12 Trotters took part in the 3rd SWRR Feighan Fury in good spring conditions with the going reasonable in the trail and road event. The choice was road shoes for speed, or trail for grip and the runners went for different options (like formula 1 tyre strategy choices). Frequent hills were part of the action plus one ford to cross. Sam Galvin reported "It was my first Fury and it lived up to its name, fortunately Roger had forewarned me that when we reached the start again at around the 8 mile mark it was not the finish! We still have a final loop of yet another steep downhill and uphill back to the finish! I came 3rd in my age group so pleased with my result. Beautiful run, great running company and even with the hills definitely worth doing again!

Trotters took home the 1st Men's Team trophy, with a number of prize vegetable boxes and some good age results: Alex Sparks romped home even with a shoe loss in the mud, the carbon slipper being worth retrieving ££££. The post Seville marathon heavy legs being no more than a slight headwind for our speedy clubmate. He is confident he can demolish the box of veg including his go to snack, Swede this week - good luck. The results were; Alex Sparks - 1st overall finisher and 1st male with an amazing time 1:05.48, Roger Easterbrook 6th 1st MV50 1:13.58, Ewan Walton 22nd 1.23.29, Chloe Olford - 3rd women overall and first in her age group 1:24.53, 29th Liz Nuttall - 3rd FV40 1:28.27, Roger Hayes, 31st 1:28:55, Neil Rutley 39th 1:31.16, Alan Kember 65th 1:39:18, Nigel Barnett 70th 1:39:54, Trevor Irons 90th - 1st MV70 1:48:43, Sam Galvin 115th - 3rd FV50 1:59.29, Cheryl Dunn 134th 2:15:02, from 147 finishers.

A great event, well signed, marshalled, with a decent choice of cakes and pastries to finish with. The pink free vest will no doubt be fashionable at some point in time and very identifiable from distance...

In Malaga Duncan & Kim Knight took part in the half marathon with her brother. A highly recommended flat event Kim finished in 1.56.07 and 57th in FV50, 3548th, Duncan 1.34.11, 66th in MV50. 838th overall.

Nicky Swann and Kevin Tozer took part in Sportiva’s Escot Park 10K Trail Race. "A couple of choices for runners; a half marathon or a 10k (both with the option to bring a four legged friend)

We decided against bringing the family pet (a diminutive dachshund with attitude and a strong dislike for almost all other dogs!) and went for the 10k. It was a fun trail course a bit lumpy and muddy in places, trail shoes a must and oh, a nice incline to finish! It was Kevin’s first race after joining the couch to 5k in May 2024. A great achievement having never ran before joining the club and he has recently moved up to social B group on Wednesday’s. Kevin said: “I really enjoyed the race. Thanks to the effort and support of the Trotters leaders, especially the couch to 5k for getting me started. It’s a brilliant program.” Both finished in 1:23:04.