English Half Marathon – race review
Only one week since I completed my second ultra-marathon and I’m back out on the start line again for another race – the English Half Marathon. I thought I’d tell you about my day and…
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Race Review – The Gritstone Grind
Today I completed my second ultra-marathon of the summer, and in fact my second ever bona fida ultra! So I thought I ought to tell you all about it. Beyond Marathon The Gritstone Grind is…
Quarry Bank Trail Race – race review
It’s been a busy (ish) month for races during August 2018, although it wasn’t planned that way. Whilst Cracken Edge Fell Race had been on the calendar since January, the rest of the month was…
Eccles Pike Fell Race review
Having done precious little writing until recently I’ve now hit a period of races in quick succession. And whilst there are a number of other things I keep planning on writing about, I might as…
Cracken Edge race review & Gritstone recce
On starting this post I realise that last year when I wrote about the Cracken Edge Fell Race that I combined the post with one for another race. And history repeats itself, at least with…
Scott Snowdonia Trail Ultra-marathon
My write up of the Scott Snowdonia Trail Ultra Marathon, organised by Always Aim High Events. This new event has a distance of 60km and an elevation of 7200ft. Basically it’s not messing about.
Race Review – Kinder Trog
The Kinder Trog race has been in my calendar all of 2018. The longest race in the Hayfield Championship races it would be my first ‘long’ category fell race (in excess of 13 miles). In…
Race Review(s): “Round the Runway 5” and “Round the Resers 5”
I’m still playing a little bit of catch up on the blog posts I’m wanting to write and as such I’ve combined a couple of recent 5 mile trail races into one post. I’ve actually…
Race Review: Wincle Trout Run
Being the summer-time (ish) many villages in the area have fetes and carnivals. This is something of a tradition going on for many years, and something which brings the community together. In addition, a good…
Race Review: Buxton Half Marathon
When I last ran the Buxton Half Marathon, it was as part of the 13 Challenge. As part of that challenge, I wanted to try a mixture of half-marathon races and not just stick with…