Sandbach Striders

It was a quiet week for Sandbach Striders who took part in 7 parkruns, a 10k and a Half Marathon.
Seven Striders took part in the Congleton parkrun at Astbury Mere, with Mick Hutchins earning himself a new PB for the course and Heather Carter coming in as second lady.  Full results were:

Heather Carter 19:47
Stephen Mclean 20:42
Mick Hutchins 20:52
Rick Kelso-Davies 27:53
Denis Culloty 29:53
John Wright 31:45
Steve Treweeks 36:32

Striders at Congleton parkrun




Duncan Robertson was in Newby Bridge for the Fell Foot parkrun, now in his top 4 of parkruns, finishing in 27:40.

Duncan Robertson at Fell Foot parkrun


Strider Amy and Tom Mayell ran Delamere parkrun with their son Adam. Adam finished in 28:01 and Tom a second later, with Amy coming in in 36:33.

Amy, Adam and Tom Mayell at Delamere parkrun

Chairman Mik Escolme was in Stoke for Hanley parkrun.  Mik finished in 26:48.

Mary Chadwick and Mik Escolme at Hanley parkrun

Julia Dunlop ran the Conwy parkrun in 32:10 and Paul Barnett completed the Croxteth Hall parkrun in 21:12.

Over in Bulgaria, club member Liz O’Keeffe ran her local parkrun in 27:07

Liz O'Keeffe at Varma parkrun

On Sunday, 4 Striders headed to Warrington to take part in the English Half Marathon series of events.  Lisa Highfield took part in the 10k, earning herself a new personal best time of 50.26.
Stephen Mclean, Claire Dalton and Lynsey Astles all went for the half marathon distance of 13.1 miles.  Their results were:

Stephen Mclean: 1:29:37 (personal best)
Lynsey Astles: 2:03:18 (personal best)
Claire Dalton: 2:15:25

Striders at the Englih half Marathon
Sandbach Striders are a friendly and encouraging running club that welcome new members of all abilities.

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