Mercia Fell Runners Club

­ TORCH PASSES ON AS MERCIA THE BRIDESMAIDS AGAIN

FRA Relays (Calder Valley)

14/10/06

­A burst of Tertiary volcanic activity gave rise to a number of islands in the north Atlantic, among them the Faeroes, Iceland, Mull, Rum and St Kilda. The extent of the St Kilda crater is marked today by the isles of Hirta, Dun and Soay to the west, and Boreray, Stac an Armin and Stac Li 6km to the east. These islands, 40mi west of Harris/Lewis, are hard to get at – Islands at the Edge of the World.

­Date: 03 May – 10 May 2003
Flight: East Midlands to Toulouse bmibaby.com (£65 return plus £10ish each way for bikes)
Contenders: 6 male Worcester AC runners
Destination: Cauterets (Train from Toulouse to Lourdes)

­NOT REALLY THE TIME to be playing in the mountains is it? Middle O’January? Not if you feel the cold, can’t read a map, run on roads, have an ounce of common sense or are jus­t­ plain soft. No, it’s more the time to be knocking out road sessions on the dark nights, racing cross-country, thinking about the challenges of the coming summer, or just thinking bugger it and staying inside! But then I think we’ve always liked to set ourselves apart in Mercia haven’t we?

­A personal plea from Tim Werrett, as a result of one or two incidents at Shropshire races over the winter for which friends of ours (who we are all indebted to for their services to fell running) bore the brunt.­