Leighton Buzzard Athletic Club

The dates for all of this winter's cross-country fixtures have been released. Please put them in your diaries now! All of these are team events and we had great success last year by getting as many runners attending as we possibly could. They are also pretty good fun and are the main occasions in the year where we compete alongside the junior athletes in the club.

The December date is even more important than usual as five of the regular scoring team will be missing the event due to the club trip to Lanzarote. Sorry! read more

Last Friday night saw the running of the Marston Forest 5K around the forest that is located between Milton Keynes and Bedford. The club only had two entries in the race organised by Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers.

Whilst many people will not know Helen Crossland, she has been out representing the club at quite a few races this year and on this occasion made her way around the 3.1 mile course in 33:35 and made the top 300.

Simon Coombes has been focusing in recent months on the shorter races that are around and is getting quicker and quicker, despite approaching veteran status! On this cool damp night, the conditions suited Simon perfectly and he took the lead very early on and never looked back. Throughout the race Simon gradually pulled away from the rest of the field crossed the finishing line in a fantastic 15:57, nearly 30 seconds ahead ahead of his nearest challenger. read more

So Tom has announced the teams for Greensand Ridge relay. There are four teams taking part in the cross Bedfordshire race on the 25th June. The route goes from the Waterside Park in Leighton Buzzard to the lovely village of Northill near Sandy and more specifically the Crown Inn.

Following the race all the competitors gather for a pint and a barbeque in the pub where the presentations are also done. On that basis, the more people who stick with the race to the finish the better the atmosphere at the end. read more

Four members of LBAC dusted off their passports on Tuesday evening for the sixth race in the East Midlands Grand Prix Series as they made their way right up to rural Leicestershire for the Harborough 5.

Last week's trio of Richard Inchley, Pat Neilan & Chris Williams were joined for this race by Andy Inchley for his second race of the series. With Richard and Pat competing for the leading series places in the V65 category, Chris and Andy were just out to improve on times from other races and take in a different part of the world at the same time. read more

Tuesday 7th June saw the fifth event of eight in the East Midlands Grand Prix Series take place in Banbury with their long running five mile race. On what is a reasonably fast course in rural Oxfordshire the race was won in just under 25 minutes.

Leighton had three people taking part on this occasion, with the Pat Neilan once again setting a new club record in the V65 category. This was much to the frustration of Richard Inchley who also beat John Adam's mark of 40:10 by fifteen seconds and was pleased with completing the course at under 8 minute mile pace, despite his claimed lack of training, although a week at Club La Santa always helps! read more