Category: Race Reports

After a few fairly disappointing road half marathons in the last couple of years I was very pleased by my return to form in today’s Forest of Dean Spring Half Marathon. Croft Ambrey runners are in for a real treat when they take part in the FoD Autumn Half Marathon over much the same course […]

Napoleon decided to sell Louisiana to the US in 1802 for a few quid/francs/dollars as he didn’t fancy his chances of fighting on 2 fronts. Not so Croft Ambrey running club on 4th March 2017 who took on battles on 3 fronts in Shropshire England and Rhayader Wales. The battle in Wales had been played […]

  It poured all day Friday, and it rained heavily Sunday morning, but when we arrived in Carding Mill on Saturday the sun was shining, but as we discovered as we got out of the car the wind was decidedly cold, and the sun would soon disappear and give way to some rain once we […]

Many thanks to all 50 members who came along to our winter social at the Mortimer’s Cross Inn. Thanks also to Mike for taking the time to set out his quiz. I am still receptive to feedback, so I am interested in your comments on the venue, food and anything else you might raise. Finally, […]

This race certainly lived up to its name. The heavy rains of last week turned quite a few of the forest tracks into slippery sliding semi-swamps  The temperature hovered just above freezing accompanied by a chill breeze, but fortunately the snow held off until afterwards. Forestry works meant there were some changes to the course […]