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Simon and Daren went down to Port Eynon on a lovely sunny day to compete in the Gower Tri, which involved a 1500m sea swim, a hilly 37k bike ride and then an even hillier 10k run, but all very scenic and well organised. Simon finished a superb 24th (out of 190 entrants) in 2hrs […]

I managed to  find the Presteigne Pacers 2 Rivers Race this year, having left it too late last year and missed the start. You just park and register at the leisure centre and then walk up the short distance to the folly car park. I blame last year’s fiasco on the sat nav. I lined […]

As part of Ludlow’s new ‘Fitfest’ festival the Ludlow 12k attracted a large entry of nearly 230 starters to a brand new 12 k road race that started and finished in Ludlow Castle and followed an undulating course around county lanes and local roads. Although forecast, the expected heavy rain held off until later in […]

The New Forest Marathon and Half Marathon took place on the 23 rd of September. With its good reputation and fantastic scenery, I knew that this would be a great place for my first half marathon. The race had a fantastic atmosphere and was started by Liz Yelling, however the scenery was slightly obscured by […]

First race in the Shropshire Winter Fell Series, the Breidden Hills race saw an impressive turn out of 124 runners for what promised to be a day spent in thick mist with no indication of what we were about to climb. Starting from Criggion village hall near Welshpool the race made a fast ascent on […]