Battling the remnants of Storm Brian in the Exmoor Stagger
Arriving in a very wet and stormy Minehead on Saturday evening, we were under no illusion that weather conditions on the top of Dunkerry Beacon were going to be anything but easy. Nonetheless, we woke on Sunday morning to beautiful blue skies and a choppy sea from our room and thought actually it was maybe going to be nicer than expected. Minehead may be a bit of a trek from Falmouth, in fact a 3 hour drive, but the race was more than worth it. Starting from the college in Mi
Eden Half Marathon in the wake of Ophelia
The Eden Half Marathon is the most popular and largest half marathon in Cornwall but is certainly not the easiest. Starting and finishing at the Eden Project, the race takes runners around the hilly granite countryside surrounding the china clay pits, through some attractive villages and picturesque forests. The full marathon option takes runners out on an extra long loop up Helman Tor and through more forests, including much more trail. Jenna and Tom pictured here took on th
Stover School Cross Country
The first round in the Westward League Cross Country Series took place on the playing fields of Stover School near Newton Abbot in Devon. The senior women ran ~6km, starting at 1.10pm, whilst the senior men ran almost 10km, starting 1 hour later. The men's route was changed just before the start of the race to include two short laps followed by 4 long laps, totalling 6.18 miles. The long lap included a sizeable hill which therefore had to be run four times...The ladies had to