by info | Apr 15, 2017 | Marathons, Race reports
by Ed Tuckley The Moyleman is a Downland marathon which starts and ends in Lewes. The course features over 2,750 feet of climbing including Blackcap, Kingston Ridge, Firle Beacon and Mount Caburn. It’s very well organised and there’s even a relay option for pairs of...
by info | Apr 15, 2017 | Cross Country, Race reports
By Peter Weeks A calm and dry morning greeted the five Striders who made the trip along the south coast to Pett for the final race of the East Sussex Cross Country League. This is my favourite race in the series because not only is the five-mile course a mixture of...
by info | Apr 15, 2017 | Cross Country, Race reports
By Hilary Humphreys The Jog Shop Jog has always been a bit of a cult race and is an ideal marathon training run; however, with race features like ‘Death Valley’, ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Big W’, you could be forgiven for thinking that this race takes place in the Wild...
by info | Apr 15, 2017 | Cross Country, Race reports
by Claire Dean 25 February saw the first in the series of Maverick Race trail running events, with the debut starting in Amberley. In each event, there are 3 distances to choose from – on this day the ‘short’ was 7km with 137 foot of climb, the ‘medium’ was 13km with...
by info | Apr 12, 2017 | Marathons, Race reports
By Hilary Humphreys In glorious spring sunshine, thousands of spectators lined the streets of Brighton to watch nearly 8,000 runners participate in the country’s second largest marathon event, which incidentally raises vast sums for both local and national charities....
by info | Apr 3, 2017 | Marathons, Marshalling, Race reports, Uncategorized
By Tom Roper It was a great pleasure to marshal this year’s Moyleman. I’ve been Chief Marshal for all three runnings of this idiosyncratic race, an off-road marathon on the South Downs around Lewes. It’s run in memory of a great Sussex runner, Chris...
