Our Departing Chair
As Lesley would prefer I’ll keep this short and sweet But condensing such a lot Is really no mean feat! Put simply… Lesley is a legend As members often say Breaking multiple V70 records Letting no-one stand in her way…
New Meeting place for club runs
**Venue Change** From the 1st of December 2019, we will meet at the Keswick Leisure Centre, Station Road, Keswick, CA12 4NE, for our Tuesday and Thursday night club training sessions. At our last committee meeting it was highlighted that the…
Brampton to Carlisle 10 miler
The penultimate race in the Keswick AC club Road Championships was run on Sunday 17th Nov with 17 Keswick runners battling it out in Border Harrier’s Brampton to Carlisle 10 mile road race. The field of 689 was one of…
KAC Constitution 2019 update
We, the KAC committee, have altered the club constitution, bringing it up-to-speed and making a few changes. The amended version is in the link below. We are asking all members to read and raise any concerns either at the AGM…
Keswick AC Men Win Historic National Title
Against the scenic backdrop of the Peak District’s Derwent Resevoir Dam, last Saturday – 29th of October – Keswick AC’s Men’s Team won the British Fell and Hill Relay Championships for the first time in the 36 year history of…
Langdale + CCC + Manchester Half
Thirteen members of Keswick AC went off to the last of the Lake District Classic series at Langdale. This is a very technical course and regarded by many as the most challenging as route choice can be critical. The low cloud over…
Hodgson Brothers Fell Relay. Sunday 6th October 2019.
October only means one thing in the Fell Running world. It’s relay time. Pick your top eight runners for each category and try and pair them up as best you can. The Hodgson brothers relay is the best Fell Running…
Our Summer Pacemaker is HERE…
The nights are drawing in and there’s a hint of frost in the air…. the ideal time to make a nice cup of tea and relive the summer’s fun with the new issue of The Pacemaker…. Click HERE to read…
Ilam Fell Race
The last Championship race of the year was a short counter with 3 steep climbs and a lot of running with the last 1.5 miles flattish and fast. Keswick had some great results with Mark Lamb winning, John Battrick second,…
Keswick’s Carl Bell does the double in 2019’s fell running championships
The 2019 English Fell Running Championship came to a finale at the weekend, with Carl Bell of Keswick AC winning both the English and British Fell Running Championship Series. Carl said “It’s been a long season with some big gaps…