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No idea how long we’re going to have races for but there will still a couple that survived.Andrew Wood was running in Welsh hills again with the Ras Yr Aran race. 10 miles of fell running, just for a change.

The Bath Half went ahead and while some decided against getting up close and personal with thousands of other runners, taking on a virtual run instead. We still had maybe 10 runners in the actual event.David Bethune has been training hard and it paid off with a PB for him. Wendy Byrne also got the benefit of a good training block and I’m sure there were others too, well done to all whether you pounded the streets of Bath or did the event virtually.We also had Chris Nutt doing the Gloucester 20 in a little over 2 1/2 hours. An excellent time.

During the week, we also had a full moon which meant a full moon run on Tuesday as we did a 6 mile loop from Monkton Farleigh, which took in Brown’s Folly.

Don’t forget that we are temporarily meeting at 6:55 on Tuesdays and Thursdays outside of Springfield.

It’s a testament to engineering this week.

First up we had Wendy and Paul Scotford running in 2 countries as they did the Severn Bridge Night 5 miler, starting in Wales, crossing to England and returning to Wales, with a warm up in a graffiti filled underpass that resembled an illegal rave.

And Danny Parker was in Bath for the Two Tunnels 10K, an out and back along the cycle path taking in the aforementioned tunnels, where you can at least guarantee staying out of sudden rain showers!

Things are starting to pick up a little, more and more races are filling the calendar.

Stewart Unsworth did the Terminator in Pewsey, 12 miles of hills and wind and mud. He may also have fallen in a bog at some point.

There were half marathons for the Mackies at Wokingham and the Hendersons at Carsington Water where Vicky got first in her category. It was also a great result for David Mackie coming in with a fastest time in 24 years and getting very close to going sub-90.

And in other good results, John Wilmott was only 12 seconds from winning the Back to Black 5K Night Race in Bristol as he came 3rd overall.

As the Wiltshire 10 was postponed 2 weeks ago due to Storm Ciara, many people have done a virtual Wiltshire 10 in order to claim their medal. Caroline Cozier organised one for CRC and was joined by Jane Tunnicliffe, Katie Rawlings and Gary Young. Well done to all.

Storm Ciara put paid to (at least) 3 races this weekend, the Wiltshire 10, the SMaRRT Smasher (club championship) and Pipley Mud Bath, so I thought I’d have nothing to write about this week.

Luckily those who were entered for the Pipley Mud Bath were able to swap it for the Dark Horse 10K or 5K, which was on the Saturday night before the storm hit, although it has been described as a bit windy. I’m not sure whether they were all swaps but Wendy and Paul Scotford joined Becky Townsend and Helen and John Ashworth there.

The Ashworths both managed a trail 10K PB and it was in the dark too. The event ended with a Hog Roast, beer and a fire pit so it was worth swapping.

It was definitely a good swap for Wendy as she came first in her age category at the 5K version of the Dark Horse.

It’s still possible to claim your Wiltshire 10 medal by doing a 10 mile run before the end of March, keep your eye out for group runs in the next couple of weeks to achieve this.

One of our members was sent to prison this week as Vicky Henderson ran at one of the ever growing number of prison parkruns. A great initiative.

Andrew Wood finally got his hands on his Men’s Captain Award from the AGM but more importantly, he also got his hands on a lucrative modelling contract.

Remember if you have done a run at some point and would like to write some words about it, or you have anything else running related, then send it to me along with some pictures and I’ll post it in the news section of the website as a blog like this.