Posts tagged with: english national cross country championships

Runners flock to Roundhay

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Thu 04 Mar '10

Unlike some other national XC events, the English National attracted record numbers of competitors to last weekend’s championships in Leeds, according to a report over at England Athletics. A total of 4303 runners finished in the ten races that were staged… Read more…
Runners Digest chew on the National!

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 02 Mar '10

Runners Digest went the extra mile at the English National XC on Saturday to produce some outstanding coverage. The mainstream media (outside of Athletics Weekly and Nicola Bamford’s excellent report) scratched the surface, but the ‘Digest really got down and dirty in the Leeds mud. Good work chaps… Read more…
Twell and Vernon take 'expected' Leeds titles...

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 28 Feb '10

As previewed on Friday the pre-race favourites dominated across senior and age-group races at Saturday’s English National XC champs. Both Steph Twell and Andy Vernon ran away with the senior crowns… Read more…
It's National time!

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 25 Feb '10

An excellent preview on this weekend’s English National Cross Country Championships at the famous Roundhay Park in Leeds, by Athletics Weekly’s Steven Mills. This year’s racing should be highly competitive across age groups… Read more…
Vernon eyes-up the National

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

Northern off-road specialist Steve Vernon is getting his sights set on landing the big prize in English cross country this winter at the National XC champs in Leeds later this month. He can expect a tough challenge as ‘the National’ is on the shopping list of many an XC racer… Read more…