Category: Race Reports

There were quite a few events on this Sunday, so maybe this explains why only 6 Croft Ambrey runners turned out for the Bury Ditches 10k race, which was one of the Club Championship races this year. Tom, Gary and Frank had all run in it before and were able to inform me that it was […]

Seventy-three runners attempted the Big Dipper this year. An additional loop passing Upton Bishop Church has extended the course to a full 10K. With very little flat and a few steep sections it is not a course to attempt a personal best especially on a very warm autumn day. Most preferred to enjoy the scenery […]

Photos of last year’s race, with runners splashing through a stream and blue sky behind, attracted me to this new 10k multi-terrain race that starts and finishes at Stoke St Milborough village hall. A disappointingly small field of 49 runners lined up for the start, to tackle a steadily rising 1 mile of road before […]

Congratulations to Stacey Morgan for winning the inaugural Herefordshire Festival of Running Marathon held on Sunday 21st September 2014. The festival incorporated a series of different distance races with each race setting off at approx. 5 minute intervals, so for the first few miles Stacey was overtaking some of the 10K runners before they turned […]

Although the Presteigne Pacers flagship event is an enjoyable but stiff test it seems to struggle to attract the numbers of competitors it deserves. This year, although the route was slightly changed from last year, it still covered approximately 8 and a quarter miles of undulating forestry tracks, stone built roads, farm tracks, a small […]