by Guest Contributor | Apr 14, 2023 | Members' posts, News, Race Report
It’s a balmy easter bank holiday weekend in Wardle village, and the R.O. has just done about his fifth lap of the square encouraging all runners to drink plenty of water (the dangers of heat exposure are real, folks, he’s seen it before on this race, etc,...
by Guest Contributor | Mar 13, 2023 | Members' posts, Race Report, Ultra
What? The Spine Challenger is a 108-mile ultramarathon along the Pennine way in the glorious month of January. It starts in Edale in Derbyshire and finishes in Hawes in North Yorkshire. It is a self-sufficient race with only one official aid station in Hebden Bridge...
by Guest Contributor | Feb 7, 2023 | Members' posts
Love, what does it mean? For me it is many things. Relationships, family, friends, but the passions that have engulfed me are almost as powerful as the obvious ones. For me, the love of the great outdoors is overwhelming. The changing seasons, the lush green moss,...
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 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...
