The Lakes

07 Nov 2014
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide No. 2 – The Bob Graham Round

Sticky Post By On November 7, 2014 With 6 Comments
No, that's not Lingmoor behind him....
I was reminded today, whilst Instagram stalking a certain Mr. Rickey Gates, an American man – or ‘Ameriman’ if you will – of the Bob Graham Round (BGR in hip parlance) and, more specifically, Billy Bland’s frankly ridiculous record. I…
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14 Oct 2014
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide No. 1 – Langdale Horseshoe

Sticky Post By On October 14, 2014 With No Comments
Ambleside's finest...him wit crazy name
The first in a new series of posts where I look at various races around the fell running calendar, make up spurious and illogical data, which I then present as historical fact, in order to support outlandish conclusions and finally…
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11 Jun 2014
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Ethics in Fell Running: An Essay

Sticky Post By On June 11, 2014
Well, I’ve put paid to the idea of monthly ‘reports’ of a self-gratifying nature. Instead I’m succumbing to ataxia style ramblings whenever thoughts come into my head or events transpire to warrant some text. My boss at work asked me…
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02 Jun 2014
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May…..and everything in between

Sticky Post By On June 2, 2014 With 1 Comment
May has been an interesting and busy month. The end. Thanks for reading………………..HAHAHAHA but seriously. I need to get my diary out to remember what’s happened! Kicked off proceedings with a trip down to the Lakes for the second English…
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28 Apr 2014
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April…..again

Sticky Post By On April 28, 2014 With No Comments
Hooooooold on just a sec! April isn’t quite done yet so there’s still a tad more to bore you with…….It’s only gonna be a short one though cos there’s no more races in the diary for this month and only…
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24 Apr 2014
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What’s in a club?

Sticky Post By On April 24, 2014 With 4 Comments
Who knows? And frankly who gives a f@*k? Turns out I do at the moment. So I’m a bit of a romantic at heart (bit gay but go with it) and like the idea of staying with one club throughout…
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20 Apr 2014
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March…and most of April

Sticky Post By On April 20, 2014 With 1 Comment
Soooooooo I’ve got a pretty full racing calender this coming year. I’ve been made to live in Arbroath for a few years with the job. It’s actually really good. The east coast is a nice place and there’s plenty on…
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20 Apr 2014
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I BEAT SCOTT JUREK!!!!

Sticky Post By On April 20, 2014 With No Comments
WA-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! (Not this time son!) NB: He does seem like a super sound guy and to be fair he was probably only just getting started by the time the race finished AND he ran a BGR a day or two…
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23 Dec 2011
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Training reflections………and some more Grit

Sticky Post By On December 23, 2011 With No Comments
Not injured anymore (touch wood). Plane to Spain to escape the rain, no more pain from the bad weather restrain, time to train etc etc. What’s it called when words rhyme like that? Alliteration? Onomatopoeia? Who knows. Anyway. Time to…
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