by Guest Contributor | Feb 21, 2018 | News, Race Report
Sunday 18th February A surprisingly pleasant February morning saw me rock up in Ilkley for the race. My race diary (yes, sad I know!) tells me this is the 13th time since 1998 I have entered it. Nothing much changes, an absolute mud-bath of a course. The first mile up...
by Guest Contributor | Feb 14, 2018 | News, Race Report
A very wet and windy affair at Windy Hill Fell Race I decided to cross the border into the Greater Manchester/Lancashire area to do this category B Medium fell race 9 miles/1281 ft. I fancied a change from the Dales and the Lakes and I didn’t encounter any...
by Guest Contributor | Feb 5, 2018 | News, Results
We had four runners complete the Rombald Stride on Saturday February 4. Congratulations to Phil Livermore, who won it with a magnificent time of 2:58. In any conditions that would be a superb result, but even more so given pretty constantly falling snow and very...
by IanF | Feb 2, 2018 | Race Report
This event has been on my radar for a few years now, after having failed to make the start line a few years ago due to injury, and it’s taken me about 18 months post hip surgery to be confident enough to take something like this on. It’s been fascinating to hear...
by Guest Contributor | Jan 29, 2018 | News, Race Report
Trigger: Sunday 14th January Wow, what a race! It’s an epic. A whole sheet of an OS map! And a race for the older person: more than 60% of runners were over 40. Place names like Pudding Real Moss, Soldiers Lump, Shining Clough Moss, Old Woman, Wool Pack, Fox Holes to...
by Guest Contributor | 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 Guest Contributor | 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 Guest Contributor | 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 Guest Contributor | 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...
