Friday 17th August. 22:00. Ellenborough’s Alex Roberts set off on an attempt of the Bob Graham Round. After a summer of glorious weather and few date push-backs, the decision was made to finally go ahead and give it a go this weekend. That was despite a pretty damp weather forecast. Leg 1 proved the previous statement was a bit of an understatement, with strong winds & rain on the summit of Skiddaw. The fun didn’t stop though, on Blencathra the clag and driving rain made visibility down to only a couple of feet. After a few circles trying to find the actual summit the descent was made. Taking the decision to drop down via Doddick Fell rather than Halls Fell […]
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Xmas Run 2017 – 4 x 3,000ft
Author: Ricky Lightfoot “I’ve never been so relieved to get off a ……. hillside!” The only other time I’ve uttered those words was during my winter Bob Graham Round in January 2015, but the latest outing was a bit shorter lived as I walked in to the Sweeny Bar just off the A591 near Swirls, soaked through with five other blokes. A few months previous to the 29th December we, some members of my local club Ellenbourgh AC had agreed an a location for our annual “Christmas Doo”. We decided on the Lakes 3000’s, a classic loop of the 4 mountains in the Lake District which stand above 3000ft, it’s also an annual event for the LDWA, in summer I might […]
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Billy Bland Relay Challenge
Billy Bland Relay Challenge – Ellenborough AC The Billy Bland Relay Challenge is based on the five legs of the 24 hour Bob Graham round, starting and finishing at the Moot Hall in Keswick. It covers 66 miles, 28,000 foot of climbing over 42 Lake District Peaks. The team consists of 10 runners split into 5 pairs, each pair running a leg of the challenge. In 1982 Billy Bland completed the Bob Graham round in an astonishing 13 hours 53 minutes and to this day no solo runner has come close to this time. Ellenborough AC runner Chris Lister put the challenge to the club members and a date was set for Sunday 5th June. The team honed their fitness and route details […]
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Ricky’s Bob Graham Video [Salomon]
In January 2016, Ricky decided to have a go at the Bob Graham Round. A winter round. In what is quickly becoming typical Elbra BG weather, bad, very bad.
Continue readingGrisedale Horseshoe 2012
The Grisedale Horseshoe Fell Race is run from Glenridding in Patterdale. It is 16Km long and 1525m of accent. Seven Ellenborough runners and one CFR from a party of ten ran this classic fell race on Saturday 1st September followed by a few pints in the afternoon sunshine (yes, summer made a guest appearance) and an evening meal in the Travellers Rest, finishing with B&B in the Greenside YH. Fortunately there was a stiff westerly breeze on the tops, making running a bit more comfortable. The race was won by our own Ricky Lightfoot, beating his Salomon team mate Rob Hope of Pudsey and Bramley into second place and the class Ben Bardsley of Borrowdale FR into third. The oldgadgy got the […]
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