by Guest Contributor | 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 Guest Contributor | 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 Guest Contributor | 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 Guest Contributor | 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...
by Guest Contributor | Jul 26, 2019 | News, Race Report
I have been wanting to run the Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon for a few years now, but due to summer holidays and work commitments I have never been able to fit it in. So this year I booked on early, and I also managed to persuade my friend Josh to take part in...
by Guest Contributor | Jun 25, 2019 | Members' posts, News
The Pennine Way extends 268 miles from Edale, in the Peak District, through the Yorkshire Dales and the Northumberland National Park, ending at Kirk Yetholm, just before the Scottish border. On 6th June, in a day’s window of sunshine, we decided to do the first two...
by Guest Contributor | Jun 21, 2019 | News, Photo Gallery, Race Report
Corsica, whilst strictly a French département, is actually a fiercely independent island, closer to Italy than to France, a few miles north of Sardinia. Wild, mountainous, great beaches, potent cheese and improving wines. It has not been the easiest place to visit in...
by Guest Contributor | Jun 17, 2019 | News, Race Report
8.7 miles, 3494 feet The Old Man of Coniston was the first ever Munro I remember walking up with my parents. This is despite the fact that it is neither a) above 3000ft, or b) in Scotland. Having grown up North of the border, with parents who would occasionally drag...
by Guest Contributor | Jun 17, 2019 | News, Race Report
3.6 miles, 591 feet Lothersdale has all the makings of a great mid-week fell race. It’s short and steep, costs £3, and you get a bottle of beer, a feat which not only seems to defy the laws of economics but also firmly hoists the flag of virtues that I associate with...
by IanF | Jun 7, 2019 | Uncategorised
Apologies for the delay in publishing the results. We had some issues with the timing device and despite considerable effort to retrieve the results involving many random computer cables, they seem to have vanished. Mike has spent a number of hours trawling through...
