A most welcome mystery from Mike Browell, “ this one will be too easy for some, but I wouldn’t have got it. Where is it and what was it for?” Ian Winterburn knows it readily….as does Tim Hawley. Not too sure that “the pit is for mending cars”… I’ll close it Read more
This tale, story, or rant (whichever it is), starts with the Burbage Skyline race. This race is the Tuesday after both the Keswick to Barrow and the Fellsman (which are on the same day). For those who don’t know, the Keswick to Barrow is a “walk” from, yes, Keswick, to Read more
As I write this Nicky Spinks is 200m from the last top and is on for a sub-23 hour completion. Keep an eye on the main News page for the latest information from Scotland.
Fellsman Results:- Jack Bloor Results:- only Joe there, 32nd in 45:58mins. Trunce (3) Results Mytholmroyd Results . “128 runners turned out in sweltering conditions to run the Mytholmroyd fell race. Every runner recorded a PB for the first 200 metres due to a loose Rotweiller that a very kind lady had Read more
Our World Champion:- There’s a Sheffield Star report about the Three Peaks Race, and Mikes’s 1st V50 place – fame and fortune, but deserved recognition. Tiger’s Todger Results:- Lothersdale Full Results:- A short, sharp race near Skipton, a burst of Pennine Way without the groughs. Hardest thing was to Read more
This is 5th/6th July. It’s now full up, but does anyone have an unwanted pairs entry? Dave Ansell and Nigel Sanderson ” did our first one last year, Dave has been injured this year so we held off entering to see if he would be ok. He is now but unfortunately it is Read more
Only provisional as yet…. Senior Men are 3rd, behind Pudsey, then Borrowdale. V40’s are 1st, and V50’s are 1st. No Ladies Team has yet set out. Judith is 2nd LV40 : In V40 Men, John is 2nd, Joe is 8th=, Jon Morgan 10th : Mike is 1st V45 and V50 Read more
A while off, but time to be thinking of travelling plans. PLEASE – can help be sent to Will Spain, mea04jws@sheffield.ac.uk, or Tom Edwards thegreenfrog23@hotmail.com , “Me and Tom Edwards have got Jura entries and were wondering how people were planning on getting up there and over to the island. Does Read more
Some research just seems bonkers. How about this: A recent paper claims that tart cherry juice extract avoids muscle damage Cherry study. You might not be surprised to find that the ‘research’ was funded by CherryParm Inc. I will wait before this has been independently confirmed – especially since Read more
Have you ever felt like doing an Iron Man Triatholon every day for 10 days? If you did would you be worried about the effect on your body composition? Well a group of researchers were concerned that this could lead to loss of muscle mass so they looked at Read more