Wallington Cross Country Race Report 2014

Another week, another xc race, this time the venue being Wallington Hall. I really enjoyed this fixture last year – another great xc course with a good mixture of hills, mud and fast sections. I drove up with Fred and his daughter Aofie who was running in the U17 race. Conditions on the day were […]

Ayckley Heads Cross Country 22nd November

The next Harrier League fixture is at Aykley Heads Durham on 22nd November and is a joint effort from Derwentside AC, Durham City and Elvet Striders. Hopefully we have a challenging course, plenty of parking and a wonderful view of the Cathedral.   I have attached maps of the three courses we will be using […]

Sherman Cup Davison Shield Race Report 2014

So this is the second Cross Country fixture of the season and my first having missed the first one at Cramlington because of running the York Marathon the following day. It was also the Davison Shield/Sherman Cup which means there’s no packs and everyone starts at the same time.   Conditions on the day were […]

York Marathon

The marathon is a gamble.   Those are the words of Pete Pfttzinger in his book advanced marathoning and I couldn’t agree more. For me today it didn’t pay off, but there were still a lot of positives to take from the race and a new pb of 2:56:16.       The marathon is […]

Ian Hodgson Race Report

This is the 2nd time I’ve ran this race, last year being the first which I really enjoyed despite losing a fair amount of time trying to find the 2nd checkpoint in near whiteout conditions.   The race is a 4 leg relay in the lake district with 2 runners on each leg, distances ranging […]

Borrowdale Fell Race Report

This is the first time I have ran this race, having been on holiday the past few years when it has been on and have been looking forward to it. It is considered one of the toughest races in the fell race calendar at 17 miles and 6500 feet of ascent – the record being […]

Fellsman Race Report

I knew it was going to be tough, after all I’ve competed and successfully finished it on 4 previous occasions and following each one of them I’d vowed never to repeat the experience. But, as usual, the memory of the pain and mental trauma somehow disappears after a few days of completing it – ‘it’ […]

Coledale Horeshoe

This race is the second in the fell series, the first being Brough Law a few weeks back (which only myself and Ian Armstrong took part in, largely due to hangovers from the presentation evening the night before).   I have been looking forward to this race for a good while now as although I […]

Chris’ Bob Graham Round

Chris Kennedy – Bob Graham Round – 19 June 2010 The idea of attempting the Bob Graham Round first enters your head like any other innocent, passing thought. The difference is this innocent thought gets stuck. Wedged somewhere within your brain. It sits there slowly feeding on the grey matter like an insect’s larva, feeding […]