The forecast for blue skies was spot on for the 3^rd Chiltern league XC event at Luton. The lack of cloud overnight brought temperatures tumbling though and our first runners out today were breaking the ground and softening it up for the rest of us.

A fantastic turnout of juniors all turned up on time to walk the course and get ready. The under 11 girls and boys got us off to a great start with the gap closing between the clubs fastest and less fast runners. It was great to see Inkie Parkinson back after an absence at XC since Oxford 2013. She had a good race and cemented a fine performance of the U11 girls with a great battle going on between Julia Bell & Sophie Hawes. A little bit ahead, Millie Hawes and Zara Brooks continue their competitive challenge while closing the gap on Niquole Carter, caught out today with the technical course of narrow paths preventing her passing people she usually beats, the frustration on her face said it all. read more

There were a few different comments coming out the woodwork before the second Chiltern League of the season on Saturday; "There's a water jump to run through?", "It looks a bit flat for my liking.", "Doesn't look too muddy.", "Nice to be at a new course." and "Glad I'm not coming from Bracknell." were just some of them, but they told much of the story of our day.

In recent years our small club has excelled in a few different ways, but most notably of all (in my opinion anyway) is how we come together and prove that our team is far greater than the sum of it's parts and Saturday's run showed that even more than most. We were missing a few runners for various reasons and some weren't quite where they hoped to be but the others stepped up to the mark superbly. read more

Fifty-one, yes 51 LBAC members made it to Cassiobury Park in Watford for the beginning of the 2014/15 cross-country season. It has to be said that it was not your typical cross-country weather, with the autumn sunshine making it a very pleasant day for a run around this varied course.

As ever the U11's had to be there bright and early for the 11:30 start, with the girls leading the way.For many of them it was a completely new experience, but after a summer of solid training none of them were overawed and they put in a fantastic team performance. They were 5^th out of 16 teams on the day with seven girls running strongly around the parkland loop. Niquole Carter led them home in 15^th place with Zara Brooks, Millie Hawes and Julia Bell all finishing in the top half of the field too. Magnificent team running also came from Isobel Haynes, Ellie DeVille & Sophie Hawes who ensured that they took points off just about all the other teams. read more