James out in front!!!!
Sunday saw the penultimate race in this year’s Burton and District Road Running League, the Burton 10k. The 243 runners who finished the race were treated to that rarity this summer of cool, damp conditions. Continue reading →
Mercifully, while hot, it was a few degrees cooler for the Worthington 5 than for other recent races. This latest leg of the Burton and District Summer League over a flat ‘out and back’ course along the Cloud Trail was significant in the Club’s continued domination of both the individual and team prizes. Continue reading →
Onwards and upwards!!!!
The sun continues to blaze and, together with a rutted, off road course, contributed to relatively slow 10k times but what didn’t change were the Club’s runners at the sharp end of the field in Sunday’s St Giles Hospice, Gate Gallop. Continue reading →
Doddle for Dave!!!!
There was a great turn-out of 43 runners from the Club for the latest leg of this year’s Burton and District Summer League (BDSL), the Burton 10m. In very hot and sunny conditions both the Club’s men’s and women’s teams consolidated their positions at the top of their respective leagues and for the men, it was the third year running that they had won the team prize at this race. Continue reading →
Rob’s back for more!!!
We’ve moved rapidly from what has seemed like endless winter to one of the hottest May Day bank holiday weekends on record with conditions to challenge even the hardiest of runners. Continue reading →
Very hot work!!!!!
If you haven’t got access to high altitude training camps in Kenya and Ethiopia how do you tackle the hottest London Marathon on record after the bulk of your training has been spent combatting wind, rain & snow? Continue reading →
Busy road runners
This time of year is probably the busiest time for road running with the spring marathon season getting started and locally, the start of another Burton and District Summer Road Racing Series. Continue reading →
Chris speeds home!!!
20 runners from the Club journeyed to Desford on Sunday for the latest round in this year’s Leicestershire Winter League and the latest leg in the Club’s 2018 Club Championship. Continue reading →
Consolidation is the name of the game!!!
26 runners from the Club made their way to the Bosworth Battlefield site for the final race in this year’s Derby Runner XC Series. While injuries, illness and competing priorities meant that a number of the Club’s highest finishers were missing it was the strength in depth that looks like it consolidated the mixed and men’s team in 4th place in Division 1 and the women’s team in a superb 2nd place in the 2nd Division of the women’s league. Continue reading →