Category: Race Report

A Tale of Three Halves

White horses, shell suits and High-fiving Henry VIII

James Bell, Caroline Mann, Laura Brine & Sam Dear

The 29th March will be remembered by many racing that day as the windiest for some while. Over most of the southern part of the UK, gusts reached an energy-sapping 40 mph. Added to the atrocious weather was the early start due to British Summer Time.

In Oxfordshire James Bell was competing in the White Horse Half Marathon, a race which he’d done previously. James takes up the story from here: read more

Reading Half

By Pete Mackrell

On Sunday, Simon and I traveled down to Berkshire to do the Reading Half. Simon was of course wearing his Herne Hill Harrier hoops, but since he bought me lunch and a beer, we can forgive him. The Reading Half race is one of the largest halves in the country with around 15,000 runners, and it tends to attract a good helping of fast runners due to its flat-ish course, its proximity to the spring marathons and its status as the England Athletics Championship.

The trip was Simon’s idea. We had both run 74-something at the Stevenage Half in 2013 and we decided it was time to find a faster course and try to run 73-something. For me it would show me where I am in terms of London training, whilst for Simon it was another chance to test himself over a longer distance than he normally races. read more

Inter-counties

By Sadie Towell (U13’s)

It was a 6am start for the Inter-Counties X-Country on Saturday.

The coach arrived at Tiddenfoot at 6.15am before it went to Luton and Bedford. We were all really excited and nervous on the coach journey which was really long. As a team we all really enjoyed being on the coach together.

I was really happy to be running in the Inter-counties and the whole experience was amazing fun; I got especially excited when I found out that the whole event was televised! There were also famous people running like Rebecca Murray. read more

Fast and Furious in MK

By David Killick

Okay, so maybe a bit dramatic of a title but not far from it. There was only one reason I entered the MK Festival of Run 10km and that was a PB target that has eluded me for years, the 45 minute mark. A little context for those who don’t know me: For the last couple of years my running has suffered and my times in triathlons have become slower and slower (my last 10km was 50 minutes) and although I can take age into account I had honestly lost my running mojo.  That is until I joined LBAC. read more

Pete’s Northern Excursion

by Pete Mackrell

During my trip up north for Christmas, I decided to have a break from eating and drinking to do a 10k race. The race in question was the Ribble Valley 10k, in the town of Clitheroe about 10 miles north of Burnley. For reasons that I can't quite fathom, this race in a small town (population of under 15,000) has become an important fixture on the Northern running scene, to the extent it is a North of England Championship. This tends to ensure a very strong field and over 1000 entrants. In 2011 there were eight men below 30 minutes, almost unheard of for a domestic 10k race. read more

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