by Rose | Feb 5, 2025 | Lakeland, Members' posts, Reports, Resilience
On 6th December 2024, I packed up the van and headed to Northumberland with Pippin and Will in tow. Notifications kept pinging through from the NLFR 2024 Whatsapp chat. Will relayed these to me with a chuckle. “Wild Boar fell race is cancelled on grounds of safety and...
by Guest Contributor | Aug 27, 2024 | Gala races, Members' posts, Race Report
Tuesday 20 August, 5 miles (ish), 801 feet (exactly) Every summer, three Ward generations (myself, my Dad and my son) retreat to the Lake District and spend a few days together in Dad’s motorhome. This year we also convinced my brother to extract himself from the...
by DaveM | Jul 16, 2024 | Members' posts, News, Race Report, Results
13 July 2024 Normally to merit a write-up on here you need to have completed some epic Category A fell race or ultra, reliving your day with the following likely sequence: weeks of training – meticulous on-the-day preparation – step-by-step details of each challenging...
by Guest Contributor | Jun 3, 2024 | Members' posts, News, Race Report, Scotland
25th May 2024 Seven summits, 2370m of climbing, 28km and only 250 places. When I first heard about the Isle of Jura Fell Race a few years ago, I regarded it very much as one of those races for people who knew what they were doing. At that stage, I wasn’t one of them....
by Guest Contributor | May 27, 2024 | Lakeland, Members' posts, Race Report
Inspired by nostalgic memories of the NLFR Bob Graham weekend (3rd day, June 19th 2022) when I first encountered some of this route under clear skies and balmy temperatures, I’d tucked this fell race away in a memory bank for a future me with fresher legs. Then of...