Hi folks, see the full list of 2017 Summer runs below. They'll all be going up on the website over the next few weeks, but so you can plan ahead, take a look below...
by Martyn Driscoll I used to play rugby for The Southerners when I lived in Bangkok back in 2006/07 and a few of the lads were going to be going back for the annual Bangkok 10s rugby tournament, now in its 12th year, but which had...
Race Details Distance : 3.9 miles / 6.3 km Climb : 984 ft / 300m (over three climbs) General description : Brrrilliant. The cold start was quickly appreciated as the first climb got the legs burning and the sweat pouring down your face. Anyone thinking that they'd get their breath back on...
Race Details Distance : 3.6 miles / 5.8 km Climb : 1476 ft / 450m (over two climbs) General description : Something for everyone. "Fast" sloped fields to and from the Skirrid that gave more than enough warm-up and but a long run into the finish. The first climb from...
Members of MDC went up to Snowdonia for a weekend of mountain running on some proper rock. Often it felt more like a weekend of thinly dressed walking, plodding our way up Elidir Fawr on a recce of part of the V3K race, getting mild hypothermia...
by Ake Fagereng Over two months after a celebratory three course meal in Courmayeur (remember it well, I was hungry…), it’s still tricky to organise the memories of the Tor des Geants in my head (hence writing this has taken forever). Memories from long races tend...
On a wet and dank morning in Fort William 98 prospective runners gathered for the inaugural running of the Fort William to Cape Wrath Expedition Race. This was to be 400kilometres of multi-terrain running with 11,500 metres of ascent spread as a stage race over...
Want to read about times past? You can access MDC's past newsletters via the links below, and bask in the running glories of old...
Hi Chums! A rather abbreviated newsletter this time but time is pressing and now that the nights are drawing in we are sure that you really, really want to know about the Winter League fixtures...
Newsletter time again, eh? So it seems we all survived the millennium and the associated total breakdown of society (not that you’d notice much difference outside my office in the wasteland that is Barry Docks), and as you have received this copy it means you...