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WELCOME!Ludlow Runners is a friendly road / cross
country / fell running club based in South Shropshire. Below you will
find details of events which the club organises each year. On other
pages you will find information about training runs and the club championship,
which involves participation in local races during the year. The club
also has a noticeboard at South Shropshire Leisure Centre in Ludlow,
where you can pick up entry forms for many races.
New members and visiting runners are always welcome, so why not give us a try and come along to one of our training runs? FORTHCOMING EVENTS: Tenbury 10k 2010, 11am Sunday 8th August Online entry is now open for this year's 10k road race, brought to you as usual by Tenbury Round Table, and Ludlow Runners, with the assistance of Tenbury & District Swimming Pool. The venue is Tenbury Swimming Pool, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8SF. Click here for a map of the start location.... ....Click here for a map of the route.... ....Click here for the postal entry form.... ....And click here to enter online Online entry is provided by John Schofield's Race Results Service. Bent-Clees Challenge Please note that the Bent-Clees Challenge is NOT happening this year, apologies. RECENT EVENTS Mortimer Forest Hill Race, Sunday 13th December 2009 A record field of over 350 runners braved the frost and mud to compete in this tough 10 mile off-road race through Mortimer Forest. Runners came from far and wide, with our most travelled entrant being from the Maldives! Allow Dave Norman (Dudley Kingswinford RC) to take up the story.......... There is nothing better than travelling towards Ludlow, over the hills, and past the picture book villages with their elaborate chimneys. Past the grazing sheep with the Welsh side of Shropshire laid out before you like a picnic blanket. As the mist rises, the ice thaws and the hills overlooking the Welsh borders get closer, the temperature rises and with the watery winter sun in your faces talk turns to whether to wear the long sleeves under the vest or not. To Helly or not to Helly that is the question. With a car full of anticipation and expectancy we tick the miles off because this is Mortimer, this is a classic, this is one of the favourites and after this one it’s virtually Christmas. The morning was bright and clear, perfect conditions for a race of 10 miles and 1700 feet of ascent, the views would be fantastic if only we could raise our eyes from the path in front, away from our tortured thighs and appreciate it. With a word of warning from the organisers prior to the start about the state of the course, “it’s muddy, if you’re wearing flats you will go over”, it was a quick shout and we were off. Not the traditional whistle or air horn or even “go” but an order of “START”, possibly more in keeping with our public school surroundings. Runners jostled for position before the path narrowed, the elbows came out and there was some ducking and diving along the fringes of the path to get past bottlenecks before the sharp descent, through woods, across a stream to the foot of the first proper climb. A steep, minutes long muddy path towards the sky. Reduced to walking with your hands on your lactic filled thighs this was the first proper test and there would be more to come. The course flattened with many slipping and sliding on the ankle deep mud, it was a case here of staying upright, many didn’t, there were numerous spills even on the flat as the mud slid away beneath you. With more ups and downs, more mud, the course wound itself towards what was referred to pre-race as “the land of the pipes” or “tellytubby land”. Three frightening drops and corresponding climbs before reaching a gravel path that twisted, turned and climbed again. The field climbed what was mercifully the last serious slope before reaching the wind blown tundra that seemed like the roof of the world and then it was all downhill. 1700 feet of climbing is a lot of up, if what goes up must come down there would be a lot of down too. And true enough the path dropped away as the tress whipped past, the mud and pine needles beneath your feet proving to be an unstable and treacherous carpet. More downhill then a mad dash along a path so flooded it was like running along a river bed. A final uphill and a charge through the forest to the finish in the tress. With only the walk back to the changing rooms at the school, a dungeon lined with pegs and the names of the children taught there – Cosmo, Sebastian, Orlando - that was Mortimer over for another twelve months. Click here for the race results. As usual, please let us know of any errors and omissions. Click here for race photos taken by Alastair Tye, and click here for more race photos taken by John Richards. The race was organised with the assistance of Moor Park School and the Forestry Commission. Bent-Clees Challenge 2009 Over forty runners and walkers turned up for this year's Challenge, which was a great success and which raised over £500 for the Help for Heroes charity. Click here for the race report and results. Tenbury 10k 2009 Over 200 runners turned out for this year's race on Sunday, 2nd August, and for once the weather was dry and fairly cool. The first runners home were the same as last year - Tom Kenderdine (Halesowen AC) in 34.52 and Kim Fawke (Telford AC) in 36.10. Congratulations to them and to all the category prize winners. The race was organised by Ludlow Runners and Tenbury Round Table, with the assistance of Tenbury & District Swimming Pool. Click here for the race results. Please note that the top 3 places have been corrected as of 4th August. Click here for more photos (thanks to Brian Smith at www.dk10k.co.uk) Mortimer Forest Hill Race 2008 Over 300 hardy souls braved the cold and the mud to compete in this year's race. As usual, our timekeepers' fingers got very cold and there are almost certainly one or two errors in the results. In particular, the last few runners had no time recorded, so they have all been given the same times. Please email us if you can help us sort out any mistakes. Click here for some race photos (with thanks to Paul Foot) ..and more photos in Mick Ward's photo blog (thanks Mick) - this is a 4MB pdf file. The race was organised with the assistance of Moor Park School and the Forestry Commission. PAST EVENTS: Herefordshire Winter Cross-Country League Results are below - see the news pages for race reports. South Shropshire Sprint Triathlon This year's event was held on Sunday 28th September. South Shropshire District Council, Ludlow Cycling Club and Ludlow Runners organise this event. The results are here. Bent - Clees Challenge 2008The second Bent-Clees Challenge on Sunday 17th August had good weather, but not as many entries as we had hoped. Thanks are due to Malcolm Young and the Stanton Lacy Village Hall crew for organising the event. The results are here, and there are more photos here.
Tenbury 10k 2008This year's Tenbury 10k attracted a field of over 200 runners on a cooler day than in recent years. The first man over the line was Tom Kenderdine of Halesowen A/C in 35.01, and the first woman was Kim Fawke of Telford A/C in 36.25. Congratulations to all who took part, and many thanks to the volunteers from Tenbury Round Table and Ludlow Runners. Click here for the race results. The photos below show the first male and female runners, Tom Kenderdine and Kim Fawke, being presented with their trophies by the Mayor of Tenbury Wells, Bob Martin.
Club Championship 2008-9 See the Races page for details of upcoming club races. |
