After all the running last week, there was very little competitive running this week - Striders were either resting or sunning themselves on a beach somewhere!
On Thursday evening, Paul Nicholls took part in the Staffordshire Moorlands Athletics Club summer series race at Wetton. The race is 5.5miles and has 990 feet of climb. Paul did the club proud by stopping and walking with a fallen runner resulting in him taking last place, but with his head held high.
Striders were to be found at six different parkrun events around the country on Saturday morning.
Eight Striders took part in the Congleton parkrun at Astbury Mere, with new personal best times for Stephen Mclean and Claire Dalton. Full results were:
Martin Coleman 19.55
Stephen Mclean 20.28
Lindsay Beeston 22.36
James Boon 23.37
Catherine Winders 26.30
Duncan Robertson 26.35
Claire Dalton 27.25
Paul Nicholls 30.00
John Wright 32.26
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| Striders at Congleton parkrun |
Paul Barnett was in North Manchester for the Heaton parkrun finishing in 20.43.
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| Paul Barnett at Heaton parkrun |
Tom and Amy Mayell and their son Adam were at Hanley parkrun. They finished in 27.56, 37.49 and 27.56 respectively, giving young Adam a new personal best time.
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| Tom, Amy and Adam Mayell at Hanley parkrun |
Kathryn Reed took part in Wilmslow parkrun finishing in 33.38.
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| Kathryn Reed at Wilmslow parkrun |
Mat Simister completed Delamere parkrun in 24.41.
Grant Stanning travelling the furthest for his parkrun, completing Rutland Water parkrun in 29.34.
Chris Brumby headed in to Wales to take part in the Snowdonia Trail Marathon, a race which ascends 1685m over 26 miles of iconic and spectacular trails. Chris finished in 6:33, which put him in 22ndplace in his age category.
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| Chris Brumby at the Scott Snowdonia Trail Marathon |
Sandbach Striders are a friendly and encouraging running club that welcome new members of all abilities.
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