Category: Race Reports

I have competed this year in the Shropshire Mud Run Series and on the final event last Saturday came in 3rd (for the 3rd time!) and won 2nd place overall in the women’s section. The Series consists of 5 x-country races between February and November at 5 stunning Shropshire venues all of which are very […]

Fortunately the dire weather forecasts for Sunday morning were replaced by kinder ones, so the rain had rained, so it was wet under foot, but at least it stayed dry throughout the race, for the benefit of the record turnout of 212 finishers (and a few who fell by the wayside). In the absence of […]

Firstly, thank you to all from Croft who ran this – 10 male and 2 female Croft runners and one of the best turnouts overall for the race they’ve had for years.  I think Ron (my uncle) would have been delighted! This was the 10th year this race has operated and having run 8 of […]

As we approached Fforest Fields the weather seemed in suitably sombre mood, after Wales’ narrow loss the previous day to South Africa. There was little fear though that the going would be sticky, even with wet roads, after 10 days or so of fine dry weather. As we waited at the start, now a couple […]

Sunday 11th October saw the first round of the Shropshire Hills Winter Series, the Breidden Hills race is a tough 11km which includes three sizeable climbs on hill and forest tracks with just a small amount of road.  GaryG and TomD were the only Croft representatives but were joined on the trip by Jo Sharp of  Ludlow Runners, Jo making a comeback […]