by Sandbach Striders
on Tuesday 29th March 2016
Members of Sandbach Striders running club took park in races with distances from 5km to 76km this weekend.
 |
| Sandbach Striders at the L2M Ultra |
6.00am on Saturday morning saw 6 Striders begin the L2M Ultra, a 47 mile Ultra-Marathon following the Trans-Pennine Trail and the River Mersey from Liverpool to Manchester. All six Striders finished with 10 hours and in the top 100 earning themselves a well deserved silver medal.
At the free weekly, and this week windy, 5k parkrun in Congleton ten Striders were in action with Catherine Winders earning herself a new personal best time.
 |
| Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun |
The full results were as follows:
20.02 Martin Coleman 21.16 Tony Taylor 23.45 Lindsay Beeston 24.16 Matthew Jones 24.49 Matt Wood 26.38 Denise Dowling 28.10 Elaine Wood 28.54 Amy Norman 29.11 Catherine Winders 32.50 Barbara Evans
Our roaming Chairman Michael Escolme ran the Hanley parkrun this week, finishing in a time of 36.06.
 |
| Mary Chadwick and Michael Escolme at Hanley parkrun |
Duncan Robertson was in Wales for the Penrhyn parkrun. Duncan completed the course around Penrhyn Castle in 27.19.
 |
| Duncan Robertson at Penrhyn parkrun |
On Easter Sunday 13 Striders took part in the Air Products 10K in Crewe. With very few undulations, the course is one of the fastest in Cheshire. Even in the wind a number of Striders achieved personal best times with Tracey Hale knocking around 5 minutes off her previous PB!
The full results were:
00:38:11 Darren Varley 00:41:28 Andy Thomas 00:41:27 Heather Carter 00:42:49 Steve Farnell 00:44:28 Tom Mayell 00:48:06 James Boon 00:49:56 Matthew Jones 00:52:45 Janie Turner 00:53:06 Elizabeth O'Keeffe 00:54:51 Helen Child 00:57:50 Denis Culloty 00:57:51 Lynsey Astles 01:02:00 Tracey Hale
 |
| James Boon with his brother Jason (left) at the Crewe 10k |
Steve and Gillian Fallows hopped over to Delamere for the 5K Easter Bunny Dash. They experienced sun, wind, rain and hail over muddy and undulating course, taking in the quieter paths of Delamere Forest.
 |
| Steve and Gillian Fallows at Delamere 5K Bunny Dash |
