Saturday saw the second round of the Essex League cross-country at the beautiful Epping Forest. With the leaves changing the setting is idyllic but the course is not flat and was quite muddy in places. In fact Luke, who was first home for the men, described it as energy sapping. […]
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XC – One Tree Hill
Three women and nine men from Springfield Striders took part in the first Essex League races of the 2022/3 season at One Tree Hill. This popular course which has a lovely grassy decent followed by tracks and a run through the wood. The course was relatively dry and with only […]
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The opening race of the cross-country season was the relays at Weald Park near Brentwood. We had four teams of 4 men and three teams of 3 women competing. The ground underfoot was dry (most ran in road shoes) so not the traditional mud of cross-country. What the course lacked […]
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Another big turnout in the senior race for the second round of the Ellison NESS League, held by Great Bentley RC at Hilly Fields! 14 women and 25 men Striders. After a miserable day of weather on Saturday, conditions were surprisingly good – warm, and the sun was out! GBRC […]
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Fourteen Striders made the trip over the border into Cambridgeshire to run in Round 2 of the Essex Cross-Country League. Thankfully the weather was warmer than last year’s race but it was still windy! So windy in fact that Allison had to put the gazebo up inside a barn to stop […]
Read MoreXC NESS League R1: Gosfield
What a lot of Striders! 39 of us turned out at Gosfield School on Sunday 20th October for round 1 of the Ellisons League (formerly NESS, 53-12…). The course was the same as last year – an interesting route through woods, up and down some technical hills, and with a […]
Read MoreXC Essex League R1: One Tree Hill
We have now completed the first Round of the Essex Cross-Country League. On a slightly damp Saturday we saw a good turnout of Striders, both familiar faces and some new ones at One Tree Hill. This was the first time I had run at One Tree Hill and I think […]
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Ladies (8 km) 26 Liz Davies 30.33 619 Isobel Gowers 42.19 Men (12 km) 929 Paul Broome 48.58 1107 Jonathan Hughes 50.37 1415 Jon Byford 53.57 1561 Steve Bugden 55.59 1717 Tim Brockington 58.28
Read MoreDouble header of XC
There was a double header of cross country this weekend starting on Saturday afternoon with an Essex League fixture which was hosted by Orion Harriers at Chingford. 6 ladies and 6 men made the trip to run around Epping Forest. The ladies set off first and first lady home was Vic […]
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