Hall improves Pennine Way FKT by over three hours, while Pascall becomes fastest female to complete the Bob Graham Round

Two more ultra running records were broken in the UK on Friday as Damian Hall improved the recently-set Pennine Way fastest known time (FKT) by more than three hours and Beth Pascall clocked a women’s record for the Bob Graham Round.

Just eight days after US ultra runner John Kelly completed the 268-mile Pennine Way route in two days, 16 hours and 46 minutes, Hall achieved the feat in a time three hours quicker – two days, 13 hours and 34 minutes.

Before Kelly’s achievement, the record of two days, 17 hours and 20 minutes set by Mike Hartley had stood for 31 years.

Hall completed the route from north to south, leaving Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders on Wednesday morning and arriving at Edale in the Peak District on Friday evening.

The GB international achieved it while litter picking on the route, collecting rubbish along with his 11 teams of pacers and handing it to support teams at road crossing meet-up points.

Kelly had taken on the trail from south to north.

inov-8 athlete Hall was fundraising for Greenpeace UK here and his tracking map can be found here.

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Meanwhile ultra runner and doctor Pascall was tackling the 66-mile and 42-peak Bob Graham Round in the Lake District and clocked 14:34 for a women’s FKT to improve on the 15:24 which had been set by Jasmin Paris in 2016.

Not only is it a women’s record but it is the fifth-fastest ever time, with Kilian Jornet currently quickest overall with his 12:52 achieved in 2018.

A joy and privilege to support @BethPascall yesterday. Running 14.34 for the Bob Graham Round record is just incredible. 5th fastest time ever run ??????? #BGR #record pic.twitter.com/MiXGTbZm82

— Kim Collison (@CollisonKim) July 25, 2020

Both Hall and Pascall were supported for part of their journey by Kim Collison who himself recently broke the Lakeland 24-hour record.