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October 26, 2017
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MDC Vets team at the British Fell Relays
Sat with a sprained ankle and feeling sorry for myself I thought I would pen a few words about a grey but enjoyable day in October 2017. I was a late addition to the team when Gary gave that BAFTA style apology “Sorry I can’t...
October 26, 2017
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MDC Men’s team at the British Fell Relays
15th Overall! The MDC Men's Open team came 15th overall. Ben Mitchell came 3rd in his leg. I asked if they wanted to write something about this awesome result, and they all ran away saying they were really busy washing their hair. They do run away...
October 26, 2017
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MDC Women’s Team at the British Fell Relays
Write up by Laura Clements I’ve only done two training runs with MDC, but already I find myself sat in an old slate quarry on the outskirts of Llanberis in Snowdonia. It is Saturday – the day before the British Fell Running Relays. The wind is...
October 26, 2017
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MDC Mixed team at the British Fell Relays
A Grand Day out! write up by Chris Farr I must admit to being pretty reluctant when being asked by the great and the good of MDC to join the mixed team for the 2017 British Fell Relays in Llanberis. But there is a MTBO on in...
October 5, 2017
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Dick Jones and the UTMB – the sequel
Ok, so it’s the UTMB 2017 and Dick Jones returns to Chamonix for the second time, I fly in on the Monday with my two daughters now aged 13 and 15 to be followed by my wife Lisa (now aged 48) on the Thursday to...
October 1, 2017
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Richard and Ben tackle the Fellsman
On the last weekend of April, Ben Arkell and Richard Cronin ran The Fellsman – a tough 60 miler taking in most of the peaks in the Yorkshire Dales. 24 checkpoints but no marked route – or even any tracks at all in places – and a...
August 8, 2017
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The Swiss Alpine Marathon, a lovely, lovely Race!
Gareth Jones and Karen Elvers up in the Swiss Alps There are lots of 'hill' races in Europe and having done many Jungfrau Marathons, we decided, on recommendation, to try the Swiss Alpine Marathon collection, based in Davos Switzerland. Swiss Alpine Marathon have a good selection...
May 12, 2017
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Ian Macklin runs London
I have always said “If I ever run a marathon it will be London”. So I applied for the 2017 event and like most people didn’t get a place, but then was lucky enough to receive the MDC club place. 12 weeks before the event...
April 25, 2017
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The Dragon Run
Like all great ideas it was dreamt up in the pub after a couple of beers. Martyn and I both belong to a fell running club called Mynyddwyr De Cymru. Try saying that after a couple of beers, let alone spell it!! It means the...