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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

A day #running in the Cheviots and ideas testing. We were treated to some beautiful sunshine, but the cold weather has definitely arrived... #pennineway

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Took some time to stop - zooming in/out across landscapes and #nature. Loved the magic of the water droplets.

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

A #running round up over the last couple of months 📸 It's been very exciting to have had some extra events added to the diary - Especially with the variation from hills, to coastlines and forest trails. Such a pleasure to be out!

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I love to document a tough adventure, but there is absolutely something about the short fiery runs that brings another level of challenge - Especially when running on sand is involved! Really enough capturing the atmosphere at Tidal Trails 2/8km runs this weekend. #running

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

This was such good fun! Loved watching the challenges unfold, but the best thing was absolutely the people! Weekend photography adds an extra logistical training element - however I still managed my own 30km run between it all too! #ultramarathon #runningfestival #heartandsoulracing

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

This weekend I'm at heart & soul festival covering 4, 12 and 24h runs around a 3.6km loop. Really looking forward to this one as it's all about community and support to keep going. Lots of fab people I've come to know over the last year too! (I'll also be throwing in my own long run somehow...)

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Had an amazing time at the Ras Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon Race this weekend. The descending skills of mountain runners blows my mind. Loved shooting this! Such a brilliant race - Wales also seemed to be the only place with sunshine. #mountainrunning #trailrunning

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Final post from the 2025 summer spine series is out. Like all good things... 🔚 Less than 6months until the next one at least!! #spinerace #ultrarunning #ultramarathon

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Always means huge amounts when you get thoughtful posts like this that describe your photography as intended 🖤 Thanks Maxine!

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I've been sharing a @spinerace.bsky.social series on my Instagram/FB over the last couple of weeks - complete with my images, reflections and photographer insights. But most recently posted about the incredible support. Huge thanks to the volunteers of the Spine - you bring the soul! 🖤

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Small selection from the summer 25 @spinerace.bsky.social A truly magical experience witnessing runners push their limits, battle the elements and embrace the simplicity of the trail. Over the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing more photo sets... #ultramarathon #running #ultrarun #spinerace

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The day before @spinerace.bsky.social. Not long to go and now the last early night - Very exciting. Have fun out there people of the spine! 🥳 #SpineRace

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Photos from the Pennine way earlier in the month. It's been incredibly busy with my own training, shoots and everything in-between, but what a joy it's been! This was absolutely one of my favourites. Lovely run people, clear skies and 3x locations across 32km. #ultrarun #pennineway #spinerace

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Cheviot running at the weekend - I'd forgotten what it's like to have dry feet. A delight to see greens..which I definitely made extra green for nature-drama. #ultrarunning #run

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Loved shooting in the sunshine this weekend🌞 This was a warm event up for Heart&Soul Fest in Aug - a fitness festival in the North East featuring a 12/24h looped race route. Most importantly, a fantastic #community event & lots of connecting❤️ #ultrarunning

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Had the JOY of running the western section the Southern Upland Way. It was truly magnificent. One of those 'on top of the world' kind of runs, just myself, trails and sunshine for 3.5h. Such an incredible part of the world. #ultrarunning #scotland #trailrunning

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

On the way to our Dumfries & Galloway holiday we discovered this! Had to stop to get a picture. All very matching.

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Weekend #running antics in the Scottish borders. A nice loop and adventure together 🖤

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

It's my dad's 60th birthday today 🥳 If it wasn't for his random suggestion of us all trying an #ultrarun I'm not sure if I would've discovered the joy! We're incredibly fortunate to share so many #adventures together. But it also got me thinking, how did other people fall into the ultra world? 🤔

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Enjoyed reading this! I mentioned the importance of mental training/strategies in #ultrarunning at the #Spine webinar this week - with one of mine the chunked-mini-milestones approach to distance. This summarises a handful of others & is a great starting point. Anyone do anything else/different?🤔

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

What a wonderful evening this was with @spinerace.bsky.social - a fantastic opportunity to talk all things spine with two fantastic runners, sharing our experiences and spine top tips. I'm ready for the summer races!!🥳🌞 #spinerace

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Running #photography kind of day. Also back in the Cheviots. Love it. www.instagram.com/clorroe_cam #trails #cheviots

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#running activity around the Pennine way/Cheviots. Found some friends. It didn't go down well with Vick 😬 #cows #run

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Nicki Lygo @drlygo.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Barkley debrief from Laz 👌🏻 #BM100

Barkley debrief from Laz page 1

Lazarus Lake
4h • 0
barkley debriefing
to say the course won this year is an understatement. and since the smoke cleared,
revealing a battlefield littered with the corpses of hubris and overconfidence
i have been thinking back over the past year and especially the past week seeking to understand what went wrong...
and i came out with some definite opinions about what triggered the massacre of 2025. that doesn't mean i am right
but i think the cat ass trophies of 2025 can be greatly attributed to a few mistakes repeated by a lot of athletes.
sure, the course got tweaked. it gets tweaked every year.
and i knew going in that this was a difficult barkley course.
but, while it had a little more climb it was also shorter.
i was actually not certain we would not have another mass finish!
but in the leadup to the race i saw errors being committed that lowered my optimism for the field.
1) taking bad advice.
i saw it written over and over, until it took on a life of its own.
"follow a veteran"

