North Herefordshire
On a pleasantly cool(er) evening, some ten members ran round the Bircher handicap course, suitably socially distanced, and despite fairly rudimentary handicapping, all finished within a few minutes of each other, but there was no mad collective rush for the line. Our guest runner, Mike, set off with others in sight, but not knowing the […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingRound three completed, and the course is gradually being marked by the increased footfall, especially as you start out on the top common. Numbers were down a bit perhaps this time round, and the weather certainly varied according to when you ran – sometimes warm, sometimes windy, and for Sue P particularly, quite wet! But […]
Continue ReadingRace 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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