Monthly Archives: February 2011

This years High Cup Nick Race saw Ellenbrough’s Ricky Lightfoot beat Rob Jebb (Bingley) by over a minute. Pippa Maddams (Keswick) won the ladies race. For full results click here.

The High Cup Nick Race saw Ricky Lightfoot (Ellenbrough) beat Bingley’s Robb Jebb by over a minute to take the win. Pippa Maddams (Keswick) took victory in the ladies race. For full results click here.

Read the Mud Sweat and Tears review of the Inov-8 Road X 255 due into Northern Runner in the next week or so. A road shoe from Inov-8 for all the natural/minimalist runners.

The latest round of the Northern Runner/Eskdale Valley Winter Fell Race Series, Commondale Clart lived upto it’s name. Click here to see the pictures. To say it was muddy was an understatement but, despite this course records where broken in both the men’s and women’s categories. Lewis Rodgers (Loftus and Whitby) beat club mate Paul Butler to break the men’s … Continue reading →

Britain’s Worst Fell Race, or as it is known to the locals, The Kielder Borderer, had the weather to match its name. A few inches of wet snow on the ground and a strong & cold wind but not cold enough to freeze the ground so your feet were wet and numb all the way round. Combined with mist that … Continue reading →

Click here to see the High Cup Nick Fell Race Route map

The High Cup Nick Race takes place on Saturday 26th February 2011 at 2pm. This is a 9 mile race with 1500 feet of ascent that starts and finishes in the little village of Dufton, near Penrith in Cumbria. The race is organised by Morgan and Lucy Donnelly both members of Northumberland Fell Runners before moving to Cumbria. As well … Continue reading →

Just to give you a feel of the next race in the Northern Runner/Eskdale Valley Winter Fell race Series the link has some pictures of last years Commondale Clart. Thank you to David Aspin for more great photo’s.

Race 10 in the Northern Runner/Eskdale Valley Winter Fell Race Series is the Commondale Clart on Sunday 27th February 2011. The start, finish and registration is at the Cleveland Inn, Commondale (662104) in the heart of the North Yorkshire Moors. The race starts at 10.30am for details of the route click here. You can also get details of the rest … Continue reading →