by Rose | Nov 21, 2019 | Members' posts, Race Report, Results
Lisa Rudkin and I competed in the Penmaenmawr fell race in North Wales on Saturday 16th November as an alternative to the Tour of Pendle back in Lancashire. We stayed over the night before with Lisa’s mum who lives in Penmaenmawr. She made sure we were fuelled...
by Rose | Sep 11, 2019 | Members' posts, News, Race Report
Saturday 7th September 2019 The Bob Graham Round, as all fell runners know, is steeped in legend by the vast history of attempts from running legends like Billy Bland, Joss Naylor, Rob Jebb, Nicky Spinks, Jasmin Paris, and Kilian Jornet, and the list goes on! Like...
by Rose | Aug 30, 2019 | Members' posts, Mountain Rescue, News
Having recently experienced two incidents in the fells, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to remind myself, and everyone else, of the respect we need to give to the mountains and high fells, and the importance of what we need to carry and how to prepare ourselves for all...
by Rose | Aug 21, 2019 | Members' posts
Whilst the old adage “you can’t out-train a bad diet” is undeniably (and sadly!) correct, it’s also true that you cannot starve yourself of sleep and hope to put in a good turn when racing. Having enjoyed recce-ing Calderdale Way for a couple of years, I was greatly...
by Rose | Aug 13, 2019 | Members' posts, Race Report
Saturday 10/08/2019 This brilliant round starts and finishes at the doors of the George Fisher shop in Keswick. It takes in all the tops that can be seen from Abraham’s café window, which sits above the shop, and amounts to 30 miles and 11,000ft of ascent. The tops...
by Rose | Jul 26, 2019 | Members' posts, News, Race Report
This was the inaugural Ilkley Half Marathon, held on 14th July. It was my first road half marathon, with the added spice of my eldest son also running it. Obviously no familial competitiveness there! Training had not been as intended when I registered last year, as I...
