MC Hakes has now spoken. See here. Many congratulations to Bernie Burke, Martha Hart, Dale Mathers (Northern Ireland), Laurence Piercy and Tim Rippon, who all successfully battled the rather hostile elements to complete the BG this weekend in times between about 22.50 and 23.50. Thanks are due, as ever, to Read more
They seem to have been far too busy eating fish and chips or summat to bother telling us, but the news is good. Well, better than that actually. All done in 16 hours 4 minutes. Records broken on every leg. Stupendous stuff. Many many congrats to all concerned. Next year, Read more
And last but not least … not entirely sure of the time on the final leg – Nicky will no doubt give us all chapter and verse in due course, but it’s somewhere between 1 hour 40 and 1 hour 43. At least 10 minutes quicker than Billy B, and Read more
The weather’s looking mostly set fair for the DP women’s second crack at the Billy Bland challenge – and they’re hoping to knock a goodly chunk off the record time they set last year at 18hrs 51mins. If all goes to plan, first off at 3am Sunday morning will be Read more
Congratulations to Greg Crowley who yesterday successfully completed his Bob Graham round in 23 hours and 26 minutes. That’s three successful rounds in two weeks.
Third time lucky for the DP mixed team at this fine pootle around the bounds (more or less) of the city. We picked up an additional four places and took 48mins off our previous time last year; it’d be good to make a similar dent into the time this year. Read more
For those running at Ennerdale (anyone interested in carsharing with Willy and probably Tom, calendar@dpfr.org.uk) and/or going on to Dave’s 40th birthday bash on Saturday evening (as we plan to), Dave writes: We have been allocated our own field at Turner Hall Campsite. To get here unless driving from the Read more
Congratulations to Ian Loombe and Jon Pemberton, who today successfully completed the Bob Graham Round in 23hrs 10mins. Here’s hoping their’s are just the first of several successful completions this month … and if you’ve not let Richard Hakes know if you can support on the club attempt on 21/22 Read more
In the spirit of personal responsibility on the hill – or perhaps just in keeping with standard DP practice – it seems incumbent upon me to share one or two top tips to avoiding schoolboy errors on the Scottish Hills, drawing upon my recent experiences in and around Glen Nevis: Read more
The pre-entry list suggests were going with quality rather than quantity again for the second British Champs counter … but you’ve got until Wednesday 29th May to enter if you still want to race – note *no entry on the day* – and David Lund’s still after a lift (see Read more