Upcoming events: Until Thursday, 23rd July – Tha Sprunce (Race 9 Route 3). This week and for three weeks thereafter, we’ll be running Route 3 to the Headstone and back. Back in Olden Times, this was known as the Headstone Headache because there’s a bit of route choice, so get Read more
Underfoot conditions for Race 8 of Tha Sprunce were quicker than had been the case for the previous week or so and race times generally reflected that with Ralph Skrimshire and Sally Fawcett running the fastest times of the week and the inventor of the handicap won the handicap. Several Read more
Upcoming events: Saturday 18th July – Bole Hills Bad Boy. Unlike the TT league races, this has to be run on Saturday and can be started at The Sportsman, Ringinglow, the A625 below Houndkirk Hill or the lay-by a few hundred yards away at the north end of Stony Ridge. Read more
30 hardy runners tackled Race 7 of Tha Sprunce. Underfoot conditions varied over the course of the week from reasonable when I ran it last Saturday to “sloppy” later on. Pete Davies recorded the fastest time this week (32:06) and Sally Fawcett went sub 40 as promised, lowering her own Read more
Upcoming events: The Kinder Springs race, originally scheduled for this week (6th – 12th July) is POSTPONED due to bird nesting restrictions. This has now been replaced by Blackden Skyline. If the climb to Mad Woman’s Stones feels like hard work, rest assured that the effort will be amply rewarded Read more
Race 6 on Route 2 of Tha Sprunce resulted in both course records being broken by Sally Fawcett (41:25) and Andy Heyes (29:47), who also ran away with this week’s handicap. Several of the age category records were also lowered. Sally assures me that she will go sub 40 in Read more
Upcoming events: From Monday 29th June to Sunday 5th July – This week’s counter in the DP 2020 TT Leagues is Alport Watershed TT. This is Paul Walwyn’s new race from the footbridge below Alport Castles Farm. Note that you need to park outwith the Alport valley and walk in. Read more
30 runners contested the 5th Sprunce which was the first to be run on Route 2. Times were typically 4 minutes longer than on Route 1 with more technical running in the woods and the steep climb at the end. Despite warnings, a few folk managed to miss the sharp Read more
Upcoming events: From Monday 22nd to Sunday 28th June – Alport TT. This is the traditional and excellent club race from the Birchin Clough carpark and not to be confused with the new Alport Watershed TT that we’ll be running the from Monday 29th June. Both are counters in the Read more
To date the Sprunce has been run over ‘Route 1’. However, races 5 to 8 are on Route 2. Details in the Calendar.