Just over a week has gone by and our event team have had their debrief and all recovered, so now is the perfect time to look back on this year’s Lakes Ultra event and share with you how it went from the organiser’s side.
That’s a wrap! Series Race Report by Events Manager, Lou Osborn A few days after the final race of our Winter Fell Series and a chance to look back on what has been the most successful series ever! The weather has generally been kind this year and unlike previous series we have not had to cancel or shorten any of our courses due to high winds or storms, which has made the organising role a…
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING FOR THE TRAIL & FELL When it comes to running the trails and fells there are many aspects to your training that can make them feel ‘easier’, but is strength and conditioning one of them? WHY IS STRENGTH WORK SO IMPORTANT FOR TRAIL RUNNERS? Building a good, general strength and conditioning foundation can provide a number of benefits to your off-road running capabilities. It can help improve posture, mobility, movement patterns, reduce…
Written by RO Lou Osborn 10 days on and we’re just about recovered from the sleep deprivation and mental and physical stresses of organising a 24 hour ultra event! It seems the right time to reflect on the event and to share our thoughts with all of you who competed and those who helped us to stage this race. In 2019, we took on the ‘10 Peaks’ which was an established ultra event that visited…
It’s 2 weeks since the last race of our Winter Series and now it’s time to reflect on our most successful series ever. As always, the weather provided us with memorable events: Two Riggs back in November in freezing rain/hailStybarrow Dodd in December in snow and gale force windsS.O.B. in January – again, freezing rainClough Head – gale force windsLoopy Latrigg – actually this was relatively nice weather!!! We only had to shorten one course…
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, or actually in the English countryside in the 1950’s, a bloke called Edgar Ellington set about trying to solve the rather serious issue of trench foot. His idea was to create a sock that prevented water ingress by coating it in Latex. This completely failed, and instead he ended up creating the water balloon, giving kids everywhere something to hurl at one another over summer. Of…
In the early throws of 2022, something stirred in me. I felt the deep, desperate need for a Burrito. And Kong were sponsoring the EUOC Big Weekend, so what better time and place to go foraging? The hunt began on Friday night. The keen orienteers did a fight with the night, but we didn’t because we were driving. We arrived past service time for most spots, so instead of wild Mexican food we went in…
RO Lou Osborn’s Race Report Staging a series of 5 races in the winter months holds inherent risk. The weather and the ground conditions often provide a challenging stage for racing and the shorter days can necessitate flagging courses in the dark. We have never had to cancel a race yet in 7 years, but we have had to shorten and alter our routes to ensure safety for both competitor and marshal. In the week…
RO Lou Osborn’s Race Report The third race of our Winter Series took place on a wet, cold and windy day in January. The night before, after flagging the course in snow and ice, the events team posted out on social media recommending runners to wear spikes to negotiate the tricky conditions. By 8am the next morning however, the snow had nearly all but gone! Spikes were no longer needed, just some warm gear and…
Well, it’s that time of year when the cliché “New Year, New Me” is all around. So many of us use the calendar year rolling over as an opportunity to reset, but how many of us stick to it? In the hope of breaking some less-desirable habits and work on setting up more positive routines we start off with the best of intentions but, as the days, weeks and months slip by our priorities shift…