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The  evening  of  the  warmest  day  of  the  year  so  far  accompanied  by  unaccustomed  sunshine  to  make  conditions  difficult  for  the  first  of  the  Croft  woods  section  of  the  2012  Handicap  Series.  Richard, battling  to  regain  some  speed  into  his  legs  after  his  ultra  adventure  fought  his  way  down  the finishing  straight  to  cross  the  […]

Three Croft runners took part in this years classic fell race held in ideal conditions although maybe a little warm at the beginning. Gary Pearson, testing himself on return from injury as only Gary would/could, finished 237th in 1:45:33 ( 4 seconds behind the aforementioned Steve Littlewood). Gary Gunner finished 274th 1st o/65 in1:50:11, Brian Davies 296th […]

A hint of a summer’s evening in the air as we lined up for the start, alongside a torrent rushing down off the hills (better down here than up there!) A steady climb gave way abruptly to a steep ascent, then relatively clear running on top before plunging down into bog and back up again […]

It  appears  that  Team  Sky  Blue’s  valiant  effort  to  defend  their  title  and, thereby, record  a  hat  trick  of  Summer  League  championships  may  have  hit  the  buffers  at  a  heavy  and  muddy  Westhope  race.  The  season-long  absence  of  our  top  runner  Stacey  due  to  persistent  injury  troubles  proved  to  be  too  much  of  a  handicap  […]

5th counter in the South Wales series involving  3.5 miles, a hard climb to the tops of Corn Du and Pen y Fan (2907ft) followed by a headlong descent back to the bottom. The recent heavy rain relented just long enough for the race to take place then started again at the prize giving! The race was […]