Author: Guy Whitmarsh

The Royal Welsh Spring Show held their first Trail Running Festival alongside the show last weekend, which was run in partnership with Welsh Athletics. Sam and I set off on Sunday morning for the festival, which offered 3km, 10km and half marathon distances. Having arrived, found where to go and registered we bumped into another […]

The first handicapped race in the 2015 series attracted 20 runners and those competitors were duly considerate to the timekeepers by spacing themselves favourably at the finish line. Neil T., having had a shocker last time out when it took him the full distance to warm up, was a clear winner by a full 2 […]

After the previous weekend’s rain, high winds and steep hills at Devil’s Bridge, last Sunday’s conditions were far more welcoming. Jasper & I ran in the Adidas 10k off-road in the Forest of Dean and found it extremely well-organised, in a good location with car parking & a modern toilet block 100 yards from the […]

With Gary G nursing an injury, it was only Tom (recently returned from a stint setting Alison up in Glossop) and I (nursing a recalcitrant Achilles’ tendon) who turned up for this charity run, starting from Rectory Field (as the championship race the day before). Confusion over the start time meant we arrived an hour […]

By all accounts the climbs were ferocious, not just long but steep. 310 runners descended on Church Stretton for this fell championship race, starting in Rectory Field, so straight onto the Long Mynd. Sam M (he’s competing all over the place: road, triathlons, fell) and Gary P both competed, honourably. Sam finished 77th, in 1.14.14, […]