No “tame trail race”, the Lakes Mountains 42 mile event is aimed at those with excellent mountain running skills. Taking in one of the Lake District’s three biggies, Helvellyn, there are ten thousand feet of ascent and descent, so not to be taken lightly. Starting at the ungodly hour of 6am from Askham, as well as taking in Helvellyn, the route traverses the beautiful ridge of High Street with stunning views over Ullswater.

Despite it being the longest race he’d ever run, this didn’t deter Nigel Jeff from taking part and, with a finishing time of 9 hours 39 minutes and 53 seconds in 44^th place from a field of 147, it was an outstanding achievement for him.

Gill Thompson is a regular at the nationally popular Parkruns, having taken part in 32 different events around the UK, and last weekend at Glossop clocked up her 100^th race, quite some achievement.   Her time was 28.05, and she was placed 75^th from a field of 181. Neil Evans, at the same event, finished in 24.37 in 38^th, Justin Holmes 26.43 in 56^th and Michael Abrahams 30.16 in 98^th place.

Seven Buxtonians headed down to the Monsal Trail at Hassop Station, Bakewell, to race in the Parkrun and Paul Wardman’s first outing there gave him a cracking 22^nd finishing place from a huge field of 320, in 22.08. Close behind was regular Park runner Pete Bailey, who finished in 51^st in a time of 22.26, while Ian Drayton came home in 24.30 (91^st). The ‘”dream team” of Katie Rolfe and son Matt finished together in 25.35 (110^th and 111^th). Kathryn Dobson and Selina Thompson claimed personal best times on the speedy course, 143^rd (26.29) and 213^th (29.25) respectively.

Another personal best time gave Ross Martland something to smile about at the Macclesfield Parkrun and from a field of 270, his 25^th finishing position and 22.06 time it’s no surprise he was pleased. Nichola Sargeant took part for the first time at the Macclesfield event, finishing in 181^st place in 30.26. Tracy Gregory ran at Marple Parkun, finishing in 122^nd place in a time of 28.50.