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 […]
Edale Skyline
Who’s bright idea was it to have x2 long distance (21 mile) fell races with a cumulative climb of over 6500ft the day after each other in the stunning Peak District? Really? Who’s bright idea was it to enter both? Really? I’d entered Grindleford Gallop before the announcement of the Edale Skyline Race which was […]
Round Latrigg
A trip to the lakes was not supposed to end with a broken leg. Crack. So take a picturesque camp-site nestled a couple of miles away from Keswick in the Lake District just 5 days after giving up my desk job to pursue other more active things. Mix it up with one runner and a […]
Half Tour of Bradwell
Destination Bradwell, a little old lead mining village nestled in the heart of the Peak District, supporting the ‘Long and Half Tour of Bradwell’ either a very tough 33 mile 6300 feet Ultra trail fell run (Long Tour) or a more mild option of the 15.5 mile 3000ft trail fell run (Half Tour). Last year […]
Crich Momument Race
Crich memorial race is a great way to spend a really hot sunny Saturday afternoon in the middle of Derbyshire. I ran the race last year and bagged first female in dead on 53.00 minutes. I remember turning up 10 minutes before the race started, entered on the day, wonky number, wrong socks, wrong shoes, no […]
Edale Skyline
Edale Skyline has been an event I had always wanted to do but its one where you have to demonstrate that you have experience. At least 2 AL races, in the fell world – this is long and able to read a map and stuff like that, or done the race before. I had only […]
Long Tour of Bradwell
Photo Courtesy and with permission of Nick Ham (Flickr Feed) I had the Long Tour of Bradwell (LTOB) in the back of my mind as an event I wanted to have a go at. Being what I would call a somewhat low key event even though it really isn’t low key at all it was possible […]
Salt Cellar Fell Race
Friday night there was a fell race on only 20 minutes from home around the stunning Derwent Edge in the Peak District. Now I am no fell runner, I will never be a fell runner so this was ‘just for fun’ taking myself outside of my comfort zone and just having a go. But for […]
Crich Momument Race
Saturday midday and I set off frantically to reach Crich to run up a big hill to the Crich monument overlooking the little village of Crich – Christ why not?. Why you ask? Why not I ask. With only 10 minutes to spare when I arrived, I forgot my Garmin and ran to the start […]
Tiger Tor
It was an exciting typical sunday at the end of January. It was raining. It was exciting. It was time for the Tigger Tor, a 9.something fell race in the heart of the dark peak organised by the lovely Totley AC. Number one rule when doing a race, always check the weather and go prepared […]