Sandbach Striders

I didn’t think Delamere was very hilly so it was fairly easy to persuade me to enter this race. I became slightly worried when, the day before the race, I was informed that Delamere was hilly – by now it was much too late to do any hill training! 
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Having spent most of the first half of the year running various races I’d decided to take a bit of a break to focus on training for my last big race of the year, the Snowdonia Marathon in October. 
The South Cheshire 20 gave me an excellent opportunity...

Eleven members of Sandbach Striders running club took over the marshalling and organisation of the free 5k parkrun held every week at Astbury Mere.
Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun17 other Striders ran the three lap route with Clare Pheasey and Cat...

Entries to the Sandbach 10k multi-terrain race are now open!Sunday 21st September 2014 -11.00amAlso: Family fun run - half mile children’s fun run starts 10.20am
Race HQ: Elworth Cricket Club, London Rd, Sandbach CW11 3BFDrinks station, changing & showe...

A big well-done to all of our Predictathon 2014 finishers!And they're off!Also a big thank you to our helpers and marshalls tonight: Perry Wyatt, Dave Parr, Martin Gunther, Craig Edwards, Jason Bulley and Jill and Andre who ran as tail runners.
Pre-race i...

It’s no secret to many that I have not been at my best lately. With Winston Churchill’s black dog banging my door down there could be no better cure than to exercise (as per what I would tell clients). The start of the runHowever, there’s exercise ...

For my first official race as a Strider, some may think that a half marathon was a little ambitious.  
 I set myself a personal goal of completing the Fleetwood Half Marathon several months ago.  On paper, the race is 3 loops along the promenade. Havin...

I remember a conversation with Andrew Gibson during the Couch to 5K training programme.  Amy and Lindsay all smiles at the finish lineWe’d built up to running for just over half an hour non stop and I was quizzing him on running 10k races.  I listened...

Sandbach Striders had another excellent turnout at the free weekly 5k Congleton parkrun with 16 Striders finishing the three laps of the mere. Female Striders led the way once more with Heather Carter, Clare Pheasey and Lou Hayward all managing to run new...

Chris Brumby from Sandbach Striders running club demonstrated the ethos of the club by running in four different races last weekend. Chris Brumby and Jill Young at Watergrove parkrunHis mammoth task started at 9am on Saturday when along with his partner ...