by Richard Brawn | Sep 18, 2020 | Road_Reports
Since the Covid-19 pandemic first began to gather pace in the UK the running scene has become something of an enigma, shrouded in uncertainty and disillusionment at every juncture. With races being cancelled left, right and centre, athletes have been put in an...
by Richard Brawn | Aug 20, 2020 | Road_Reports
What better way to announce the return of the running race scene than with a testing, turbulent trail marathon in the throws of deepest darkest Dorset, complete with hills aplenty, masses of mud and wonderous woodland tracks that never seem to end. The was the...
by Richard Brawn | Aug 17, 2020 | Road_Reports
It had been around four-and-a-half months since lockdown restrictions came into play, forcing all forms of competitive racing off the agenda. Over the course of that time event organisers and race planners had been searching for ways and means to get races back up and...
by Richard Brawn | Apr 24, 2020 | Road_Reports
It’s a sign of the times when a relay race has to be run solo. In fact, to be fair, it’s probably never happened before. But unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures and alternatives to the conventional customs applied to all aspects of life are...
by Richard Brawn | Mar 30, 2020 | Road_Reports
In what would turn out to be the last major race in the southern region before the COVID-19 pandemic forced a shutdown of all races and mass gatherings, the Bath Half Marathon went ahead in controversial circumstances. Less than 7,000 of the 15,000 entrants actually...
by Richard Brawn | Mar 28, 2020 | Road_Reports
Held in what might perhaps have to go down as one of Britain’s poshest venues, the Rushmore Estate, the Larmer Tree Races are always a highlight in the running calendar for keen off-roadies. The event features a 10 Mile race, which forms part of the Imperial...
