Now in its twenty-somethingth year, the ‘Winter Mondays’ series of road and trail races provide the perfect antidote to the commencement of the winter working week. The combination of regular on and off-road ‘chasing start’ races are an excellent way Read more
Yes, we’d agreed to return to the Strines for our Wednesday outing for which Moz (in the absence of Andy, in the French Alps) had chosen a fine route, keeping up all the traditions the Slow Warts would want; a Read more
Saturday 25 May 2024 145.4 miles (234.0 km); 5,827 feet (1,776 m) of ascent Starters: 103 Finishers: 48 Retired: 55 First Man: Chris Kelly; M41; Vegan Runners UK; 24:02 First Lady, 9th overall: Melissa Venables; F49; Spa Striders; 34:11 Steven Read more
We were promised a gentle run by Andy to ease Chris back into the harsh reality of the Dark Peak after his extended stay in the soft sands of Portugal. We ten even started in the civilised urban surroundings of Read more
Four last week, eight this week, all out to enjoy probably the first serious downpour of the summer for the Slow Warts. We were also forecast a “feels like temperature” of 8 C for added refreshment. Not daunted, we set Read more
English Championships Congratulations to Finlay Grant who won three of the year’s six English Championship races and was second in his other counter, a feat replicated by Ben Rothery of Ilkley and so Fin and Ben are joint men’s champions. Read more
It was holiday time and Slow Warts were taking a rest from the Wednesday rigorous training regime. This, and the annual moorland restrictions for grouse shooting reduced our choice of venue and, possibly, our numbers to just four. A notable Read more
Thanks to Clive and Bob, we were made aware of the grouse shooting restrictions on the moors around Broomhead and Bradfield where we had planned this Wednesday’s outing. So, after a couple of attempts to find somewhere free of shooters, Read more
Just two local races to report this week… Past Races Eccles Pike – Mark Jones 1st Results Ricky’s Race – Alison Wainwright 1st F50, Dave Beerling and Andy Dickenson 1st and 3rd M60’s respectively. Results Upcoming races Monday Read more
The choice of venue was made the previous Wednesday night when Andy knew he wouldn’t be there and when, coincidently, he was carrying out his very newly acquired grandparent duties. So, The Grouse Inn it was. I don’t know whether Read more