Haworth Hobble is one of those events I’d wanted to kind of do but never got round to it due to being on a Saturday and well that I am picky. But at £15 a shot for (the whiskey at …
South Yorkshire Cross Country #4 – Penistone
Brrr… it’s cold, very cold and I have cold and I am not sure I want to do this but I want to get out of the house and run despite having cold. So I took myself off to Penistone …
Cappadocia Ultra Trail
Cap a doh kay yah, sounds like a weird animal from outer space – well you are not far off if you are thinking that….
Cappadocia ultra trail was first introduced to me by top ultra duo Marcus and Jen …
South Yorkshire Cross Country #1 – Norfolk Park
The first cross country of the season was upon us already, local, very local, hilly, quite hilly, so why not? Just a week before my big event in Turkey the Cappadocia Ultra Trail I was to make sure I would …
Forest and Moors Marathon
A friend had signed up for the Forest and Moors event in North Yorkshire, organised by Scarborough and Rydale Mountain Rescue. He’d done the Ravenscar half earlier in the year and spoke very highly of the simplicity of the events. …
Dales Way Ultra
The Dales Way is a long distance route from Bowness in Windermere, in the Lake District to the West Yorkshire town of Ikley and passes through the heart of my favourite place; the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
This was a …
Snowdonia Trail Ultra
It’s taken me a good 6 months to do an event again, for a number of reasons, February and March I’d had minor surgery so that put me out for a while. I’d danced around a few trails myself in …
Wilmot Wander
The Wilmot Wander is a great 32-mile route around Derby. Although not particularly hilly its a great event to end January with or start the year with – whichever way you want to look at it, and you are guaranteed
South Yorkshire Cross Country #4 – Graves Park
It’s cross country time – well only the one for me because my excuse has been ultra running having not been able to make any of the other South Yorkshire Cross Countries. Given the fourth and final one of the …
Hardwolds 80
The Hardwolds 80 captured my attention many months ago. I can’t explain why some events grab me by the feet and lure me towards them, inviting me to part with my well-earned cash, yet some events like running around a …