by Rose | May 10, 2018 | News, Race Report
May 5, 2018 (AS) I agree, this race sounds like a book by J.R.R Tolkein and in hindsight it could have been. It had rocky climbs, epic scenery and new discoveries were made as well as hairy feet exposed. AS stood for ‘Ard and Sunny: it was a tough, hot day at the...
by Rose | Apr 30, 2018 | News, Race Report, Results
It’s been a busy weekend! Well done to all our runners who ran the 64th Three Peaks Race. It was John Fortescue’s 21st time running this: happy anniversary, John. Dom Nurse retired at Hill Inn because of injury. Phil Livermore was the first NLFR back in...
by Rose | Apr 29, 2018 | News, Race Report
My first Lakeland race Anniversary Waltz: AM, 18.5K, 1110m Two years ago I joined Hilary (mum) and Clare on a camping trip to Braithwaite. I was aware that they would be doing a race on the Saturday so I decided I would go with them, have a little walk and watch some...
by Rose | Apr 24, 2018 | Race Report
The first race of the year was at Honley, hosted by Holmfirth Harriers. It was a sunny morning as we left Leeds but by the time we had assembled on the start line in Honley it was raining lightly and the sky was looking very stormy. This is the longest, and in my...
by Rose | Mar 1, 2018 | Race Report
I love this race. I will try to do it no matter what. One year I did it with jetlag. Another year I’d overcome some other obstacle. This year I decided to do it while recovering from the second cold virus I’d had in two weeks. Reasonably, a friend asked if...
by Rose | Feb 21, 2018 | News, Race Report
Sunday 18th February A surprisingly pleasant February morning saw me rock up in Ilkley for the race. My race diary (yes, sad I know!) tells me this is the 13th time since 1998 I have entered it. Nothing much changes, an absolute mud-bath of a course. The first mile up...
