Race Reports – Page 58 – Croft Ambrey Running Club

Muddy Woody

February 19, 2019Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Sixteen keen Croft Runners took part in this years Wye Valley Runners Muddy Woody race in Haugh Woods. It certainly lived up to its name! All the tracks that weren’t fire-tracks were very muddy. I did see someone lose their trainer and have difficulty pulling it back out of the sticky mud. There was lots […]

Long Mynd Valleys

February 18, 2019February 19, 2019Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

Tim was the only Croft runner to tackle the formidable Long Mynd Valleys event (18.5 km, 1370m [= over 4000ft!] of ascent), the day after the Titterstone Clee race. His very respectable time of 2hrs 48mins 58 secs, put him in 11th place overall in the combined results, and 2nd MV50. Well done, Tim! […]

Kong Mini Mountain Marathon

February 10, 2019Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

Whilst enjoying the refreshments at the finish of The Mercia Hill trial a fellow runner suggested that I should try this event a fortnight later. I entered as soon as I arrived home before I had time to have any second thoughts. The format of the event is simple, there is no set route, you […]

Titterstone Clee fell race

February 9, 2019February 9, 2019Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

(How did the unidentified runner manage to balance a tray and a ball on his head, in that wind?) No photos of Tom, Flora or Gary G because they by-passed the camera. Six Crofters ran the short fell race (2.5 miles) from Cleeton St Mary […]

Fforest Fields Cross Country – ladies captain report

February 4, 2019Sam HarperLeave a Comment

After receiving the email on Saturday, warning of the snow covered course, numbers were down a bit for the fourth of the winter league races. Personally I did think that the snow would have melted a bit on Saturday afternoon and given that there was no snow locally, at least some of the course would be […]