by Richard Brawn | Jul 30, 2018 | Road_Reports
The Bath Running Festival Half Marathon certainly wouldn’t be categorized as your standard half marathon race. It’s 16 miles long for a start! It also incorporates over 2,000ft of climbing, with some vicious hills that are enough to test the mettle of runners of all...
by Richard Brawn | Jul 27, 2018 | Road_Reports
Staged on a lovely scenic loop starting and finishing at the D’Urberville Centre in Wool, the D’Urberville Dash 10k features a testing mixture of road, woodland trail and field pathways. In last year’s race it was Richard Brawn who flew the flag for...
by Richard Brawn | Jul 24, 2018 | Road_Reports
He’s no stranger to tough, hilly ultra-marathons but this one was so challenging, even Ollie Stoten was in for a rough ride as he took on the Long Course in the 10Peaks Brecon Beacons event. Just the profile of this race alone would be enough to scare most...
by Richard Brawn | Jul 21, 2018 | Road_Reports
We’ve been getting used to seeing Bournemouth AC athletes taking things to the extreme over recent times. Whether it’s Steve Way in his well revered podium finish at Comrades, JC conquering the world at Wings for Life, Ant Clark with his silver medal at...
by Richard Brawn | Jul 18, 2018 | Road_Reports
Occasionally it’s nice to get involved in an event that is predominantly about having fun and enjoying being part of a team and that is essentially what the Lytchett Relays are all about. The premise behind the event organised by Lytchett Manor Striders is to...
by Richard Brawn | Jul 9, 2018 | Road_Reports
The Mont Blanc 90k race represented unfinished business for Toby Chapman. This time last year he was in the Mont Blanc 80k race as it was then, battling with severe altitude sickness that would eventually put pay to his chances of completing the race. He’d...