There was a huge turnout at the free weekly parkrun at Congleton this week with eighteen members of Sandbach Striders running the three laps of Astbury Mere.
Heather Carter and Nick Hogan both managed to equal their personal best times and Heather once more was the first female across the line. Fran Gilchrist and Craig Edwards also managed to beat their personal best times. 6 year old Adam Mayell once more managed to drag Dad Tom around the course earning himself a new personal best time for a 5k run. It won't be much longer before Adam earns his parkrun junior "10" shirt! It was also great to see Karen Wright back in action running her first parkrun after an enforced absence.
The full results were as follows:
19:55 Martin Coleman
20:02 Heather Carter
20:39 Nick Hogan
21:41 Fran Gilchrist
21:52 Craig Edwards
22:20 Lindsay Beeston
24:05 Martin Gunther
25:45 Denis Culloty
25:55 Rachel Green
27:23 Lou Hayward
27:23 Andrew Gibson
28:22 Elaine Wood
29:30 Isobel Bennett
31:09 Michael Escolme
32:27 Adam Mayell
32:28 Tom Mayell
33:21 Karen Wright
34:41 Oscar Hayward
Meanwhile one lone Strider ventured west to participate in the Delamere parkrun. Grant Stanning finished in 28:31. A big improvement on the time when Grant led a torchlight run in Delamere and managed to lose the forest!
Here are details of some upcoming events for members of Sandbach Striders.
October
Monday 13th - Tony's track training
Wednesday 15th - Normal club running 5k/10k
Saturday 18th - parkrun day!
Sunday 19th - Normal club run 10k or longer (route can easily be made shorter if required)
Monday 20th - 10k off-road torchlight run - route tbc. Meet at the club at 6:30pm
Wednesday 22nd - Normal club running 5k/10k. This night is the ballot for the club's London Marathon places
Friday 24th - Social night 7:30pm Military Arms, Sandbach
Also don't forget about the upcoming special running trips, places on which are limited and going fast:
Sunday 2nd November - 10 mile tour de Stoke-on-Trent (£3 includes special memento)
Friday 7th November - Blackpool Illuminations 10k Chippy tea run (£10 includes minibus and memento, £3 if making own way there)
For more details of these speak to Mik or check out the events on Facebook.