The FRA’s 50 at 50 series ended a year later than planned on Hogmanay with the Auld Lang Syne race up at Haworth. The leading Dark Peak Fell Runners were 6th Will Carter, 9th John Hunt, 27th Keith Holmes and 29th Alison Wainwright. The series was the brainchild of our very own James Lowe and I thought it was a great excuse to run a good number of new-to-me races. Final standings.
The 12 Trigs of Christmas competition concludes tomorrow and an unnamed party pooper has gone and spoilt things a bit at the top of the table by spending New Year in the Highlands tramping many a damp and misty mile to visit far flung Trigs. However, there is something of an unexpected dog fight going on at the bottom of the table to see who can accrue the fewest points with the full 12 Trigs. Kudos to the enterprising Rachael Thorley who has visited the Trig at Little Ouse, south of King’s Lynn, that’s 1 metre below sea level and 575 metres from the nearest metalled road and so should reduce her Trig total by 575 points!
Past events
Boxing Day Bog Trot – Race summary and results here.
Totley Two Turtle Doves – 6th Laurence Baxter. Results.
Bowstones – Results.
Wormstones – 5th Josh Williams, 6th Laurence Baxter. 2nd woman Aritri Mandal, 6th woman Helen Elmore. Results.
Upcoming events
Saturday, 8th January – Moz’s Birthday Run.
Sunday, 9th January – Trigger. Take your Big Coat.
Sunday 16th January – Stanbury Splash, there used to be a Soreen Malt Loaf for all entrants which made the trip well worthwhile.
Saturday, 22nd January – Ashop Horseshoe. The third running of this DPFR race and the first not to be a time trial. Sandy Heys Trig has been added as an additional checkpoint to increase the amount of off piste running. Details in the Calendar.
Saturday, 28th May – Jura, entries for which open on Monday here.
JimP
Saturday, 8th January