Category: Race Reports

By 11am the sky was clear blue, and the morning was pleasantly warm. Once we set off up the 2km of road though we soon became rather too warm! Then there was a narrow, steep, rutted path up to the top of Brown Clee, where after the recent dry spell,it was surprising to find some […]

Simon, Ben and myself made our way to Malvern to take part in the Worcester Beacons race. It was the first time doing this race for all 3 of us even though it’s been around for 60 years. As we were warming up and getting ourselves prepared for whatever Malvern has ready to throw at […]

Who says it always rains in Wales? The city of Cardiff produced perfect half marathon weather for the 5th year in a row and a record entry of nearly 20,000 runners. This is proving to be Wales’ proud riposte to the iconic Great North Run. Croft runners that have not yet treated themselves to a […]

On Sunday 27th I arrived at 7am on a cold misty morning at Llangorse lake to take part in a half ironman triathlon to salvage something from a quiet year of racing !! Well after a long delay due to mist not wanting to clear the lake, the mist gave way to a beautiful sunny […]

I allowed plenty of time to get to the start of the Bury Ditches race, even having time on the way to have a quick chat with Mike who I passed when he was out on his bike. Unfortunately I must have been having a senior moment and managed to forget a few things – […]