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After 6 races on Wednesday evenings, running over the Wrekin, Stiperstones, Caradoc, and the Long Mynd the final series results show a record 12 Croft runners taking part, admittedly 6 of whom managed only one race – the one easiest to get to after work. Gary G not only won the over 70 category, but […]
Continue ReadingThe final race in the Shropshire summer series started in Little Stretton on a pleasant summer’s evening, with 96 hardy souls (and soles!) crossing the two streams before the first steep climb up to the summit of the Callow, then a gentle slope down to a path climbing diagonally across, into a bright evening sun, […]
Continue ReadingAnother glorious sunny Sunday, or at least it was at 9am. By the time we got to Little Stretton, the sun had gone in and the air was decidedly cool, so the idea of carrying/wearing a windproof top didn’t seem too much of a hardship. Five Croft runners (and none of the ladies who had […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 ReadingThe early week forecast of horrendous downpours over the Long Mynd became a more accurate prediction of sun and spring warmth. Warm-up was considerably reduced by the safety rigmarole – we were obliged to collect a running number, a numbered card to hand in at the corralled start (so they knew precisely how many actually […]
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