Sheraces trail series

In his paean to the sport, Feet in the Clouds, Richard Askwith explains pithily: “You run up the fell; you run down again.” Simple it may be; easy it is not. Unlike trail running, which generally stic

I have a terrible habit of signing up for races I’m wholly unsuitable for. First there was the fatbike challenge in the Arctic Circle in midwinter – a chilly affair that saw me trudging through the sn

I actually feel like I’m not much of a risk-taker,” says Louise Ferguson. These are unexpected words coming from the first woman to complete a top-to-bottom race run through the treacherous rocks, off

Let your running loose

On a damp Friday night in June 2025, a gaggle of women poured into a small house in Betws-y-Coed to get ready for the weekend ahead. Squeezing round a table designed for half the number, we sat elbow

The sun reflected off the frosty moorland which stretched out ahead of her for miles. Stone slabs led all the way down the deserted valley to the Scottish border. Jasmin Paris picked her way down the