Fell races – Croft Ambrey Running Club

Pontesbury Fell Race

June 17, 2021June 21, 2021Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

A very warm evening (23 degrees when we set off) in Pontesbury, for the third in the Shropshire fell running series. This is a relatively short race (4.9km), with 385m of ascent, but it has its own brand of demands. Matt Yapp was hoping to carry on improving his excellent positions: 4th at the Batch […]

Batch Bash

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

What a wonderful evening to be part of a mass start once again, 15 months after the last one at Presteigne. After the previous days’ rain, the air was clear and the hills were green beneath a blue sky. And runners were mostly in shorts and vests or T shirts. 91 runners set off from […]

Virtual fell Race – medium 1

July 27, 2020Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

The virtual fell series has moved into round 2, with the first of two medium courses (8 miles and 1800ft of ascent), selected by each runner over their local terrain. Once again the results are dominated by northern runners, from Keswick in particular, who no doubt wish to maintain their stranglehold on the team results […]

Virtual Fell Racing

July 12, 2020Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

Race Best Ltd are organising a virtual fell series, involving a short run (4 miles, 900ft ascent), two medium (8 miles, 1800ft ascent) and one long run (11 miles[?] and 2400ft [?] ascent). The first race attracted a good field of well over 200, with age categories in 10 year bands up to 60+ (hard […]

Shropshire Winter fell series – 2019/20

April 3, 2020April 4, 2020Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

Normally you have to run 4 races in the series to count in the final category positions but this year, since the last race in the series was cancelled because of the corona virus, it seems that three races was enough to be up for a category prize, though all 521 runners who even competed […]