Mark Sammons has secured a fantastic opportunity for us to raise funds for LBAC by nominating us as one of the local clubs at Waitrose in Leighton Buzzard. Every time you purchase something from Waitrose (no minimum spend) you are given a green token and can choose to place it in one of three local organisations. We are up against the Fun Runners and Crusaders swimming clubs. So support the club, start your Christmas Shopping early at Waitrose and let your friends and families know!

As we drove into Mansfield early in the afternoon this Saturday at the beginning of November, the heavens opened. Last season, we had lots of cold races, but managed to stay dry through all of them. This was not going to be the case today. Seven intrepid runners from Leighton had made the trip up to Berry Hill Park for what is an excellent event attracting a wide range of athletes from all over the country. For the second year running, Leighton had pulled together both a men's and ladies team for the event. read more

The second Stag Trophy race of the season took place on a very mild night in Parsons Close this week. Eighteen club members took part this month with 9 senior men, 5 ladies and 4 juniors making up the field.

After the three laps the first person over the line by some distance was Chris Large who smashed his PB of two years ago by nearly two minutes to come home in 21:06. Second home was October's winner, Rod Lopez with another significant PB and he was chased home by Chris Norman in a very rare appearance on the Stag circuit. read more

By Simon Coombes 

The Ampthill Trophy is a yearly cross country event that takes place over a usually fast but hilly, two and a half lap 8k course around Ampthill Park. Although 'fast but hilly' may seem a contradiction in terms, anyone that has run it will know what I mean – one of those courses that is generally quite firm and with some decent downhill stretches you can get some decent momentum going…until the next hill! The weather for the race was fine, although I was slightly disappointed that the cold and still conditions that had greeted the marathoners the week before had changed to windier and warmer. Yes never happy! I was happy to be joined by John Adam to bolster the LBAC quota for the main race with his tales of previous races and battles he has had (all friendly he assures me…). read more