Category: Race Reports

(Or should that be Buried Itches?) Again, a fairly small (in stature too!) Croft turnout at yesterday’s Bury Ditches race – 5.6 miles up to the top and back down again, about 400m climb in all. It’s a deceptively fast race, despite the climb, with  runnable surfaces, especially this year after so little rain. From […]

Lake Vernwy Half Marathon – 9th September I last did this road race five years ago aiming for a PB but set off too fast and ‘blew up’ at mile 8, hobbling, shuffling and walking the final 5 miles.  Too fast, flat and monotonous I told myself and vowed never to do it again! Then […]

A still late summer/early autumn evening provided ideal running conditions, which were conducive to fast running, for the final race in the 2018 Croft Ambrey R.C. Handicap Series. The event attracted a good sized field of 31 runners to wave a fond farewell to the summer season. The winter cross country season beckons with its […]

2 Croft Runners out of 266 took on the challenge of the Roman Run on Saturday Sept. 1st. The run started in Silver Street in Brecon and finished 16 miles later in Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil. The run started on road and was flat for a very short time before taking on many harsh […]

9 Croft runners turned out for this club/county championship race, with out-of-county Neil T spectating and taking photos. I don’t think I was the only one to be daunted by the size of the 400m track – longer than my fading memory had recalled, and confirmed as Tom and I did a couple of warm […]