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Forest of Dean Half Trail race

March 30, 2014April 1, 2014Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

Simon reports that four Croft runners competed in fine weather in the Forest of Dean race, which attracted some 2000 runners (did you invite them all to Shobdon Wood?). Working his way through the throng, he was happy to finish 33rd, in 1hour 24mins 24secs, his second best Half time ever. Stuart was not far […]

Warwick Half Marathon – Jo

March 23, 2014April 3, 2014Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

I was not supposed to be in this event! I was supposed to be doing the Forest of Dean Half Marathon a week later. However, realising 12 days before, that this clashed with a holiday to the Lake District, I hastily searched around for something on a different date, of a similar distance (wouldn’t want […]

AGM

March 14, 2014Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

Last week’s AGM voted all the officers back in office (Neil P chairman, Dave A vice-chair, Catherine treasurer, Guy secretary, Sue P membership sec and i/c kit, Rachel publicity, Paul G elected to committee). The new rules were adopted, with the added note that new members joining after Jan 1st wouldn’t pay a full sub […]

Carding Mill Canter

March 1, 2014March 1, 2014Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

The early week forecast of horrendous downpours over the Long Mynd became a more accurate prediction of sun and spring warmth. Warm-up was considerably reduced by the safety rigmarole – we were obliged to collect a running number, a numbered card to hand in at the corralled start (so they knew precisely how many actually […]

Hatterall Hammer

February 22, 2014February 27, 2014Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

The first club championship race saw 5 of the (male) committee members who helped choose it, put their feet where their mouth was (that sounds like a gaffe – maybe it was, had we realised beforehand!) and with 4 other Crofties, they joined 69 runners in a very soft field. Once out of the field, […]