by Robbie | Oct 10, 2017 | News
The most famous Olympic marathon of all is that of 1908 in London, in which the Italian, Dorando Pietri, was disqualified after passing the finishing-line and victory went instead to Johnny Hayes, of the USA. Another feature of this race was the failure of the large...
by Robbie | Sep 20, 2015 | News
Senior Men’s 6-Stage, 6 x 6.6K: The attraction of Blackpool on a September Saturday showed in the record senior men’s entry of a 125 teams, of which 116 lined up for the first leg. First back proved to be Derby in the shape of Ben Connor, given the same...
by Robbie | Feb 22, 2015 | News
There were record entries and finisher at Parliament Hill Fields for the English Cross Country Association Championships. Northern athletes managed to collect a total of 10 individual medals which included 4 championship gold medals and 6 team medals of differing...