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The third of this summer’s Shropshire fell series races started in All Stretton, on a chilly but dry evening, with 4 of the hardy Croft veterans from Saturday’s Buttermere- Sailbeck race testing out their legs again on a shorter, gentler course. We set off (all 119 of us) up the lane, thinning out a bit […]
Continue ReadingAt 5.30am, a group of intrepid explorers headed off in a hire car for a day of driving, broken up by a classic fell race in the Lakes. Roll on 10.50am, and we arrived at the destination in one piece despite one 10 mile diversion followed by a 20 mile diversion due to poor driving (sorry guys..you […]
Continue ReadingAnother quiet weekend, so an update on the Ludlow parkrun. Saturday was the 15th running of the event, which regularly attracts a minimum of 50 runners, and often nearer 70. Frank has become a regular, and is gradually improving his PB, as is Kelly. Sue (PB Powell) is the expert though, regularly improving her times […]
Continue ReadingFinish Time 03:10:35 (gender position 12th; category position 7th; overall 271st field of 11,000) What a fantastic race!! The course, the organisation, the weather and the enormous crowd support. In my opinion Brighton Marathon certainly rivals London for atmosphere. I would recommend this race to everyone!! Brighton was my 14th marathon (mixture of road, off […]
Continue ReadingThree separate races – 5K, 10k & half marathon -were combined to create a spectacular event involving nearly 1100 runners. It was a great day, carnival atmosphere, lots of spectators & supporters, all of whom raised £50K for the wonderful work of St Michaels Hospice caring for terminally-ill patients. Pre-race registration was remarkably swift & […]
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