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...an féidir liom dul go dtí an leithreas? Races were a little slower to recommence on the Emerald Isle, so I was mega excited when Gillian Shorter suggested doing this event. I've had the pleasure of Gillian's virtual company for more than a year. I met her through BBRC, and meeting up for a race was...
BBRC's resident tortoise persecutor Richard McDowell paints a grim picture of 2022's Country to Capital <disclaimer> I originally wrote this for Ultrarunner Magazine, but edited it a little bit for here </disclaimer> (Ed - 🙄) Country to Capital is one of those classic ultra races that you have heard of, or know someone who has run it. I entered...
A Feat on Feet Our very own Laurence Baldwin apparently did some sort of race. He kept it very quiet and he didn't tell us anything about it. He didn't do a BBRC Facebook Live with Lorna, which you absolutely cannot find by clicking on the (admittedly joyful) image below: Laurence has kindly given us...
(Editor's note: Chris Ince's original title for this article was 'The Worst Runner in Surrey, but still better than Richard McDowell'. I thought this was a bit out of order as neither of them are Surrey's fault). -- Exec Summary I've written this partly in the style of a report for work, which is nice....
James Robinson's SVN Orc Rampage Whilst I have been a member of BBRC since the start of the year, my running was limited to anything up to a half-marathon (and sports involving cheat-machines or combining cheat-machines with running and very occasionally swimming). It was time to try something a bit longer (well at least for me)....
BBRC's Yorkshire and Humber Correspondent rep Mick Fenwick takes us up t'North “Anyone want a place in the August Hardmoors 55?” said the post in May 2021. “Three months to go,” I thought. I had been training for the recently cancelled Lyke Wake Challenge and I would now have more time to get even fitter!...
A long time ago (actually my first office job) I had a manager who used swearing as punctuation. She did a presentation to our IT contractors when they were doing design work to replace a key system, and was unsurprisingly asked not to swear by senior managers. She made it all the way to the...
David Holmes gives us the low-down on his GB Ultra Scotland 50 The first race for 15 months after all the COVID delays was an interesting one which I began with some trepidation after very little training since the pandemic started….the occasional decent plod around the Pentlands but not a 50 miler. The race was...
Epic BBRC member and stalwart club challenge participant Lorraine Cromwell recently completed her first ultra with the 50k Race to the Sea. It sounds like there was some auditory Do-Badder support along the way Congratulations Lorraine - a big BBRC smile on your face as always.
The BBRC was well represented at the Centurion Running South Down's Way 50 on 17th April. Richard McDowell, Nik Barter, Melanie McKay (in absentia) Jo & James Robinson, and Dimi & Andrew Booth kindly gave up their time to chat to Lorna about their experiences of the race. Richard '#formality' McDowell (real name CFTB) won...