Category: Race Reports

Race report by Simon Norwood. First seen on Facebook. On a rainy day – yes rain in Spain – and a very late 3pm start putting myself way out of my comfort zone as I’m a morning guy. Poor communication by the Spainish organisers – yes, very brief race notes, but finally myself and Neil […]

Report by Neil Taylor After training more for endurance than speed, my race strategy for this run/bike/run duathlon (10k/38k/5k) was to start steady and finish strong. We began with a fast, flat 10k run of two 5k laps, passing by the world-famous Guggenheim museum. The three best athletes in my age group were away and […]

Report by Sam Harper A great turnout this year for this local fundraising event which deserves recognition for a fabulous route allowing for some stunning far reaching views across South Shropshire and some great running. This year, as always it was really well organised with lots of friendly marshalls and no chance of taking a […]

Report By Grant The Wrexham half marathon took place on 4 September, after several cancellations of its usual date in February 2020-2022. During the week leading up to the race, the weather forecast was ominous, with heavy rain predicted for the couple of hours we would be running. But as race day arrived, the roads […]

Report by Guy. We arrived in Ireland on the Wednesday evening, spending the first night on the coast by Rosslare, which allowed for an invigorating dip in the sea on the Thursday morning, before we set off for Clonmel.The sun shone as we arrived, and as I recce’ed the first part of the course it […]