Many moons ago we organised a one-off duathlon in the quiet hills of the Upper Coquet valley. It attracted a very small field but the event was all about having fun and getting out into the serenely beautiful setting of Barrowburn. The ladies winner was...
The Winter Wipeout race of 2018 was a bit of a classic as local racers battled it out to see who got back to Ingram cafe first. The conditions were very wet underfoot and it would take patience, experience and determination to win the day. ...
Once again the weather has been pretty fantastic which has afforded us all the chance to get out and get some efforts in. Let's have a look at the movers and shakers in our two Strava clubs. If you're not in the clubs then get...
One of the most popular runs of previous years was the one at Thrunton Woods. Originally known as the Thrunton Thriller and then the High Fells of Thrunton. It's taken a few guises over the years but normally there are two distance options, a shorter...
As we're coming to hear with alarming frequency, we are living through interesting times. For all none essential workers, particularly those in the private sector and small businesses, this can mean a pretty catastrophic collapse in working norms. I remember one friend who owns mutiple...
In these strange tines of sitting at home and staring at walls it is hard to project our minds in to the future and imagine getting out on to the trails. There are faint glimmers of hope that a reduction of isolation measures may be...
How did the Cheviot Goat come about? What crazy night of drinking spurred on such a mad hatter of an ultra run? As with most things it was an idea percolate and developed over time. A series of incremental steps of people learning their craft,...
That rush of wind on your face. The sound of rain as it starts to pitter patter against your waterproof top. A glimpse of a sunbeam cutting through the sky as you gaze at another beautiful sunrise from on high. With the onset of enforced...
2020 was a snow filled night for the Duergar Nightcrawler runners as storm Jorge came blowing in and causing chaos to the region. This meant that the route had to be altered to avoid the possibility of high winds bringing trees down and ruining someones...
In 2019 we had the delight of lending a fleet of Vango's very special F10 MTN 2 tents to house marshals and keep runners safe until they could be extracted. Well why not do a review of these impressive 2 man temples? Those of us of...