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Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Mike Hobson (M65) – 22 June 2014

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  11.30pm on Saturday 21st June. Two JNLC contenders, Roger Smith and I, both of Lakeland Orienteering Club (LOC) and our respective suppor...
Wednesday, 4 March 2015

David Neild (M65) – 13 June 2014

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  It was only thanks to my training group that I survived the six months of preparation. But the Joss Naylor Challenge more than repaid tho...
Thursday, 26 February 2015

Roger Smith (M65) – 22 June 2014

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  It was good to have a resting week, leading up to the big day, but I got so rested that, by Saturday, I was also getting nervous, thinkin...
Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Carol McNeill (W65+) – 13th June 2014

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  When I was 52 (14 th June 1996) I went for the challenge which had to be completed in 14 hours. It all seemed quite feasible having done...
Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Geoff Briggs (M55) – 05 July 2014

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  I had my first attempt at this run back in 2009 when I was a spritely 50 year-old. Unfortunately I wasn’t really that spritely; it was at ...
Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Peter McNulty (M55) – 31 May 2014

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  May 2011 a cold sad figure is helped up off the floor at Greendale after failing on the Challenge. A runners rather than mountaineers dec...
Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Caryl Hartwright (W65) - 21st June 2014

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I decided to go for it on Saturday June 21st to maximise daylight and after my final recce decided to go for a 21-hour schedule.    ...