We managed to field a team … just! This fixture was pretty much the same out-and-back route as last year. A longish walk down a slippery hill to the start. Cruel, because we knew we would have to go up it in the final 500m run to the finish! It was a relatively small fieldContinue reading “CC6 race 3, Ocknell campsite, New Forest, 24/25”
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CC6 race 2, Roundhill campsite, New Forest, 24/25
Race 2 saw Wessex achieve a team result at one of the more enjoyable routes in the series. Lots of fairly benign undulating tracks which criss crossed over bridges and railway lines, in a race starting a road across from Roundhill campsite close to Brockenhurst. Some chunky puddles and muddy sections added some of theContinue reading “CC6 race 2, Roundhill campsite, New Forest, 24/25”
Clarendon Marathon 2024 Relay
One of the club’s goals for 2023/24 was to enter a team in a relay, something the club did, historically, on a regular basis. With our numbers we felt that the South Downs relay was a little ambitious so we decided to start locally with the Clarendon Marathon. The Clarendon has been going for 26Continue reading “Clarendon Marathon 2024 Relay”
RR 10 2024 Race #10 – IBM Hursley
The last RR10 of the year always seems to herald the end of Summer and this year’s race at IBM Hursley certainly felt very autumnal. Cool, grey skies and getting a little dark at the end of the race. It was a large field of runners for the final race and a good turnout fromContinue reading “RR 10 2024 Race #10 – IBM Hursley”
RR 10 2024 Race #8 – Wide Lane
Looking back through some old race reports, at Wide Lane in 2022, the race was taking part in the middle of a heatwave, with some of the highest UK temperatures on record. This was not the case tonight, it was positively chilly as Phil, Chris and myself huddled for warmth awaiting the arrival of RichardContinue reading “RR 10 2024 Race #8 – Wide Lane”
RR10 2024 Race #5 –Ampfield Woods
Not a race in which Wessex took part but organised by ourselves, Running Sisters and Halterworth. All went well, Richard had marked the course up earlier in the day and Wessex were responsible for car parking. A slight blip with nearby IBM concerned about travellers turning up but all smoothed over in the end. TheContinue reading “RR10 2024 Race #5 –Ampfield Woods”
RR10 2024 Race #2 –Itchen Valley
Despite a period of dry weather, Wessex turned up to a pretty damp and soggy Itchen Valley for race #2. The drive in was pretty slow with ongoing work to upgrade the car parks (seemingly never ending from the first of last year’s CC6 races). The start area had plenty of standing water (with associatedContinue reading “RR10 2024 Race #2 –Itchen Valley”
RR10 2024 Race #1 – Fleming Park
Days getting longer, warmer weather, leaves on trees, birds nesting, the first RR10 race of the year are all signs of Spring. There was clearly some new season enthusiasm amongst Wessex Road Runners with a strong turnout of 12 runners making it to the starting line – enough for a Men’s A and B TeamContinue reading “RR10 2024 Race #1 – Fleming Park”
CC6 23/24 Race #5 Holmsley Campsite
The 5th race of this year’s CC6 saw us return to the New Forest. Two weeks earlier at Ocknell the thermometer barely got past zero but Holmsley felt very Spring like. Only four Wessex runners made it to the start but a low turnout seemed to be affecting the other clubs too. It must be the furthest raceContinue reading “CC6 23/24 Race #5 Holmsley Campsite”
CC6 23/24 Race #4 Ocknell New Forest
A very cold start for the first race of 2024, with temperatures barely above freezing. Five hardy, Wessex runners made it to the start line in the New Forest. David H had already been out for a short run that morning, whilst I had not long got back from London. We were back at Ocknell campsite, where weContinue reading “CC6 23/24 Race #4 Ocknell New Forest”
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