Posts tagged with: uka

Brit team for Euro MR champs named

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 13 Jun '10

The GB team for the European Mountain Running Championships taking in Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria place on July 4. One obvious omission is that of trails winner Simon Bailey, one can only presume that he declined the offer… Read more…
Inter-Counties are this weekend

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 20 May '10

Doubling as the first counter in the brand new UKA Mountain Running Challenge the big race this weekend takes place at Llety. The Inter Counties are a big target for many in any year, but with hard cash also at stake there could well be a few ‘road raiders’ hitting the slopes of Moel Famau on Saturday… Read more…
Mo' walks it at UK Trials

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 14 Mar '10

Mo Farah turned up and spoiled the party at Cofton Park yesterday as he ran away with the men’s race at yesterday’s UK Inter-Counties cross country, doubling up as the UK trials for the World XC in a few weeks… Read more…
UK's best head for Birmingham

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 11 Mar '10

For many of the UK’s elite endurance athletes who like a bit of XC in their programme, it’s the big one this weekend. Many can only hope of making a dent in the front half of the World XC results sheet come late March… Read more…
Stewart sends Mo' for tests

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Mon 11 Jan '10

The head of endurance running at UKA, Ian Stewart, doesn’t think that there is too much wrong with Mo Farah, but none the less still sees the need to send the Brit distance ace off to see the UKA specialists to make sure that he is physically sound… Read more…
European XC - GB preview

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 10 Dec '09

UKA look at the hopes for Team GB & NI this weekend in Dublin. In the younger age groups there are genuine contenders in the form of Ricky Stevenson and Steph Twell. In the seniors Mo Farah must be in with a shout… Read more…
GB & NI Euro XC team announced

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 01 Dec '09

Following an exciting trial event at the McCain UK Cross Challenge, in Liverpool’s Sefton Park on Saturday 28 November, UKA have announced the thirty six athletes that will cross the Irish sea to Dublin for the European XC Championships on 13 December. Read more…
UK European trials are this weekend...

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 27 Nov '09

Liverpool hosts the 2009 SPAR European XC Championships trials this weekend, as the cream of UK cross country running hits Sefton Park. As well as being round two of the McCain Cross Challenge series the event doubles-up as the official trial race for the Euro champs in two weeks time. Read more…
Endurance greats speak out

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Thu 19 Nov '09

Well podcast actually. The wonder of modern technology captured former Olympic marathoners Charlie Spedding and Richard Nerurkar during the recent UKA Endurance Conference. These two know what it takes to succeed, and both have been equally outspoken… Read more…
Chips are down for McCain opener

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 13 Nov '09

The timer has pinged, and it’s time to get those spikes out of the oven. The first race of the 2009/2010 McCain Cross Challenge is off (well on Saturday) at the Riverside Bowl, Gateshead. Local press think it’s a local club turn-off, however UKA is pretty excited... Read more…
Stewart says Euro XC will see UKA's "strongest possible team"

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Thu 12 Nov '09

With just over 30 days to go before this year’s SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, UK Athletics preparations are well under way for the event. The conditions in Santry will be very similar to that in Britain… Read more…
Youngsters NEED XC in their lives!

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Thu 05 Nov '09

Interesting to see UKA encouraging blogs from some of it’s talented youngsters. Also interesting to see prospective future champions loathe the discipline of cross country as much as their forefathers. The likes of Steve Ovett outwardly exclaimed their dislike for the muddy sport, yet equally realised that it was as essential part of their endurance base… Read more…
Big 3 Dq'd @ UKA fell relays

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 19 Oct '09

2008 winners and runners-up, Bingley and Mercia, and Pudsey and Bramley were all disqualified from the UKA British Fell relay champs, held in a misty and damp Ennerdale Hills on Sunday. Although the detail is currently a little vague, it appears all three missed CP1 on the fourth leg… Read more…
UK Cross Challenge gets ready

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 08 Oct '09

Meeting two of the McCain UK Cross Challenge Series- Liverpool (incorporating the European Cross Country Trials) on Saturday 28th November – is now open for online entry 2009/2010 … Read more…
Fell future is in safe hands...

Posted in The Sweat by Rene Borg on Fri 25 Sep '09

The past weekend allowed me to get a first-hand experience with the new Fell and Mountain Running Level 2 Coach which was kicked off earlier this year after collaboration between the FRA and UK Athletics. The course bases itself on the standard “Endurance Level 2” course… Read more…
The chips are down for McCain UKXC...

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 10 Sep '09

It doesn’t seem 5 minutes since we were doing in-depths about the World XC champs. Well you had better dig those spikes n brollies out again because the 2009 /10 XC season is here. With some UK XC leagues starting this weekend(!), UKA have today (10th) announced details of the their successful XC series… Read more…
GB & NI team announced

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 20 Aug '09

The UK line-up for next months inaugural World Mountain Running Championships has been selected by UKA, following last weekend’s Trails. Absent from the trials race but deemed a strong enough contender is Sarah Tunstall, whos pedigree at championships races speaks for itself… Read more…
"nothing is insurmountable" - Stewart starts the GB post-mortem

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Mon 30 Mar '09

Putting one or two strong runs from the junior women aside, the UK’s showing at Amman this weekend was not great. Steph Twell was being heralded by all, even the organsiers saw her as a prospect, at the IAAF VIP press call. Read more…
"hard yards and big groups" - Stewart

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Tue 24 Feb '09

UKA Head of Endurance Ian Stewart has reiterated his vision for the future of distance running in the UK in a recent article in Athletics Weekly. This replicated article sees Stewart talking about “more miles”, groups of “70 runners” and general theme of “hard work”. Read more…