There’s something really aesthetically pleasing about crossing a mountain range from sea to sea, and this uniqueness always brings me back to the Pyrenees. They are the perfect European mountain range, just hitting altitudes high enough to hold some glaciers and have alpine terrain whilst being less serious than The Alps. The Haute Route Pyrenees …
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By Kate Allen On Tuesday 25th May, Damian Hall, a British elite ultra marathon runner, will be attempting to break the record on Wainwright’s 185 mile Coast to Coast route. This route was devised by Alfred Wainwright in his 1973 book “A Coast to Coast Walk”. It starts in St Bees on the west coast, …
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By Kate Allen If you don’t have time to read this article, then the short answer is emphatically YES! If you are even considering running an ultra, it shows you have an interest to do so and that really is all that matters. How you do it, however, is another matter. Out of interest, I …
By Sarah Cooke With many countries back in lockdown and few opportunities to race or train with other runners, we had a look at what’s coming up this month. Here is a selection of running related events that you can enjoy from home. Kendal Mountain Festival This year, the festival team have moved all their …
Last updated: 20-Oct-20 By Oli Johnson “A triangulation station, also known as a trigonometrical point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity. The nomenclature varies regionally: they are generally known as trigonometrical or triangulation stations in North America, trig …
By Tom Saville RunUltra Introduction In the UK, we have three well known Challenges. The Bob Graham Round is 42 Fells in the Lake District consisting of 106km (66 miles) and 8,200m ascent. The Paddy Buckley Round is the Welsh equivalent in the Snowdonia National Park, consisting of 47 summits, 100km (62 miles) and 8,500 …
By Sarah Cooke With no races to train for, Summer 2020 has already seen some amazing solo feats of endurance in the UK. In the Lake District, Sabrina Verjee smashed the Wainwrights, Kim Collinson broke the record for the number of peaks completed in 24 hours, Katie Kaars Sijpesteijn set a new Abraham’s Tea Round …
By Alice Morrison They took it on in winter for that little bit of an extra challenge and in fact had to delay their start as Scottish rain swelled the rivers to depths that made crossing them a swim rather than a run, but despite that, Beth Pascall and Damian Hall managed to pull an incredible …
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By Alice Morrison On December 8th Damian Hall and Beth Pascall will be starting their quest to get the fastest known (FKT) time for the Cape Wrath Trail which starts in Fort William and goes to the north-western tip of Scotland, Cape Wrath, over 230 miles of rugged Scottish countryside. It takes in 12,000m of …
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Last updated: 16-Jul-18 By Alice Morrison He’s done it again. Yet another record has fallen to the unstoppable Kilian Jornet. He has completed the infamous Bob Graham Round in 12hr 52m – nearly an hour faster than the previous record held by Billy Brand. After the race, gracious as ever when congratulated by Billy, he …
