GPS Race Maps


The following links show the altitude profile, political and/or Landsat pictures of various races in England (mostly in the North west), sorted by month

Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   July   Aug   Sept   Oct   Nov   Dec

For and aerial view showing the relative positions of the Blackstone Edge, Knowl Hill, Waugh's Well, Holcombe Two Towers and Bull Hill fell races click here

Name Location Description Map Drawn
Joe Salt New Years' Day Awakener
AKA Colin Robinson MT Race
Cowm Ressie, Whitworth A little gem.  4.2 miles slippery and trippy race with a fast finish 1 Jan 2008

Ovenden Fell Race

Ogden, Yorkshire 8.2 mile runnable fell race in Siberian Yorkshire 3 Jan 2009

Two Crosses Circuit (LDWA)

Tottington, near Bury 18 or 25 mile gastronomic extravaganza 11 Jan 2009

Boggart Hole Clough Cross Country

Blackley, Manchester Rather tasty cross country course with a bit of everything 17 Jan 2009

Pennine Bridleway Relay Race,  Leg 2

Long Causeway to Hebden Bridge 13 miles of uppiness on good paths Recce Jan 2009
Pennine Bridleway Relay Race, Leg 4 From Summit to Whitworth, near Rochdale 5.6 mile fast but undulatingly painful leg Recce in Jan 07
Pennine Bridleway Relay Race, Leg From Whitworth to Waterfoot, Rossendale 9.75 mile leg with a real slog of a climb upRooley Moor Road Race Feb 08

Wadsworth Trog Fell Race

Wadsworth, North of Hebden Bridge 21.3 mile/ 4,000ft beast, for endurance fell runners only Feb 2009
Winter Hill Fell Race (updated 07) Rivington, Lancs Very tough fell race, technically and physically, with best part of 3000' ascent. 11 Feb 2007
English National Cross Country Championships 2008 Alton Towers, Staffordshire 12km cross country course with a 16% discount 23 Feb 2008

English National Cross Country Championships 2009  

Parliament Hill, London Badass 12km /820ft cross country course 21 Feb 2009
Noon Stone Fell Race (updated 2008) Todmorden, Lancs AM,~9 mile, 2000' hard 
fell race, not for beginners
1 March 2008

English National Cross Country
Championship 2007

Penshaw, Sunderland

12 km cross country course 10th March 2007
Half Tour of Pendle Fell Race Barley Village, Pendle, Lancs AM, 9 mile 2250' fell race 11 March 2006
Wilmslow Half Marathon (updated 07) Wilmslow, Cheshire 13.1 Miles - a race of two halves March 2007
Littleborough 5K (updated 09) Littleborough, Rochdale 5K with a ruddy great hill in the middle March 2006 and 2009
Liver Hill Fell Race (updated 07) Rossendale 5 mile/800' entry level fell race March 2007
Central Park Manhattan, New York 10K loop around Central Park April 2007

Madrid

Parque Del Retiro Beautful location in a busy city Easter 2008

Bratislava

Slovak Republic,

Great site seeing run with hills a plenty

13th April 2009

Pendle Fell Race

Pendle, where the witches live 4.4 mile/1500ft fell race toughy 5th April 2008
Wardle Skyline Fell Race Wardle, Rochdale 7 mile/1250' medium difficulty feel race 8 April 2006

Steve Rothwell Memorial Race

Norden, Rochdale 4.0 mile undulating road race 16 April 2008
Shakespeare Marathon Stratford-upon-Avon 26.2 miles 24 April 2005
(.gpx and .mmo traces on site)
Three Peaks Fell Race (Updated 25th Feb - This race is the 2008 World Long Distance Mountain running challenge))

Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire

Ingleborough Webcam added

23.5 miles/4,900' killer cat AL fell race
Interactive Google Earth 3P course added
29 April 2007
Munich, EPO to Nockherberg Beer Keller Munich, Germany 3 mile jog May 2007

Coiners Fell Race

Mytholmroyd 6.8 mile/950ft fast fell race with an awkward  stile 4th May 2009

Belmont Village Winter Hill Fell Race

Belmont, near Bolton  4.6m/1000' BS fell race

5th May, 2007

 

