Category: Race Reports

Ludlow runners had advertised this well, I had 2 flyers for this race on my windscreen when attending recent races and given how close it is to home and my plan this year to do some fell races, I thought I would give it a bash. I don’t think it was officially a fell race […]

The final road race in the 2015 handicap series again attracted a fairly modest turnout – is the attraction of this format wearing thin ? There were, however, some excellent performances and a sprinkling of p.b.s to lighten up the event. Conditions were good for the runners on a warm, still evening as they set […]

Intended to be the Club’s annual trip to a classic fell race but down on numbers due to injuries and other commitments. Just three Croft runners made the long trip to Seathwaite and again had excellent YHA accommodation, an excellent meal and a couple of pints on the night before the race. Gary G was brave enough to tackle […]

Third round of the Summer Series, an undulating 3 miles from the Yew Tree Inn at All Stretton. This time just Gary and Tom representing Croft and having a ‘sharpener’ before Duddon the coming weekend. Gary got straight back in the groove finishing 89th in 38.32 ( 1st in cat) Tom toddled in 113th in 43.39 […]

The second round of the Shropshire Summer Series is, as the name suggests a classic, 3.5 miles to the top of Caer Caradoc and back. On a dry, clear evening Frank and Tom were the only Croft runners, Gary G came along for the ride but was still side lined by his damaged ribs, he did […]