Category: Race Reports

A lovely sunny October morning saw the start of the Shropshire winter fell series, at Breidden Hills. I don’t think Gary appreciated it quite as much, having slept (?) in the back of his van as recovery from yesterday’s 10 mile fell race in Snowdonia, where he won the over 70s prize. A breakfast of […]

About 500 competitors took part in the two events that comprised the European Duathlon Championship qualifiers at Oulton Park motor-racing track in Cheshire on Sunday 2nd October. This was my first national event since the 1982 London Marathon, so had self-doubts to overcome. The Sprint event which started at 9 AM consisted of Run 1 […]

Ludlow triathlon 2016 was blessed with fine weather, warm but not too hot, with a bit of blustery wind adding interest to the bike stage. As always, the marshals & helpers were excellent, friendly, helpful & encouraging and very visible in their fluorescent yellow event T-shirts. The race has grown in popularity over the last […]

Pat, Tom and Gary and myself represented Croft in this 6 mile race in the South Shropshire countryside. Billed as a fell run but more of a hilly trail race, this is one of my favourite races of the year but it is a shame that this doesn’t seem to be shared by fellow runners […]

While waiting for a Bury Ditches report, maybe you’d be interested to hear how Gary P and Dan Barnett are faring, in the King Offa’s Dyke ultra (185 miles!). They set off at 8pm on Friday, and at 7.30 Sunday evening, after 48 hours, no-one has quite reached Rhyl. Dan is a little north of […]