This is my fourth year organising the handicap, the last three years with Ladies captain Anna Seeley. As a level three coach now, Anna had a bit too much on this year to organise with me so Anita Dunseith has kindly stepped. We’d like to thank Anna for all the hard work over the last … Continue reading Club Handicap May 2015
Category Archives: Phil Owen
Britain’s Most Brutal Race, 10–17th January The spine race is the whole of the Pennine Way in January. 270 miles of hills, bogs and everything the winter weather can throw at you high up on the backbone of England. It’s a continuous race as in the clock is always ticking. It’s billed as the UK’s … Continue reading The Spine 2015 Phil Owen
Phil Owen … Thanks everyone, my inbox is full to the brim this morning with the highest praise for Elvet Striders and the Clamber race from all the clubs this morning. As usual events like this can only happen with a great team effort and Team Elvet Striders did us proud. Its been a lot … Continue reading Elvet Striders Clamber
The West highland Way race starts at 1am in Milngavie (just above Glasgow) and covers 95 miles of hills to Fort William including 1400ft of ascent. This was my fourth attempt, one DNF and two finishes with a pb of 26:47. I truly love this race but it’s hard to explain why. After all there … Continue reading West Highland Way 2014
Hostage to my friends and a late night on the beer another race was in order for the Sunday. That’s two road 10K’s in one weekend for a road hater! Again it was club organised by GlaxoSmithKline own GSK Hoad Hill harriers (Hoard hill is a local landmark with a lighthouse atop of it nicknamed … Continue reading Ulverston 10K
If it were any other 10K I’d not have missed cross country but this is an annual party meet up of old friends many of whom are Howgill Harriers who organise the race. And they do a superb job of it too! Ravenstonedale is tucked away in the hills on the Kendal Road from the … Continue reading Ravenstonedale 10K
David Brown … Not for the first time this season I was woken abruptly by a shrill alarm at some ungodly hour. I stumbled noisily through the house to locate a coffee pot, where I proceeded to swallow the contents in an effort to remind myself why I was sat in the dark at 5am. … Continue reading Hardmoors Trail Marathon Series
I do this weekend of races most years to meet up with some old friends. This year I spent the Friday evening at the Carlisle folk and blues club watching a good mate play while the weather gods started their own music outside. By the time we left and headed to Patterdale youth hostel the … Continue reading The Dirty Double: Helvellyn 15K and Ulswater 14K Lakeland Trails
I seem to do a lot of Mountain Rescue fundraisers lately. On September 1st I race-directed the Hardmoors Princess challenge 30 mile race, the Hardmoors team put together to raise funds for Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain rescue (we raised £1050 I’m pleased to say and this will now be an annual event). Next up was … Continue reading Saltergate Circuit
Northern Cities Ultramarathon
Sunderland and Durham, Saturday, June 29, 2013
40M+
Anna Seeley and Phil Owen
A race that takes in the landmarks of County Durham including a run past Durham Cathedral that would make many a race director envious, it was definitely sufficient temptation for me to enter this inaugural running of the northern cities ultra. The exact race route and directions were unfortunately kept quiet till the day, although … Continue reading Northern Cities Ultramarathon