Learning How to Fell Race at Ilkley Moor

“Text me when you’ve finished, so I know you’ve not had a heart attack,” says my mum, as I give her a call and mention my plans for Sunday afternoon. On the face of it, I can see why running a fell race seems like a really odd – and potentially heart-wrecking – way to...

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Last week, we were delighted to host Emma Beddington on her first ever fell run. She is filling in for Rhik Samadder’s series for the Guardian on trying new experiences: Emma’s were fell running and swordfighting (yes, yes, not together). So she turned up...

Kettlewell : A marshal’s eye-view

I have been training for marshalling for a few years now; standing around and staring into the distance is something I am particularly good at. I can also clap and say “well done” a lot. Marshalling duties started with meeting the ‘Kettlewell Anniversary Advanced...

Ingleborough Mountain Race

I once ran a 20K race in India, when Delhi was in the middle of a heatwave. A heatwave in the UK is high 20s to 30C. In Delhi it was 50C. So the race started at 5am, and even then it was stunningly hot. I survived though I can’t quite remember how. I do remember the...

Kettlewell Anniversary Fell Race 2021

After having a year off official racing, the time had finally arrived to make my legs burn. The last time I ran Kettlewell Anniversary Fell Race was pre-Covid in 2019. I don’t have the fondest of memories of it. They were mainly “oh dear, this hill is longer than I...

Ultra: Race to the King

In 2019 as I approached the next decade I decided it was time to do something a little different.  Most people, I guess, would not choose to run 54 miles across the South Downs Way, but I did. I entered the Race to the King, so named because it ends “on the...

Kettlewell Results (2021)

Provisional Full results including category positions etc by the end of the weekend. Errors to training@nlfr.co.uk KettlewellProvisional2021Download
Kettlewell Pre-Race Briefing for Runners

Kettlewell Pre-Race Briefing for Runners

We are excited to be welcoming you all to Kettlewell on Thursday. Please take a few minutes to familiarise yourself with the pre-race briefing before arriving. We’ll all need to adapt out usual routine slightly to ensure the COVID measures are adhered to so...

Bradford Millennium Way Relay

June 13, 2021 Five legs, 47 ¼ miles, 6300 feet of climb A relay and an actual race. How exciting. We were delighted to dig out our race vests and buffs to take part in the Bradford Millennium Way Relay, organized by Saltaire Striders. It starts and ends in Bingley,...
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