Category: Race Reports

This is the second classic horseshoe fell  race  that I have done in consecutive years with the intrepid Gary Gunner, Tom Davies and Gary Pearson. Well worth the trip to the Lake District, although this year the other lads didn’t have to put up with the stress of me driving past 2 motorway junctions with […]

The third race in the summer series started in All Stretton, with beautiful blue sky above, and many sky blue vests beneath – twelve of us in all, including 7 Croft ladies who distinguished themselves in for what for many was their first Shropshire fell race. 126 runners took off along the road leading into […]

Run4Wales hosted the Royal Welsh running festival at the show ground in Builth Wells on Sunday 21st May alongside the Royal Welsh Spring show. I felt the race was great value for money costing £20 to run the half marathon distance, receiving a t-shirt, medal and free entry to the show (£15). They also had […]

  Sam H persuaded me to run The Beast of Bitterley race today. As the name suggests, a challenging run just over 5 miles up to the top of Titterstone Clee then back down again. Organised by Ludlow Runners it was a really well marshalled fell type run. It included fields, common ground, some rocks, […]

There was another good turnout for the second race in the 2017 Croft Ambrey Handicap Series as the severity of the handicapping system kicked in for the first time this summer. Some big improvements were recorded whilst others found it a bit of a sadistic ordeal on a sultry evening in north Herefordshire. 31 runners […]