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There was a real carnival atmosphere on Castle Green today, in broad sunshine: tents, food, circus skills, zumba display and more on the other side of the river at Bishop’s Meadow. As we all gathered under the Cathedral’s tower, by the West Door, Sam, Carrol from Presteigne Pacers and I found ourselves at the very […]

Boys perspective – written by Ben Rees On a beautiful spring evening I made my way over to Hereford for the Wye Valley 10k. This would be my first 10k race. On arrival I bumped into Slim Willy (Martin) and told myself to try and beat him as he had beaten me at Leinthall Starkes. […]

The 14th edition of the Shobdon Wood Race attracted a record turnout of runners eager to punish and challenge themselves on this testing woodland course. The field of 134 finishers, 53 of whom were female, was boosted by a big contingent from Maldwyn Harriers, who were employing the race as one of their club championship […]

There was a record turnout of 35 runners for the first race of the 2014 Handicap Series and this included 11 female competitors – this, in itself, outnumbered the total number running in the first event 103 races ago. The first event of the series, as always, takes the form of a straight race prior […]

40 runners turned out for this charity fell race, on a lovely sunny, but breezy, day to run 5 miles over the Long Mynd and complete 419m of ascent. To me though, whether there are 40, or 440 competitors, the main concern is comparing myself against Gary G, he of the reckless downhill racing, and […]