Category: Race Reports

Two Croft runners competed in today’s parkrun, the sixth running of the event (and the temperature at 9am doesn’t get any warmer!). Both achieved PBs, Kelly also coming in first in the ladies’ run, in 24.33, having moved steadily up the field. Frank will have been pleased with his 19th place, in a new PB […]

Never believe the jolly names given to races (Cardingmill Canter?), even if you’re young enough to be taken in. This was a 5.5 mile struggle, from start to finish – or at least it was from my perspective, some way down the field. We lined up, Sam H, Tom, Gary and I, assuring the starter […]

2016 held the second Merthyr half Marathon. In 2015 they had 810 runners for the first run which was nearly halved in 2016 with a total of 443. Overhearing some other runners I think there was a clash with another run and it was Mother’s Day. I have enjoyed running the Merthyr half two years running. It’s […]

Another belated report. The fourth & final event of the Gloucestershire XC winter league was held on Saturday 20th February at Warwick University, which is actually on the outskirts of Coventry. League places were keenly contested in all categories. The scoring system is a little more complex than the one we are accustomed to in […]

Last Saturday the cream of junior runners competed at Wollaton Park, Nottingham. Toby and Lucy Austin ran, as did Will Hayward. Will and Toby were both running in the Senior Boys race, and out of 310 closely matched competitors, Will finished in a commendable 85th place (23.08), with Toby in 278th (25.56). The race was […]