Representing Buzzard in Brum

It must be some sort of a joke played by the organisers! If ever there is a time in your life when getting out of bed in the morning is an issue, it's when you are a university student. Yet first race up at 11am in the UK Inter Counties this year were the U20 men. Billy Mead is at uni in Loughborough and so he didn't have too far to go to get to Birmingham but he still had to be up before 7am on a Saturday in order to make the start in time. Nevertheless, it didn't stop him going out until 1am anyway! read more

Berko Half

Elliot Hind and I flew the purple and gold flag at the Berkhamsted Half Marathon on Sunday 2 March. 

 

Walking out of the train station at Berko, my race pack instructed me to "look for the ruined castle and turn left, following the signs up the steep hill to the cricket club." I was surprised to find that the castle is in a valley; but equally unsurprised that it is ruined.

 

I carried this thought with me up a short hill to the registration area/start line. The conditions seemed ideal for running, with a steady breeze breaking up the dark clouds overhead and letting some rays of sun peep through.  read more

Just One to Go

March acted as a real filter in this year's Stag Trophy competition as we finally had a male winner! Suddenly there are only eight athletes who can get into the top three and only three who can win it! This does not give you an excuse not to run, by contrast it really is our duty to get in the way (metaphorically!) and make it as fair a race as possible in April.

March's race saw Charlie Mead take victory with an 18 second PB as he gets ever closer to his brother's family record. This win means that he is one of the three potential winners, although he will have to win the final race and hope Amy is outside the top six just to tie with her at the top. read more

A Grand Finale in Nottingham

The traditional cross-country season end event for club runners in England is the National Championships. These move around the country between the North, Midlands and South regions and last weekend took place at Wollaton Park in Nottingham.

Last year, the event in Sunderland was snow covered and in 2011 the Hampstead Heath event was the usual battle around muddy hills, so to arrive in the midlands and be greeted by firm parkland and some spring-like sunshine was a delight for just about everyone concerned. read more

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