On this hot and balmy Wednesday evening, 8 Sandbach Striders travelled to Thorpe Mill Farm, Dovedale, in the Peak District, to take part in a mini mountain marathon. The event was open to fell runners, road runners and strong walkers, and involved scorin...
Having struggled to improve on any of my Pbs this year, I decided a different tactic was needed so I entered for a distance I have never run before therefore guaranteeing a pb.
Alan managed 84th place out of 345 finishers in 1.07.13
The race started and...
The Wizard 5 is a great race for those wanting to dabble in off road running whilst not getting too muddy or going to far. It is about a third track, a third grassy fields and a third road so the terrain is not too testing.
Heather, Perry and Liz...
Being married to the Chairman of Trentham Running Club meant I got roped in to helping out at the race today prior to actually running it. I was put on car parking duty for over an hour. I never knew that the little field at the side of the school cou...
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During the summer months I'm hoping to make the Monday night hill training sessions a more regular event. I'd like to see more Striders take part in these, so In this post I'm hoping to explain what they are and how they might be useful to you.
Jill, Pau...
The Cheadle 4 is a pleasant 4 mile route.And she's off!As I parked up my car at the Leisure Club and looked around I thought that there would not be that many doing it as normally the car park is full. I guess some decided to run to the race! As usual ...
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On the morning of Saturday 30th June I awoke and decided to run a race, The race I chose
Post-race in Brueton Park
was the Brueton Park 5k parkun in Solihull at 9am. It was a cool, damp Saturday morning in which to run two laps around a pleasant park in t...
I entered the Chester Deva Triathlon on 1st July. It was a World Championship qualifier,
Getting ready for the off!and it wasn’t until I arrived at the transition area that I realised it was such a competitive field. To summarise it was me and 700 o...
I tried running this race once before...
Jason and Jo: All smiles at the first checkpoint
Sadly, having followed Gordon's pre race meal plan I didn't actually make it to the start line.
Gordon has long been an advocate of eating peanut butter before r...
The Striders Handicap 2012
The race director shows off his algorithms
Ok, twas time for the greatest club race of them all, a chance to be the slowest runner known to the club and still be able to win.
This year, I was busy organizing the event so had...
