Posts tagged with: steve cram

Cram heralds new 'off-road' marathon

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Mon 08 Feb '10

Olympian and Olympic commentator Steve Cram has unveiled plans for a brand new race around Kielder Water & Forest Park. The marathon doesn’t appear to have a name yet, but Athletics Weekly reports that all will be revealed in their magazine, out this Thursday… Read more…
Cross country on the BEEB

Posted in Through the Lens by Matt Ward on Fri 11 Dec '09

It is a rare day indeed to get cross country on the box these days, especially terrestrial telly. Sunday sees a day of Euro XC live racing across BBC2 and BBC Red button. Crammy and Bren will be on hand to give their views and observations on all of the action from Santry Park, Dublin… Read more…
Cram is positive about the positive

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Wed 06 May '09

The well documented downfall of Olympic champion Rashid Ramzi casts yet another shadow for many. For some it brings delight that the fight against doping is still being fought. Take Steve Cram. He commentates on these things and waxing lyrical about Ramzi has never come easy for the BBC man. Read more…
FLM 2009: preview round up

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 22 Apr '09

Sorry: Road running alert! I know, it’ll be all over the telly, radio, internet and newspapers between now and Sunday; so before we get down to the event this weekend (3 Peaks) we thought that we would filter out some of the more interesting stuff in the lead up to this great marathon… Read more…
XC on TV

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 11 Dec '08

A bit of rarity these days I know, but there will be some mud, sweat and tears on telly this Sunday as the Beeb screen the 2008 European Cross Country Championships from Belgium. Coverage will be show on BBCi “press the red button” and BBC2. Read more…