by Richard Brawn | Sep 24, 2023 | Road_Reports
Their first season in the Hampshire Road Race League had gone extremely well, resulting in promotion from the third division to the second division for Bournemouth AC. Now they would need potentially need to raise their levels against a theoretically tougher...
by Richard Brawn | Sep 22, 2023 | Road_Reports
The Beast was more challenging than usual this year. Running in what felt like a furnace, it was important to stay hydrated. Sunburn and heatstroke were possible for the unwary and unfit. Perversely recent heavy rain had left many of the rough stony sections muddy,...
by Richard Brawn | Sep 20, 2023 | Road_Reports
Half marathons are Simon Hearn’s bread and butter really. Every year he picks out a few that he wants to do and then once they’re in the diary, he sets out a proper training programme for them, ensuring he’s in the best shape he can be for when the...
by Richard Brawn | Sep 18, 2023 | Road_Reports
As the competition for a place in the A team for the Aldershot Road Relays hots up, Szymon Chojnacki staked his claim with a superb run in the Piątka Praska, which translates as the Prague Five. The Piątka Praska is staged the same evening as the Półmaraton Praski,...
by Richard Brawn | Sep 17, 2023 | Road_Reports
It was the day that summer returned to the scene after a total wash out of an August. Whether that was a good thing or not depended what you were doing on the day. For Tom Ralph and 373 others, it was competing in the New Forest Middle Distance Triathlon. That...
by Richard Brawn | Sep 16, 2023 | Road_Reports
One Bournemouth AC man who has experienced all the highs and lows of running in the Alps is Jacek Cieluszecki. Being something of a steep slope specialist, JC loves his inclines and in general, the more of them there are, the better he tends to perform. Running the...