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I managed to persuade my husband to bring my children along to watch me race around the sunny hills overlooking Hay on Wye. The Hay Hotfooters website said to allow plenty of time for the ten minute walk from the carpark to the race registration and I thought I had got there early enough but […]

Well after what felt like 3 very long months of training and trying to stay clear of injuries Stuart & I finally arrived at Belfort in France for the Long course age group champs and after 3 attempts to get the right GB suit, in a surprisingly pie loving XL, not me at all but it […]

Fell runners brave all weathers – a record turn-out of 110 runners, in rain which was sometimes light, sometimes heavy, took on the 4.9 mile All Stretton fell race, Steve Cale returned to win in 27.02 rom Tim Werrett, and Ruth (2nd SL in 36.04) had a very good run, overhauling Gary (1st over 65) […]

What a weekend! Edinburgh Marathon Festival (EMF) includes junior races, 5k, 10k, Half Marathon and Full Marathon distances. I elected to run the Full Marathon on Sunday 26 th. I travelled up to Edinburgh on Friday 24 th May and enjoyed glorious sunshine (a first for Scotland I believe!) Friday and Saturday, and then perfect […]

 A warm and sunny afternoon saw 248 of us lining up for this year’s Crocodile 8.  There was a really good turnout of about 14 Croft men, fielding a strong team but we were lacking women (only me!).  I had not run the course before but apparently it was extended to 8.8 miles this year […]