by Richard Brawn | Apr 20, 2019 | Road_Reports
It wasn’t the easiest course for a fast time with a tough headwind going along the promenade for the first three miles and then a tough zig-zag that was a bit of a pace killer. A strong contingent of Bournemouth AC members lined up for race though with Alex...
by Richard Brawn | Apr 20, 2019 | Road_Reports
After the Bournemouth 10 went down a storm earlier in the year, the annual Spring dose of coastal racing action came in the form of the Health-on-Line Bournemouth Bay Run, featuring a half marathon and a 10k as well as a 5k and a 1k for the kids. With the event taking...
by Richard Brawn | Apr 14, 2019 | Road_Reports
All the ingredients were there for a momentous day in Manchester for the Bournemouth AC members who travelled up north for a race that is fast emerging as the biggest marathon race in the UK aside from London. The Bournemouth AC contingent in the race was just about...
by Richard Brawn | Apr 13, 2019 | Road_Reports
With hills aplenty, muddy sections galore, several stiles to clamber over and many intricate trails and tracks to negotiate, the Dorset Ooser Marathon sounds like something that would have most runners quaking in their Hokas. Not Jacek Cieluszecki though. That’s...
by Richard Brawn | Apr 12, 2019 | Road_Reports
This year it was the turn of Scotland to host the Anglo-Celtic Plate which brought the event to a sunny but chilly Perth for the fiercely contested annual British 100k Championships. The race pits teams of five men and three women from each country in the British...
by Richard Brawn | Apr 10, 2019 | Road_Reports
Certainly no stranger to the three-day eventing formula, Andy Gillespie was up to his old tricks again, this time taking on the Jurassic Coast Challenge, which meant taking on three marathons in three days. Although he’s well aware of how demanding these events...