North Herefordshire
With the cancellation of Fforest Fields Simon, Mark & Kelly thought it would be a good idea to race the Hope Valley run, a 8.5 mile multi terrain race in Woolhope. The weather was obviously atrocious, non stop heavy rain but with the cancelled league fixture there were more runners than normal for this, mainly […]
Continue Reading
As I sit down to write this report, the beautiful evening sun is setting, illuminating the countryside. It was a very different story this morning as we set off for the first of the Shropshire winter fell series – persistent rain, big puddles and hills cloaked in low cloud. The forecast was for heavy rain […]
Continue ReadingFforest Fields is (are?) fflooded, so the race will not happen tomorrow (Sunday 14th). No doubt a new date will be decided upon. If you’re left frustrated by this cancellation, you could try Breidden Hills (11km fell race). Start from Criggion village hall (between Welshpool and Shrewsbury) at 11am. Beware though – heavy rain is […]
Continue ReadingAt Monday evening’s committee meeting, the following was decided: Carol Powell to be the new Shobdon Wood race director (next race 5 May 2019) A new ‘Run Together’ (aimed at 15-25yr olds) 8 week coaching course would begin on Nov 1st As a club we would again organise the Ludlow parkrun (Feb 16th 2019) New […]
Continue ReadingIn the absence of a report from the ‘horse’s mouth’, here is a brief comment on the results: Croft seems to have been represented by 7 members, very ably led home by Simon, who finished a fine 6th (out of around 400 competitors, and 3rd in the very talented 40-45 age group), in a time […]
Continue Reading