I entered the Broxa Breaker as it was a brand new event, a reasonable price at just £15 for the half marathon & for a good cause, The Army Benevolent Fund & Macmillan Cancer Support. The race was part of Hardmoors so I knew this would not be an easy flat route. Numbers were to … Continue reading Broxa Breaker Half Marathon 2016
Monthly Archives: February 2016
This was my sixth time running this event. They vary the course, but this was the third time I had run this particular route. However, the last time I ran it was 2013 so I could not picture the exact route. I find having different routes appealing, you never quite know what is coming next. … Continue reading Belvoir Challenge 2016
This race failed the Scott Watson test of travelling time vs race length, in that he generally insists upon a ration not much greater than 1:1. However, this was the nationals and an exception deserves to be made for the right race, which this most certainly was. Seven Striders were joined by a similar number … Continue reading English National Cross Country Championships 2016
This is a race I’ve always wanted to do but somehow it has always clashed with cross country. This year it did overlap with the XC Nationals, so with the number of Striders heading to Dufton this year the Striders XC team was probably smaller than it could have been. We added up to a … Continue reading High Cup Nick 2106
There seems to be an appetite for running night trail races at the minute and with good reason in my view. This race organised by my good friends at Gr8 Events had real appeal starting and finishing at Cote Ghyll Mill YHA on the edge of Osmotherley. The 2 lap course around the reservoir and … Continue reading Osmotherley Night Trail 10k 2016
Rab Mini Mountain Marathon 2016
Totley, Peak District, Sunday, February 7, 2016
Four hour score course
Diane Watson
We arrived at Rotherham East Premier Inn at half past midnight on Sunday morning, me after finishing a 12 hour shift and Scott after having competed in the Wadsworth Trog with Tom and Paul so straight to bed and lights out by 1am. At 6.30am, the phone alarm tinkled its tune: an expensive five and … Continue reading Rab Mini Mountain Marathon 2016
The day before the race The waterfall coming down from Easedale Tarn was a raging, white torrent! Even though we were about a mile away, from our windy vantage point on the top of a small knoll, we could see the water moving; jets of white falling water. The beautiful surrounding bracken of the hillside … Continue reading The Grizedale Marathon 2016
North East Masters A A Cross Country Championships 2016
Wallsend, Saturday, February 6, 2016
Conrad White
For harrier league mud lovers (over the age of 35) who have been deprived, this was the place to be – a wet, damp and muddy Saturday afternoon in Wallsend for cross country. It could have been the harrier league, but smaller and with no tents. It was where we had the harrier league many … Continue reading North East Masters A A Cross Country Championships 2016
Wadsworth Trog 2016
Hebden Bridge, Saturday, February 6, 2016
BL / 20m / 4003ft
Tom Reeves and Scott Watson
Tom Reeves … This is a fell race that Chairman Paul has talked about on a number of occasions so I figured it was about time I checked it out. I must admit to being a bit apprehensive as the description of this race sounded quite dramatic and 19 miles is still quite a long … Continue reading Wadsworth Trog 2016