Keswick AC – Autumn/winter 2018/19 – Training proposal Context and philosophy Firstly, I would like to say thank you to the Keswick AC committee for approaching me and asking if I could take over the planning of the club’s Tuesday and Thursday…
AUTUMN TRAINING Starts this Tuesday September 4th with a fanfare of trumpets! The committee have asked Dave Troman (ultra runner extraordinaire and local running coach) to take a lead in planning our Tuesday and Thursday sessions supported, as ever, by…
Keswick AC’s Carl Bell won the bank holiday Monday Barrow Fell race in 31 minutes and seven seconds. Other Keswick runners to finish were: Brennan Townshend (32:59), Harry Bolton (37:46), James Haworth (37:58), Steve Angus (38:02), Jenn Mattinson (40:22), Pez…
The Turner Landscape fell race starts at Turner Hall Farm in Seathwaite and is a 10.6 mile fell race in the Duddon valley with 3000ft of ascent. This year’s race almost didn’t go ahead as the eight-year organiser, 78-year-old Mike…
Last weekend saw a swathe of achievements from Keswick AC members, excelling across a range of distance and disciplines. On Saturday evening, Victoria Haworth became Keswick AC’s newest member of the Bob Graham Club, defeating thick clag in the early…
This famous race was run on Saturday August 4th in perfect conditions, warm and dry and, for once, reasonably dry underfoot too. The demanding route is 17miles with 6,500 feet of ascent taking the runners from Rossthwaite on to Bessy…
Training. We are continuing with just one session a week throughout August. Full details of these are on the website and will be on Facebook. These will be the last of the out and about sessions and we have some new and…
Keswick AC’s Carl Bell set a new course record at the Fellside Fell Race on Wednesday 25th July. Carl completed the course in a time of 50 minutes and 13 seconds, knocking off three minutes and two seconds from his…
Last weekend saw The Montane Lakeland 50 and 100 event, the biggest ultra running event in the UK take place from John Ruskin School in Coniston. Runners from around the world took part in the weekend of races which start…
The most recent counter for the English Fell Running Championships was held on the Isle of Man last Saturday. This was an unusual course entitled Sea-to-Summit. It went from Laxey seafront (with an optional paddle at the start) by a…