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 series was on home turf at Graves Park in Sheffield I had no excuse not […]
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 […]
ROC Mountain Marathon
A mountain marathon? What’s that? 26.2 miles in the mountains? Well no, if you’ve not heard of mountain marathons then they are exactly un- that. With varied distances, and varied ‘courses’ they are a complicated affair which I won’t go into too much, but require more skill navigating your way out of a shopping centre […]
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 […]
Whitworth Trail Marathon
The Whitworth Trail Marathon appealed to me because it was a trail, a marathon or something like that and in a place that I hadn’t run before. It was underwritten by Team OA events who always put on top notch events (see White Rose Ultra and Oldham Way Ultra). It was one of those Sundays […]
Dovedale Dipper
After chatting to the lovely Caroline at the St Begas Ultra back in May she’d mentioned an event called the ‘Dovedale Dipper’ in Dovedale, Derbyshire. I quite fancied it, being a (non) LDWA Challenge event it was 27ish miles or 14ish miles for the ‘half’ of beautiful trails across the limestone ravines and up and […]
Dronfield Relays
Interest in the Dronfield Relays emerged after speaking to running club social secretary Neal after a Power Yoga session one Thursday, its a Sunday, its two weeks after my 100 miler so I should be just about legful enough to run again and its quite local. Grateful for the freedom to run At 5 miles […]
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 […]
Derby Half Marathon
I wouldn’t normally do this sort of thing; a road race, a road race, a road race you hear me say? A half marathon? A half marathon? A half marathon you hear me say? A flat half marathon? A flat half marathon? A flat half marathon you say? I wouldn’t normally do this sort of […]