Race Reports – Page 68 – Croft Ambrey Running Club

Leinthall Starkes handicap race 2 – 15 May 2018

May 16, 2018May 16, 2018Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

An historic day in the annals of Croft Ambrey Running Club – the day that girl power highjacked the handicap series. 32 runners, 21 of whom were females – the most ever in an event that has been going since 1988. The Spice Girls popularised girl power back in the 1990s and maybe the Croft […]

Wrekin Streak – 2018

May 11, 2018May 16, 2018Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

After the heat of the weekend it was a bit of a shock to shiver on arrival at the foot of the Wrekin. This is a fell race because it has climb, but the terrain has not a drop of mud (though Gary, in his speedy descent, did manage to spray dirt up his back) […]

Shobdon Wood – 2018

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

I have had to readjust my memories of this race – I recall sitting shivering at registration for an hour before the race, and being hecticly busy; but now with online entries, fewer register on the day, it was considerably quieter and the weather was even quite hot. We had a record entry of 155 […]

Hereford Couriers 5k

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018Sam HarperLeave a Comment

A bright sunny Wednesday evening saw the second race in the Hereford 5k series. The same Croft runners who ran in the first race, with no Mark Lamonby this time, again slogged it out to run this fast pace race around the Hereford streets. Traffic lights possibly causing some delay on Roman Road caused a […]

London Marathon – Kelly’s Race

May 1, 2018May 1, 2018Sam Harper1 Comment

What an experience for me. I’ve previously said that running the London Marathon wasn’t something I aimed to do. I’ve never been a sporty person and never in my wildest dreams would I have said that I was going to run, never mind run a marathon. I decided to take up running four years ago […]