This is one of my favourite runs and this year there were quite a few Striders taking part. It was a beautiful day for a race, still, sunny and not too cold. It was a bit muddy and parts of it felt very like cross country. The first half contains quite a bit of uphill, … Continue reading Jolly Holly Jog
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This is one of my favourite races. It is almost all offroad, through lovely countryside, through fields, woods and a deer park. It has some hills, but nothing too bad. We left Durham where it was sunny and cold. As we drove south we could see dark clouds ahead and we passed through a couple … Continue reading 25th Anniversary Jolly Holly Jog
This has always been one of my favourite races, its scenic, offroad and its a friendly event with encouraging marshalls. Last year’s race was postponed because of ice and I didn’t manage to make the re-arranged date. The previous year the race had gone ahead when it was very icy, so it was great to … Continue reading Jolly Holly Jog
The Jolly Holly is always a good run to blast the post Christmas cobwebs away and this year was no exception – except this year there was a nice covering of snow to make it a little more interesting. At the start the man with the megaphone happily told us of our impending doom in … Continue reading Jolly Holly Jog
This is a lovely run through attractive countryside. Weather was almost perfect, little wind and very mild. The organisers warned us before the start that parts of the route were muddy. This is a multi terrain course which starts on road and climbs slowly. It goes through the attractive village of Studley Roger and then … Continue reading Jolly Holly Jog