LRRL Results

A new race always brings an added element of excitement to a race calendar, and having two new events to add to the circuit this year has given us double the excitement. Today it was the turn of Stilton Striders to showcase their hard efforts to get a new race on, providing us with the Hose 10 in the Vale of Belvoir. Working with the local parish council to help them revive their lost event in the Belvoir Half Marathon, the 10 mile race saw a return to our calendar of that distance since the...

There were fierce negotiations taking place yesterday afternoon at LRRL Towers with Zeus, God of Thunder, about what time would be appropriate to unleash fury on Leicestershire. We managed to negotiate him down to allowing clear skies for the inaugural Hermitage 5 to take place at Mallory Park, but as a consequence he would be extra angry when he was unable to unleash his rage post-race. Hopefully all of our runners, officials and volunteers made it home safely yesterday evening in what...

In sport consistency is King (or Queen). In team sports most particular, "if only we were consistent" or "we are frustratingly inconsistent" are phrases most commonly heard as your football team follows up a brilliant 3-1 away win with an annoyingly frustrating 2-0 home defeat to some no-hopers. Of course, this is only ever a half-truth. Consistency is good if its a positive consistency, ie - winning. No-one has ever sat back with a smug smile delighted with the consistency shown as your...