Sam Harper

Winter Spine Race

January 19, 2025January 19, 2025Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Race report by Greg Jones. After many months of training with a 10kg pack on my back, lots of cold, wet night-runs and countless kit adjustments I was at last standing on the start line of the winter Spine Race.This year I was doing the Challenger South – 108 miles from Edale to Hawes along […]

Hillfort Hustle Entries are now live!

January 17, 2025January 17, 2025Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Visit the Hillfort Hustle page of this website to find out more information on the new 10 and 5 mile trail races for 2025! Starting at 10am on Sunday 20th July in Aymestry – run through glorious Herefordshire countryside including the Gatley Estate and National Trust parkland to the Croft Ambrey Hill Fort from which […]

Morning After Fell Race

January 4, 2025January 4, 2025Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Race Report by Neil Taylor. Woh … ohoh … aaaagh … were some of the anguished cries from inadequately shod athletes, as they tried to negotiate the slippery slope rising from the start of the Morning After fell race on New Year’s day 2025. After a further short climb, a descent through the woods took […]

Hereford and Border Cross Country Winter league Race 1 Bearwood.

November 17, 2024November 17, 2024Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Report by Sam Harper A fantastic sky blue turnout for the first of the winter league races, not too far from home at Bearwood farm close to Pembridge. 38 seniors, 2 U17 and I find this quite a tough run around field margins and farm tracks with a couple of technical stretches through some wooded […]

Fan Fawr Fell Race

October 6, 2024October 6, 2024Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Report by Guy I remember years ago Rachel Nelson apologetically offering a snail’s eye view of a race. That’s where I’m coming from now! The Fan Fawr fell race is short (1 mile up, and 1 mile straight back down) and steep (1,000ft climb approx), and ‘what you see is what you get’: apart from […]