It may not seem topical in the depths of winter but Dr Bobs views on excess hydration and the ‘sports drinks’ industry were reinforced by a study recently from the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Weighing runners performing in the Mont Saint Michel Marathon they found that the fastest Read more
Ashurst Beacon. must be somewhere near Chez John Hunt….furthest Lancashire… Indeed it must be, with John coming home first place…BUT – ”Slight correction required, that set of results for Ashurst was 2009, 2011 was not quite the same result. I turned in a DPFR performance out West and got 3rd Read more
Scout Scar – results. The first of this year’s Kendal Winter League. Only Rhys there , 7th in 31.24. Lamb’s Longer Leg - results Dark and White Mini-MM – Hayfield. Results. Shining Cliff – results . Pete Tapping sends:- “Cold but sunny, bitter in the wind, with ice and mud Read more
Following on from the last competition featuring a near naked Tim Tett, your editor has come up with something almost diametrically opposed, featuring this time a pin-striped club secretary, Rob Moore. As usual entries by adding a Comment, for which you do not need to log in, but there may Read more
Winter BG Effort – Jon Morgan is on his way round, news could be here…and a strong effort to get round, 23:20. Jon has sent us a full account which will be published in full in the next Dark Peak News, but here’s a little teaser … Once up Bowfell Read more
is Beinn Fhionnlaich, north of Glen Etive, all about it is here… That’s it – no more clues. Jim Paxman, Greg Rimmer, also John Dalton have sorted it out from these clues , and there are similar photos on the trigpointing website if you use their search facility… We’re all Read more
Need cheering up?? Have a look at this YouTube clip – and it’s not Meadowhall, but would be interesting if something similar was staged? Crookstone/Fairholmes Crashout. Kendal Winter League – Calendar for 2011 - Mike’s Speciality of the House………
Sunday:- Calderdale Relay. So no Calderdale Relay. The snow has mostly gone, much faster than I’d expected. But Saturday’s meltwater had frozen overnight, and tramping the near Relay moors today, north facing slopes were very slippy, and lanes etc extremely icy and slippy. Cancellation was a good move in Read more
Sunday:- Tanky’s – is cancelled. The hills are still there, race or not, and anyone keen enough can still trot over the course……. Percy Pud:- is also cancelled, but check the link for it possibly being held next Sunday, 12th December . Gravy Pud – Cancelled but alternative race over Read more
The world cup bid has centred attention on corrupt sport. Bidding processes aside not a major competition goes by without headlines relating to ‘performance enhancing drugs’. There is little evidence that banned drugs are effective indeed the American college of Paediatrics state that there is little or no evidence Read more