by Rose | Jul 1, 2023 | Big Rounds, Members' posts, News, Paddy Buckley, Race Report, Ultra
INTRODUCTION A couple of weeks after my Paddy Buckley Round on 10th/11th June 2023, I’m feeling alright – a little tired and in the midst of that, really pleased. What a brilliant feeling, I’ve done it! I moved through and over 47 copaon/peaks in Eryri/Snowdonia with...
by Rose | Apr 14, 2023 | Members' posts, News, Race Report
It’s a balmy easter bank holiday weekend in Wardle village, and the R.O. has just done about his fifth lap of the square encouraging all runners to drink plenty of water (the dangers of heat exposure are real, folks, he’s seen it before on this race, etc,...
by Rose | Mar 13, 2023 | Members' posts, Race Report, Ultra
What? The Spine Challenger is a 108-mile ultramarathon along the Pennine way in the glorious month of January. It starts in Edale in Derbyshire and finishes in Hawes in North Yorkshire. It is a self-sufficient race with only one official aid station in Hebden Bridge...
by Rose | Feb 7, 2023 | Members' posts
Love, what does it mean? For me it is many things. Relationships, family, friends, but the passions that have engulfed me are almost as powerful as the obvious ones. For me, the love of the great outdoors is overwhelming. The changing seasons, the lush green moss,...
by Rose | Dec 13, 2022 | Members' posts, News, Race Report, Results
9am and I’m woken by Ollie knocking on the door. I’m still in my pyjamas and still in bed. I’ve been snoozing the alarm since 8.30, desperately grasping for the last remnants of sleep, all the while wondering why the hell I’d signed up for a fell race the morning...
by Rose | Dec 2, 2022 | BGR, Members' posts, News
It started with a handful of club runners, then slowly but surely, the word spread, a Whatsapp group was created and a few months later 24 fresh legs stood at the bottom of Dunmail Raise ready for a three-day Bob Graham Round. The Bob Graham Round (BGR) is a renowned...
