RADCLIFFE AC’s Peter McNulty gave a peak performance when he took on the 48-mile Joss Naylor Challenge in the Lake District on Saturday. McNulty topped 30 lakeland peaks, a total of 16,000 feet of climbing, in a time of 14hrs 27mins.

The challenge was started by fell running legend Joss Naylor and is a tough task for runners over the age of 50.

Although it is not a race, the challenge has time limits which change as the age of those attempting it increases.

It can be done at any time and is divided into four legs, leg four being the toughest with big mountain tops including Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Pillar. In just 11 miles leg four climbs 5,250 feet.

Fifty-nine-year-old McNulty had a 15 hour limit to get from the start at Pooley Bridge to the finish in Greendale in Wasdale outside Naylor’s home, where Naylor was on hand to congratulate him. A keen fell runner, McNulty had the perfect day and a team of supporters to help.

In December, he was unable to run a mile because of an ankle injury but he gradually built up his training runs reaching 38 miles in the Lakes. Now McNulty will attend a dinner in Wasdale in October to receive his specially engraved tankard from Naylor.

Fiona Lynch showed her improving form when she ran the 22km Karrimor Great Trail Race in Keswick at the weekend, clocking a great time of 2:07 and coming in seventh woman in her first trail race.

Sinead Hayes completed her second race on the hills in the tough Edenfield Fell Race covering 1,560 feet in six miles in a time of 1:23:18.

The race was part of the Run The Moors series in which the club takes part along with several other clubs.

In the 5k Heaton Park parkrun on Saturday Mauro Rotondi ran 22:50, Sheila Jones 23:28, Vince Ashton 25:03 and Rachael Molloys 30:26.

Carly Rourke was visiting family in Leamington and competed in a parkrun there, clocking 28:14.