Category: Race Reports

So the weekend of 24-26th Jan, I did something brutally satisfying – my first 100 mile run – the Arc of Attrition by UTMB. 100 miles of the south west coast path around the arc of Cornwall, beginning at Coverack and taking in Lizzard Point, Penzance, Lands End and St Ives before finishing above Porthtowan. […]

Race report by Greg Jones. After many months of training with a 10kg pack on my back, lots of cold, wet night-runs and countless kit adjustments I was at last standing on the start line of the winter Spine Race.This year I was doing the Challenger South – 108 miles from Edale to Hawes along […]

Race Report by Neil Taylor. Woh … ohoh … aaaagh … were some of the anguished cries from inadequately shod athletes, as they tried to negotiate the slippery slope rising from the start of the Morning After fell race on New Year’s day 2025. After a further short climb, a descent through the woods took […]

Report by Guy Whitmarsh We all do something stupid, once. I ran this fell race last year and entered again this year (largely by mistake). Only the really stupid make the same mistake twice. Although a short race (5.7km), with no excessive climb (450m), I find the early climb through boggy fields exhausting, and the […]

Report by Guy Whitmarsh All the omens were good for the revived Mortimer Trail Race – a mild just slightly windy day, the trees felled by Storm Darragh cleared and the mud from the previous weekend largely dried up, at least on the short course! With my recyclable number pinned on, I waited with the […]