2018 Sheffield Adventure Film Festival – Call For Films

Matt Heason, Sheffield Adventure Film Festival Founder and Director, has put out an open invite to submit your outdoor films for next years film festival. The main outdoor get together of the spring, ShAFF coincides with the Outdoor City weekender, comprising of;  Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF), Climbing Works International Festival (CWIF), The Magnificent Seven & Howard Street Dual.…

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Team Mountain Fuels historic Billy Bland Challenge race sees six records smashed

On Sunday 25th June at 5am, Team Mountain Fuel made fell running history with the first competitive head-to-head race involving the Billy Bland Challenge and with that six records. The challenge is based on the famous Bob Graham round and is a 66 mile, 42 peak challenge with a 24hr time limit It is considered…

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WESTERN STATES ENDURANCE RUN ANNOUNCES DRUG TESTING FOR 2017 RACE

With recent high profile positive tests coming from UTMB and the Trail World Championships, there has been a lot of talk in the trail and ultra running communities for the need for greater drug testing within the elite field. For those who have competed and achieved success at the World 100km Championships (as an example),…

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BERGHAUS DRAGON’S BACK RACE – DAY FOUR REVIEW

Start – Fagwyr Fawr Farm Finish – Rhandirmwyn Distance covered – 71km Height climbed – 2,400m Key features – Elan Valley and Drygarn Fawr Number of runners still in the full race after day four – 130 The 2017 Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race is hotting up, literally and figuratively. After four days and 252km of…

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BERGHAUS DRAGON’S BACK RACE – DAY THREE REVIEW

Start – Vanner Farm Campsite Finish – Fagwyr Fawr Farm Distance covered – 71km Height climbed – 3,500m Key features – Cadair Idris and Pumlumon Fawr Number of runners still in the full race after day three – 138 On day three of the Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race, the cumulative effect of hard days of…

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BERGHAUS DRAGON’S BACK RACE – DAY TWO REVIEW

Start – Hafod y Llan Campsite Finish – Vanner Farm Campsite Distance covered – 58km Height climbed – 3,600m Key features – Moelwynion and Rhinogydd Number of runners still in the full race after day two – 170 During event week, it’s fair to say that the Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race exists in a bubble. The…

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BERGHAUS DRAGON’S BACK RACE – DAY ONE REVIEW 

Start – Conwy Castle  Finish – Hafod y Llan Campsite Distance covered – 52km  Height climbed – 3,800m  Key features – Carneddau, Glyderau and Snowdon massif  Number of starters – 223  Number who completed the day – 198  Number of runners who didn’t complete the full day – 25  As expected, day one of the…

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World’s toughest mountain race starts in Wales 

The world’s toughest five-day mountain race got underway this morning in North Wales. At 7:00am, 223 competitors from 24 countries set out on the 2017 Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race from Conwy Castle. Over the next five days, some of the planet’s leading ultra-runners will attempt to complete a course of 315 kilometres, including 15,500 metres…

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FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR 2017 BERGHAUS DRAGON’S BACK RACE

The legendary mountain race through Wales will begin early next Monday 22nd May. What? The start of the 2017 Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race Who? 232 competitors from 24 nations including: * Brit Jim Mann, winner in 2015 and back to defend his title * Carol Morgan from Ireland, one of the favourites for 2017 *…

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Positive Doping Test Announced

The International SkyRunning Federation have announced that Christel Delwalle has been found to have tested positive at the 2016 SkyRunning World Championships. After taking victory in the Vertical Kilometer (VK) race, she was found to have tested positive for Heptaminol on 22nd July. The full statement can be viewed below, but it does raise some…

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