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 Sat 10 Jan '09
With an injection of pace akin to many of his Ethiopian endurance running forefathers, Abebe Dinkesa upstaged the favourites at today’s Great North Winter Run cross country event at a windswept Holyrood Park in Edinburgh. Read more…
Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 07 Jan '09
“an exceptionally snowy day” is how the IAAF saw it, it certainly looked a whole load of fun at yesterday’s Campaccio EA Permit cross-country race in sunny Italy, as the Kenyan star out-gunned the Ukrainian 2008 Euro XC champ. Aniko Kalovics (pictured) dominated in the women’s race. Read more…
Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 14 Dec '08
With Mo Farah out-run in the run-in as Sergiy Lebid took his eighth title it proved to be a little disappointing for the boys – but a great day for the girls – at today’s 15th SPAR European XC Champs. Read more…