by Sandbach Striders
on Sunday 28th September 2014
This week the free weekly 5k parkruns proved to be popular with the members of Sandbach Striders running club. 18 Striders ran the event at Astbury Mere near Congleton.
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| Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun |
Three Striders finished in the top 10, new Strider Darren Varley was the first Strider home in a new personal best time with Heather Carter also running a new personal best to be the first female finisher home. Grant Stanning, Isobel Bennett, Tracey Hale, Oscar Hayward, Gayle Robson also ran new personal best times and Tracy Howe ran her first ever parkrun after recently joining the club. Club chairman Michael Escolme collected his 100 short after running 106 parkruns so far.
The full results were as follows:
00:18:24 Darren Varley00:19:50 Tony Taylor00:19:52 Martin Coleman00:20:02 Heather Carter00:20:55 Terry Coppenhall00:23:04 Andrew Gibson00:25:59 Denis Culloty00:27:04 Craig Edwards00:27:04 Louise Hayward00:28:23 Grant Stanning00:28:53 Isobel Bennett00:29:52 Karen Lovatt00:30:48 Tracey Hale00:31:33 Michael Escolme00:32:57 Tracy Howe00:33:51 Oscar Hayward00:35:22 Gayle Ronson00:37:24 Sarah Mitchell
Martin Gunther was at the Coventry parkrun and finished in 22:21
On Sunday Paul Nicholls ran 13.1 miles around the quiet country lanes of East Cheshire in the Macclesfield Half-marathon, finishing in a time of 2:02:08
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| Paul Nicholls at Macclesfield Half-marathon |
Sunday also saw the annual Treasure Hunt organised by the club’s welfare and coaching officer Jason Bulley. Five teams of Striders ran around 10 miles attempting to find the answers to as many clues as possible in a 2 and a half hour time limit. As well as trying to find the clues which ranged in difficulty, each team was given the task of carrying a large inflatable, its points value increasing in proportion with its size! The winning team of Philip Truman, Francis Gilchrist, Andrew Gibson and Martin Gunther won by carrying a 5 feet high cactus.
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| Sandbach Striders treasure hunt |
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| Craig, Lou and Oscar |
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| Janet, Lucy, Megan and MIchael with their octopus inflatable |
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| Isobel, Stella, Karen, Amy and Lindsay |
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| The winning Treasure Hunt team of Philip, Francis, Andrew and Martin with their giant cactus |
Sandbach Striders welcome new members of all abilities. Prospective members are welcome to run with the club for a month with no obligation to join.
