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
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
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
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 Littleborough, Rochdale 5K with a ruddy great hill in the middle 22 March 2006
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

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

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  (updated 2008)

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 11 June 2006
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
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
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
Argassi from Argassi up Mt Skopos Zakynthos/Zante, Greece A 7 miler with 1600 ft of ascent right from your apartment July 2006

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 Helmshore, nr Haslingden 6 mile toughy with a bit of everything 16 Aug 2006
Golf Ball Fell Race Love-Clough, Rossendale  5miles, 900 ft, yes right! 23 Aug 2006
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
Brown Wardle Hill Race from Oxford Pub, Whitworth Road, Rochdale 5.1 mile fell race, 700' Updated 2006
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)
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)
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)

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
Heaton Park Cross Country, SELCC   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
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 



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pictured at Turnslack fell Race 2007)


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