Reviews by Terrain

Trail

Calver Trail Race 22nd October After doing the Limestone Way Ultra at the beginning of October with the Dark and White event guys I thought I would enter the Calver 10 mile trail race at ... Read more
Golden Gates Gallop 07th October Golden Gates Gallop is a 5 mile multi terrain event in the gorgeous surroundings of Elvaston Castle. We arrived in plenty of time with the kids in tow who would ... Read more
Limestone Way Ultra 01st October The Limestone Way Ultra is only in its second year but it ticked many boxes for me and some extra boxes thrown in for good measure. Takes place on a Sunday ... Read more

Percy Pud 01st December Once again the Percy Pud had arrived. I gave my PB to Mr Percy Pud x2 years ago and since then never got anywhere near it. Last year I got ... Read more
Heanor Pudding Run 24th November This was my third Heanor Christmas Pudding run, having only decided to do it 6 days previous after managing to complete a 9 mile fell race I was sure I ... Read more
South Yorkshire Road Relays 31st August Today I ran for the very last time around Don Valley. Shed a tear or two for this iconic Stadium. Bye bye Don Valley. I had no expectations of what I ... Read more

Cutlers Relays 06th October The Northern Cross Country Cutlers Relay Championships takes place once a year on a sunny Saturday crisp October morning. Runners from up north travel down to the border of “oopp ... Read more
Yorkshire Vets Relays 09th September Today’s event – the Yorkshire VETs relays, nothing to do with men and women dressed up in white coats running around with dogs, cats and guinea pigs, no, this was ... Read more
Dam Flask Relays 26th June It’s that time of year again, the last week in June, which means the nights are now drawing in and 300 or so local runners take to the dam of ... Read more

Colwick Parkrun #33 04th February At 6.30am this morning it was minus 10 degrees’ – so cold my cat climbed into the refrigerator just to warm up. A thick blanket of frost outside, a ... Read more
Concord Parkrun #45 21st January Quit the excuses, there are no excuses run just run and appreciate the course, the weather and the surroundings and enjoy enjoy enjoy. This is the lesson I have learned ... Read more
Conkers Parkrun #38 24th December Twas the morning before Christmas, when all through the country, Not a creature was stirring, apart from me as I slip away at 6.30am for a leisurely drive down to ... Read more

National CC 23rd February You can’t get better than this – the National Cross Country Championships. This year slightly more local in Nottingham so why not give it a go, 5 miles over ... Read more
Northern CC 26th January It’s taken me three years to get to the Northern Cross Country event. Third year lucky? Third year mucky! Struck with flu or injury in previous years I was just ... Read more
SYCC #2 – Graves Park 10th November After doing Parkrun the day before, I decided then to take part in the second South Yorkshire Cross Country at Graves Park in Sheffield. It was local, and I had ... Read more