Another season in division one of the Chiltern Cross Country League has drawn to a close with plenty of highlights across the board. However, for the geeks amongst us, here are a few stats to sum up the season;

• 213 runs were completed by 73 LBAC runners at an average of 2.9 per runner
• We averaged 42.6 at each fixture with the highest attendance at Watford (52) and lowest at Slough (36)
• 29 people ran at least four races which gets them in the overall results
• 18 people did all five races which is just a great effort
• Highest position was 3rd place by Dominic Grimshaw in fixture 5
• 327 pieces of flapjack were consumed
• 13 pairs of spikes were put straight in the bin
• 36,243 photos were taken
• The phrase "Why are we doing this?" was heard 34 times (inc. 7 with expletives inserted)
• 837 beers, 234 glasses of wine, 27 ciders 3 half shandies and 1 Cinzano and lemonade were drunk in post race celebrations

In regard to the final fixture, before we get onto the running there should be a number of acknowledgements. Organising any fixture takes a lot of work, the last one is extra challenging and being let down by the host venue a month before is a nightmare! As it was though, we (and the CCCL) are extremely lucky to be able to call on Dickie Inchley to get it all sorted so thank you very much Richard. read more

By Adam & Katie Haylock 

This was the perfect January Saturday with bright sunshine, 11 degrees and very little wind to take on the rugged Parliament Hill terrain. The journey went well, parking was fine, what could go wrong? As we were walking towards the start we bumped into Charlie and Jordan who had already run, only to inform us that they were so muddy they had to be hosed down outside before being allowed in the showers! Next was a glimpse of the start line, a massively wide start line narrowing into a muddy steep hill. We gathered at the top of the hill and started to kit up – spikes out, LBAC “uniform” on, beginning to focus on the challenge ahead. read more