Barkley debrief from Laz page 2

better to develop your own navigational skills. how do you know the veteran you follow did not become a veteran by following veterans?
and even if you latch on to someone with serious navigation skills
if they leave you out in the woods,
all that happened was that they led you a long way from safety
and the main thing you learned was what the right direction looks like
when someone's ass is in the middle of it!
2) take a picture of the map,
and retreat to your own tent to copy it.
that one is so stupid we arent even going to allow it next year.
first, it is going to be nearly impossible to mark the checkpoints accurately from a phone picture. if you make it small enough to see where the mark is, you cannot tell the exact location.
if you make it large enough to see the exact location, you cannot see enough of the whole map to see where it goes.
and exact placement of the checkpoint locations is critical!
second, what everyone lost was the discussion that normally goes on around the master map. following a veteran might be a fools errand. having them tell you what to look for when locating checkpoints
or selecting your routes
can be worth its weight in gold.
which gets back to navigation and the checkpoints.
i don't think the athletes realized how critical it is to: mark the checkpoints accurately navigate to them.

Barkley debrief from Laz page 3

great pains are taken to place the marks on the exact location of the checkpoint.
and i think many of the athletes with rudimentary navigation skills
are unable to look at the map and exactly visualize a location.
contour lines are not merely a record of elevation change.
they are a picture of how the ground is configured.
what i kept hearing was;
"i shot a bearing"
shooting a bearing is the most rudimentary form of navigation.
if it is not pitch black night, or white-out fog i would not use a compass to navigate at frozen head.
i would look at the map and match the contours with my surroundings.
then, instead of a straight line through all obstacles i would pick the best route to reach my destination. old trails and logging roads are easy to follow. in the absence of human-made routes
if you look at the contours for the "easiest" route you are almost certain to find game trails going the same way. animals always choose the easiest route to go from here to there,
that is how game trails are formed.
and game trails also take out a lot of the briars and undergrowth.
there is an additional benefit to following the contours. you know what the ground should look like as you approach the location.
we heard a lot of known excellent navigators comment that they passed clusters of virgins "turning over every rock"
nowhere near the next checkpoint.
no amount of searching will help if you cannot identify the checkpoint locations!

Barkley debrief from Laz page 4

3) trying to brute force error correction.
some people searched for checkpoints for as much as 5 hours,
going back and forth over the same ground. then came home with a description that did not sound like they were ever in the vicinity of the actual checkpoint!
checkpoints are not "hidden" they are not probably in plain sight,
and they have to be placed where hogs cannot get to them.
but the map markings and directions are intended to make them easy to locate.
in a race with zero margin for error,
i would not look more than 5 minutes before consulting the map.
find a nearby landmark that is easily identifiable. or even a couple of more distant peaks that you can see...
if these do not match what you should see from the checkpoint,
then you are searching in the wrong place!
my conclusion about the weekend is not that kind. but sometimes what you need to hear and what you want to hear are not the same.
barkley is out there on the edge of possibility. but it is not impossible.
for most athletes the 100 is not going to be in their future.
the best ability, preparation, and execution might not be enough.
but most of them should have been able to knock out one loop under the time limit!
the 2025 field left a lot of cards on the table.

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Weekend plans: 🏃Cheviot 3h #longrun with Vick - 750m vert 📽️Video editing from last weekends 24h charity run @ Heart & Soul Racing 📸2x #photography events @ SCOTT UK & Northern Fell Running 🏋️Strength session 📝Reviewing #spine questions for Tuesday's panel chat It's an exciting jam packed one!🥳

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

VERY excited to announce I'm going to be on the @spinerace.bsky.social wild women webinar panel next week🥳 Sharing all things first time Spine with two incredible athletes: Rebecca Devereux & Serena Broadway! 📝More info/sign-up here: tr.ee/YuzdmB0yHQ #spinerace #womenrunners #ultrarunning

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Just watched a video of the amazing Claire Bannwarth talking about #bm100 - it was in french, and while I don't speak french, I picked up it was incredible. Think it was a before & after, her happiness is a delight!

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Thrilled to see so many #ultrarunners joining - I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm here and absorbing the ultra-joy. Photos from the PW/Cheviots with my wife on last week's long run - @thegreenrunners.bsky.social patches always.

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Well that was a very exciting start to my bluesky induction #bm100

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Following #bm100 is like a game of family monopoly - tears are falling, everyone's hoping they're following the correct rules, there's a scramble for paper and someone's always accidentally moving backwards.

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

@drlygo.bsky.social I have just discovered your ultrarunning starter pack to begin my bluesky journey - thank you! #ultrarunners of the bluesky unite.

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Wonderful people of the bluesky-verse - any newbie top tips? What are your favourite accounts to follow? Photo on a trig for visual aid to depict my attempt at navigating the newness. Vast lands! #ultrarunnner #sendhelp #newhere #explore

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Taka @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

My #bm100 spreadsheet has gained a tab for 2025! I remind you again that this is NOT a primary source. Just gathering online information into one place. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

docs.google.com

Barkley Results

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Thrilled to have arrived on bluesky at the perfect time 🚬 #bm100

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ClorroeCam @clorroe.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Making my bluesky intro with a selection of favourites from the Heart & Soul 24h 3.6km loop.

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