Many of you may have already seen this short film on the Dark Peak Fell Runners, but it was new to me and I thought it was just brilliant: vimeo.com/332023095 Would love to try something like this someday...
Excellence through misadventure... - Fun Beyond 10K & ...
Excellence through misadventure...
What a wonderful running club - and such a beautiful place to run! This is what the 'hard core' version of me in my dreams would love to do too (!) but sadly it is way out of my league!! Love the social side to it, especially the award ceremony and trophy for 'incompetence in the mountains' and Christmas carols and whiskey up on the fells...come to think of it I wouldn't keep up with the drinking either, these days! 😮😂 Thanks for sharing, Decker!😀
What an awesome video! Maybe I should start hiding booze up in my trails 🤔...I don't think that will help with my running though 😂. I love the comraderie they have. They look like they have a lot of fun running that beautiful terrain. How I would dream for a local running club like that. Although I have to say on my solo run on the weekend, there was a fast runner on the trail up ahead of me. There were several times I would look up in the hills above me and see him standing up at the top looking down. I'd like to think we was looking out for me, although he was looong gone by the time I finally got back to the parking lot. That had to be one of my hardest slowest hottest runs to date. But I finished it with a smile....at a walk 😅
Yeah the camaraderie is pretty special. I think the harsh conditions and constantly looking out for each other does influence the strength of team. They have a good laugh too. The “incompetence in the mountains” trophy is something I could easily win 🙂
Maybe he was looking out for you. Many experienced runners look out for others I think
I'd like to think so. There is a trail race in Rossland that is very isolated with difficult access to the trails. If you stop for an injured runner and forego your race, you get an automatic entry into the next year's race (and it sells out within hours!). Trail running really is a great community.
They’re a bunch of serious runners though Their races and entry requirements are demanding and a bit frightening for us mere mortals. They have to be of course as it’s dangerous out there
It means joining a club and learning the craft. I’m sure many adventures would follow 😃👍🏃♀️🏃♂️
The dark peak is not far from me 🙂
On their Facebook They’re bigging up Nicky Spinks who is off on another adventure 😃🏃♀️💪.
"he joined a search party that was looking for him" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great film, and it's nice to see the Dark Peak - I used to go up there fairly often when I was a young 'un. Have been extremely lost and extremely wet! Luckily on separate occasions 😊