Eleven members of Sandbach Striders running club took over the marshalling and organisation of the free 5k parkrun held every week at Astbury Mere.
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| Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun |
17 other Striders ran the three lap route with Clare Pheasey and Catherine Greaves managing to run new personal best times.
21:07 Rick Kelso-Davies
21:42 Mat Simister
22:32 Francis Gilchrist
23:34 Andrew Gibson
24:02 Clare Pheasey
24:03 Catherine Greaves
25:00 Martin Coleman
25:38 Perry Wyatt
26:00 Matt Wood
28:07 Lou Hayward
29:54 Isobel Bennett
30:04 Giles Hodges
30:44 Elaine Wood
34:11 Tracey Hale
36:33 Stella Stilwell
38:13 Adam Mayell (age 6)
38:32 Amy Mayell
A special mention must go to Martin Coleman who in preparation for his 35 mile ultra the day after opted to be the 25 minute pacemaker - check out his finishing time!
A special mention must go to Martin Coleman who in preparation for his 35 mile ultra the day after opted to be the 25 minute pacemaker - check out his finishing time!
On Sunday, Delamere Forest hosted a series of events starting with the family fun run where two Striders of the future Tom and Holly Parr ran for the second year alongside his Dad Dave.
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| Dave with Holly and Tom |
The family fun run was followed by the 10k trail race, two Striders Steph Cooper and Lou Hayward ran finishing in 1:25:09
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| Lou, Heather, Tony, Mat and Steph at Delamere Forest |
The half-marathon trail event was next with three Striders running. Tony Taylor finished in 16th place overall in a time of 1.35.04. Club secretary Heather Carter dressed as a Morris dancer was next in 1.44.36 followed by Mat Simister who finished in 2.09.46. Mat stood out somewhat having ran the race dressed as a rather disturbing Snow White.
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| Sandbach Striders have a new member |
The annual running of the South Cheshire 20 mile road race was also on Sunday. Steve Farnell finished the race in 2:36:19
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| Steve Farnell at the South Cheshire 20 |
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| Chris Brumby and Martin Coleman at the Gritstone Grind |
Entries to the Sandbach 10k on Sunday 21st September are selling quickly. Details are available on the Striders website.