Mytholmroyd Fell Race Mytholmroyd, near Halifax 6.1 mile/1600' fell race with its own traffic jam 14 May 2006
Crowden Horseshoe Fell Race (updated 2008) Crowden (near Glossop), Peak National Park 8.3 mile fell race, BM, 1600' 25th May 2008
Blackstone Edge Fell Race Lydgate Hamlet, Littleborough, Rochdale 3.75 mile fell race, AS, 1200' climbs

Updated May 2006

Norden Fun Run

 

Norden, Rochdale 1.8 mile fun run 16 May 2004
Dave Lewis Romanian Street Children

 

Cowm Reservoir, Rochdale 4.1 mile multi terrain 18 May 2004
The Great Manchester Run

 

Manchester City Centre  10K flat road race 23 May 2004
Saddleworth Fell Race   Greenfield, Saddleworth 3 mile fell race, AS, 950' Updated 4th June 2006
Waugh's Well Fell race   Turn Village, Rochdale.  Learn history. 4 mile Fell race, AS, 1200' 8 June 2004
The Rochdale 3 day event:

Day 1 Road Race

Day 2 MT  

Day 3 Fell Race  

West from Norden, Rochdale 6 mile road race (undulating), ~700'  Updated 9 June 2006
South from Norden, Rochdale 5.7 mile multi-terrain (1000' ascent)  Updated 10 June 2006
Norden to Knowle Hill, Rochdale 6 mile fell race, AM, 1300' climbs  Updated 2008
Holcombe Two Towers Fell Race Holcombe Brook, near Bury 5.3 mile fell race, BS, 1000' climbs 16 June 2004
Settle Hills Fell Race Yorkshire Dales National Park 7 mile fell race, AM, 1650-1700' 27 June 2004

Eddy's Revenge Fell Race (updated 2008)

Crompton Moor, near Oldham Shiny new 3.7 mile fell race, AS, 1050' 27 June 2007
(.csv and .mmo traces on site)

Healey Dash Races

Whitworth,  near someone's back garden 2.9 mile blast on part of the Brown Wardle race course 30 June 2008

Rochdale 10K (updated 2008)

Springfield Park, Rochdale 10K undulating road race  1st July 2008

Rossendale Way in a day

From Loveclough near Burnley Lovely 42 mile route with 6,600 ft of upiness 4th July 2009
Stoodley Pike Fell Race Todmorden, near Royston Vasey 2.9 miles, 700'.  The i in the name should be a u 11 July 2007
(.csv and .mmo traces on site)
Bull Hill Fell Race (updated) Hawkshaw, Bury 5.5 mile fell race, BS, 1100', a little cracker 13 July 2007
(.csv and .mmo traces on site)

Holme Moss Fell Race

Holmfirth and Crowden 17.1 mile/4000ft, category AS beast of a fell race 13 July 2008
Turnslack Fell Race (updated) Calderbrook, Rochdale  Tough 8 Mile Fell Race AM, 2000'+ climbs 21 July 2007

Royton Trail Race

Tandle Hill, near Oldham Nippy 5.6 mile/510ft trail race with an upside-down profile 15 July 2009
Argassi from Argassi up Mt Skopos Zakynthos/Zante, Greece A 7 miler with 1600 ft of ascent right from your apartment July 2006
Icmeler-Marmaris run Turkey 5.2 miles, flat and hot. August 2004
Dubrovnik Hill, Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia See the war-torn cable car station and view the old town from way on high August 2005

Mnt Azilakas, near Mnt Selena

near Malia and Stalis, Crete A 13.4 mile/2900ft hot ascent with great views August 2008
Radcliffe 6.5 Mile Trail Race Radcliffe, Manchester 6.5 miles through forest, along Irwell under and over M60. 12 Aug 2004

Rovijn, Croatia, with some Slovenia and Venice

Istrian region of North Croatia 14 mile shaded trail south of Rovijn August 2007
Pilgrim's Cross Fell Race (Updated 09) Helmshore, nr Haslingden 6 mile toughy with a bit of everything 12 Aug 2009
Golf Ball Fell Race Love-Clough, Rossendale  5miles, 900 ft, yes right! 23 Aug 2006

