Category: Race Reports

Reports by Tim Jones and Guy Whitmarsh Tim: 4 Crofties headed north to run The Stiperstone Fell Race last night (Wednesday 10th July) over a 6.6km course with 390 metres of ascent. It was the first time that I had raced over this new course and it certainly proved both challenging and highly satisfying. It […]

Another hot, humid evening for race 2 of the Summer league saw a few harder Croft Runners taking part. Hosted by Forest of Dean AC, it was a flat and fast two lap course, 4.8 miles for seniors, 2.4 for juniors. There were some great results for Croft – winning team on the night with […]

Report by Greg Jones. Well, I did it ! 160 miles (258km) non-stop along an incredibly boggy Pennine Way. Many veteran Spiners rated the ground conditions to be as bad if not worse that winter conditions and more than half of the full distance runners (including many of the front runners) didn’t finish. But for […]

Report by Huw Williams I’ve often said that my favourite distance for a race is 10 miles. That’s definitely true for road races. On the hills and trails I’m happy to go further. Ideally no more than 20 miles though. After 20 miles I always start to question my sanity! * So the Offa’s 15 […]

Report by Mike Blenkinsop The final race on the road, before heading for Bircher Common to complete the season’s handicap series, provided the last opportunity to set a PB on the old 5 mile course and 10 runners took advantage of the favourable conditions to wave a fond farewell to Leinthall Starkes with improved performances […]