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A day that defied the forecasts: wall to wall sunshine, and only mist in the valley but some frosted, hard terrain and slippery surfaces. 13 Croft runners competed in a field of some 300 runners. Simon had a good race, finishing 16th, in 79.12, but pursued by young Dave who must have been gaining on […]

Where’s the best place to be, when the temperature on a Sunday morning is minus 2? Three of us came up with an answer of sorts: on top of Caer Caradoc. Gary, Nicky and I decided that the roads were safe enough to get to Cardington and hoped the hillsides wouldn’t be too lethally hard […]

My first race as Presteigne Pacers latest loan signing (negotiations dealt with by my agent Mr M. Blenkinsop) saw me travelling to Talybont-on-Usk to take part in the fourth running of the Sleepwalker race. This is normally a 20mile figure of eight course, but due to the poor weather conditions the course was altered to […]

A narrow start on a rocky path under the Wrekin, then up to the top and down the other side, before a stiff walking climb back to the summit, steeply down to the bottom again before climbing up to the summit for the third time and a tricky, rocky descent to the nearly 2 mile […]

Nominally a road race, but such a remote road with fantastic mountain views it hardly felt monotonous until perhaps the last two miles. Sharply downhill to start from lakeside scenery, the hills bit at mile 3 as we skirted the mountain. Many undulations later it finished with a fairly flat 3 miles at the Visitor’s […]