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I find that I get quite nervous in the week running up to a race, especially one I haven’t done before. This one was no exception – were we going to be able to get through the floods and fallen trees on the roads to get there? Would I be able to see where my […]

630 entrants held their breath last Friday lunchtime, awaiting the decision – would the race fall foul of the weather because the threatened gales? As it was, the day itself was relatively mild, sunny spells interspersed with stiff breezes & a little rain. 558 competitors crossed the finish line, the fastest in 02:24:47, the slowest […]

With the Herefordshire Cross Country League celebrating its 30th anniversary, perhaps a few words regarding the history of the women’s event would serve as an illuminating introduction – thanks to archivist Tom for some of the details. The league started way back in 1984 with Croft Ambrey being one of just a handful of affiliated […]

The course was marginally better than Monkhall, despite 4 stream fordings and numerous muddy paths/rivulets to climb up and down, but above all the sun shone! I’m sure the ladies didn’t need that though to ensure their great team victory: Sue led the way in 3rd, despite a cold, Nicky again had a storming run, […]

While some of us were gallivanting around the woods at Presteigne, the Pearson brothers were engaging in the serious stuff: Gary running the long (18k) Long Mynd Valleys race in very wet conditions, and getting round in 2.17.11 (64th out of 231), and Pat racing up to the top of an icy Clee Hill the […]