Race Reports

By Mark. A well organised race with great marshalling of the starting waves, and it was a bit like playing hide and seek trying to locate the bag drop initially! We managed to find it eventually, tucked away round the corner of the Old Trafford cricket ground. With the waves setting off across a 2 […]

By Ser Resfield. New route this year and less entrants than usual, but was excited after a years delay. The morning started cold but I soon warmed up, thanks to the 15 miles of undulation! At mile 8 you hit the coast and the route takes you out to Rottingdean with less people lining the

by Chairlady Alison. As you enter Ashby, along with hundreds of other slightly nervous and excited runners, after parking and walking to the Bath Grounds, the two things on everyone’s minds are bag drop and the loo! It’s a really well organised event, with estimated finish time starting pens, and most have done it before,

by Christian. Sunday morning saw a brave contingent of 24 Wreakies gather in Kibworth Beauchamp, for the second race in the LRRL – Kibworth 6. Spring was definitely in the air; with dry conditions, no wind, in the watery sunshine. Simon Parsons and Captain Andy showed off their new race footwear like proud fathers! We

by Andrea. I was worried the race might be cancelled due to the recent fun by mother nature, but fortunately the sun was shining at a glorious +8 degrees! The start line had 1400 runners, ready to take on some challenging hills…*note to self – more hill training required*! The facilities were ok, but not

by Ricky. A totally different race to the other Abbot world majors, with very strict guidelines and rules to follow. This involved lots of covid testing which had to be submitted on a special app. Due to all the traveling, I decided to wait until the Friday morning to make my way to the Expo

by Capt Carmichael. I entered this 20 miler quite late and with also having Ashby 20 at the end of the month, and I’m not entirely sure why! On looking closer at race day instructions, they have no specific race parking so it’s just find a spot on a side street and walk to Race

by Toby. Cyclists! Lots of lots of cyclists! From walking to the course to walking back to the car, ding ding ding a cyclist. After a check of my location to see Del Boy & Rodney (Matts Van) had driven to Cambridge & not Amsterdam, it was time to use the facilities, drop the bags

by Simon Parsons. So today marked the last event of the 2022/23 Derby Runner X Country League season and today we were flying the Wreake flag at the historic Bosworth Battlefield for 5.1 miles of fun. Captains Bushy and Jellyman do a great job arriving early and bagging us a prime tent spot, but with

by Reb Warrington. The scenic grandeur of Prestwold Hall between Loughborough and the A46, is the backdrop for this really well organised local half marathon. The course has a bit for everyone; mostly tarmac (if a bit pot holed in places) and a small off-road section (did not like that) between the race track, where