Race Reports – Croft Ambrey Running Club

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, […]

Telford half marathon

November 4, 2020Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

Jasper & I did a half marathon today In Telford. Originally we were going to be doing it next Sunday but the organisers gave us the option of doing it today because of the impending lockdown. The course was out and back along the old railway track next to the River Severn, starting near Coalport […]

Bircher Common Winter Time Trial

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Thank you and well done to everyone who turned out for the club time-trial, and for all being so enthusiastic. We had a glorious morning for it, even if a bit breezy. The course was over 7.2 Km with 184m of climbing, with the second of the two climbs being fairly testing. The wind across […]