Thanks to Mike Bennett for these two photos from the Harrier League. Anyone know the location or the year?
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3 Esk valley usual suspects, Jan Young, Danny Lim and Mike Bennett made it to a damp windy Clay bank car park to enter on the day for this event, another in the Esk Valley series, rescheduled from Feb. Only 55 runners turning up on the day. The course may be quite short but had … Continue reading Broughton Woods Wobble
2 Esk valley regulars Mike Hughes and Mike Bennett were the only purplies in attendance at this event, another race in the Esk Valley series. Course was longer but considerably drier than Captain Cooks with 2 good lung busting climbs and some superb scenery. Mixture of road, bog, heather, pine forest tracks and farmland. Course … Continue reading Glaisdale Rigg
Lands End to John O’ Groats by bike
Sunday, June 15, 2014
1030 miles in 10 days
Dave Shipman, Mike Bennett
Dave … I know, it’s not running, but enough folk in the club do triathlon, duathlon or ride a range of sportives and local rides like the Durham Big Ride and Beast, or just cycle for fun and fitness, to hopefully make it relevant and interesting. Mike Bennett and I, along with a colleague, Andrew, … Continue reading Lands End to John O’ Groats by bike
Listed as an Ultra marathon organised by Endurance Life, in simple terms it starts at Lizard point in Cornwall, the most southerly point in the UK and finishes at Lands End, the most westerly point. The route closely follows the Cornish coastal path. I was coerced into signing up for this event last October. Plenty … Continue reading Classic Quarter
Walking the GR221 in Majorca last year with my walking mate Clive we were confronted by several hundred runners on a narrow mountain path going in the opposite direction. This took some careful negotiating to let them all past while still allowing us to continue our walk and not lose time. Upon our return to … Continue reading Trail Majorca Serra de Tramuntana
Nina brought up the topic of the FRA navigation course while a few of us were sat in the Spread Eagle following the Captain Cook race on New Years Day. Remembering Tom, Nigel and Shaun’s glowing reports of the course they did a few years back I figured it was time I stopped following people … Continue reading FRA Navigation Weekend