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A very warm evening (23 degrees when we set off) in Pontesbury, for the third in the Shropshire fell running series. This is a relatively short race (4.9km), with 385m of ascent, but it has its own brand of demands. Matt Yapp was hoping to carry on improving his excellent positions: 4th at the Batch […]
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As we start to see a resumption of mass start racing it was great to see 7 blue vests on the startlines for the Longtown Llanthony Fell Race. Plural startlines this time because the race crosses the England/Wales border and was therefore subject to Welsh Covid rules with groups of 30 runners starting at midday […]
Continue ReadingTori’s questionnaire: completed by 48 members. Mainly positive answers, main benefits for members were 1) the running community, 2) training, 3) being part of Croft club. We have £2245 in the bank, with £933 worth of kit. Expected commitments will much reduce this figure. There are 77 paid up members. Some ‘members’ are competing (eg […]
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What a wonderful evening to be part of a mass start once again, 15 months after the last one at Presteigne. After the previous days’ rain, the air was clear and the hills were green beneath a blue sky. And runners were mostly in shorts and vests or T shirts. 91 runners set off from […]
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Sam and Mike’s long-awaited time trial around fields and orchards next to Shobdon airfield finally took place on Sunday (May 9th – Sam Juson’s and Huw’s birthday), and the rains had waited until a couple of days beforehand, leaving some of the ground covered in heavy, sticky mud. It was a deceptively fast early part […]
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