven | Pepper | M | Unattached | 00:59:36 |
| 69 | Claire | Aspinall | F40 | Pennine FR | 01:00:06 |
| 70 | Michael | Howarth | M | Unattached | 01:00:08 |
| 71 | David | Ahearn | M | Pennine FR | 01:00:14 |
| 72 | Colin | Hines | M | Chorlton Runners | 01:00:21 |
| 73 | Tom | Young | M | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:00:24 |
| 74 | Oscar | Trevena | M | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 01:00:26 |
| 75 | Alan | Renfree | M60 | Unattached | 01:00:29 |
| 76 | Paul | Barton | M40 | Unattached | 01:00:31 |
| 77 | Simon | Rippon | M55 | Dark Peak FR | 01:00:35 |
| 78 | Elliot | Newsam | M | Unattached | 01:00:40 |
| 79 | Alan | Clark | M | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:00:43 |
| 80 | Joanne | Ellis | F40 | Pennine FR | 01:00:47 |
| 81 | Johnathan | Gee | M | Unattached | 01:00:58 |
| 82 | Cecilia | Cole | F | Unattached | 01:00:59 |
| 83 | Neil | Colquhoun | M | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:01:12 |
| 84 | Andy | Paisley | M45 | Belper Harriers | 01:01:19 |
| 85 | Robert | Taylor | M70 | Pennine FR | 01:01:21 |
| 86 | Saul | Gallagher | M50 | East Cheshire Harriers | 01:01:29 |
| 87 | Richard | Monksmith | M40 | Delamere Spartans | 01:01:43 |
| 88 | Kathleen | O’Donnell | F40 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 01:01:51 |
| 89 | Bertie | Gallagher | M45 | Unattached | 01:01:58 |
| 90 | James | Grayson | M | Unattached | 01:02:00 |
| 91 | Andrew | Oldham | M | Unattached | 01:02:03 |
| 92 | Imogen | Jones | F | Pennine FR | 01:02:18 |
| 93 | Connor | Lomax | M45 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:02:31 |
| 94 | Eddy | Webb | M45 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:02:32 |
| 95 | Rachel | Evatt | F | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:02:39 |
| 96 | Tim | Ruck | M40 | Pennine FR | 01:03:10 |
| 97 | Wayne | Grant | M40 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:03:16 |
| 98 | Joe | Travis | M | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:03:18 |
| 99 | Harsharn | Gill | M40 | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:03:19 |
| 100 | David | Dyer | M45 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 01:03:38 |
| 101 | Mark | Day | M45 | Marple Runners | 01:04:09 |
| 102 | Jon | Tatham | M45 | Unattached | 01:04:16 |
| 103 | Clare | Griffin | F45 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 01:04:22 |
| 104 | Zoe | Barton | F40 | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:04:25 |
| 105 | Nick | Heaten | M45 | Bramhall Runners | 01:04:26 |
| 106 | John | Moore | M55 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:04:27 |
| 107 | Fiona | Johnson | F40 | Stockport Harriers & AC | 01:04:59 |
| 108 | Jane | Mellor | F50 | Pennine FR | 01:05:13 |
| 109 | Christopher | Gillot | M50 | Wirksworth RC | 01:05:19 |
| 110 | Patrick | Garland | M55 | Unattached | 01:05:22 |
| 111 | Graham | Barnes | M60 | Unattached | 01:05:23 |
| 112 | Alan | Brentnall | M70 | Pennine FR | 01:05:40 |
| 113 | Matt | Benzer | M | Unattached | 01:06:09 |
| 114 | Alistair | Cairns | M40 | Lostock AC | 01:06:24 |
| 115 | Brian | Holland | M60 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:06:27 |
| 116 | Ian | Sharpe | M45 | Chorlton Runners | 01:06:35 |
| 117 | Mark | Pearce | M50 | Dark Peak FR | 01:06:48 |
| 118 | Carl | Barton | M45 | Disley Runners | 01:06:50 |
| 119 | Mark | Whelan | M50 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:06:52 |
| 120 | Alan | Bocking | M65 | Cheshire Hill Racers | 01:06:56 |
| 121 | Francis | Wooff | M55 | Chorlton Runners | 01:06:59 |
| 122 | Emma | Gerrard | F | Pennine FR | 01:07:05 |
| 123 | Matthew | Day | M40 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:07:08 |
| 124 | Rebecca | Brimage | F40 | Stockport Harriers & AC | 01:07:11 |
| 125 | Sarah | Walch | F | Penistone Footpath Runners & AC | 01:07:14 |
| 126 | Paul | Fryers | M50 | Penistone Footpath Runners & AC | 01:07:15 |
| 127 | Zulman | Edmondson | F40 | Chorlton Runners | 01:07:17 |
| 128 | Martin | Rands | M55 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 01:07:18 |
| 129 | Barry | Blyth | M70 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 01:07:36 |
| 130 | Melanie | Williamson | F40 | Chorlton Runners | 01:07:46 |
| 131 | Stuart | Reece | M | Unattached | 01:07:59 |
| 132 | Julie | Gardner | F55 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 01:08:05 |
| 133 | Michelle | Stevens | F40 | Congleton Harriers & AC | 01:08:16 |
| 134 | Nicholas | Drinkall | M | Chorlton Runners | 01:08:20 |
| 135 | Tim | Horrocks | M50 | Pennine FR | 01:08:29 |
