With the sun shining and the smell of sun cream rife, five Keswick AC members started Saturday’s 30th Anniversary edition of the Old County Tops Fell Race. Covering 37 miles and 10,000 ft of climb, the route starts and finishes…
Dear Fairfield Horseshoe entrant, Following recent discussions, it has been decided to impose a total ban on the use of GPS-enabled devices for navigation in fell races organised by Ambleside AC, starting with the Fairfield Horseshoe on12th May 2018. Our…
8 intrepid Keswick AC members took on the heat of the capital in the London Marathon. High temperatures led to the organisers warning competitors to revise their target times, with the priority being on safety. Despite this, Tim Campion-Smith flew…
The 22nd and final Anniversary Waltz and Teenager with Altitude races took place on Saturday, and the sun shone to welcome the nearly 900 runners who made the journey to spend a spectacular day racing over the Newland fells. The…
After the blizzard at Grisedale Grind fell race two weeks ago it was time for a glimmer of sunshine at the second race of the series, Lords Seat. Definitely the more runnable of the two races, conditions underfoot were boggy…
In the women’s race, Emma Gould led for much of the race, but went astray in the clag descending Commedagh allowing Jasmin Paris of Carnethy, in her first major race since the birth of her daughter, to take a commanding…
The Northern Irish leg of the British Championship took place in Newcastle, Co. Down on Saturday. The Mourne Highline has grassy climbs, rocky descents and airy ridges. The route is 15.3km and includes 1,300m of ascent. The Spring weather was…
Saturday saw the first of the classic middle distance lakes races take place. The route was wet but weather conditions on the day were great for running. Nearly 400 took to the start line and the race gets more popular every year. It was…
Wednesday night was the first of two races held in Whinlatter. The first was an out and back race to the top of Grisedale pike and back. Unfortunately due to the snow and white-out conditions higher up, the decision was made not go…
It doesn’t get much better than this! A group of runners stood on a fell top at sunset. Every Tuesday and Thursday night we have club training, tonight it was hill reps up Latrigg. Annabel took this magic photo and…