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After hailstorms on the Saturday, and heavy overnight frost, Sunday dawned bright and sunny, with no rain for 24 hrs – some sort of record. Mark was able to gather together a ‘scratch’ team for the open event and I think we were all somewhat pessimistic about our final position, as we milled about at […]

Weather conditions were perfect with clear blue skies, no wind and a cool 12 degrees. The event was well supported and an attractive and much improved course started and finished by the castle.     Chip Pos Chip Time Cat Cat Pos Mark Lamonby 205 01:24:13 MSEN 129 Robert Ll-Jones 498 01:29:18 MSEN 311 Martin Williams 706 01:32:01 M40 […]

This event was a 21 mile fell knockout race which started and ended (for some people) in Castleton in the peak district. There were 4 checkpoints in different villages – 8 miles, 13 miles, 18 miles and the finish which was 21.  Sunday morning started very cold with so much fog you couldn’t see the mountains but […]

For a while now, there have been a few of the club’s “plus 40” gang debating whether to make the leap into the murky and sordid world of the ultra-marathon. Perhaps this is due to the threat of the young, new (and quick) talent that seem to have arrived at the club, signalling our retirement. Or perhaps […]

This was a really enjoyable half marathon – off the road with some gradual hills that ended just when you’d had enough of them! ( Gary would hate it). For those who ran the March half, they had apparently changed the route completely and this one was supposedly hillier but apart from a long climb […]