Category: Race Reports

Mark and I headed to the outskirts of Ross on wye to compete in the upton bishop 10k road race. Hoping to get some races into the legs before the cross country league. On arrival we bumped into Stacey who was also running. As the race started, mark and Stacey headed off in the leading […]

  A lovely sunny morning greeted us for the start of the Presteigne Pacers 8.3 mile multi terrain run through and around the lanes by Nash Woods. This is a race I have done a few times before and I have to admit that it is one of my favourites. The hills are challenging enough […]

Sunday 13th September 2015. 4am. My alarm goes off. And I’m instantly up, bolt upright. Today is the day I’ve been looking forward too as well as dreading since the day I signed up to it last December. The main reason I signed up to it in the first place was due to last year […]

No, ‘champs’ is not a typo for ‘chumps’. It was wet, it was rocky/stony and it was steep (in places), but on the whole a good experience, not really just for chumps. Rain had been forecast all week for the Saturday, then views changed and Friday evening the rain was supposed to fizzle out by […]

With the end of summer nigh and the nights starting to draw in, the 2015 Croft Ambrey Handicap Series was concluded with the final race through the darkening woods. There was obviously something agreeable in the autumnal air, however, as over 50% of the competing runners recorded P.B.s. There was an exciting finish to the final […]