The last race of the year was deep in the New Forest, almost into the neighbouring county of Dorset. The weather was splendid – sunny, cool and a brisk breeze. A few days of no rain had left the course manageable, although there was plenty of standing water to either a) run through (the correctContinue reading “CC6 2025/26 #4 – Holmsley Campsite”
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CC6 2025/26 #3 – Roundhill
The third CC6 race of the season was on Sunday 9th November at Roundhill in the New Forest, organised by Romsey Road Runners and Southampton Tri Club. Lots of members clearly have other commitments at this time of year so there was a low turnout from Wessex, although we still had enough runners for aContinue reading “CC6 2025/26 #3 – Roundhill”
RR10 2025 #10 – IBM Hursley
The final RR10 of 2025 was, as usual, at IBM Hursley. A party atmosphere was present with some other teams having slabs of beer (noted for next year) for post race celebrations. A good turnout by all teams, with all flags / tents concentrated in a small area by the start. An excellent turnout fromContinue reading “RR10 2025 #10 – IBM Hursley”
RR10 2025 #8 – Wide Lane
Race number eight of the season and my favourite race – easy to get to and flat, really flat, with the only ‘hill’ being the up slope after we run through a short underpass. Some say it is a little dull but there were plenty of distractions with other sports on the adjacent pitches –Continue reading “RR10 2025 #8 – Wide Lane”
RR10 2025 #1 – Fleming Park
A new RR10 season kicked off at Fleming Park. Clearly there was early enthusiasm with a huge turnout of runners from all Clubs attending. The total number of runners competing turned out to be a whopping 534, I certainly don’t remember a race having more than 500 recently. Even better was a great turnout fromContinue reading “RR10 2025 #1 – Fleming Park”
CC6 race 5, Itchen Valley Country Park 24/25
Race 4 of this year’s had fallen foul of December’s storm Darragh, was cancelled and so we moved on to the first of two races at Itchen Valley. I felt slightly disorganised leading up to the race, we had a number of absentees through injury, illness and other events taking place on the same day.Continue reading “CC6 race 5, Itchen Valley Country Park 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”
Wessex Road Runners 