Short blog on Geoff Cox's '3 short films recognising the 3 running legends who have given their names to iconic running challenges in the Lake District', one of which previews at KMF next month.
https://itsahill.wordpress.com/2016/...unds-3-videos/
Short blog on Geoff Cox's '3 short films recognising the 3 running legends who have given their names to iconic running challenges in the Lake District', one of which previews at KMF next month.
https://itsahill.wordpress.com/2016/...unds-3-videos/
Today would have been Eric Beard's 85th birthday. The kick up the arse I needed to finally put together the bits and pieces that have been floating about my harddrive for the better part of a year. https://quickquickpotato.wordpress.c...20/eric-beard/
Top blogging Ally. I've just left Glenmore (having done the 4000s) and had no idea of the connection.Originally Posted by Ally
Excellent Ally. I've always been surprised that there is not more published about Beardie's amazing achievements.
I guess his achievements and untimely demise were in an era when events were not as well documented as they are today.
Was he not the one who broke with the then tradition, by inaugurating the 6.00 p.m. start, clockwise, for the BG?
I was a bit of an oddball until I was abducted by aliens; but I'm perfectly OK now!
He may have been. Fred Rogerson says he "trotted along the Portinscale road into Keswick last evening at the end of the longest and most strenuous mountain walk ever completed in this country", so presumably it was an evening kick off. Though at that stage the Bob Graham wasn't really an established challenge. Subsequent 24 hour aspirants may have followed in Beardie's footsteps and that might have continued when the BG got going.
The certificate isn't up in the bar anymore but I'm reliably informed that it will be safely stowed somewhere, just need to keep pestering people until I find the one person who actually knows where that somewhere is...
Thanks for this Ally. Like many people I have read snippets about him here and there, you've pulled together a great tribute to the man, an inspiring read
Thanks for sharing your blog Ally.
Enjoyable and inspiring. Nice one
Great article, Ally. What an inspiring story and tragic conclusion. Like you probably, I'd love to know what his 'Rooftop of Wales' route was like and how it compared to the Dragon's Back route.
The land at the end of our toes goes on and on and on.
My latest blog: https://heightsofmadness.com/2016/11...ins-why-we-go/
This article on why we are drawn to the mountains is an abbreviated version of what will ultimately form a chapter in my next book. Incidentally, if anyone knows of a runner (ideally Scottish or Scotland-based) who has an interesting 'why', please get in touch.
Jonny
My latest blog about how to keep yourself motivated during the winter months if anyone's interested in a read...
https://benmounsey.net/2016/11/19/a-...nter-survival/
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