Marathons in December tend to be a bit thin on the ground, particularly in the UK, so over the past few years it's been necessary for me to start looking further afield. In recent years I've had winter weekends away in the Canary Islands, Benidorm and Pis...
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Princes Parkrun, Liverpool... 2 Race Reports over 2 weeks
On Saturday 24th November I decided to run Princes Parkrun in Liverpool. The weather
was bitterly cold, the ground was covered in frost and whilst I was making my way to the start, was doub...
Cardington Cracker, or Cardiac “a” Cracker
Well you pays your money you takes your chances they say. I saw this race advertised in
the FRA website and thought that sounds like a good race to do. It also meant I could take the camper and do a bi...
Having failed to get into the Tatton race this year, i set about finding an alternative and stumbled upon this one, it was only ten miles up the road and only cost £7 to enter.
So off i went on a very cold and frosty morning, although a very ...
I thought I'd take a few minutes to tell you about a type of event which I absolutely love and which I know are also popular with many other Striders. The Long Distance Walkers Association organise a series of challenge events which whilst originally were...
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As we all know December is a busy old time and it's sometimes difficult to find time to keep up the running training. I've collated some of the events that are happening this month to try and encourage you to keep getting those miles in!
If you are planni...
Christmas Competition!
Following the success of our Photoshop Grant competition last year we are pleased to announce this year's competition - a caption competition no less!
Your job is to imagine what the missing words on the sign are and then eithe...
Ok, so here goes, somehow I got talked in to writing this- My name’s Dougal, and tonight I led the “Torchlight” run. Well, that’s what my human calls it.
So it goes a bit like this, at about 6-30 I was driven to a remote spot called a Cricke...
The results of the the club 10k are here. Well done to all those in the club that turned out and supported the event and to the others that offered help. I look forward to reading the race reports. RUNNER ...
Photos from the Crewe Déjà vu are now online - there are over 400 so take your time and have a good look through - there are bound to be some of you in there somewhere!Crewe Déjà vu 2 Track Marathon 04-Nov-2012
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