Category: My Race Reports
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Running the Dragon’s Back
The following is an article I wrote for Ourea Events following my successful completion of the Dragon’s Back Race in September 2021.
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Otillo SwimRun World Championships 2017
When an adventure such as this comes my way I find it very difficult to turn it down. However this was going to be perhaps the toughest adventure I have undertaken so far. Unfortunately due to injury a friend, Jenny Rice, found herself looking for a partner to take part in the Otillo Swimrun world…
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Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon 2016
2nd-3rd July 2016 This was the first navigational event me and John did together a year ago and we absolutely loved it. We made some crucial mistakes last year….lack of concentration resulting ending up on top of the wrong fell resulting in a 6 mile detour and ‘dibbing’ the wrong checkpoint right at the end…
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Mizuno : Endure 24
11th/12th June 2016 A 24 hour running event has always been on my agenda to do at some point so when my brother Chris, asked me if I would like to take part in Endure 24 a year ago I jumped at the chance! Endure 24 is a 24 hour running event starting mid day…
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The Wadsworth Trog
Saturday 6th Feb 2016 I signed up to this race as a friend suggested it would be a good one to do for some mileage and climbing training. I’m not very good at turning up to races to use them as training so I was slightly hesitant however, I found out it was a championship…
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Marmot Dark Mountains
Saturday 30th January 2016 Race start time……23:03!! What an epic event this was. John had attempted this event a year ago with one of his friends but had had to retire due to poor conditions and difficultly navigating so had unfinished business with it. He was away the week before the race this year and…
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Tour De Helvellyn 2015
Not sure where to start with this, it was just an unbelievably epic event! I found out the week before the race would go ahead but it may be a bit more gritty than previous years. I signed up to this back in summer wanting something to aim towards and thought this looked good and…
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The Tour Of Pendle
Saturday 14th November 2015 I was really excited about completing the Tour of Pendle as I had heard so much about it, about how it just gets harder and harder with most of the climbs at the end of the run, how fun the terrain can be and how interesting the navigating could be depending…
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Lakeland Trails: Helvellyn 15k
Saturday 7th November 2015 The forecast for the Lakeland trails Helvellyn 15k had been looking pretty bad all week and the morning of the race looked like they weren’t going to be wrong!! I entered this race to get some miles in and to get some miles in around the Helvellyn area in preparation for…
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Derwentwater 10
Sunday 1st November 2015 Every year a group of Preston harriers take part in the Derwentwater 10 and every year express what a great event this is. Keswick holds a lot of happy memories for me and I love spending time around Derwentwater. I also spent time there training for my first ever marathon….2 1/2…
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