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Nearly 300 runners this year, and no snow or ice! The wind, on top of Caradoc particularly, was fierce and even the downhill was a bit of a struggle.Surprisingly, the surface was quite slippery in places: part moss and part a wet top inch. Richard raced round at a fine speed, 46th out of 291, […]

Across  the  Welsh  border  to  the  scenic  surroundings  of  Fforest  Fields  caravan  and  camp  site  where  Builth  R.C.’s  Mike  Speake  had  put  in  a  lot  of  work  to create  a  challenging  and  interesting  course.  Unfortunately, his  efforts  were  not  rewarded  by  a  good  turnout – numbers  were  well  down  on  the  previous  2  league  races  […]

Running for Wales at the British and Irish Cross country International is a great honour, however, I did wonder what I had let myself in for this year. The venue for the day was Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. Urban parks can be tame offerings especially, when compared to Hereford league x-country courses but, on this occasion, […]

The fog didn’t lift, not even on top of the Wrekin. Fortunately the number of runners (over 200 set off) meant there was almost always someone in sight to follow. Richard, venturing into a race as a break from his training for a 100 miler in 2012, had a great run covering the 8 miles […]

Swim 4k, Bike 130k, Run 30k My journey to the world championships began a few years ago after being inspired by fellow Hereford Age Group Triathletes who were representing Great Britain. When we arrived at the venue we were told the swim was cancelled due to air temp of 2’C, which was mighty cold. The […]