by Richard Brawn | Jan 13, 2020 | Road_Reports
As is the tradition with the Dorset Road Race League, the new season kicked off on New Year’s Day with the Junction Broadstone Quarter Marathon, organised by Dorset’s most sociable runner, Sarah Swift, and her Poole Runners posse. For Bournemouth AC, the...
by Richard Brawn | Jan 10, 2020 | Road_Reports
In keeping with tradition, Toby Chapman was back at his parents’ place for Christmas which gave him the opportunity to take part in the Clevedon Boxing Day Race for 2019. The Clevedon Boxing Day Race is organised by Clevedon Athletic Club and consists of quite...
by Richard Brawn | Jan 4, 2020 | Road_Reports
At this year’s edition of the festive Boxing Day blowout in Poole Park it was more a case of “through the lakes” rather than “Round the Lakes”. Such was the unprecedented amount of rainfall in the days leading up to Christmas, much of the...
by Richard Brawn | Jan 3, 2020 | Road_Reports
What better way to prepare for the Christmas festivities than running a marathon three days before the big day? It certainly provides you with a great opportunity to create a big calorie deficit which can then in turn be filled with all the mince pies, turkey and...
by Richard Brawn | Dec 23, 2019 | Road_Reports
As far as 10k races go, the Telford 10k has got to be up there with the best of them. It’s a fast, flat course and it’s also heavily tree-lined meaning it’s well sheltered from the wind. Even in unfavourable conditions, there’s still a great...
by Richard Brawn | Dec 23, 2019 | Road_Reports
Usually staged on tricky off-road routes, runners at most of the Maverick Series races do at least have the benefit of being able to see what’s in front of them. However, that was not the case so much at the Maverick USE Exposure Dark Series Dorset. The Maverick...