News And Views
Q & A: Getting to know… Jez Bragg
Getting to know… Jez Bragg A Q and A session with Jez Bragg, Fellsman Record HolderDo you ever train on the road or is it always trail and mountain running?I do train quite a bit on the road, more so in the winter when maintaining speed through all the mud on the...
Jez join’s Flipper’s Gang for the High Peak Marathon
Jez join’s Flipper’s Gang for the High Peak MarathonBy Jez Bragg, Fellsman Record HolderThe High Peak Marathon is a 42 mile overnight team race which follows a high level route around the Derwent Watershed in the Peak District and takes place in the middle of winter....
Preparing for the season ahead
Preparing for the season ahead by Jez Bragg, Fellsman Record HolderWith a little more daylight at the start and end of each day, it slowly feels like we are getting closer to spring. In saying that we’ll probably now end up with a vicious cold snap, which wouldn’t be...
Fellsman 2014 Review by Gemma Bragg
Fellsman 2014 Review By Gemma BraggNow in its 53rd year, the Fellsman continues to be an iconic event on the tick list of many long distance fell runners and walkers, taking place this year (2015) on 25th April. Covering 61 miles, the Fellsman is a demanding event...
The 2013 Grough Report by Bob Smith
The 2013 Grough Report by Bob SmithThe following is the The Grough Report for the 51st Fellsman in 2013 written by Bob Smith, Editorial Director of Grough (www.grough.co.uk). Reproduced here by permission of Bob Smith. All photographs ©Bob Smith and reproduced with...
Inspire a generation… by Phil Baker
Inspire a generation… by Phil Baker “While u guys around the world are out celebrating New Year spare a thought for me please… I’ll be in the team hotel sleeping!! #LoveTheGame” Rio Ferdinand’s tweet (and the response to it) illustrated the problem many people have...
An Addict Writes by Warren Pole (journalist and co-founder of 33Shake)
An Addict Writes by Warren Pole (journalist and co-founder of 33Shake)My name’s Warren and I’m hopelessly addicted to the Fellsman. The story goes something like this…The year was 2009, I had just run the Marathon des Sables and thought I knew what this ultradistance...
Friends of the Three Peaks
Friends Of The Three PeaksThe Fellsman is Proud to support the Friends Of The Three Peaks. We want to ensure that the landscape that we all love and that makes the Fellsman the Fellsman is there in years to come for future generations to enjoy. To make sure this is...
Sarah E. Tinker, Where Are You? by John Dally
Sarah E. Tinker, Where Are You? by John DallyIn 2003 Fellsman stalwart John Dally submitted the following article for the handbook of the 41st Fellsman; an honest and amusing insight into Fellsman practices of old…Before the start of last year’s Fellsman [the 40th in...
Dear Doctor Heike
Dear Doctor HeikeOver the past 14 years we have had the benefit of the advice of our resident agony aunt, Dr. Heike von Artengill. Dr. Heike tells us that she is Britain’s premier ‘lifestyle dilemma counsellor’ and has, since 1968, been specialising in...
Fellsman Preparation & Race Tips
Fellsman Preparation & Race Tips by Jez Bragg, Fellsman Record HolderThere are so many things I love about the Fellsman; it’s undoubtedly one of the longstanding classics in the British ultra/ long distance challenge calendar. I have only run the race once before, in...