At the start of the month (8th Sept) Corin and Lisa both tackled the nine edges endurance race, a fantastic 20.5mile linear route taking in nine gritstone edges between Fairholmes and Birchen Edge. Lisa I really love racing and as always I spend the spring intending to do many local fell races. Inevitably work/life/other running … Continue reading Edale MRT Nine Edges race report
Author: CORIN & BODIL Week 11 - The Final Push! This is the last week of Libby and Lisa's Munro round as they finally reach their goal! Through bad weather and even more bad weather they persevere. Despite this their challenge finishes in a rather unexpected way. Lisa writes: Last week's bad weather continued into … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 11
Author: Bodil So close, but still so far! In week 10 the girls noticed the hard way that the end of summer is in sight. Libby wrote: This week has been our hardest so far. Possibly not physically, but certainly mentally. The weather took a turn for the worse and we had to visit and … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 10
Author: Bodil With only 43 Munro's to go, the end is coming in sight. In week 9 Lisa and Libby faced one of their biggest challenges, the Cuillin Ridge. For many people a continuous traverse is a lifetime goal, with the ridge providing tricky navigation (magnetic rock makes your compass useless), scrambling and sections of rock … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 9
Author: CORIN Week 8 has been eventful as the girls progress even closer to their goal! It's included fun scrambling on ridges, a delicious pub meal, their 200th Munro and a horrid midge apocalypse. Libby wrote: This week has been Fun! We started the week with a scramble up the Forcan ridge onto The Saddle. … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 8
Author: Bodil The third week of their continuous, self propelled Munro round has been a successful one for Libby and Lisa. With better weather and their bodies adopting to the great amount of exercise, they seem like they are actually having fun! Lisa wrote: "It's the end of week 3 and our bodies are getting … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 3
Author: Corin Lisa and Libby started their Big Munro round Monday 3rd of July, 2017 and are now about to start the 3rd week on their adventure! So here's an update on how week 2 went... Libby wrote: "We had a rest day in Fort William on Tuesday to do some more route planning and … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 2
Author: Bodil Lisa and Libby have started their Big Munro round at 12am on Monday 3rd of July, 2017. Corin and I came up on the weekend to join them, running three Munro days with them! The week started off on the Isle of Mull, with one Munro and a kayak onto the mainland. Lisa … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 1
Friday 3rd of March 2017, HPM race day had finally come. We set off at 11:13 pm from Edale to run 42 miles throughout the night over the boggiest and hilliest bits of the Peak District. Night time racing was new to us, so we were all a little nervous about what was lying ahead. … Continue reading High Peak Marathon race report
Author: Bodil Our last few months of race preparation for HPM 2017, summarised in 20 photos.
