Category: Race Reports

This is a misnomer, and possibly falls foul of the sale of goods Act – to get to the mighty Callow you have to first scramble up Ashlet, then Yearlet and finally the Grindle before you set eyes on the Callow. By this time you have scrambled up probably 600m, and crossed three streams. The […]

With the first race of the Winter Cross-Country League just over twelve hours away, only a small handful of Croft runners made it out to “tame” the Bockleton Beast 10k. The race, which took place in the village of Bockleton near Tenbury Wells, was held only two days before Halloween and with Grim Reapers, clowns, […]

Report by Sam Harper. The weather forecast was 99% heavy rain for the morning of the Ron Skilton Half marathon, race 7 in the Croft Club Chamionship series and I think may have played a part in putting of at least a couple of Croft runners from travelling to LLanrwtyd Wells to take part in […]

By Grant Womack I had just 6 weeks to prepare for the London marathon. I obtained a charity place at the last minute and had to quickly develop a training plan that would hopefully prepare me for a marathon (a distance I’d never run before!) without any injuries, which is something I’ve occasionally struggled with […]

The morning of Sunday 2nd October was quite autumnal. October had arrived and twenty five Croft Ambrey Runners were preparing to descend on Cardiff for the 2022 Wizz Air Cardiff Half Marathon. Unlike previous races, we had planned to travel to the Welsh capital as a team and after a journey that had it’s resemblance […]