by Rose | Dec 13, 2021 | Members' posts, Photo Gallery
21 miles, 3731 feet. Caroline left a comment on Strava: “rock up and do 20 miles, why don’t you?” She was right. It can’t be anything other than rocking up when I didn’t get an entry until the Tuesday before the race on Saturday. Inadequate training is now a theme...
by Rose | Nov 16, 2021 | Members' posts, Race Report
Sunday 24th October 2021. I ran this race for old time’s sake last month. The Abbey Dash was founded by Abbey Runners and more specifically Colin and Hetta Morath. Hetta has remained an inspiration to female runners and continued racing into her 70s. Colin very...
by Rose | Nov 11, 2021 | Members' posts, Race Report, Results
Kong Winter Fell Race Series 5.6 miles, 1130 ft. Registration for the first race of the series was held in a barn nestled under Bram Crags at the foot of Great Dodd. It was early November, very wet and very windy, with heavy clouds just touching the top of High Rigg...
by Rose | Oct 24, 2021 | Members' posts, Race Report
Whilst the majority of my club members were loyally scampering up the hills for the British Fell Relays on Saturday, I was committed to running the Cheshire 10K. I chose this race due a combination of factors: running in my birth county, trying a new race and a...
by Rose | Oct 13, 2021 | Members' posts, Race Report
Perched on the moors above Haworth sits the forlorn Top Withens. Not much remains of this ruined farmhouse, standing as it does roofless and windowless, its grey stones dour and lifeless, long since abandoned. But the hum of visitors and well-trodden paths that lead...
by Rose | Oct 6, 2021 | Members' posts, Race Report
5th September, 2021 AM: 8 miles, 450m This was the first year this race was run and I was curious to try a new cat-A race an hour’s drive away in the Peak District. On paper it looked a straight forward lollipop-shaped course mainly following the Pennine Way with a...
