Ramsay Round 15th/16th July 2022 – 24 Munros 99.3 km 8675 m ascent (62 miles 28500 feet) Report from Tom Lynch: Having completed the Bob Graham in 2019 and the Welsh ‘equivalent’ the Paddy Buckley in 2021 after Covid allowed a good recce period in Wales, I set my sights on the Scottish version of a big round, the Charlie Ramsay Round. Charlie Ramsay first completed the round in 1978 basing his round on the extension of the Tranter Round with…
Runners of the Month for October are Paul Tranter and Sharon Kenyon both for their marathon’s, with Paul Tranter completing his 100th Marathon in the London Marathon and raising money for prostate cancer (just giving still going here) and also getting a post hip op PB, and Sharon Kenyon for her superb sub-4 run (and V40 PB?) in the Yorkshire Marathon. Special mention also to marathon men Richard Smith for his run in Manchester (and huge PB) and Scott Harrington…
Report from Tom Lynch: 10km and more than 350m ascent Only me and Antonio representing Otley at this years race, which has been popular with members on and off in previous years. The race starts from the Shepherds Rest pub perched above Todmorden, near Lumbutts and Mankinholes, it takes a lollipop route out to Stoodley Pike, with a steep descent off from the Pike, and a climb back to complete the lollipop and return. I’ve done it twice previously, and…
Report from the team: Leg 1: Patterdale to Hartsop 6.7 km / 440 m (category AS / ER / LK / NS) Time: 00:44:51 Leg pos.: 21st Runners: Ross McCall and Gary Johnson reports: With a fortuitous break in the awful weather, the relay started at 9.15am without the need for the bad weather course. Leg one is relatively short compared to the other legs, clocking in at 6.7km / 440m. Ross and I followed the lead pack () through Patterdale,…
This month Otley AC challenge started Monday 8th March until Sunday 14th. Choose your own start date and time. It is a 5k route from the gates of Otley rugby club around Knotford Nook and back to start. There are now 4 teams Otley Shakers, Otley Breakers, Otley Makers and Otley Lakers. Otley Shakers Otley Breakers Bolton Andrew Armitstead Carol Delucchi Maddie Daly Joanne Fearnley Rob Dobson James Garnett Mark Green Sue Glover Verity Hind Laura Grant Rob…
We are currently planning on holding the Otley 10 (mile) on 23rd June, licences are in place and just working on the various permissions Will be amazing to welcome you all back and we know you’ve missed those hills. Details should be on the website Otleyac.org.uk from 1 March with bookings open a week later. The format and arrangements and number of runners might change but it will otherwise be as you know it. Hope to see you in June…
Another race report, this one being my first and perhaps only report on a ‘virtual’ race. I’m not normally a big fan of these ‘virtual’ races but this was a bit different. There was a proper marked course, numbers, start/finish line, a medal etc – it was just like a proper race but with no marshals, no mass start (in fact a start of one – you had a set period in which to turn up, run, and send your…
Please see the event for details of the Virtual Fell Running Champs, and a course that Graham has devised to meet the 4 mile and 900 ft requirement of the race. You can run the race anywhere you like though, you can enter here Update! Below you’ll find an alternative Danefield route that I finally got round to checking. It’s slightly more ascent than Chevin one, but probably faster running. Danefield 4m 900ft route description
Report from Andy Webster: Perfect running conditions with little wind. I lined up at the start not knowing what to expect as having done a few weeks of good mileage but little speed was not sure how quick I would be. Luckily seemed to be over my recent virus and my wheezy chest has settled down. Felt quite strong going out and got to 5 K in just under 24 minutes. Kept strong coming down hill and managed a negative…
Woodhouse Moor parkrun A total of 429 runners took part. Position Gender Position parkrunner Club Run Time 1 1 Tyler HUTCHINSON Leeds City AC 00:16:51 22 1 Rachel DAVIDSON Valley Striders AC 00:20:03 41 37 Zachary QUIN Otley AC 00:21:41 Bradford parkrun A total of 412 runners took part. Position Gender Position parkrunner Club Run Time 1 1 Leon FOSTER Leeds City AC 00:17:25 4 1 Emily FIELD Bingley Harriers and AC 00:19:37 64 57 Michael JEFFREY Otley AC 00:24:40 135 25 Nicola SWANN…