Sandbach Striders

Race Report: Rudyard 5m 02/07/2015

'Rudyard', is race five of the Staffordshire Moorlands Summer Series, a 5 mile trail race around lake Rudyard. Three 'striders' were in action for this race, speedy Darren, Paul and myself. We arranged to meet at the club car park, and made are way there....

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Race Report: Warrington 10k 25/06/2015

A quick dash up the A50 on Thursday evening saw me on my way to the Warrington 10K. According to the billing the course is flat fast 10K. The race has been hosted by Warrington Road Runners for the last 35 years and it is the longest established 10k in W...

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Race Report: Trail Marathon Wales 20/06/2015


I hate midges! Nasty tiny biting flying biting irritating biting things midges... I hate them.

So when, after 2 hours in the car, we arrived at the Coed y Brenin visitors centre on Friday evening at twenty to eight and stepped out of the car, the swarmi...

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Race Report: Shrewsbury Half-marathon 21/05/2015

So firstly let’s deal with elephant in the room; the Nuffield Health Shrewsbury Half Marathon organised by “In the Running” was actually a 12.6 mile race due to a mistake in how the course was marked.  

As the race was not cheap to enter (£22.50)...

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News from Sandbach Striders 28/06/2015

Member of Sandbach Striders took the famous Sandbach Cross logo that identifies and unifies the club across the globe this week in a typically diverse selection of races.
Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrunClosest to home were the thirteen Striders who...

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News from Sandbach Striders 22/06/2015

Members of Sandbach Striders Running Club once again travelled the length and breadth of the country to participate in a wide variety of running events. Striders at their annual club 10kIt all started closest to home with the annual running of the club 1...

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Club 10k Results 17/06/2015


A big well done to all of the 56 Striders who finished last night's Club 10k Race! The rain finally cleared to leave us with a warm and humid evening, not ideal running weather by any means but it could have been a lot worse!

There were some absolutely ...

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Race report: Shutlingsloe Fell Race 11/06/2015

Shutlingsloe fell race is a part of the Staffordshire Moorlands Summer Series  (1 of 10), which are held on Thursday evenings over the summer. 'Shutlingsloe', is the shortest of the summer series, just 3 1/2 miles accent  to the top of Shutlingsloe and ...

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Race Report: Bolton Hill Marathon 06/06/2015

Having ran a good few miles this year I was not really looking forward to this event as I have been nursing a nasty knee niggle for some weeks now which has been restricting my running somewhat. 
However, this was the Bolton Hill Marathon and having done...

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This week's news: 15/06/2015

Members of Sandbach Striders running club once more competed in a wide variety of events around the country.
Sandbach Striders at the Congleton parkrunIn Congleton at the free weekly 5k parkrun around Astbury Mere, fourteen striders finished the three la...

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