Linda Franks 5 miles There was a good club turnout for more or less the first road race of the year, and it was particularly encouraging to see, in addition to the road race regulars who weren't injured some relatively new faces including husband and wife pair Jonathan Higgs/Amanda Naylor as well as Bill Leggate and fast-improving Clare Stickney.   Feedback was that it was a really friendly, well organised club race with great marshals and lovely cakes. Given last year’s V45 record for Kate...

After a long read last week, the only official results you’ll see for this week are for parkruns, but there was one member competing elsewhere, and what an event!   Chris Illman took on the brutal Montane Winter Spine Challenger South which is   “a non-stop, 108 mile race along the Pennine Way. Beginning from Edale in Derbyshire at 08.00 on Saturday, runners have a time limit of 60 hours to get to the finish at Hawes. The race covers the southern section of the trail which features the...

Ed. A surprisingly long report covering the end of the holiday season and the start of 2026.     *********** NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE FROM CLUB PRESIDENT*************   Thanks to the Editor for allowing me to gate-crash this first report of 2026.   I just wanted to convey my sincere thanks, on behalf of all our members, to all of the committee who work so hard on our behalf.  To Luke and Rich, a massive thanks for the seamless transition from Ruth and me - from our perspectives at least!  To our...