Category: Race Reports

Race report from Guy Whitmarsh. The promised rain and lightning, didn’t materialise as we assembled for the start at 10am. With both races starting together we were quite a crowd of well over 200 runners, all squeezing through the Start gateway. At least today we weren’t troubled by any dust kicked up by the runners […]

Report by Mike Blenkinsop We have reached the halfway stage of the 2025 Bryan Markham Handicap Series, with 3 speedy road races completed and now facing the challenge of 3 runs over the hills, woods and wide open spaces of the Bircher Burnup. The Leinthall Starkes event has been running since way back in 1989 […]

Report by Greg Jones It seems I have some demons lurking on the Pennine Way. I’ve attempted the 108 mile Spine Race Challenger South three times, and each time, something or other had prevented me from finishing. So, time for another attempt ? Well yes, but this time I thought I’d do the full Spine […]

Leinthall Starkes June 3rd 2025 Report by Mike Blenkinsop The final visit of the summer to the leafy lanes of Leinthall Starkes. The gentle folk of the village peering out of their windows were bemused, thinking that this motley assortment of SAGA louts and ne’er-do-wells had arrived a week early for the annual Scarecrow Festival. […]

Report By Mike Blenkinsop PREPARE FOR A SCRAP – ‘TIS THE CROFT HANDICAP. After weeks of drought-like conditions the second race in the 2025 Handicap Series was immediately preceded by an almighty thunderstorm with torrential rain of biblical proportions in north Herefordshire, flooding some of the approach roads. This may well have deterred a few […]