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Viva Espana!
Following on from Roland’s weekly themes of “The Land of the Rising Sun” followed by “The island of Love”, this week we have “Viva Espana” as Heather Timmes continues the run of destination events with her Trip to Spain with her family for the Barcelona...
The Island of Love and the X-Stream
You might be thinking where is Jane, so am I! It turns out she is still in Japan speeding around in a bullet train, first stop Kyoto then onto Hiroshima. So you have me back for another week! She is enjoying the food in Japan so much she has even had a cooking lesson....
The Land of The Rising Sun
With GVH’s Chief Communication Officer being on the other side of the world, the baton has been passed to me this week to write the weekly report. It feels like having to write an Oscars speech, where I’m bound to miss mentioning someone. Apologies in advance for the...
Dunstable Downs a 10K and the first MTR
With the first of the MTRs taking place this weekend there was little racing taking place to report on today and so its a short report. But it was great to see 34 of our runners out at parkrun and a trio tackle the London Winter 10k. Parkrun round up With many of us...
Personal bests are tumbling
This week saw strong running from the GVH crew across multiple distances, Parkruns, 10k’s, half Marathons, 20 mile events and general training runs. Well done to everyone that got out for a run whatever the distance. GVH visit Leavesden country Parkrun en mass ...
XC season comes to a close
The return of the Mud The highlight of this week was undoubtedly Chiltern Cross Country and the final event of the season at Horspath Oxford. A HUGE congratulations Claire McDonnell for her 2nd place after 5 races, in the FV55 Category! A fantastic result –...
GVH Storm the Watford Half
We’ve finally said goodbye to January, leaving behind the storms, dry January challenges, and the long wait for that first payday of the year! At last the mornings are getting lighter, making those early runs a bit easier. But the strong start to the running...
Tales of Endurance
As spring marathon season approaches, many of our runners are ramping up their weekly mileage, and stories of tough long runs begin to fill weekend Strava posts. But none stand out more than Chris Dowling’s incredible challenge this weekend—the Arc of Attrition. Lets...
The 2025 Marathon Season begins.
Priscilla Pathak takes the prize for the completing the first marathon of the spring 2025 season, the TCS Mumbai Marathon! And what a marathon!! The Mumbai Marathon is amongst the top 10 marathons in the world and its been said to have truly put India on the global...
The week when Jack came out to play
This week, “Icy Blast” and his trusty companion “Jack Frost” made their presence known, sending a sharp wake-up call about what winter running is really all about. With temperatures dipping below freezing for much of the week and icy paths...