Big turnout by the Oxfordshire XC League Clubs - the dogs weren't running! I haven't run all the cross-country (XC) races this year, but the last two Oxfordshire league races were quite something : big fields, great courses and not being dominated by one Team. This month's race (they're on the first Sunday of each month, November to March) was at Cotswold Farm Park, near Guiting Power and was a pukka XC course, only missing one thing in my opinion:- a water crossing. It had big drag uphills,...

From Juniors to Seniors : Ed Knight, Alice Averies, Aaron Willis and Kate Sackett There’s so much information on how to train, what to do, when to do  it, etc. that it’s difficult to sometimes know what to do. Also, fellow runners are apt (it’s human nature) to tell you what worked for them. It may have worked for them, but will it work for you? Hmm. I call that anecdote. So the purpose of this article is to help you decide how to train, in a way that works for you. Let me start by saying,...

Henry's so fast, he's a blur ! The third Sportshall event was completed in mid-December (14th), but the results were a little late getting to me. We had only one Under 11 : Henry Thomas and the two usual U13 girls : Aria Stavrakakis and Katie Leicester. Again they were all well supported by Aria's mum, Fritha. Henry did three individual events : speed bounce, vertical jump and javelin (indoor type!) and scored highly in all of them. He also was part of a composite team doing a 2x2 obstacles...