Sedbergh Fell race

Sedbergh, near Kendal 17.3 mile/ 5,300 ft quad-hating stonker 23 Aug 2009
Radcliffe 5K Trail Race Radcliffe, Manchester 5K gently undulating trail race 26 August 2004
Andy O'Sullivan's 25th Anniversary Race Littleborough, Rochdale Hard 5mile trail race 2 Sept 2007
(.csv and .mmo traces on site)
Shelf Moor Fell Race Old Glossop, Peak National Park 5.9 Mile fell race, AS, 1500' 5 Sept 2004
Hades Hill Race (updated 07) Whitworth near Rochdale 4.6 Mile AS fell race, 1200' Updated Sept 2007
(.csv and .mmo traces on site)
Trafford 10K Partington, Manchester Fastest, flattest 10K in town 11 Sept 2005

Drei Zinnen / Tres Cime Alpine race

Sesto, Italian Dolomite Alps 17.5 km mountain race up to over 8,000ft 13 Sept 2009
Brown Wardle Hill Race from Oxford Pub, Whitworth Road, Rochdale 5.1 mile fell race, 700' Updated 2006

Good Shepherd Classic Fell Race

Mytholmroyd 15 mile/ 2800 ft beast in lambs clothing 20 Sept 2008
World Masters Mountain Race 2007 Bludenz, Austria, a long way from Lancashire 9.2km/2700' and uphill all the way 23 Sept 2007
Stanage Struggle Fell Race Hathersage, Derbyshire  Entry level fell race BM, 5.8 miles, 1050' 25 Sept 2005
Littleborough 1 Mile Race Littleborough, Rochdale Possibly the fastest 1.00 miler on the planet 27 Sept 2006
Windgather Fell Race (updated 07) Near Buxton, Derbyshire Tiring but beautiful  13.5 mile, 2500', BL fell race October  2007
(.gpx and .mmo traces on site)
Witton Park Cross Country, Red Rose League Blackburn, but quite hard to find Exhausting 10km XC course that feels longer than it is 13th October 2009
Autumn Leaves Fell Race Diggle, 2 miles from nowhere, near Oldham Piece of cake, literally (8.8m/1400' in 2006) 7 Oct 2006
David Bray Fell Race Tintwistle, near Hyde See the Bulls Head in the Bulls Head (8m/1050', BM) 7 Oct 2007
(.csv and .mmo traces on site)

Kaisermarathon

Soll, Austria Full marathon with 2 mountains and 6,700ft ascent October 2008, includes .gpx trace
Shepherds' Skyline Fell Race (updated 07) Todmorden, West Yorkshire 6.2 mile fell race, BM, 1150' 3 Nov 2007
(.csv and .mmo traces on site)

Imperial Palace, Tokyo

Tokyo, Chioda-ku Handy, flatish 5K loop around the palace 9 Nov 2008

Broadoak Cross Country, SELCC 

Ashton-Under-Lyne  Mens = 6.3 mile energy sapping XC 11 Nov 2006

Bury Cross Country, Red Rose League

Chesham Fields, Bury Fast, flat and incredibly boring XC course 17 Nov 2007

Clayton Vale Cross Country, SELCC League

Near the Man City ground Fast, flat unmuddy 10K course 22 Nov 2008
Heaton Park Cross Country, SELCC  (updated 09) Blackley, Manchester Men 6.1 miles, ladies 4 miles, mudy, windy and stream crossings 25 Nov 2006
Calderdale Relay Race, Leg 5 Part of an off-road loop around Halifax 7.5 mile/1000' section of a 51 mile relay race split into 6 legs 10 Dec 2006
Calderdale Relay Race, Leg 4 The next part of an off-road loop around Halifax 9.4 mile/1800' section of a 51 mile relay race split into 6 legs 14 Dec 2008
Stockport 10 Mile Road Race Stockport, Manchester 10 mile road race with some trail thrown in.  Dec 2004 and 2005
Marl Pitts Cross Country  
(Red Rose League)
Rossendale, Lancs. Killer 4.8 mile cross country course with ~ 500' climbs and more mud than Weston-Super-Mare in August.  3 Dec 2005

AS, AM and BS are as defined in the Fell Runners Association Handbook. 

John Mayall 

(pictured at Turnslack fell Race 2007)


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