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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 where the weather gods had decided to fill up their buckets of fog and drizzly damp wet stuff and … Full Report
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 down a few 1000ft of hills – around 3000ft to be exact.
Being a ‘challenge’ event it followed the same … Full Report
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 per leg, 3 legs in persons of 2, we needed 6 club members to participate in the Steel City Striders … Full Report
Pennine Barrier 100
Tell me I can’t do something and I’ll do it twice and take pictures.
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 pointing to the Union Jack flag … Full Report
Derby Half Marathon -2018
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 thing.
The Run For All series had taken over the ‘Ramathon’ – Derby’s largest half marathon, and they’d also changed … Full Report
St Begas Ultra – (SBU35) 2018
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? What a stupid question.
It just so happened that I found the exact race that allowed me to play in … Full Report
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 for the price of 5 being the long Easter bank holiday weekend. Billed as 117 miles either all in one or over the 4 days of Easter, we were to opt for the easy version … Full Report
YVCC – 2018
Whilst at the other side of the world I got tagged in a post asking if I could make up the team for the Yorkshire VETs Cross Country in West Yorkshire. I just about still exist despite being at the other side of the world and not having been down at the club for kiwi years. People had decided I like mud anyway so was a prime victim to be tagged for the event, else … Full Report
Tarawera Ultramarathon – 102km
Three weeks into my holiday of a lifetime I found myself standing on the start line of a 102km Ultramarathon in New Zealand.
New Zealand I have always loved you ever since some 16 years ago I set foot on your land. So I was back for the 4th time. Having spent the last few weeks exploring Wellington, Queenstown, Fiordland and Rotorua. It had so far been an amazingly breathtaking adventure. First baking in New … Full Report
The Big Easy 12km Trail Race
Here I was only 5 days into my New Zealand holiday baking in the country’s hottest summer on record and signing up for a little 12km trail race in Wanaka just 2 days before the event. Why? Why not….
We have nothing to loose and a world to see
Well I had eyed up the ‘Big Easy’ Ultra before signing up for the ‘Tarawera Ultra‘ – The Tarawera Ultra ticked more boxes for … Full Report
Boxing day Furnace Inn Fun Run -2017
Here we are again at the Boxing day Furnace Inn 5km.
The route had changed slightly due to building works but that didn’t matter. What mattered is that we were here, the two of us, here again, a year on, a whole 12 months later, my best friend still living, yet living with stage 4 Lung Cancer, still running, still smiling, and still living. This girl is just pure grit and its the best Christmas … Full Report
Derby 10
A week after the White Rose Ultra I was to help my lovely best friend Becky to complete the Derby 10. 10 miles around Derby. You may ask why, for I like trails but I also like my best friend and there is a purpose to this, an amazing purpose a bright light of hope.
We don’t know how strong we are until being strong is the only choice we have
As Becky battles on … Full Report
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