The Chester Ultra 50 Mile offers a stunning blend of trail running, featuring diverse landscapes like Delamere Forest, the Sandstone Trail to Frodsham, and the challenging Helsby Hill. The race kicked off at 6 AM on a crisp, fresh morning, but the sun eventually broke through, though by the time I crossed the finish line, […]
We had 2 teams entered into the 2024 Gathering Winter Fools relay, it was originally due to be run in December but some strong winds meant a postponement, with the race finally being held this weekend. Our ‘A’ Team got off to a flying start, chasing eventual winners Bingley Harriers all the way and handing […]
Amy took on the Dales runner 30 (31.7Km/19.7m) on Saturday which ascends almost 3,000ft from Swaledale up to the Tan Hill Inn (Great Britain’s highest pub) It goes across some of the country’s remotest expanses of moorland with a stiff ascent of the spectacular Swinner Gill. Amy finished 2nd Female and 1st FV40
5 QRC runners took on the Solstice Saunter which is a five mile run on the trails of the breathtaking Bolton Abbey. The event is timed for the evening of the Summer Solstice, which because 2024 is a leap year, was on Thursday 20th June 2024. The Solstice Saunter is a circular route of five […]
On Sunday we had 1 team running in the Bradford Millennium Way Relay, a relay of five legs with two runners per leg, taking place each June. Starting from and returning to Bingley, taking in Wilsden, Denholme, Oxenhope, Haworth, Oakworth, Steeton, Silsden, Addingham and Ilkley with some stunning scenery en-route. The race attracts teams from […]
The reason the Whettlocks were up in the Lakes was for the Lakeland Trails Marathon day. Karol took on the Mini-Marathon 10k, whilst Phillip opted for the Half-ish Marathon – both events taking in the idyllic beauty spot of Tarn Hows. Phillip was chuffed to grab a photo with Damian Hall (one of the UK’s […]
Karol – has recently completed her A-Z of parkruns! Read Karols report below and let us know how many you have left to do! We didn’t originally set out to do the “Alphabeteer” challenge but always enjoyed trying new parkruns when we were away anyway. But then we noticed (on the 5k app) that we […]
We had 3 members, Joe, Gary and David, challenging themselves and taking on the 69th running of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, dubbed the ‘Marathon with Mountains’. Although not quite the marathon distance, but at 24.2 mile with 5,236 ft of ascent up Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, who are we to argue over 2 mile?! An […]
Something slightly different now but still 50% running related. Andy and Emily made the trip north of the border to compete in HYROX Glasgow at the weekend. For those of you that are new to it, HYROX is a multi discipline event consisting of 8x1km runs with a different exercise station at the end of […]
Some more racing news from last weekend (15/7) Matt Thornton and Carl Heron tackled the Denholme Doddle. With 3 different distances, 17, 21 or 27 mile and nearly 5000ft of climbing, it’s anything but a Doddle!! With Half of the route on open moorland it has outstanding views along the way, it passes Top Withins […]