by Rose | Nov 21, 2022 | Members' posts, News, Race Report
To be able to do the Three Peaks Fell Race, runners have to finish two qualifier races. So this time last year I started hunting down qualifier races and used them for training and to see if I was ‘ard enough for the actual event. Jumping in at the deep end, I chose...
by Rose | Nov 21, 2022 | Members' posts, Race Report, Results
Bingley, 19/11/22 This event is a competition between runners and cyclists with (usually) the first 10 in each category to score. The winning team holds the Fisherman Trophy for one year. The trophy is named after The Fisherman Inn from where the race starts and where...
by Rose | Oct 24, 2022 | Members' posts, Race Report
Earlier this year I received a message out of the blue asking if I wanted to join a team heading to Lesotho for a 5-day, non-stop adventure race. The fact that I’d never heard of the country made me all the more curious to join the team. So despite the facts that a)...
by Rose | Oct 18, 2022 | Members' posts, Photo Gallery, Race Report, Results
Broughton Heights, Scottish Borders What a spectacular weekend at the fell relays. Firstly a huge thanks to our team captains Emma Lane and Ollie Roberts for getting the teams together and dealing with all the red tape. A special thanks to Emma whose team, due to the...
by Rose | Apr 26, 2022 | Members' posts, Race Report
April 23rd, 2022 Having recced this one and raced it in the past I was quite confident of the route and hazards. Caroline, Niamh amd I were only there a couple of weeks before so I had got my bearings and knew it would be tough. The long track and road section at the...
by Rose | Mar 1, 2022 | Members' posts, News
For the past two weeks I have been on strike in support of the University and College Union industrial action over cuts to pensions, pay cuts, casualisation, equality pay gaps and unsafe workloads. This post isn’t about the strike but the role running has had in this...