Trail Running Blog Posts :
- Isle of Harris – The Resurrection Run
Distance : 9.1 Miles / 14.65 Kms Terrain : Trail = 6.05 Miles / 9.74 Kms ; Tarmac = 3.05 Miles / 4.91 Kms Ascent : 939 ft / 286 m Difficulty : Challenging https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/59121216 I was lucky enough to be staying only 2 minutes from the start of my run on South Harris and… Read more: Isle of Harris – The Resurrection Run - Bolam Lake Trail Run
Trail run within the beautiful setting of Bolam Lake and its surrounding park. - Angel of the North Trail Run
Would you want a massive image of your body standing on a prominent hill, taller than four double decker buses end to end, and seen by 90,000 people every day? Anthony Gormley OBE does, as he used a plaster cast of his own body for the basis of the Angel of the North. Thought to be the largest angel sculpture in the world, it has quickly become an icon for Gateshead and the North-East of England. Built as a post-industrial totem, it is intended to represent the coal mining, steel making and shipbuilding history of the region’s past, the transition from an age of industry to an age of information, representing our future, and as a focus for our human hopes and fears. I was certainly keen to visit it, look at it, touch it and run round it. - Cragside
What a perfect day to start a blog and what a superb advert for Northumberland. The trails around Cragside and Rothbury are firm underfoot, wide and expansive, and set in the most picturesque surroundings. Towering pines and an abundance of rhododendron and other such waxy-leaved plants create avenues reminiscent of the American Pacific North-West….and you… Read more: Cragside - Housesteads & Sycamore Gap Trail Run
Hadrian’s Wall stands amongst some of the most scenic and rugged countryside in the UK. For nearly 2000 years it has drawn an unwavering line across the landscape, representing the Northernmost reaches of the Roman Empire in Britain. It was built to defend against any marauding forces from the far North of our island, and the remaining ruins of forts such as at Housesteads and Vindolanda give us a glimpse of what life would have been like back then for soldiers stationed along the wall. But enough of the history lesson, relevant though it is. Yes, I came to this section of the wall as it is interesting, but also because it is beautiful and challenging terrain for trail running.