North Herefordshire
What an amazing Croft Turnout for the first race in the winter cross-country series thanks to the postponement of the Fforrest Fields race because of the flooded course. It was great to see so many sky blue tops at the start line and fantastic that 21 were ladies! The sun was shining down on us […]
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A well-observed minute’s silence, marking the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, formed a reflective prelude to this year’s Croft Castle winter XC race. Sadly, I heard that the tenant farmer, an excellent stockman responsible for the surrounding pastures had passed away not long ago, and so the grass in the starting field was unusually long […]
Continue ReadingCroft didn’t enter a team this time round, but Liz, now a second claim member running for Worcester AC, competed in a team of three FV65s in the British Masters X-C relays in Long Eaton, and not only did they come away with a silver medal, but Liz broke the course record for the 3km […]
Continue ReadingNo report on the race, so really just a list of Croft results. The race was won by Sion Price of Sarn Helen in 1.27.40 (just 5 seconds ahead of the second placed runner). Gary P ran a fantastic race, 13th out of 131 finishers, in 1.42.21, with the Duracell Kelly not far behind ( […]
Continue ReadingEarlier this summer I did an excellent one-day beginning fell running for women run by Ruth Pickvance, a former GB fell runner, based down near Crickhowell. Through this I heard about the Black Mountain Trail Race that Ruth organises through her company Element Active. When I entered I’d not realised it clashed with the Ron […]
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