Croft Ambrey Running Club

Benjamin Arthur Robert Whitfield, youngest associate member of Croft Ambrey, arrived in this world on August 11th, thanks to his mum, Irina (Dale) and dad, Joe. At a whopping 8lb13 ounces, and 23″ long, he will possibly make a fine long-legged runner one day. Congratulations to Irina particularly, and welcome to Ben (just one year […]

Thursday training (August 1st) – High Vinnalls

July 26, 2019 Guy Whitmarsh

Mark and co. are organising an uphill only run, to the top of High Vinnalls. It’s 2.4km and 140m of ascent. Park at the High Vinnalls car park (as for the parkrun), and warm up by jogging to the start: follow the main track (south) and instead of turning off right for the ‘dip of […]

Race Reports

Lake Vyrnwy half marathon

September 9, 2019 Guy Whitmarsh

Lake Vyrnwy Is a reservoir feeding Liverpool, nestling amongst beautiful hills. Apart from a few tourists, little disturbs this sleepy backwater, except for the one day a year when runners converge on the tiny village of Abertridwr for the Lake Vyrnwy half marathon. Jasper and I ran it yesterday. We bumped into Hereford Couriers’ Tim […]

Stratford 10k

September 8, 2019September 8, 2019 Guy Whitmarsh

An early start was required to get to Stratford in time for the 9.30 ‘kick-off’, and this had me seeing the beautiful sunrise at 6am, driving through low-lying mist, and recording a temperature of 4 degrees along the Teme valley. However, standing in the sunshine at the start was pleasantly warm, enough to shed the […]