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Helvellyn in the snow
My friend Will is clambering over a landslide. I’m still picking a path across the previous stream, avoiding rotting trees brought down by an angry bloke called Desmond. He came after Abigail, Barney...
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Helm Hill Winter League
A whelp escapes my breath as cold peat envelopes my knee. My heart absorbs my frustration at being a ruddy girl. Defeat spreads from my swamped ankle towards my head. “POSITIVE!” I scream in my...
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Lakeland 100: Recce 2
There’s a hum as ultra runners mill in Ambleside Parish Hall. There’s a lot of squeaky clean new kit. Salomon has done well. I look a little out of place in my gaffer-taped waterproof jacket and a...
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Running Hard
“There’s a wall up there. Believe me it’s there. You’re running up to that, any further and you’re chasing rabbits.” I’m sure what Sean actually said made perfect sense but I’ve gone past the ability...
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Navigating
My last run didn’t quite go to plan. I set out late in the morning to do an out-and-back recce of part of the Lakeland 100 route. It’s fairly low-level trails so it should have been easy navigation. I...
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Getting Stronger
“I love darkness” a light blue night sky silhouettes Kendal’s castle. Stars wait patiently above for us to spring into action when our relay partners hurtle downhill signalling the impending doom of...
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OS Locate
We all need to get lost sometimes. It reminds us to respect the mountains. It’s humbling to remember how small you are and how easy an adventure can go wrong. I’m now the proud owner of a free app...
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I’m in the Fred!
“You have a place on the reserve list of the Fred Whitton.” The words that filled me with so much excitement, followed by extreme self doubt, disappointment, then guilt at not taking an opportunity I’d...
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Three Crazy Months
The Lakeland 100 I’m shuffling, not running. This has been the case for several miles. Runners doing the Lakeland 50 are overtaking me with demoralising frequency. Both of the soles of my feet are one...
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Letting Go
It started with an email heading: ‘Slightly Mad Idea’. Find an amenable landowner with some sort of boat house; get funding; buy boats; get coaching qualification; single handedly teach as many people...
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