Feet in the Clouds: A Tale of Fell-Running and Obsession: The Classic Tale of Fell-Running and Obsession

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BTW: I’ve just happened to start reading a book by same author about Emil Zatopek – The Rise and fall of Emil Zatopek, this also looks a great book, if you are looking for a story about a real sporting hero. I would have liked some more content on other areas, other than the lakes as most of the focus is there- West Yorkshire gets quite a few mentions but never in any depth. However that is fair enough as the key roots of fell running are the lakes and that's where the author has done most of his own stuff. It appears that there are a bunch of old-timers in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland that call mountains 'fells' and run races on them. Who'd have thunk it? Not me.

One of the ways in which clouds are formed is by the heating of the earth's surface which causes air to rise which condenses water droplets to form clouds. Confession: I did get tired of the book, about halfway through, but that's more my own personal failing rather than a jab at the book. I'd still recommend it.

The exception is low clouds which typically have cloud bases within the first 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) of the surface. But even that can vary. Toymaker: the autobiography of the man whose designs shaped our childhoods". British Library . Retrieved 8 October 2022. In the book, there are some remarkable stories of ordinary people, who – though fell running – did extraordinary things. For example, the likes of Billy Teasdale who wouldn’t use a car, but just cycle, run or walk the 20 miles to the start of a race, win the race, run home, and then spend the evening working on the farm. It kind of makes Monty Python’s Four Yorkshireman look like a walk in the park.

Today We Die a Little: Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero. Yellow Jersey Press. 2016. [11] This means an average size cumulonimbus would weight about 400,000 kg, roughly the same weight as an Airbus A380. Let IT Go: My Extraordinary Story, from Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist. Andrews UK. 2012. [9] (co-written with Stephanie Shirley)The earth's atmosphere is a very cloudy place. NASA's Earth Observatory estimates that at any given time, around 67% of Earth's surface is covered by cloud. Today We Die a Little: Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero". British Library . Retrieved 16 July 2020. Most interesting to me, personally, as an aging would-be runner, is the sheer durability of these guys. And gals. Mr. Askwith describes the Wasdale, a race over 25 miles of rugged mountain terrain, as having sixty-eight starters with only twenty-six under forty. Do the math--68-26=42. 42 runners over forty years old. Is the sport aging out?