Mudlarking in the Alps


Morgan Williams started fell running in 1984 from a mountaineering background and completed the Bob Graham Round (see last Newsletter) in 1985 as a member of Ambleside AC. After many years away from runnng devoted to career and family he joined IH in 2002, clicking back into long distance racing in 2008. This year he entered the Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) race, 100k with 6,000 metres climb on 27 August, raising funds for Yorkshire Cancer Research.


he weather forecast for race day (Friday and Saturday) wasn’t great; localised storms and strong westerly winds, so I knew I was in for a treat, but at least the heat I had been fearing would likely be absent.


T Running through the storm early in the race. 20


As the 2,000 of us packed the centre of Courmayeur in Italy ready to start at 10.00 am, the weather did just what was forecast and at 9.45 am on the dot the heavens opened and we all suffered through the initial powerful bursts of a huge alpine thunderstorm. To set off with huge peals of thunder mixed in with Vangelis’ Conquest


ILKLEY HARRIERS NEWSLETTER • SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2010


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