Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay

02/12/2025

The chidren of Patterdale School have recorded their own 'Thank you' to all the fell running clubs who donated part of their entry fee refund from this year's race. The school have given us permission to share, so please go ahead & share it within your own clubs too.
Thanks again!

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25/11/2025

£2,500 ENTRY REFUNDS DONATED TO PATTERDALE SCHOOL!!
It's with a humbling but huge 'thank you' that we wanted to let you know that we are able to donate a massive £2,500 to Patterdale School, as a result of the entry fee refunds that you have generously gifted to them.
The generosity of the fell running community never ceases to amaze us and we know this money will make a huge difference to the school.
There are still a few smaller costs & refunds to clear and then we will have a final amount we can announce.

On behalf of us all....'Thank You'! 👏👏👏👏

Chris, Sara, Jon, Scoffer, Rosie

15/10/2025

ENTRY FEE REFUND

Hi all,
We're in a position now to refund part of this years entry fee for the cancelled race. All teams will receive a refund of £76 / team out of the £130 entry fee; we also hope to offer a reduced entry fee for next years race as some costs have been carried over (entries will also roll over so you are assured of your place).

Patterdale School usually raise a significant sum of money at the Hodgson relay towards their school running costs. As they missed out on the opportunity to do this, we are offerring all clubs the chance to donate some, or all, of their entry refund to the school.

Team Captains will have received an e-mail from SI Entries giving them the choice of:

- Full refund donation to the school £76
- 50% donation to school £38
- 25% donation to school £19
- Full £76 refund to the club (less processing costs)

We appreciate all clubs financial circumstances are different, so please make the decision which is right for yourselves. Team Captains have until 8th November to make their refund choices via SI Entries, then after this date any remaining pennies in the pot will be donated to the school.

We'll post on here the final donation amount made to the school.

Thanks as ever for your support, we'll be in touch about the 2026 race next summer.

Chris, Sara, Jon, Rosie & Scoffer

04/10/2025

40-years ago this month 2,000 competitors set-off from Limefitt Caravan Park at Troutbeck in the 2-day ‘Karrimor Mountain Marathon’. Many, including myself, my 3 brothers, my dad, and future sister in law, camped in Boredale (just off Leg 1). It was a typical KIMM, mixed weather, friendly, competitive, challenging….type 2 fun at times, a bit like many fell races are!

The Score class in those ‘pre-electronic’ days (remember those you Over 50’s?) couldn’t be calculated on the day; you had to wait until a couple of days later to find out how many points you had accumulated and how you had done. The winners that year turned out to be our brother Ian and his partner Jem Wilson; sadly, Ian never knew he had won the event as he was killed whilst cycling on the Monday on his way to our mum & dad’s.

The Hodgson relay was first created 40-years ago in memory of Ian and he would have genuinely loved this race, as did our other brother Mike who passed away 10 years ago this year; it’s proper racing, in tough Lakeland conditions, eyeballs out, running with mates in your own club and competing against friends from other clubs at the same time.

We have all missed out on being able to enjoy the competition & camaraderie this year (definitely a good decision btw it’s been truly biblical weather the last 24-hrs), but we shall look forward to welcoming you back in Patterdale in 2026 where you will, at last, receive this year’s relay coaster.

(p.s. Hartsop road junction - photo credit Geoff Briggs)

02/10/2025

HODGSON RELAY - URGENT UPDATE

Regrettably due to the dangerous weather forecast, and also on the advice of Mountain Rescue, this years Hodgson relay event is cancelled.
There are numerous bad weather forecasts with the wind gusting at speeds in excess of 70mph on mountain tops and wind chill of -10c, which means even the bad weather route we have planned is an unacceptable risk to both runners and marshals.
This is the first time in 40yrs that we have had to cancel the event due to overhead weather conditions, so maybe we were due one, but let's hope next years event on Saturday 3rd October 2026 passes off in better weather.

All Teams will receive a longer communication via SI Entries before 12 noon today.

Thanks as ever for your support for this event, which blows us away every year we hold it.

Chris, Sara, Rosie, Jon & Scoffer
Hodgson Relay Organising Team

01/10/2025

Given the weather warnings for potentially extremely high winds and heavy rain as a result of Storm Amy, we are looking at making a decision by midday tomorrow, Thursday 2nd, as to whether we need to implement the bad weather route for Saturday's HBMR, or even possibly cancel the event completely for this year.
The cut off for adding all the leg runners has been extended until Friday midday to accommodate any changes you may wish to make IF the bad weather route is adopted.
We apologise for the uncertainty, but we have to consider the safety of both runners and marshals, and will send another email out tomorrow once a decision has been made.
Fingers crossed that the storm is downgraded or tracking further north by tomorrow morning!

An e-mail to all Team Captains will be sent out via SI Entries and messages also posted on this, and the UK fell runners. pages.

Thanks for your understanding.

Sara, Chris, Scoff, Jon & Rosie
Hodgson Relay Organising team

28/07/2025

Quick reminder that entries for this years Hodgson relay close on 10th August; we are unable to accept late entries so if your club hasn't entered yet, and you want to be considered for an entry, you might want to give somebody a nudge!

The ‘Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay’ is a fell running relay race. It is set in the heart of the Lake District Fells over four legs and is the longest-running mountain relay in the country.

01/07/2025

It's that time of year...... entries for this years Hodgson relay race around the Patterdale fells are now open. You have until Sunday 10th August to get your club's entries in 🙂

The ‘Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay’ is a fell running relay race. It is set in the heart of the Lake District Fells over four legs and is the longest-running mountain relay in the country.

02/10/2024

Team numbers for the 2024 race are now available using the link below, so you can now complete your Registration forms. Registration is open between 8-9am on Saturday 5th..... see you then!

https://www.sientries.co.uk/list.php?event_id=12874

07/07/2024

Entries for this years race on Saturday 5th October open this morning at 9.00am and will remain open until 23rd August. Full details on the SI Entries page below or refer to the race website https://hbmr.org.uk/ for additional info.

Just a reminder that this year the race is on a Saturday for the first time....don't turn up a day late!

The ‘Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay’ is a fell running relay race. It is set in the heart of the Lake District Fells over four legs and is the longest-running mountain relay in the country.

01/10/2023

Congratulations to the winning teams in this years Hodgson relay, which started In challenging rainy conditions and finished in bright sunshine.

Winning teams:
Women: Helm Hill (in a new record time)
Vets: Borrowdale
Mixed: Black Combe
Open team (after a period of 30yrs without winning): Ambleside AC

Huge thanks to all our marshals and our prize sponsors Pete Bland Sports, inov-8 All Terrain Running, Montane, Ronhill, OMM, and SCOTT Sports for their generosity.

Results now available at
https://www.sportident.co.uk/results/HBMR/2023/HBMR/index_results.pdf

Here’s a few snaps of the winning teams and a couple of randoms of some of your organisers after you’d all gone home!

30/09/2023

Prizes will be awarded in tomorrow's Hodgson Relay to the following winning teams:
Women's: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Open: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Vets 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Mixed 1st, 2nd, 3rd

In addition, fastest leg prizes will also be awarded to the fastest Women's pair and fastest Open pair on each of the four legs.

A huge 'Thank You' to our event sponsors' Pete Bland Sports inov-8 All Terrain Running Montane SCOTT Sports Ronhill and OMM without whom we would not be able to offer such a fantastic prize list. Your support is very much appreciated!