There was an excellent turn out of Keswick runners for this race on Tuesday evening especially from the Wednesday ladies group. The best Keswick performance came from Lindsay Walker who was second lady. There were also age group firsts for…
Sunday 8th July saw Billy Bland’s 36-year Bob Graham Round record broken. In 1982, local man, Billy Bland, completed the Bob Graham Round in an incredible time of 13 hours 53 minutes; which was thought unbeatable. Billy was good over…
A team of 6 open water swimmers featuring Keswick Athletic members; Dave Kearns, Emily Christmas, Jill Blayney, David Farriar along with Deb Biddle and Alex Nancollis have swum the 21 miles across the English Channel. The group regularly swam together in Derwentwater…
With few fell races locally, KAC’s chair Lesley Malarkey went up to Skye to do the classic Glamaig Hill race. This is short (4.5 miles) and steep (2,500 feet straight up from the sea). It is regarded as one of…
Ninety-nine runners took part in the Skiddaw Fell Race on Sunday; completing the out-and-back nine-mile course from Fitz Park to Skiddaw summit via Jenkin Hill, in very hot and dry conditions. The field was a mixture of visitors and locals….
Keswick AC, chair, Lesley Malarkey, presented Heather Askew, of the Lake District foundation, a cheque for £1,250.00 to go towards the Threlkeld Railway path restoration fund. The money was raised from the proceeds of the recent Clough Head fell race. …
Last Saturday saw one of the most challenging races in the FRA calendar and this year a counter for the British and English Fell running championships: the Darren Holloway Memorial race also known as the Buttermere Skyline. At 35.5 km…
Thirlmere Road is Closed so this event has been Cancelled. For more details or to contact the organiser, please go to the Helvellyn 10k Website.
The second race in the British Fell Running championships was held at Râs Tal Y Mignedd last weekend, and nine Keswick AC members travelled to Snowdonia to take on the challenge. Râs Tal Y Mignedd is the shortest of the…
Andy Slattery of Keswick AC finished 35th in 4 hours, 15 minutes and 34 seconds in the Long Duddon fell race on Saturday. ‘Slatts’ said “it was a fairly tough navigation test on a course notorious for “wandering”, as the…