Off Road

Report by Simon Roberts   A great series of four races all squeezed into the month of September. If anything, the races are tighter and the competition (almost) as intense as the border league. Big fields too: three or four hundred at each race, an amazing feat of organisation from Steve […]

Wirral Multi-Terrain Series

Race Report by Rob Mackey Deestriders Offroad Grand Prix #4 – Friday 4th September   Its only water!   The Off-Road Grand Prix is a series of four races put on each summer by Deestriders using a 2-lap multi-terrain course which is just short of 5 miles. In theory as the course is […]

Deestriders Offroad Grand Prix #4

Race Report by Rob Mackey   Two races in two nights! In a sensible world, on a cool wet windy Wednesday evening everyone should stay in and watch telly. It’s probably something mind-bogglingly interesting about baking, or 24 hours in the life of a dull person. But it’s not a […]

Ponderosa & Offroad Grand Prix

Race Report by Rob Davies Sunday 2nd August – Dovedale Dipper   Marathon number 39 – the Dovedale Dipper, slowww and very undulating. Great! https://www.strava.com/activities/359874657 http://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/page.php?PgID=489537&ClubID=1318   So why did I choose this as my 39th marathon? Because! Because I had a spare weekend having swapped my church stewarding duty […]

Dovedale Dipper

Race Report by Phil Tugwell Saturday 25th July – Montaine Lakeland 50 (Ultra Tour of the Lake District)    According to the Lakeland 50 website, the Lakeland 50 is one of the great Ultra running and walking challenges in Europe.  50 miles and almost 10,000 feet of climbing on challenging terrain […]

Montaine Lakeland 50 (Ultra Tour of the Lake District)

Race Report by Paul Wilcockson Sunday 26th July – North Wales Half Marathon   Umbrella bombing, Sand and Hills!! A handful of Buckley Runners braved the Conwy rain to take part in the North Wales Half Marathon this Sunday, billed as a ‘Beach and mountain challenge’. On what must be the […]

North Wales Half Marathon

Race Report Thursday 2nd July – Deestriders Offroad Grand Prix   It was a hot and sunny Thursday evening that saw a very admirable turnout of 14 members from Buckley taking part in the 2nd of the Deestriders Offroad Grand Prix events. Buckley made for 17% of the overall field, which was also up […]

Deestriders Offroad Grand Prix

A school of Buckley Runners were reeled into the Wincle fete race Sat 30th May by the promise of a fishy prize. The sun was shining as we braced ourselves to tackle the 5.7mile fell race. We cast off along the roed to scale the heights of Hanging Rock through […]

Wincle Trout – A fishy themed race report by Hayley ...

Sunday 24th May Whilst there are many great trail and mountain races available throughout the country some of the smaller events often tend to attract less attention than they deserve – this a perfect example. Hosted as part of a hill walking weekend at Trefonen just outside Oswestry it exudes […]

Mynydd Myfyr Hill Run