This week's news: 06/10/2014

Seven members of Sandbach Striders running club braved torrential rain to run the three laps of Astbury Mere at the free weekly parkrun. Denis Culloty earned himself a new personal best time as did Kelley Underwood and Amy Norman.

Terry Coppenhall, Lindsay Beeston, Kelley Underwood, Rick Kelso-Davies, Amy 

Norman and Tracey Hale at Congleton parkrun

The full results were as follows:

22:01 Rick Kelso-Davies
22:29 Lindsay Beeston
25:08 Denis Culloty
25:08 Terry Coppenhall
27:30 Kelley Underwood
28:43 Amy Norman
33:11 Tracey Hale

Meanwhile in Warrington Michael Escolme also braved the torrential rain to run the parkrun at Victoria Park in 31:59

Michael Escolme and Mary Chadwick at Warrington parkrun

Also in parkrun action was Darren Varley who ran the parkrun around Avenham park in Preston. Darren finished in 4th position in 19:14.

On Sunday, 13 Striders ran the popular half-marathon in Congleton. For several Striders this was their first half-marathon including Craig Edwards, Andrew Gibson, Janet Burgess and Lucy Lee. Philip Truman and Karen Lovatt also earned themselves new personal bests.

The full results were as follows:

01:31:14 Heather Carter
01:36:35 Martin Coleman
01:39:50 Colin Watret
01:42:23 Craig Edwards
01:42:26 Francis Gilchrist
01:50:38 Andrew Gibson
01:51:47 Matt Wood
01:59:35 Nick Frost
02:00:07 Janet Burgess
02:00:23 Stella Stilwell
02:05:22 Philip Truman 
02:11:02 Lucy Lee
02:13:54 Elaine Wood
02:14:10 Karen Lovatt

Striders at Congleton half-marathon

Also in action on Sunday were Christiane Bunte and Lucy Darling who took on the new challenge of the Chester metric marathon. This is a 26.2 kilometre event utilising much of the same route as the full marathon. For Lucy this was the furthest distance she has run. Christiane finished in 2:29:47 with Lucy finishing shortly behind in 2:40:44.

Five Striders took on the full marathon distance at Chester. Martin Gunther earned himself a new personal best time and his first sub-4 marathon. Paul Nicholls and Tom Mayell also earned new personal best times.

The full results were as follows:

3:57:27 Martin Gunther
4:12:04 Michael Escolme
4:14:07 Tom Mayell
4:20:28 Paul Nicholls
5:15:14 Grant Stanning

Michael Escolme, Martin Gunther, Paul Nicholls, Christiane Bunte, Tom Mayell at Chester marathon

Grant Stanning at Chester marathon

Steph Cooper travelled to Portugal on Sunday to participate in the Lisbon rock and roll half-marathon. Stepn completed the course in 2:48:44

Steph Cooper at the Lisbon rock and roll half-marathon

Sandbach Striders welcome new members of all abilities. Prospective members are welcome to run with the club for  a month with no obligation to join. 

Visit www.sandbachstriders.co.uk for more details.