Blog posts : "XCountry Race Reports"
A new year, a new venue and a morning that delivered exactly what you want from January cross country. It was beautifully bright, crisp and cold in the foothills of the Malverns for the first race of 2026, generously hosted by the Malvern Buzzards Running Club.
The course itself was properly tec...
Nine Hotfooters set out to the brand new XCountry event hosted by Maldwyn Harriers at National Trust property Gregynog Hall, Newtown. 90 minute drive away from Hay but this single lap course looked too interesting to pass up. 144 participants enjoyed hills (798ft/243m), wetland, grass, water c...
This event follows storm Claudia so very lucky it didn't get postponed. Overall runners numbered 238 with twelve Hotfooters participating in this hilly (697ft/212m elevation), very wet course with a nasty final climb up 'Heatbreak Hill' before your wobbly legs get you back to the finish. Well ...
The weather God's were with us for this first 10k event of the Winter Xcountry league season 2025/26 on Sunday 12th October. We enjoyed a dry course throughout and the same can't be said of many event out there.
The current Hotfooters team is 19 strong with 10 available to run on that day. Ove...
Whilst we didn’t have the scorching weather of previous races, it was a muggy evening for the last of the cross-country summer series, held at Newton Court Farm. After a bit of careful parking (early arrivals had the benefit of the cafes main car park – note to self, get there earlier next year,...
In the words of a 70’s tabloid, phwoar what a scorcher! But the Saharan heat didn’t deter a band of hardy Hotfooters from turning out for the 3rd cross country of the summer series. As the momentum of the series gathers, thirteen took to the start line making up two full teams. It was blisteringl...
6 blog posts
- January 2026 (1)
- December 2025 (4)
- November 2025 (1)
- October 2025 (2)
- September 2025 (1)
- July 2025 (2)
- April 2025 (1)