Ambleside AC

23 Dec 2016
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Seasons: Autumn into Winter

Sticky Post By On December 23, 2016 With No Comments
Things went quiet after the Bobby G. I’d torn my shin muscle at some point on the first ‘leg’ and the continued running over the subsequent four ‘legs’ made for a fairly long period of rehabilitation. I managed to get…
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26 Jul 2016
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The Bob Graham Round: The Sum Of Your Parts…..Part Two

Sticky Post By On July 26, 2016 With 1 Comment
So to the crux of the matter I suppose. Everything was in place and good to go. Had a last minute drop-out from a pacer on Leg 2 but I wasn’t mega phased as Ben is pretty handy at this…
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26 Jul 2016
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The Bob Graham Round: The Sum Of Your Parts…..Part One

Sticky Post By On July 26, 2016 With No Comments
On Saturday 23rd July at 1am I set off on a series of 5 short runs around the Lakes that I linked together into what is known as the ‘Bob Graham Round’…….BGR for short – you may have already read…
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10 Jul 2016
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Seasons: Spring….and a bit

Sticky Post By On July 10, 2016 With No Comments
Spring has come and gone (apparently) and here in the draughty corridors of Fellicionado Hall we’re having a clear out of some of the old memories from those halcyon days before the rains hit and brought with them, what we…
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14 Oct 2014
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide No. 1 – Langdale Horseshoe

Sticky Post By On October 14, 2014 With No Comments
Ambleside's finest...him wit crazy name
The first in a new series of posts where I look at various races around the fell running calendar, make up spurious and illogical data, which I then present as historical fact, in order to support outlandish conclusions and finally…
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31 Jul 2014
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July = bleeding nips at Arrochar and other stuff too

Sticky Post By On July 31, 2014 With No Comments
Let’s see what odds and sods Google drags in from their search engines with a blog title like this shall we?! If you’re new to this site……welcome. It’s probably not what you were expecting!Luckily it was hot enough at the…
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29 Jun 2014
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June…..

Sticky Post By On June 29, 2014 With No Comments
……..is pretty much over. It’s been fun! Well I’ve had fun anyway. Hope you have too?! So apart from those runs earlier in the month that I’ve already chatted on about (Ennerdale, Durisdeer etc etc) I managed to squeeze two…
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11 Jun 2014
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Ethics in Fell Running: An Essay

Sticky Post By On June 11, 2014
Well, I’ve put paid to the idea of monthly ‘reports’ of a self-gratifying nature. Instead I’m succumbing to ataxia style ramblings whenever thoughts come into my head or events transpire to warrant some text. My boss at work asked me…
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02 Jun 2014
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May…..and everything in between

Sticky Post By On June 2, 2014 With 1 Comment
May has been an interesting and busy month. The end. Thanks for reading………………..HAHAHAHA but seriously. I need to get my diary out to remember what’s happened! Kicked off proceedings with a trip down to the Lakes for the second English…
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24 Apr 2014
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What’s in a club?

Sticky Post By On April 24, 2014 With 4 Comments
Who knows? And frankly who gives a f@*k? Turns out I do at the moment. So I’m a bit of a romantic at heart (bit gay but go with it) and like the idea of staying with one club throughout…
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