LBAC had a very successful day out at the Bedforshire and Buckinghamshire County Championships last weekend. The races were staged this year in Bucks as the two counties alternate the hosting duties year by year. The course that played home to the championships was at Hughenden Manor, a couple of miles north of High Wycombe and offered an extremely stern test to even the strongest of runners.

Every race started a little way up a very steep hill and simply went straight up so the first 200m "sorted the men from the boys"! There were 22 club members who made the journey to this picturesque part of Buckinghamshire and were wondering if that was the right decision when they arrived, but all decided they were up for the challenge. read more

Nobody likes running the Stag! If they say they do, they are either new or don't try hard enough! Three short flat out laps when you are either being chased down by the people behind, starting so far back you have to unlap yourself or just confused in the middle. It's during the dark damp winter months and Dave always gives you a much harder handicap than you should have because you are ill, injured and haven't trained for a year!

The January race is the epitome of this, as you can also add into the equation the habit breaking Christmas holidays, the over indulgence and the guaranteed cold weather. However, it is during the months of December to February that champions are made or broken for one of the clubs most prestigious and longest standing award. read more

On Saturday 12^th February LBAC will once again be playing host to the final Chiltern League fixture of the season at Cottesloe School in Wing. This is a very presitigous event as all of the end of season trophies are awarded and results completed.

There are many aspects to organising a Chiltern League fixture and Richard Inchley takes on the majority of them in this case, however, there will be a lot of help needed in the marshaling of the course. We therefore need EVERY SINGLE MEMBER to commit to being there on the day as the more volunteers we get the less marshaling everyone is needed for. Please DO NOT ASSUME that Richard knows you are coming. read more

Sunday the 26^th December will see the annual running of the Langmay Trophy and all club members, friends and family are invited to take part.

The event is a "blind handicap". This means that it is run as a straight race with everyone starting together, but Dave Adams will have a predicted time for all club members and the person who beats their predicted time by the greatest margin will be the winner. It is really just a bit of fun to get you out of the house and running off some of the Christmas dinner from the day before. read more

It was another frosty morning in Bedford for the club and county half marathon championships in Wootton. There was barely a flicker of breeze despite the cold temperatures and so once into the race it was almost perfect conditions for running. The course at Wootton lends itself perfectly to running a negative split (second half faster than the first) as the three or four hills that there are, are all in the first half. Many of the runners achieved the unusual feat, including numerous members of LBAC. read more