The first Gwent Leisure Centre League cross country fixture of the year and the first time that it has been held at this location. Hosted by the Spirit of Monmouth Running Club, it was located at Kate Humble’s Humble by…
The first Gwent Leisure Centre League cross country fixture of the year and the first time that it has been held at this location. Hosted by the Spirit of Monmouth Running Club, it was located at Kate Humble’s Humble by…
Four miles isn’t that far, right? It isn’t that far when your ambling along a road or trail on a Sunday morning. They’re easy miles. They’re easy miles that you bag whilst chatting about future races. Yet four miles in…
A relatively new race, this is only the second year that the Cottrell Park Christmas Cracker 10K has been run. There is also a spring version of the race which uses the same route. It was going to be the…
The Christmas Tree Race is an annual 5-ish miles race organised by the Forest of Dean Athletic Club (FODAC) in the village of Ellwood in the far south west of Forest of Dean. Two Races in Two Days? No problem!…
The Severn Bridge 5 Night Race was the first time time this race has been run and is part of the series of night races organised by Rogue Runs. I decided in the afternoon of the race that I would…
Oh cross country, why do you put me in such a predicament? It appears I’ve got a bit of a love/hate relationship going on with cross country and were you to ask me what I thought of XC during a…
When I started running cross country for Parc Bryn Bach I was warned that the Gwent Leisure Centre League was going to get tough. I think I’ve discovered tough! The Race After a Grand National style start the going was…
I think I’ve discovered a new favourite thing – running through a muddy forest at night! Rogue Runs: Mallards Pike Sounding much like a Hollywood movie, Rogue Runs: Mallards Pike is the first in the 2016/2017 series of night races…
The EnduranceLife Coastal Series: Gower was to be my second ultra marathon since SBU35 in August. As the distance was the same it made sense to attack this race next rather then trying to complete a longer distance. Why Ultras?…
The Ghost Run is organised by south Wales based Run Walk Crawl who organise events across south Wales including the South Wales 50 and 100 and the Brecon to Cardiff 70K in February, 2017 which I’m training for. The Ghost…
My first cross country race had taken place the previous week in Bridgend and was part of the Gwent League which apparently was ‘easier’ than the Gwent Leisure Centre League – and this first race was supposedly the ‘easiest’ of…
When I signed up for the Cardiff Half on May 25th, I had barely started running and saw it as a goal to aim towards. Little did I know then that I would quickly find myself pushing my boundaries and…
“Few Runners are Born, Most are Made on the Trail” The SBU35 is aimed at newcomers to ultra running with around 40% of entrants having never completed a race longer than a marathon before and many never having run a…
The Very Long Half Marathon was part of the Bath Running Festival organised by Relish Running Races on July 24th, 2016. It’s one of many races held by Relish in the area throughout the year and consisted of a trail…
Tintern Trot is a 10K trail race that starts near the historic Tintern Abbey and heads across the River Wye into England and winds steeply through woodland to reach Offa’s Dyke. This was the 19th year the race had been…
The sixth annual Whitebrook Windup – my first ever trail race and my first ever race! With a preference for running on trails it was a fitting race to begin with. Located in the stunning Wye Valley, the course winds…