When I joined Pennine five-odd years ago, Darren was inspirational in his training regime and his nature. I've never a hope of getting near his performances physically but his enthusiasm and superhappy nature are something we can all keep doing. Fellrunning's values are exemplified in Darren and his good-natured altruism and selflessness during the red mist of competition are legendary. How did he make it all look so easy? :-)

It was a breezy and sunny afternoon on Kinder today and a good trot out to reflect on Pennine training runs with Darren's anecdotes and encouragement over those stones and slopes.