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Peak District Haglof Open5

Mountain Biking, Race Reports, Running April 14, 2015

Sunday was the second of my Haglof Open5 Adventure Races! As I had done for the last race, I decided it would be good to head out on Saturday for a warm up and to check all was running smoothly on the bike. This was also the perfect opportunity to fit in another ride with […]

Mountain biking around Ladybower, Peak District | Outdoor Adventure Motivational Speaking | Hetty Key | Mud, Chalk & Gears

Mountain biking with Katie around Ladybower

Mountain Biking, Running March 15, 2015

This weekend Katie and I finally managed to get out riding together in the Peak District. We have been trying to find a weekend where we are both free for a while now with the aim of introducing Katie to proper mountain biking! We arranged to head out from Sheffield about 11 am on Saturday […]

Yorkshire Dales, Haglof Open 5 Adventure Race | Outdoor Adventure Motivational Speaking | Hetty Key | Mud, Chalk & Gears

Haglof Open5 Adventure Series

Mountain Biking, Race Reports, Running March 2, 2015

Such a good weekend! I competed in my first adventure race, one of the Haglof Open5 Adventure Series and it was so much fun! For those of you who don’t know, these are a series of 5-hour orienteering adventure races set around the UK consisting of a mountain biking and fell running section. The day before […]

Fell running in the snow in the Peak District | Outdoor Adventure Motivational Speaking | Hetty Key | Mud, Chalk & Gears

Trying out my new shoes!

Running February 1, 2015

Having recently treated myself to Inov-8’s new fell running shoes the Oroc 280 complete with ice-spikes I thought today would be the perfect opportunity to test them out fell running in the snow in the Peak District! So I headed out to Fox House with the aim of running about 10k. Those of you who have […]