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 | 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 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 | Sep 10, 2015 | Race Report
The Ben is rightly one of the premium races in the fell running calendar and you have to be on your toes to get a place on the 600 runner entry list when entries open some nine months before in the January. I ran in 2013 and this year managed to persuade Hilary,...
