Keswick athlete Sam Stead won his first Skiddaw race on Sunday, beating off stiff competition in a 136-strong field.

Runners set off from Fitz Park in Keswick for a true test of fitness, to run up and down Skiddaw

And Stead, of host club Keswick AC, took his first win at this event in 1:10.18.

Morgan Donnelly, of Borrowdale Fell Runners, came second in 1:10.51 (also first MV40). Third was Garry Greenhow, of Ambleside, in 1.11.35 and first MV50 went to Rick Stuart, of Helm Hill, in 1.21.59.

Catherine Spurden, of Keswick AC, brought the women home in 1.23.21, with Sophie Noon, of Derwent AC, second in 1.27.18.

Third was Catherine Slater of Helm Hill in 1.28.28 while first FV40 went to Kerry Cornforth of Borrowdale Fell Runners in 1.33.38 and first FV50 to Jo Wilcox of Helm Hill Runners in 1.46.10.

The ladies and men's team awards went to Helm Hill.

There were many other Keswick runners, including Lesley Malarkey, who was first FV60, squeezing Skiddaw into a busy schedule of long Lakeland Classic races.

Seven inov-8 competition winners from several different countries, also took part in the historic Skiddaw Race as part of a week-long programme of talks, workshops, and running sessions, hosted by Kendal-based company inov-8.

The night before the race, the inov-8 runners enjoyed a Q&A session at King Kong Adventure with Kenny Stuart, the famous Skiddaw Race record holder, whose time of 1.02.18, set in 1984, still stands today.

Organisers thanked King Kong Adventure for providing prizes and race numbers, and to inov-8 for spot prizes and banners.

Thanks also went to all the marshals and helpers.