Seniors Archive

Cop Hill – 6th November 2016 – 6 miles / 899 feet Like many, I started running much later in life. As a youngster in school, I absolutely bloody hated the yearly cross country race, as did most fellow students bar the few athletically ...Read More

Ben Nevis – 8.7 miles / 4419 ft – 3/9/16 Well, this is well over a month late but hopefully there’s still some entertainment value to be had out of a Ben Report, so here we go. We had 5 P&Bers taking on this ...Read More

Hops and Hills – Sat 2nd July 2016 – 36km / 1,380m / 3,500ml (ish)* “There were some guys like you in here about half an hour ago, but they were drinking faster. Are you guys stopping your watches for the beers or something?” ...Read More

Jogging round in the mud and rain while marking out the race routes, Rachel and I were both convinced the weather would mean we’d have a smaller turnout this year. But it turns out Rhubarb Racers are made of sterner stuff! As we watched ...Read More

Coledale Horseshoe – 8.5 miles / 3002ft – 9th April 2016 No one could ever accuse Belinda and I of being organised. I hear some runners have a calendar with their races inked in, whereas we, on the other hand, make it up as we ...Read More

9 April 2016 – Donard-Commedagh – 8.7 miles / 3543 ft P&B had a small but committed group heading over to Newcastle, Northern Ireland for the first of this year’s British Champs races. Some good running all round but most prominently by Rob Hope ...Read More

Sat 6th Feb 2016 – Wadsworth Trog – 20 miles / 4003ft For an early season local long leg stretcher this is always a good choice for the proper fell runner. However the delights of the other local long ‘un i.e. Rombold’s Stride tempted many ...Read More