by Rose | Jan 24, 2018 | News, Race Report
Peco Race 4 Middleton Park 21 January 2018 On a snowy January Sunday morning I made my way to Middleton Park for the 4th race in the PECO XC series with fellow NLFRs Matt John and Ian Furlong. Â With the club not being part of this series, Matt was running as a guest...
by Rose | Jan 15, 2018 | News, Race Report
14 January 2018, 1200ft (BM) This was a strange race this year as it was the first one not organised by Dave / Eileen Woodhead aka Woodentops. It was first hosted in June 1984 apparently.  However, the registration was as efficient as ever, the race start was the...
by Rose | Dec 18, 2017 | Race Report
I’ve not run a fell race since June, due to focussing on the Dublin Marathon. So it was great to get back out on the moors. I drove over with Jenny Cooper and a friend from Pudsey Pacers. The forecast wasn’t great and on arrival the sheet ice on the car park gave an...
by Rose | Dec 18, 2017 | Race Report
For the Gathering Winter Fools relay, organised by Keighley & Craven, we fielded a women’s team. The weather was cold: sun overhead and ice underfoot. Leg 1 runners Sharon and Cat set off carrying Ruby the Reindeer baton. They beat the cut-offs, but Ruby the...
by IanF | Dec 11, 2017 | Race Report
Great Sunday spent running and cycling around the Lake District. I’m not going to write too much, the photos are far more impressive than any words I could contribute. Some please enjoy the small selection of the spectacular photos taken by excellent event...
by Rose | Nov 29, 2017 | News, Race Report
I like Tour of Pendle. I like Pendle Hill. This may seem odd, given the conditions of last year’s ToP. But I do like it, and I wanted to do well on it. I began training over two months ago, using, as usual, a bespoke training plan designed by FRB (Fell Running...
by Rose | Nov 29, 2017 | News, Results
Well done to all our runners on this year’s Tour of Pendle. We had eight entries, and all did brilliantly. did brilliantly. Phil Livermore came 22nd, and Ann Hall came second W55. Maybe Phil’s placing was due to him finding the right stream to drink from?...
by Rose | Nov 3, 2017 | News, Race Report
For anyone not in the know, the OMM is a two-day mountain navigation race. Pairs have to remain self-sufficient  throughout the event, carrying tent, food, spare clothing etc. There are about seven classes, and as I was partnered with a friend from my Hampshire Scout...
by Rose | Oct 30, 2017 | News, Race Report
I had an interesting and surprisingly satisfying run today at my second Really Wild Boar Fell race (5 miles/1401ft) near the hamlet of Street off the A683 Kirkby Stephen/Sedbergh road. There was a lot of clag and it was very windy on the tops which led to a few...
by Rose | Oct 24, 2017 | News, Race Report
After getting lost on Ilkley Moor a couple of weeks previously when I was actually the tailrunner/ sweeper at the Rombalds Romp, it was no great surprise that I approached this event with fear and trepidation! As it turned out I had nothing to worry about, as we were...
