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Steve Chilton is a committed runner and qualified athletics coach with considerable experience of fell running and a marathon personal best of 2-34-53. He is a long-time member of the Fell Runners Association (FRA). In a long running career he has run in many of the classic fell races, as well as mountain marathons and has also completed the Cuillin Traverse. He worked for 42 years at Middlesex University where he was Lead Academic Developer.

Steve's work has been published extensively, particularly in his roles as Chair of the Society of Cartographers and Chair of the ICA Commission in Neocartography. He is heavily involved in the OpenStreetMap project (osm.org), having co-authored OpenStreetMap:Using and Enhancing the Free Map of the World
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Borrowdale fell race data

There was not enough space in the article on the Borrowdale race record in Cumbria magazine (which can be read here) to include any data. Two tables are reproduced here, which list the top 10 best times ever run at the tough Borrowdale race, and the six races that Billy Bland won in a three week period that led up to him setting the Borrowdale record.

Notes: these were all set over 18 years, an

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