Sandbach Striders: January 2013

About us

Sandbach Striders was born back in 2003. Since the early days, membership has grown with a firm ethos of the club being not just about running but social activities as well. The club is affiliated to UK AAA and has its own qualified coaches. Many other special events take place on various nights too.

The club meets on Wednesdays at 18:30 and Sundays at 09:00 at Elworth Cricket Club.

Whilst many members compete in races from 5k to Marathons, the emphasis remains purely on keeping people motivated and having fun. Why not scan through our race reports to see what we’ve been up to? Having read them, you’re sure to see why Sandbach Striders has developed the motto of being

"No Ordinary Running Club!"

Saturday, 26 January 2013

Race Report: CTS Anglesey Half-Marathon 19/01/2013

The race that wasn't that was..

I had waited for this one for months and months. The Anglesey CTS mountain marathon by endurance life.

The journey to Anglesey.

The latest Striders news!

Congleton Parkrun - Sat 12/01/2013

Saturday was the 5th Congleton parkrun at Astbury Mere. There was a great turnout on a windy day with 143 runners taking part, 10 from Sandbach Striders and three new 5k personal best times. Finishing times were as follows:-

Race Report: CAFOD Fun Run 27/12/2012

"Please Run Carefully. Do Not Fall Into The Canal. This Is A Fun Run Not A Race. But if you come first there is a prize." said the race organiser. And I heard a loud laugh beside me. I looked around and recognised the laugher as an ex-work colleague, a member of Macc Harriers and veteran of several SuperSix races with a best time of under 39 minutes. Well if he wasn’t planning to take it too easily then neither would I!

Striders hit the ground running in 2013!

CAFOD Fun Run (5 Mile) - 27th Dec 2012

Join CAFOD for a post-Christmas outing at the Bollington fun run and burn off all those mince pies! That was the advert and Strider Martin Colman joined in the fun and ran 5 miles of muddy paths around the local area….and Martin won the race.