What a wonderful way to spend the day after Christmas – The Furnace Inn Fun Run. So its 1 degree as we make our way down to Darley Abbey Park, the Furnace Inn to be precise, a welcoming pub located on the edge of the park. The start time is 11am, enter on day. The […]
Shortest Day Run
It’s winter solstice – the shortest day weekend, so this means its time for a run, a big run. Founded through Twitter, the ‘shortest day run’ a spin off from Simon from ‘Totley AC’, the ‘Longest Day Run’ was born. Thanks to ‘Twirly’, the crazy tutu man a.k.a Mike from Nottingham, the day was born. […]
South Yorkshire Cross Country #4 – Winter Hill
It’s taken me a while to reflect on the last of the South Yorkshire Cross Country race for it all went rather wrong, I was waiting for this moment, and others probably were too, the moment it all came tumbling down on me, the moment I felt like I had failed. So here is […]
Hunshelf Amble
The Hunshelf Amble is a little 7ish mile multi-terrain race starting from Oxsprings and taking in some spectacular views over the Green Moor area of Barnsley. Barnsley and spectacular views – oh yes! It is a lovely low key event with around 80 runners, most ‘runners’ had opted for the globally famous ‘Percy Pud’ the […]
Heanor Pudding Run
I really love the Heanor Christmas Pudding Run, it always attracts such a variety of runners on a somewhat fast and varied course. It’s not road, it’s not trail, it’s not fell, its a delightful mixture of cake infested fun. This year for the first time in many the route changed due to landslips on […]
South Yorkshire Cross Country #3 – Campsall
A foggy November Sunday morning a yellow car full of Sheffield RC girls make the hefty pilgrimage to Campsall Park north of Donny (Doncaster) to run round in some mud. Why? Ey up, lets get down wi’ t’ mud This was a proper cross country course I will let you know, with real mud, real […]
Druids Challenge
The Druids Challenge organised by the XNRG team is a three day Ultra marathon that follows the ancient ‘Ridgeway National Trail’. The trail runs from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire, through the Chiltern Hills and Thames Valley and 84 miles later finishing in Swindon North Wiltshire. All you need is some running shoes on your feet, […]
South Yorkshire Cross Country #2 – Wentworth
We’re all fawned of running right? So what better way to spend a sunny Sunday morning than at Wentworth Castle in Barnsley to run around the grounds a few times and of course after 3 laps of the course to eat cake. The thing about these events is that they are short and sweet you […]
British Masters Cross Country Relays
My first ever outing in my Spikes Who let the spikes out? Who let the spikes out? Saturday morning jumped out of bed and put on my best spikes… (Beginning lyrics to Magics! Rude) A minibus driven by club secretary Mike took us down to the British Masters Cross Country Relays at Moorlands stadium in […]
Sheffield 101010
The Quirky little 101010 was born in 101010, but renaming it to 191014 just doesn’t have the same ring to it. So 101010 it is, a cute inexpensive 10km trail race on the 10th month of the year. The race shows off my home city of Sheffield in its true form; zigging and zagging through […]