gpilling Archive

8 January 2015 – Yorkshire XC Championships – Lightwater Valley, Ripon   A huge well done to Alexandra Bell who came 1st in the Senior Ladies Race at the recent Yorkshire Cross Country Championships. Following on from some great performances in the West Yorkshire ...Read More

21 December 2014 – 5 miles / 800 ft The planets and stars must have been in alignment high up above Brontë Country on the weekend of the 21st, because we had positively hordes of P&B runners converging on the Woodentops Stoop race. It was ...Read More

7 Dec 2014 – WYXC Race 4 – Nunroyd Park The final race of the West Yorkshire Cross Country League was held at Nunroyd Park, Leeds. Despite some great team performances at the previous races, we had a bit of a slim turnout for ...Read More

15 November 2014 – 5.5 miles / 945 ft While hardier men and women hightailed it up to Pendle to battle witches in the fog, the rest of us decided to pit ourselves against the machines in the annual Harriers vs Cyclists race held ...Read More

The first weekend of November has been a busy one – here’s a race roundup… Really Wild Boar – 1st Nov – 5 miles / 1401 ft First up we have the Really Wild Boar, put on by P&B’s Gary & Debbie Devine. They could ...Read More

6 September 2014 – Ben Nevis Race – 8.7 miles / 4419 ft One of the great things I’ve noticed about joining P&B is how the wealth of experience changes your perception of what you are capable of. You’d be hard pressed to find ...Read More

August time in the North brings with it the usual variety of agricultural shows, the highlight of which is often a classic Guides, Crag or Fell Race. If you haven’t experienced a Show Race, they’re usually short and steep, with a suitably brash-accented local ...Read More