| 136 | Tim | Blackwell | M45 | Chorlton Runners | 01:08:40 |
| 137 | Joe | Bowker | M | Unattached | 01:08:41 |
| 138 | Gordon | Sharp | M65 | Unattached | 01:08:42 |
| 139 | Benjamin John | Clarke | M | Unattached | 01:08:43 |
| 140 | Matt | Broadhead | M40 | Steel City Striders RC | 01:08:53 |
| 141 | Nicole | Grobben | F50 | Pennine FR | 01:08:59 |
| 142 | Paul | Rowland | M60 | Pennine FR | 01:09:02 |
| 143 | Paul | Hempstock | M40 | Chorlton Runners | 01:09:05 |
| 144 | Angela | Leonard | F55 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 01:09:44 |
| 145 | James | Taylor | M40 | Disley Runners | 01:09:47 |
| 146 | Alice | Willson | F | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:09:59 |
| 147 | Nick | Ham | M55 | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:10:13 |
| 148 | Ellen | Wilson | F | Unattached | 01:10:18 |
| 149 | Roy | Whittle | M40 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:10:36 |
| 150 | Jeremy | Woodham | M45 | Marple Runners | 01:10:37 |
| 151 | Dan | Hird | M55 | Unattached | 01:10:38 |
| 152 | Paul | Hills | M60 | Pennine FR | 01:10:41 |
| 153 | Paul | Neal | M50 | Hyde Running Community | 01:10:42 |
| 154 | Brien | Bennett | M40 | Unattached | 01:10:50 |
| 155 | Troy | Wilson | M45 | FRA | 01:10:57 |
| 156 | Max | Silver | M | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:11:02 |
| 157 | Rachel | Walton | F40 | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:11:04 |
| 158 | Lorraine | Pang | F | Chorlton Runners | 01:11:05 |
| 159 | Rob | Hawksley | M55 | Pennine FR | 01:11:07 |
| 160 | Terry | Crowther | M40 | Chorlton Runners | 01:11:09 |
| 161 | Trevor | Longman | M65 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 01:11:10 |
| 162 | James | Grayson | M40 | Unattached | 01:11:16 |
| 163 | Celine | Pagnier | F40 | Goodgym | 01:11:19 |
| 164 | Richard | Mellor | M50 | Unattached | 01:11:37 |
| 165 | Jennifer | Benzer | F40 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:11:38 |
| 166 | Joanne | Holden | F40 | Unattached | 01:11:42 |
| 167 | Adam | Dunning | M | Unattached | 01:11:52 |
| 168 | Darren | Wallis | M50 | Unattached | 01:12:28 |
| 169 | Robert | Bedford | M | Congleton Harriers & AC | 01:12:29 |
| 170 | Richard | Rule | M50 | Springfield Striders RC | 01:12:37 |
| 171 | Thomas | Callaghan | M45 | Marple Runners | 01:13:04 |
| 172 | Emma | Cameron | F | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:13:41 |
| 173 | Richard | Scottney | M65 | Pennine FR | 01:13:45 |
| 174 | Vikki | Murphy | F45 | Bramhall Runners | 01:13:53 |
| 175 | Andy | Butler | M | Unattached | 01:13:55 |
| 176 | Samantha | Hartley | F | Chorlton Runners | 01:14:03 |
| 177 | John | Stephenson | M60 | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:14:04 |
| 178 | Helen | Wright | F | Penistone Footpath Runners & AC | 01:14:11 |
| 179 | Lizzie | Rawson | F | Fatboys RC | 01:14:36 |
| 180 | Wioleta | Wydrych | F | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:16:09 |
| 181 | Helen | Gray | F50 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:16:32 |
| 182 | Lisa | Ashwood | F45 | Disley Runners | 01:16:36 |
| 183 | Graham | Johnson | M40 | Unattached | 01:16:36 |
| 184 | Julia | King | F40 | Unattached | 01:17:33 |
| 185 | Victoria | Pearson | F | Unattached | 01:17:34 |
| 186 | Paul | Adams | M55 | Chorlton Runners | 01:17:50 |
| 187 | Brent | Lindsay | M55 | Penistone Footpath Runners & AC | 01:18:09 |
| 188 | Alwyn | Mulryne | M50 | Disley Runners | 01:18:11 |
| 189 | Julie | Darigala | F45 | Penistone Footpath Runners & AC | 01:18:18 |
| 190 | Will | Meredith | M45 | Pennine FR | 01:18:29 |
| 191 | Chris | Horsfall | M60 | Handsworth Roadhogs | 01:18:42 |
| 192 | Richard | Broadhead | M50 | Ashbourne Triathletes | 01:18:50 |
| 193 | Ross | Kennedy | M40 | Unattached | 01:18:51 |
| 194 | Alison | Brentnall | F65 | Pennine FR | 01:19:12 |
| 195 | Jeanette | Leston-Jones | F45 | Unattached | 01:19:48 |
| 196 | Moira | Hunt | F60 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:20:47 |
| 197 | Paul | Hunt | M55 | Goyt Valley Striders | 01:20:50 |
| 198 | Neil | McGraw | M45 | Glossopdale Harriers | 01:22:04 |
| 199 | Laura | Ahearn | F | Marple Runners | 01:22:16 |
| 200 | Neil | Roberts | M45 | Disley Runners | 01:22:19 |
| 201 | Jo | Bowen | F45 | Pennine FR | 01:23:29 |
| 202 | Paul | Dale | M65 | Unattached | 01:24:19 |
| 203 | Hannah | Ahle | F | Chorlton Runners | 01:27:01 |
| 204 | Aiden | Spencer | M45 | Chorlton Runners | 01:27:03 |
| 205 | Nancy | Bunyan | F50 | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | 01:27:40 |
| 206 | Simon | Mason | M | Unattached | 01:32:46 |
