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Bright, sunny and relatively warm conditions welcomed the 55 runners to Upton Bishop for this 5.6 mile road race over an undulating course which mainly followed quiet country lanes around the South Herefordshire village of Upton Bishop. One of the organising team, incidentally this year he didn’t actually take part in the race, was Nigel […]

Apart from a slight headwind on the outer part of the bike leg, conditions were almost perfect for this year’s Ludlow South Shropshire Triathlon, in contrast to the sometimes quite wet and often blustery conditions of last year. This efficiently organised and well-marshalled event has turned into a popular finale to the sprint triathlon season, […]

Simon went up to Anglesey, camping Saturday night just a mile from the start. Fine sunny weather saw the 400 competitors complete the 1km swim (he came out 6th in his swim wave), before the challenging 60km bike ride, where he made up places to climb to 14th position overall, with the 10km off-road run […]

With a quarter of the entrants from Croft, we were always going to figure well in the results. 60 runners set off along the forest track, and then down into the woods before the inevitable climb, more track and a steep down before we splashed through a very slimy, smelly farmyard, across the first river […]

Rain, rain, rain – oh and some pretty strong blasts of wind!  Unfortunately, that pretty much sums up the Lake Vrynwy Half Marathon for this year. I had been recommended this race by a number of people as a scenic, fast half around an attractive Welsh lake so was hoping for a PB, however, this […]