Enormous congratulations to Glen Borrell and Laurence Piercy for their successful 23:31ish completion of the Ramsay Round just after midnight today. That they would do so was never in much doubt … but the self-supporting (and understated) manner in which they have done so is truly admirable. Bob Berzins will Read more
Could be a very exciting 18 hours or so … Lucy Spain (Pennine), Wil’s better half, went through Threlkeld about an hour ago on her schedule to take a few minutes off Nicky’s BG women’s record. She’s hoping to be back at the Moot Hall about 9pm and you can Read more
If you’ve ever dreamed of DP glory, there’s still a chance to earn your moment of triumph at the club dinner by completing 5 counters in the Carshare League and laying claim to one of four of the finest trophies in fellrunning. Next up, next Saturday, is the Ingleborough race, Read more
… how’s about taking a crack at the Loxley Lunge this Saturday early evening, love-child of DP resident hack, Dave Holmes, and an event which should be on every Brown Vest’s bucket list. The usual time trial format, i.e. people can start any time between 4pm and 7pm, and post Read more
Thanks to Paul Walwyn for pulling together this rather dinky animation of Mike Bourne’s descent from Robinson to the Moot Hall. Don’t forget to turn the sound up on your PC to enjoy the musical accompaniment, and if viewing in landscape click on the ‘map control’ icon (second one from Read more
Thanks to our man in Keswick, @dpcalendar, I can report 8 out of 9 successes: first in was Pete Fraser-Smith, then Penny Collier and Sarah Broadhurst, closely followed by Hannah Saville. James Pierce, Richard Bradbury, Lewis Ashton and Mike Bourne all also successfully completed. Mike with less than a minute Read more
All best wishes to Sally Fawcett and to Bonnie van Wildenburg, who are both representing Great Britain for the first time this weekend at the Trail World Championships in Annecy, France. You can follow their progress here and read a preview here. Simon Mills reports that our newest international stars Read more
Mike Robinson, to the FRA MV40 Relay Team 2014: “Shaun Godsman has just phoned again [regarding the mix up at last year’s presentation night when DP Vets were given CVFR’s relay Gold medals … and a number of our Vets ended up with both gold and bronze medals the following Read more
Lots of DP successes to celebrate this weekend including: Ian Loombe’s completion of the Paddy Buckley Round in 23hrs46mins; Tom Saville’s U23 Bronze Medal at the National Inter-Counties Fell Running Championships in Wales (looks like Neil N had another good run too); Nicky Spinks’ women’s record at the Old County Read more
Many congratulations to Nicky on lowering her own BG record by 6 minutes on Easter Sunday in a time now confirmed as 18.06. Nicky showed characteristic strength of mind in the face of unseasonally warm weather and a nasty gash to her hand, whilst treating her supporters to a day Read more