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The next race in the Northern Runner/Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series is Guisborough 3 Tops on Sunday 2nd November 10.30am start. The registration is at Guisborough Rugby Club, Guisborough, North Yorkshire. Entry is £7 on the day only. The route is about 8 miles long and goes over Highcliffe Nab, Roseberry Topping and Hanging Stone. This race will be one of the English Championship Fell Races in 2015 taking place in September so this is your change to have a competitive run over the course. Click here to see... Read More

The latest round of the Northern Runner/ Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series brought a relatively warm day with high winds on the top and plenty of clart on the forest tracks. It was not a day for fast times but the course was easily runnable and with a record number of first timers (virgin fell runners) it was almost ideal to give the right sort of flavour! We had a first in this event as there were more female teams completing than men’s for the first time in my... Read More

Thanks to Dave Aspin for these pictures of Clay Bank West Fell Race which was the latest round of the Northern Runner/ Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series. Click here to view.

The Next Race in the Northern Runner/ Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series is Clay Bank West on Sunday 19th October 2014 at 10.30 am. Registration/Start/Finish is from Clay Bank Car Park, South of Great Broughton, Nr Stokesley, North Yorkshire (grid ref 572036). Entry is on the day and £7. The route is 6.7 km long with 366 metres of ascent. On a dry day you can get round in trail shoes but, on a wet day a grippy fell shoe will help. A map of the race route can... Read More

A fabulous day with bright sunshine and a cool breeze meant the ground was drying out after some heavy rain. The usual charge accompanied the start. By the ‘Folly’ things had thinned out a little with 3 runners away in the men’s race followed by another three. In the women’s race Annabel Mason was just ahead of a group of women in a line mixed in with the men. Once the men descended the first ravine and crossed the railway line Matthew Hayes had the lead from Simon Jones and... Read More

The first race in the Northern Runner / Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series is Saltergate Levisham on Sunday 5th October 10.30am start. The race is 17km long with 400 metres of ascent. Registration is at the Village Hall in Levisham, Nr Pickering North Yorkshire. Entry is £7 and on the day only. Click here for a map of the route. The underfoot conditions will be suitable for trail shoes unless it rains a lot in the next week.

The Northern Runner / Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series 2014/15 starts next weekend. The image below has a list of all the events. You can get more details by checking our blog on www.northernrunner.com or from facebook. Don’t be put of by the word fell race. Although these events are challenging they aren’t as severe as Lakeland or Scottish Races. All you need is a good level of fitness and a can do attitude. The events are all very laid back afares as fell running is. So, entry is... Read More

Many of our customers will remember being served by Drew Graham during his time working at Northern Runner while he was on holiday from Adam State. Drew was a Gosforth Harrier who traveled to America to see how fast he could get. In his final season of track racing he managed to run 4 minutes dead for the mile. Since then he has stayed in America working as an assistant coach. Unfortunately he has had a terrible accident and is in need of help to pay his medical bills. If... Read More

A grey start to this fund raiser for CMR. In the first climb up to the glider station Kay Neesam got away in the women’s field to lead by almost a minute at the next climb. In the men’s event there was a group of five at the trig near the glider station. At this point on the descent back towards the start area Paul Williams dropped like a stone in the descent and flew away from the rest of the field. On the climb out to Surprise View Andy... Read More

Thank you to David Aspin for these great pictures of the 2014 Castleton Show Run. Click here to view.