Race Reports – Croft Ambrey Running Club

Virtual Running Challenges in Lockdown 2021

March 12, 2021Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Report by Alice At the start of January, whilst lockdown #3 continued to hamper club training and the prospect of races remained in the distant future, I set 12 virtual running challenges. The challenges ranged from running in the rain, taking a mid-run selfie, running in fancy dress to running your fastest 5k. The aim […]

2021 Lockdown 5k challenge

February 27, 2021February 27, 2021Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Report by Kelly Bowen. Setting the challenge to run 5k every week for 6 weeks resulted in 42 runners taking part at different times. The aim of the challenge was to keep runners motivated and have a sense of ‘race’ for many. An extra week was added due to unexpected snow on the Sunday of […]

Kinsham Time Trial

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020Guy Whitmarsh1 Comment

Theresa kindly volunteered this course at her parents’ farm above Kinsham, planned the route and then helped mark it out the day before, with Tom and Bryan (combined age 152?), on a bright mild day, with (apparently, though we were not to benefit from them next day) great all round views. Little did we know […]

Telford 7/14/marathon

December 15, 2020December 16, 2020Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

Jasper and I did a 14 mile race around Telford on Sunday, a mixture of gravel trails, tarmac and earth /mud/puddles. The 7 mile course was quite remarkable, not only running alongside the swollen River Severn for a few miles , but also going through a veritable museum of industrial revolution history; Blists Hill , […]

Night Sugar (Abergavenny)

December 4, 2020Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Report by Guy Whitmarsh Five Croft runners took part in this socially distanced race in Wales, with runners from both sides of the border. They made up 25% of the select field, and took second team place. Eric was first back, in a fine 5th place (47.16), with Emma running really well as second lady, […]