Dig Deep Peak District 2015 2015 turned out to be a corking year for the Peak District races with some great races and weather. There were just under 600 runners in total racing through the Peak District over 4 courses ranging in distance from 60 miles to 6 miles. The weather was kind enough to [...]
Paddy Buckley Round 16th/17th May 2015 61 miles, 28000 feet of ascent This last weekend I managed to complete the Paddy Buckley round, the Snowdonia version of the Bob Graham Round. The following is a short report on how it went. We started from Capel Curig at 11am on Saturday morning in what was almost [...]
We recently caught up with James and Tonya our 2 winners of the 0 to 30 in 10 months competition. James and Tonya, who were both new to Ultra running (Tonya was new to running!) have been reflecting on their progress so far. We ( Ian Loombe and Dave Taylor from the Dig Deep team) [...]
The Progress continues… A good few months ago James and Tonya won our ‘0 to 30 in 10 months’ competition. The aim was to train an ultra novice (and in Tonya’s case a running novice) to complete the Dig Deep Peak District ‘Intro Ultra’ a 30 mile trail race with 1388 metres of ascent (that’s [...]