Upcoming events: Until Tuesday 16th June – Blackamoor Chase Strava Flyby Race. Your correspondent absolutely nailed the navigation on his third attempt. Until Thursday, 18th June – Tha Sprunce (Route 1 Race 4) From Friday 19th to Thursday 25th June – Tha Sprunce (Route 2 Race 5) From Wednesday 17th Read more
Upcoming events: Until Thursday, 11th June – Tha Sprunce (Route 1 Race 3) Until Thursday, 18th June – Blackamoor Chase Strava Flyby Race – Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2622736994629874/?notif_t=event_aggregate¬if_id=1590990082365525 (Your correspondent has attempted this twice and gone wrong twice…) From Monday 8th to Friday 12th June – Upper Derwent Stones TT From Read more
Upcoming events: Until Thursday 4th June – Tha Sprunce (Route 1 Race 2) From Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th June – Ashop Horseshoe From Thursday 4th to Thursday 18th June – Blackamoor Chase Strava Flyby Race – Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2622736994629874/?notif_t=event_aggregate¬if_id=1590990082365525 From Friday 5th to Thursday 11th June – Tha Sprunce Read more
The Triple Crossing, the first race in the DPFR 2020 TT Leagues has been run over the weekend and closes on Monday evening. Saturday runners had much the better of the weather compared with those who ran on Sunday. It’s set fair for Monday, so if you haven’t already run… Read more
At the half way stage of Tha Sprunce, race 1, week 1 a total of thirteen runners have completed the course with one DNF. This first race remains open until next Thursday evening, 28th May. Runners can repeat the route in order to improve their times. Neil Northrop (32:50) and Read more
Now that lock down restrictions have eased somewhat, it is permissible for us to stage races so long as they are time trials, thereby allowing social distancing to be maintained. Lewis Ashton writes… “I’m looking at a return to racing for the club. I’m going to propose a self-timed Kinder Read more
Now that the lock down restrictions have eased somewhat, it is permissible for us to stage races so long as they are time trials, thereby allowing social distancing to be maintained. I am therefore organising a weekly time trial from The Sportsman, to be called “Tha Sprunce”. This is the Read more
For those who cannot or will not follow social media, the attached file ‘Mountain Navigation for Runners’ may be of interest. JimP 10th May, 2020 2020-05-10–Mountain-Navigation-for-Runners.pdf
Unfortunately, updating the Carshare bog with tales of derring-do by club members out on the fells and details of up coming races has been an absolute doddle for the last six weeks. However, the arrival of my copy of The Fellrunner inspired me to put fingers to keyboard… On 23rd Read more
Our very own Jon Morgan, an NHS anaesthetist, writes “Avoid all people like the plague because this is millennium 3 plague. Your individual actions will save other people’s lives, possibly your parents or other loved ones. And quite possibly yours, because I guarantee if you need an intensive care bed Read more