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 …
From Dusk till Dawn 50
This was an event I’d always wanted to have a go at – being local and in the dark, it had a different appeal and the Beyond Marathon guys always put on good well-respected events and look after their runners. …
Pennine Barrier 100
Rewind to February 2018 when I stood caked in mud at the finish line of the 100 km Tarawera Ultra-marathon in New Zealand. Someone walks up to me and asks me where I am from. ‘The UK’ I say half …
St Begas Ultra
Inspired by two running friends’ photos on Facebook (Jen Scotney and Martin Hookway) who ran across the Lakes taking in the ‘Coast to Coast’ route as part of Jen’s epic ‘Northern Transverse’ reccie for the race (Second Female I may …
Devon Coast to Coast
Two weeks before the Easter break I found myself signing up for the Devon Coast to Coast because a good running friend had also signed up and I only required a bit of begging to get 1 day off work …
Limestone Way Ultra
The Limestone Way Ultra is only in its second year but it ticked many boxes for me and some extra boxes thrown in for good measure.
- Takes place on a Sunday – some of us work on Saturdays and ‘most’
Hoka Highland Fling
Nearly a year ago 12 kids from Sheffield Running Club took forth to run the West Highland Way over 5 days, I was in paradise. Fast forward a year and one ultra crazy girl took forth to run the first …
Calderdale Hike Ultra
Twitter is like Marmite you either love it or hate it. I find it informative and useful for my little hobby. If it wasn’t for twitter I wouldn’t have been encouraged to do my first Ultra, or a few days …
Millennium Way
A month or so ago I stuck myself on the waiting list for the ‘Millenium Way’ Ultra as I didn’t think I would get a place in the hilly local ‘Grindleford Gallop’ a week later. 10 days before the event …