Winter Transfan 2022/23 – By Sarah Cordeaux
With the forecast looking good, 9 intrepid runners (Myself, Darren, Martyn, Geraint, Will, Ellis, Matt, Sophie, Simon) set off at 7am from a misty car park at Cwm Llwch for the 2021 MDC Winter Transfan...
With the forecast looking good, 9 intrepid runners (Myself, Darren, Martyn, Geraint, Will, Ellis, Matt, Sophie, Simon) set off at 7am from a misty car park at Cwm Llwch for the 2021 MDC Winter Transfan...
Hugh epitomised fell running. He loved the hills, he loved the physical and mental challenges with their highs and lows, and he loved the camaraderie. Hugh began running regularly to stay fit when rowing at Oxford University...
One Tuesday evening, on the way back from a run, we came to a realisation: It had been two years since we last ran an MDC relay! Quickly, a plan was hatched to go out, visit the finest unknown sections of rural Wales, and get...
Like all good stories this one began in pub. Martyn and I are both experienced hill runners and have previous form on thinking of grandiose ideas and then going out and doing them. A previous example being the Dragon 2018,.....
With the forecast looking good, 9 intrepid runners (Myself, Darren, Martyn, Geraint, Will, Ellis, Matt, Sophie, Simon) set off at 7am from a misty car park at Cwm Llwch for the 2021 MDC Winter Transfan...
Alan looks back at his recent accident on a club run...
by Will White This year the fell relays were in Grasmere, the heart of the lake district and arguably the home of fell running. Organised by the local club (of the many many fell clubs in the lakes) Ambleside AC, it was a great event. Where...
Leg 1. With the arrival (in the nick of time!) of the sacred baton and the electronic gizmo (the tracker), Gareth and Karen set off on at smack on 2.30 by their watches. Soon they were on the coast and passing under Stephenson’s massive steel...
by Oliver Lamford The Paddy Buckley Round, one of Britain's great 24 hour challenges. Just shy of 100km, over 8000m of ascent, marking off 47 summits along the way. It's something I've always wanted to do, but I for one am not anywhere near fit enough...
In 2018 MDC and friends opted to take the annual running of the Transfan in reverse, making it a nafsnarT. A bumper crop of runners started this year in the summer sun from Cwm Llwch, MDC runners and some guests from further afield, from Snowdonia and...