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A mild day, with a southerly breeze and very dry underfoot saw the first league race held at Castlemorton Common, courtesy of Malvern Joggers. I feared a fast, flat course, but it turned out to be only partly true – the half mile start/finish was on flat tarmac, then the 2.5 mile loop we ran […]

“Runners BEWARE!’ cautioned the notice at the race start which warned of 18 inch bogs, waterlogged holes and dire warnings about keeping to the route! Fortunately, the mud was less of a problem for me than losing the course altogether (but more of that later!). Setting off from the town square, 60-odd runners followed a […]

Over 150 runners set out, in unseasonably warm weather, to tackle the demanding Croft course (unchanged for 26 yrs) After heavy rain on Friday night the dip at the end of the first field was 4″ deep in water for unsuspecting runners, and there was some unaccustomed mud elsewhere round the course. Maybe it was […]

1. It was decided that Sunday morning training would no longer be in Mortimer Forest in the winter, but that a schedule of possibly different venues would be devised by Tom – details to be published here each month. If in doubt, ring Tom, Guy or Bryan beforehand. 2.The club is entitled to one free […]

A mild, windy day greeted 153 runners for the first of the Shropshire winter fell race series, combined with the Welsh fell running championships. As Tom and I ‘warmed up’ on the long ascent from the start we both remarked on how much longer it was than we remembered. Likewise the tricky descents over rocks […]