Eve tackling the big hill in Under 9s XC at Charlbury, Oxfordshire Amongst a very busy weekend of races fro Club members (see Brian's upcoming weekly report), there were two cross country league events : the second Gloucester League meeting, in our own Cirencester Park on Saturday, plus on Sunday the first Oxford League event, in Charlbury. We have the opportunity to run as guests in the latter this year. In the Gloucester League there are races for Under 11s, Under 13s and Under 15s where we...

A rarity : a non-Juniors' female : Beatrice Wallis after her U15s race. On a calm Sunday morning, slightly misty but not too cold or hot, we had ten Under 11s (6 boys and 4 girls), six U13s (one boy and 5 girls), four U15s (3 boys and 1 girl), one U17 male and the coach running the first Gloucestershire League Cross-Country event at Tinkley Gate National Trust near Nympsfield, hosted by Stroud AC. This was a proper XC course : mixed terrain, uneven ground and a big hill. It was only missing...

I don't know how many times I have said to someone starting a change in their training, "don't add more than 10% on distance per week". So I was quite surprised, when on my Instagram feed, appeared a Reel saying I was wrong! Now, there's a lot of nonsense on Social Media, but this Reel by Dr Bill Evans (PhD in Exercise Physiology) was publicising some proper scientific research involving over 5000 runners in Europe and US. The research, "How much running is too much? Identifying high risk...