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Weekend round-up: Feb 28 / March 1

A busy weekend for Forest of Dean Runners began on Saturday with 117 people completing the weekly parkrun at Five Acres, Coleford.  These included the latest group from the 0 – 5k coaching series, which aims to help new runners … Continue reading

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9 Bar Chilly Duathlon – Feb 22nd

Other FODAC members opted for a different sport and venue. The 9 Bar Chilly is part of the Southwest Duathlon Series. It is held at the Castle Coombe circuit and is totally traffic free. The event comprises a 2 mile … Continue reading

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Terminator

13 Forest of Dean AC runners traveled into Wiltshire last Sunday to take part in Pewsey Vale Running Club’s Terminator multi-terrain race.  This covered about 12 miles, the course started through some muddy fields, through a very boggy river and … Continue reading

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Bath Skyline Series – final race

Report from Wendy Lawrence: “Eva Goodhead, Angela Sonn and I completed the final race in the Skyline series from Bath racecourse on Sunday. The mud wasn’t as deep as in January – the deepest only came just over the top … Continue reading

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Muddy Woody

17 FoDAC athletes were amongst the 284 who tackled the Muddy Woody. Many of these had also competed at the cross-country yesterday including both male & female top finishers. First 3 men: Dan Sandford 9th in 49:28, Mark Mathews 51:28 & … Continue reading

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Glos AAA Cross-country series 2014/5: final race

The final race of the season was held over fields full of very sticky mud at Tewkesbury Comprehensive School.  Forest of Dean AC was very well represented with 13 men and 11 women taking part.  Sheryl Hall was the first … Continue reading

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Night Race 2014/5 – Race 3

The third of Rogue Runs’ Night Races was held at the National Diving and Activity Centre, Chepstow on February 12th.  5 Forest of Dean AC runners took part.  James Dobbing was the first of these to finish: 7th overall in … Continue reading

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Gwent League Cross-country: Race 3

This was held at Blaise Castle, Bristol and there were some extremely good results for the club.  FODAC fielded 24 runners and the ladies team arguably outperformed the men.  Three of the men, Julian Boon, Scott Berry and Gavin Robertson … Continue reading

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Dursley Dozen

Sunday 8th February saw the latest running of this annual race.  There was a reduced number of athletes from Forest of Dean AC taking part this year: partly since the race isn’t part of the Club Championship this year, and … Continue reading

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British Athletics Cross Challenge

The Cardiff Cross Challenge was founded in 1997, and took place inside the Castle walls for two years, since when it has grown into one of the most prestigious Cross Country events in the UK.  The event regularly hosts Inter-area match’s, and … Continue reading

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