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Runner Damian Hall sets new record for Coast to Coast route

Endurance runner Damian Hall has added another record to his tally. The athlete arrived at Robin Hood’s Bay on Wednesday evening after completing...

Mountain rescuer Janice Hamilton's Pennine Way walk helps fund base appeal

A mountain rescuer is walking the Pennine Way to raise funds for her team and for an animal charity. Janice Hamilton, an assistant leader with the ...

Runner Tom Hollins hits the Lakeland fells in an attempt on Wainwrights record

Endurance athlete Tom Hollins is attempting to break the record for completing all the Wainwright fells in a continuous run.

Charity unveils new list for peakbaggers: the Ethels

Peakbaggers have a new reason to pull on their boots and get walking. A charity has come up with a new set of hills to tick off, appropriately in t...

Sabrina Verjee ends run but says: the Wainwrights and I have unfinished business

Ultrarunner Sabrina Verjee said she and the Wainwrights have unfinished business after she was forced to give up her attempt on a new continuous round of the fells.

Runner Sabrina Verjee halts Wainwrights challenge after day of brutal weather

Ultrarunner Sabrina Verjee has halted her attempt on the Wainwright fells. Her support team said she is currently resting after spending all day on...

Sabrina Verjee 11 hours ahead of schedule as Wainwrights challenge continues

Ultrarunner Sabrina Verjee is forging ahead in her attempt on the record for a continuous round of the Wainwright fells.

Runner Sabrina Verjee sets out with record six-day target for Wainwrights round

Ultrarunner Sabrina Verjee is attempting another continuous round of the Wainwright fells. The Cumbria-based veterinary surgeon set out on Friday m...

Keswick outdoors retailer smashes charity target with fellwalking challenge

A Lake District retailer and its customers have raised more than £5,000 for charity with a challenge in which people were encouraged to climb fells.

Runner Damian Hall heads cross-country in quest for Coast to Coast record

Record attempts are coming thick and fast at the moment, and runner Damian Hall is having a crack at another fastest known time.

Athlete Tom Hollins sets fourth-fastest time for running the Wainwrights

Athlete Tom Hollins has completed his continuous round of the Wainwright fells. The West Yorkshire runner arrived at the Moot Hall in Keswick just ...

Following in Wainwright's footsteps, only faster: Brian Melia runs a record Pennine Journey

Prompted by a suggestion from his wife, Brian Melia set out on quest to complete A Pennine Journey; 88 hours later he finished the 247-mile course and set a new record.

Wainwrights runner Sabrina Verjee: my legs were fine but I couldn't breathe

Runner Sabrina Verjee said the weather during her aborted attempt to complete a round of the Wainwrights was probably the worst she has encountered on the hills.

Brian Melia completes continuous run of Wainwright's A Pennine Journey

Runner Brian Melia has completed a continuous run of A Pennine Journey, the long-distance route based on Alfred Wainwright’s 1938 walk.

Sabrina Verjee still ahead of Wainwrights schedule after 'brutal' day of blizzards

Endurance runner Sabrina Verjee has had to contend with weather described by one observer as ‘brutal’ on the fourth day of her challenge to summit all the Wainwright fells.