Venue – Parliament Hills, Hampstead, London Weather: chilly, slight breeze, clear. Course: thick sticky deep mud. The women’s race was off first and was 8K. Watching the race it was apparent the mud was very hard work for all competitors, both at the front of the field and at the back. There were 6 […]
National XC – The Ladies Race
Already in London, my nationals started with a 5:30am text from Bill saying that he’d forgotten to bring my wellies. Great. Back to sleep for a few hours before getting up for a pre-parliament hills parkrun. On the way I was blessed with Facetime live from the back of the bus where they all looked […]
The 2015 National Cross-Country Championships – Tales from the back of the pack.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.. What a strange Friday night, no alcohol, early to bed and try to get some sleep. No chance I’ve never felt this excitement since I was a kid at Christmas. Managed to get a few hours and then it was Saturday. The day started with the alarm […]
SIgnals Race Report 2
The Royal Signals Relays at Hetton Lyons Park was my first event wearing a Saltwell vest and I couldn’t have been more proud! For the few weeks preceding this event I was super nervous, the girls especially will be able to tell you this! So race day came and I donned my vest, some […]
Royal Signal Relays Race Report
A few of us had decided to spend our valentine’s day competing in the North East Road Relay Championships also known as Royal Signal Relays at Hetton Lyons Park. The course was 2 laps of the country park totalling 2.2miles with two steady uphill climbs which were harder than had been expected by all. […]
Masters XC Champs
Massive congratulations to Walter for winning the 65-70 category in the weekends Masters XC Champs in Darlington. See here for a report of the race from The Chronicle
Bedewell Park Race Report
Report from the latest cross country race at Bedewell Park courtesy of Darren Smiley. It was Saturday the 31st January, 9 o’clock and my alarm woke me up. For a minute the realisation didn’t hit me. Why is my alarm set for 9am at a weekend I thought? then it came apparent Cross country […]
Pontefract XC Race Report
Race report from the Northern Cross Country Championships at Pontefract at the weekend courtesy of Phil Robertson. The day started with the debate of what time do you set off for a Northern Championship race at Pontefract. Some of the elderly fraternity decided upon leaving at 9am to leave time for coffee breaks on their […]
Captain Cooks Fell Race Report
On the 1st January when most sensible people were still nursing a hangover, others were running on the Town Moor or up at Morpeth, I decided to have another crack at Fell Running. This time it was the Captain Cooks Race down in lovely Cleveland. Having dragged Lyndsey out of bed for moral support and […]
Ben Nevis Race Report
As the year draws to a close it’s a good time to reflect on the past years running achievements and look forward to next years. Signing off this year is a race report from Iain Armstrong from the Ben Nevis Fell Race he completed earlier in the year – hope you enjoy it and happy […]