Mud Sweat and Tears is Matt Ward's take on the sport he loves; getting under the skin of off-road running with lively comment, race reports, interviews and running equipment reviewed.
Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 03 Feb '10
Spain’s recently crowned SPAR European Cross Country Championships gold medallist Alemayehu Bezabeh will be out to defend his European Champions Clubs Cup Cross Country title on home soil in Bilbao on Sunday… Read more…
Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 22 Dec '09
Spain’s Sergio Sánchez and Kenya’s Veronica Nyaruai clinched convincing victories at the ‘30th Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños’ held Sunday (20) on a sunny but frozen morning with the thermometer marking 9ºC below zero! Read more…
Alemayehu Bezabeh was still full of running at the end of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, after becoming Spain’s first ever senior men’s champion in the 16 years of the event, and he has hardly stopped moving since crossing the line in Dublin on Sunday. Read more…
Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 13 Dec '09
In what was an epic men’s race at today’s SPAR European Cross Country Championships Alemayehu Bezabeh showed why he is one of the continents leading XC exponents by actually toying with big pre-race favourite Mo Farah. Read more…
Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 21 Nov '08
15th Cross Internacional de Soria, Spain – The second leg of the IAAF Cross Country Permit Series 2008/09 takes place on Sunday (23rd) and should witness an exciting showdown between two fast-improving distance runners in the guise of Spain’s Alemayehu Bezabeh and Kenya’s Leonard Komon. Read more…