Sandbach Striders

Crewe Déjà vu 3 Photos are now online!

We hope you enjoyed your day at the  Crewe Déjà vu 3.
Here are two sets of photos which are free for you for any non-commercial purposes.The first set was taken by Nozza Wales who kindly took 728 photos whilst spectating.http://www.flickr.com/photos/no...

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Crewe Déjà vu 3 Results are now online!

Well done to all the finishers today, there were some fantastic results and many targets achieved or surpassed. The results are here courtesy of the world class chip timing from HS Sports: http://www.chiptiming.co.uk/results/?sport=1&year=2013&event=151&...

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Crewe Déjà vu 3 is nearly upon us!

The Crewe Déjà vu 3 is nearly upon us! 

The ones to blame on race day: Giles, Michael and JasonWe currently have a 15 members of Sandbach Striders on the start list and are also expecting a full contingent of other runners. Some familiar faces, some ...

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Photos from the Sandbach 10k





View the rest of the photos from the Sandbach 10k at Dstockton1946's photostream on Flickr.If you haven't already checked out the results, see them online here.

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Race Report: Round Rotherham 50 19/10/2013

Last December, as I rolled over the hill of middle age (50th birthday), I had an idea. 
“I’m really not a morning person,” yawned Gordon at 0600.

I had always wanted to run an ultra-marathon and, in my slightly OCD sort of way, a 50 mile ultra at...

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Sandbach 10k 2013 results!

A big WELL DONE to all of the 189 intrepid runners who braved today's Sandbach 10k!
Thank you for coming to Sandbach, we sincerely hope you had a great race.The results can be seen online here.

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Race Report: Wirral Half Marathon 13/10/2013

What ever happened to Sunday morning lie-ins? At this rate I may even make a striders Sunday morning run now that I’m so used to getting up for half marathons.

Birkenhead’s own Brandenburg gate which we ran through.
 Anyway, a dark, blustery and sho...

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Race Report: Mars London Marathon ??/04/84

(Belated) race report – Mars London Marathon (1984)
As dawn was breaking on a clear, dry. Late-March morning in 1984, I set out from my sister’s flat in Tooting for Blackheath Common ready for my first London Marathon.I joined a couple of other runner...

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Race Report: Sandbach Family Fun Run 13/10/2013

The Sandbach 10k fun run started outside the cricket club and was two laps of the cricket pitch




It was a cloudy drizzly day but that did not dampen the fun and determination of all the children lining up at the start with a mix of very small children ...

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Race Report: Marathon du Médoc 07/09/2013 #2


During the race that we ran out in France! 



This is our report, albeit fairly short, of a race that we ran out in France!

  





There was early-o'clock,
there was a passport drop,
there was a well needed caffeine stop...
During the race that w...

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