Category: Race Reports

There was a very good turnout for the last race of the 2014-15 winter cross country series at Presteigne. 83 men and 52 women contested separate versions of a course that suffered little from the forestry-enforced amendments to the route. As usual the weather was cold but dry and conditions underfoot were, I thought, pretty […]

The final cross country in the winter series was held at Presteigne on a bitterly cold morning. Croft had much to fight for with the possibility of claiming third place in the men’s league and I believe the women were battling to hold on to last year’s triumph. After trying in vain to warm up, […]

A new year and a new course at Monkhall Farm for the 4th race in the 2014/15 series, but there was no escape from the usual clinging mud and arduous climbs that this race always features. Lord Sebastian Coe has recently been extolling the values of cross country running for all distance runners, stating that […]

Last year this race was accompanied by 25 mph winds & pouring rain. Mercifully, this year conditions were not so harsh, though still a bit breezy & extremely muddy & slippery underfoot in places. 140 runners set off round the lake, then followed farm tracks leading to woodland paths that ascended & descended steeply. I […]

A very mild but windy morning saw 178 runners set off on New Year’s morning to tackle this 5 mile ‘fun’ (?) run with an increasingly competitive edge, certainly at the top end of the field. 12 Croft runners turned out, possibly more than on Boxing Day, with Simon taking the honours (just) in 13th […]