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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 […]
Continue ReadingWell done to all who completed their first circuit (some did more than one and submitted their best time) of the new course on Bircher, probably in excessively warm weather. Twice round the coppice is quite a pull, but maybe when there are other competitors minds will be thinking more about the competition than the […]
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Race report by Alice Godding On Sunday 17th May, athletes from CARC laced up their running shoes to attempt a 12-hour relay challenge. The aim of the challenge was always to have one member of the club running, from 7am to 7pm, with members starting their run on the hour. All members involved had to […]
Continue ReadingNormally 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 […]
Continue ReadingFor a club championship race the Croft turnout of 7 was disappointing. Members seem to have voted with their feet, perhaps partly because of the demands of kit – the cost and the need to carry stuff while running. Anyway, the day dawned bright, and dry, and Cardingmill valley looked lovely in the sunshine, even […]
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