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Race Reporting 2012
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Burbage Skyline, Scrabble Scramble..! The things we think about when racing. Dot Kesterton explains all… Here Castleton ‘Monsoon’ Fell Race, in words by …
All’s Well That Ends Well…
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It happens, yet as ever the fell running community did what the fell running community always does, just got on with it. Smiling …
Round 3: Round Up and Down, 2017.
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Three races in and the race is on for the Series title. So how’s it looking? Zoe Proctor, Pennine, has completed all three …
Newbie Fell Runner Does a Double Part 2
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I work Saturdays and fully expecting my legs to seize up if I’m sat at the computer all morning, so I do all …
Newbie Fell Runner Does a Double Part 1
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EXT. ECCELSALL WOODS – MID FEBRUARY – POST WOOD RUN The Wood Runners are chatting; some drinking tea, some coffee and all eating …
Marshalling Fun at Edale
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Marshal Race Report by Mikk Murray When Debs asked me and Fi to marshal at this years Accelerate Edale fell race I couldn’t …
Castleton Fell Race
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A Message from the Castleton Fell Race Organiser. A week before the race Derbyshire was in the grip of a mini heatwave. The …
The Gritsone Series Just Got Tougher…
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Well in one sense, yes the 2015 Gritstone Series has just become tougher. In another a little easier… For 2015 there is a …
Look Back, then Forwards…
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The Gritstone Series 2014 has made for an eventful year… The series did not get off to a very good start for Stu …
The Final Countdown…
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With one race to go in the Accelerate Gritstone Series – Grin & Bear It on 1st Nov- both the men’s and women’s …
Grinning All the Way…
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The Gritstone Series is ever evolving and changing, for 2014 we added our most northly race, the “Grin & Bear it”. This is organised …
The Curbar ‘Loco-Commotion’…
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Now that was fast! This time last year it rained, it was proper chilly and there was no Curbar Commotion. This year there was, …
Curbar Commotion – Series Event Update
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Early this month we were advised that Windgather Fell Race had been cancelled. Despite the best efforts of the race organisers, contractual difficulties …
The Wolf’s Pit 2014
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Another great race at Shatton today for the Wolf Pit Fell race, the first of the Accelerate Gritstone series. A bright sun and …
Series Round-Up
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Windgather is once again the final round of this years Gritstone Series and there is much to play for. Chris Shelton, currently leads …
First Time Winner…
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It was a first for Tom Saville, as he crossed the finish line in a senior fell race for the first time. We …
A Weekend of Frantic Racing… (Part 2)
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The weather was better in Edale than in the centre of Sheffield (apparently) and it is not very often you can say that …
A Weekend of Frantic Racing… (Part 1)
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The first weekend of June always promises so much, what with the hope of good weather, plus two cracking fell races to get …
2013 Race Reports
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Castleton Fell Race: A Frantic Weekend of Racing Part 1. It was battle royal in the ladies race and a course record for …
Race Reporting: Burbage 2012
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Scrabble as you Scramble Report By Dot Kesterton, Smiley Paces How do you keep your mind occupied whilst your legs, lungs, heart are …
Race Reporting: Castleton 2012
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Drizzle, Rain, Monsoon and Ice Pellets!! Report By Matt Ridge, Totley AC. For my first attempt at a fell race further afield than …
Race Reporting: Hucklow 2011
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Report By Nic Barber, Fell Runner and Orienteer… Great Hucklow Fell Race is one of the few races (along with Burbage Skyline) in …
Race Reporting 09/10
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With pictures, video and now race reports from those taking part… Have a story to tell then why not get in touch via …
Race Reporting: Edale 2010
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Accelerate Edale Fell Race, June 13th 2010 A previous counter in the National Fell Championships this event deserves it’s ‘tough’ reputation. A rapid …
Race Reporting: Castleton 2010
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Castleton Fell Race, June 4th 2010 Once again fell runners came out in force for Round 3 of the Accelerate Gritstone Series. Entries …
Race Reporting: Great Hucklow 2010
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Great Hucklow Fell Race, Fast and Furious…. Local races can sometimes be a full gone conclusion when you see the starting line up. …
Race Reporting: Longshaw Fell Race 2010
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By Debs Smith Longshaw fell race always has a great relaxed atmosphere and this year was no exception. The 6th race in the …
Race Reporting: Windgather Fell Race 2010
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By Dot Kesterton Windgather, in the Goyt Valley above Buxton provided a spectacular setting for the last of the seven of the Accelerate …
Race Reporting: Wolfs Pit 2010
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Report By Stuart H. The Series has now received over 100 entries and the ‘Bradda Dads’ who organised the Wolf’s Pit Fell Race …
Race Reporting: Burbage Skyline 2010
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A record entry, long queues, a delayed start and a dry beer beer cask. Sounds like a good receipe for a succesful and …
Race Reporting: Burbage Skyline 2009
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By Mark Smalley Burbage Skyline, my second ever fell race, the launch of the Accelerate Gritstone Series and a race beginning and ending …
Race Reporting: Castleton Fell Race 2009
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By Mark Smalley Castleton Fell Race, the second part of the Accelerate Gritstone Series and about an hour and a half before the …
Race Reporting: Edale Fell Race 2009
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By Lucy Harris (ShUOC) After watching the Castleton fell race on the Friday in preparation for the Stretton Hills race on Saturday, me …
