Monthly Archives: May 2014

As part of the Music Festival, Dymock hosted their annual Half Marathon.  The route is all road taking in Ledbury and Much Marcle before returning to the Dymock cricket club to finish. Forest of Dean A C had this event … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean AC athletes came away with 32 titles at the Gloucestershire Track & Field Championships held at the Blackbridge Jubilee Track, Gloucester on 18th May, as well as many 2nd & 3rd places. The Champions are: 100m:  Angela … Continue reading →

This annual 10 mile multi-terrain race with 1500 feet of climbing, attracted the most runners in its history this year, with 154 runners tackling “the Beast”.   It was also the latest round of Forest of Dean AC’s Club Championship and … Continue reading →

The first race of the series saw 19 Forest of Dean AC runners take part over the two-lap, flat course in near-perfect conditions.  Peter Woodward was 16th in 22:31, bettering his 4 mile pb, set last Sunday, by almost 30s.  … Continue reading →

It was odd not seeing Jools at a Championship race.  Here’s the reason why. “Survived today’s Blowy Blaenafon Tri. Think the time was 3:22:27 though they were having difficulties sorting the results out after an Excel user error.  23rd overall … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean AC runners had a busy weekend, representing the club in a number of different events. 23 took part in CLC Striders’ Avaitor 4 mile road race and club came away with 6 awards. Peter Woodward was 2nd overall … Continue reading →

A number of Forest of Dean AC runners took part in the second race of the 2014 series.  After some rain, conditions were a bit breezy which was reflected in the times, with few managing to beat their results in … Continue reading →

Chepstow Harrier Katherine Matthew smashed the female course record at the Devauden 10K challenge on May 5th. Her time of 39.54 was one minute and 36 seconds faster that her record breaking time last year.  Her run, which earned her … Continue reading →

The first Hare & Tortoise of the year was held on May 6th, using the parkrun course at Five Acres.  Runners are set off at 30s intervals based on their recent 5k times: usually the local parkrun.  Provided the handicaping … Continue reading →

Martin Drew and Chris Moore tackled this event on May 4th.  Martin writes: “Monumental. Ancient monumental, to be precise. Approximately 4 hours and 25 minutes after setting off from Avebury, Chris Moore and I dropped across the finish line of the Neolithic … Continue reading →