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Due to poor weather this weekend most of the races entered by our members were cancelled including…

Coniston 14 – A 14 mile road race around Coniston water Conti Lightning Run – A 12 hour endurance off-road race in Derbyshire Rivington Pike Trail Marathon – Trail marathon near Bolton in Lancashire Dark and White Mini Mountain Marathon – An orienteering event in Derbyshire Ironbridge Half Marathon – A scenic Half marathon in Telford

The races that did go ahead were….

Race Report: Wrap Up & Run Tatton 10k 17/03/2013

This was a nice little 10k around Tatton Park in Knutsford, Cheshire in aid of age uk, the race started at 09:00am with one lap around Tatton park estate with a mix of trail paths and estate roads.

Race Report: Rhayader 20m 16/03/2013

I saw this race at the last minute advertised in Runner's World. Described as hilly, I thought it would be  a suitable challenge and good training for my upcoming ultra marathon.

So, I thought a nice weekend away in the camper would go down well, and with the race being on the Saturday I could do the race and enjoy the evening.

Race Report: Stafford Half Marathon 17/03/2013

Today I ran the Stafford Half Marathon. When I first woke up to snow and ice I thought it might have been cancelled as normally they have more snow up that end, but alas it melted ever so quickly.  

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Congleton Parkrun (5k) – Saturday 17^th March

Three Sandbach Striders in the top 10 and a host of personal best times at the Congleton parkrun this week, a fantastic result.

Tony Taylor, Robert Kettle, Giles Hodges (with Son Maxwell), Michael Escolme (with his 50 parkrun T-shirt) and Terry Coppenhall.

Race Report: The Stupid Weekend

I've called this race report the "stupid weekend" for reasons that will become increasingly obvious. 

Bolton Hill Marathon

It all started a few months ago when I booked the Bolton Hill Marathon. This is billed as

Annual General Meeting 27th March 2013

Annual General Meeting

As you will no doubt know it's the AGM on Wednesday 27th March so there will be no running that evening. 

Instead we invite you to attend the annual general meeting where we will report on the year's activities,

Catch up with all the news from this weekend!

Congleton parkrun (5k) – Saturday 9th March

The eleventh parkrun to be held at Astbury Mere in Congleton was well attended with 85 runners taking part. Strider Chris Coppenhall finished in 4^th place in a time of 20:02 followed by his father Terry Coppenhall in 8^th place in 21:52. 

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Delamere parkrun (5k) – Saturday 2nd March

Back:     Robert Kettle, Rick Kelso-Davies, Joanne Smith, Tony Taylor, Matt Simister, Perry Wyatt, Karen Lovatt, Michael Escolme, Heather Carter.

Front:    Jill Young, Steve Treweeks, Liz O’Keeffe.

The inaugural Delamere parkrun took place on Saturday at Delamere Forest near Chester.