by Guest Contributor | 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 Guest Contributor | 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 Guest Contributor | 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 Guest Contributor | 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...
by Guest Contributor | 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 Guest Contributor | 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...
