Sandbach Striders

I’ve always tried to have the mindset that you should try and find the positive in every situation, no matter how bad. 2 years ago I received my first ever DNF during a 100 mile ultra, the positive? It would lead me to join the Sandbach Striders a coupl...

You’ll have run a marathon already. You’ll already be marathon fit, it won’t feel that hard. Why not just enter it?”Outside the Britannia Stadium raring to goOr at least that was the advice from some ‘friends’ in the Striders earlier in the ye...

It was an uncharacteristically quiet week for the members of Sandbach Striders running club. Despite that Striders took part in four different parkrun events and two longer distance events.Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrunAt the free weekly parkrun a...

The Wilde one is a multi lap marathon in Worcester. It gets its name from the very sad and sudden death of Black Pears Runners Stephen Wilde and hence the club put on a memorial race in aide of the local children’s hospice. 
The race was due to be a 10...

Congratulations to the 40 Striders who finished the Predictathon 2015! A big thank you also the marshalls who gave up their time to help make the event possible and keep everyone safe out on the course: Isobel, Jan, Moe and Steve.The winners: Karen & Phil...

On what seemed a pleasant Sunday morning, I made my way to Bollington for there annual 'Nostalgia Hill Race', a charity race in aid of the Bridgend Centre  (formerly 'Bollington Drop In Centre). This is a 7.11 mile multi terrain race with bits of everyth...

Sandbach Striders participated in five different weekly 5k parkrun events around the country. Closest to home were the nineteen Striders who completed the Congleton parkrun. Rick Kelso-Davies and Karen Wright both earned themselves new personal best times...

Members of Sandbach Striders running club have a reputation for participating in a diverse range of events and this week has been no different.Darren Varley, Tony Taylor and Paul Nicholls at the Rudyard Trail RaceAt the last race in the Staffordshire Moor...

Sunday morning at the seaside it must be the Blackpool Hilton Half Marathon. This race was organised by Fylde Coast Runners and has been run for the last 16 years in aid of "Hilton in the Community Foundation". The weather was hot with a strong breeze com...

I signed up for the Eastridge trail race, not fully appreciating what was in store!I knew it was a half marathon, and that it went up onto the Stiperstones ridge, but that was about it.

The race started and finished in Snailbeach, south west of Shrewsbur...