Category: Race Reports

Still warm, and no sign of the promised cooler, possibly wet weather. With Martin a new recruit to the Croft contingent of fell runners, we set off round the school playing field, sharp turn onto a narrow roadway to the foot of the steep climb through the woods. At the top we emerged onto Pontesbury […]

On a warm summer evening myself and Jon Briggs headed over to Malvern to take part in the Malvern multi terrain 10k , a well attended event with 253 taking part with a variety of clubs from Worcestershire /Gloucestershire and beyond in attendance. Registration takes place at Welland village hall, from there it’s about a […]

On maybe the warmest evening of the year (what a difference a fortnight can make!), Gary and I, and Dave Thomlinson formerly of Croft, made our way up to North Shropshire and the delights of a run up to Rodney’s Pillar on the Breidden Hills. We warmed up, literally, on the steadily climbing track, and […]

I slept badly the night before the race and woke up wracked with nerves, knowing that I had taken on a highly ambitious challenge that would test me to the limits. This year the legendary Man vs Horse event at Llanwrtyd Wells attracted a record entry of more than 300 individual runners, a large brigade […]

The third race in the 2014 handicap series, and the final one on the roads, as the series reached its half way point attracted by far the lowest turnout of the season, but there were enough highlights to please the combatants. For once there were also plenty of willing helpers but, unlike during the confusion […]