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 Mankinholes) 32 miles with 5000ft ish of climb – it’s one that you won’t need […]
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 Scotney who had taken part in the race the year before (Marcus bagging 2nd place […]
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 brand new ultra to celebrate 50 years of the Dales Way when Colin Speakman inaugurated […]
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 slow-mo mode over bank holidays which was fun but just taking my time. I then […]
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 mud, delicious oozing, slushy mud. Oh yes! It is an LDWA event which means its […]
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 track for 24 hours I wouldn’t even agree to do if I got paid. So […]
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. It was all about beating the Grim Sweeper, we’d have from 1 hour before sunset […]
Equinox 24
Its good to mix it up occasionally and do something different, and I do miss the ‘team spirit’ of not being able to participate in club events and social runs and the like. So when I was invited to join a team of girls at Equinox 24 I jumped at the chance. Working out really […]
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 delirious. ‘I can see that’ perks up the guy called ‘James’ with the Yorkshire accent […]
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 add) I wanted to play in those hills too. To run or not to run? […]