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Kent Cross Country League, Footscray Meadows (Sat. 10th Oct.) The club hosted the first fixture of this season’s Kent Cross Country League at Footscray Meadows on Saturday, with some excellent performances across the various age groups. A big thank you to club members involved in organising the event, as well as our fantastic team of marshals, whose efforts helped make the day a success. Senior Men / U20 Men: The senior men got off to a flying start in the first race of the s

For the past 13 months, the Marathon des Sables (MDS) 120 Morocco has been the driving force behind my training, writes James. Relatively new to ultra-distance running, I saw it as a sensible stepping stone towards the infamous 250km MDS Legendary. What followed was undoubtedly the toughest, but also one of the most memorable and rewarding running experiences of my life. The format sounds straightforward: three running stages over four days, covering approximately 120km, with

Run Kent Tonbridge Half Marathon (Sun. 4th Oct.) Eight of us enjoyed the Tonbridge Half this year with the Kent countryside looking at its best as the sun burned off the early morning mist, reports Clem Dixon. There are too many undulations for it to be a PB course but with zero wind there were still some impressive times recorded, including by the McGinty's who somehow contrived to miss the start; chip timing came to their aid but they still had to weave through backmarkers.

Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5k, Hyde Park (Fri. 18th Sept.) The group of club regular runners at the Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5km was boosted by John O’Mahony, as he stormed to an impressive race win in 16:37. Maggie Illingworth was the first female club runner home, finishing in 62nd place in 21:32. Unfortunately, Stephanie Dungate took a tumble just after halfway and was left a little bruised and shaken up. Thankfully, she has now made a good recovery. Vi

It is with great sadness that we report the recent passing of Ian Marshall. He died on 4th September, just a month before his 80th birthday, after returning home following a short stay in hospital. Despite suffering a stroke in late 2020 and subsequently being confined to a wheelchair, Ian maintained his witty personality and sharpness of mind. Although he was no longer able to compete, he continued to take a keen interest in the club and avidly followed the performances of f

IAU 100 Km World Championships, Ames, Spain (Sun. 20th Sept.) The 2026 IAU 100km World Championships in Ames, Spain, delivered world-class performances on Sunday. Hugh Tibbs finished an excellent seventh in the men’s race in 6:26:54, making him the second scorer for Great Britain & Northern Ireland. In the team competition, nations’ results were determined by combining the cumulative times of their top three finishers. Team USA claimed the men’s team gold with a combined time

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Highgate Harriers Late Season Open Meeting, Parliament Hill (Wed. 9th Sept.) Meredith Cummins produced an impressive performance in the 3000m, cutting nine seconds from her personal best to finish seventh overall and second U18 women. She crossed the line in a new personal best of 10:50.31, marking a significant improvement. Also competing over 3000m, Kyle Hurst produced a strong performance to finish fourth overall in his race, crossing the line in 9:15.29. In the same race,

101st Glenhurst Handicap, Bexley (Wed. 2nd Sept.) This month's handicap attracted 24 runners to take on the 3.3 mile course of undulating roads around our clubhouse, reports Clem Dixon. The fastest net times were recorded by mother and son Rose and Brett Baker (24:46 and 19:27) but this is a handicapped race where start times are staggered and first over the line, and first to get his hands on the newly repurposed trophy that will now get awarded every month, was 80 year old

Woolwich Thames Path parkrun (Sat. 29th Aug.) Once a year we like to target one of the parkruns in our local area and include it in our road running grand prix competition, reports Clem Dixon. This year it was the turn of the "Curly-Wurly", a quirkier parkrun than most: you run along the Thames Path from Woolwich towards Thamesmead before turning off to summit the mighty man-made Gallions Hill. At 20 metres above sea level it is no fell race and as the path to the top spirals

Some 37 years ago I wrote an article for the Club Magazine entitled A Day in the Life. This was a bit of plagiarism from a song on The Beatles iconic Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. The song included the lyrics: ‘woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head’. At the time this embodied my approach to the 1989 Maidstone Marathon. I just had a vasectomy and was advised to take it easy for a bit. Like most runners this meant going off to do something l

National Relay Championships, Birmingham (Sun. 23rd Aug.) England Athletics organised the event for the third year, in conjunction with Birchfield Harriers, inviting teams based on their National Ranking. We were invited to send five teams this year. The club’s top performances came in the Under-18 age groups, with both teams securing gold. First up were the U18 Women’s 4 x 100m team of Tess Hepple, Danielle Agyemang-Tolbert, Taraoluwa Adeeso and Emily Cadman, who clocked an