*FREE* Couch to 5k sessions starting 4th February 2015!

Sandbach Striders running club are pleased to announce the return of their popular *free* Couch-to-5k programme.

Starting on Wednesday 4th February and running for ten weeks you will be taken through an established programme which aims to take you to your target of running 5k (or 3.1 miles.)

This week's news: 26/01/2014

After a weekend of poor weather which saw a number of local running events cancelled it was business as usual this week when 15 members of Sandbach Striders Running Club ran the free weekly 5k parkrun at Congleton. 

Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun

George Nicholls, Stella Stilwell and Rachel Green all earned themselves new personal best times as did young Thomas Taylor who managed to outsprint his dad Tony to notch up his third parkrun.

Race Report: Welcome Tavern 10k 25/01/2015

The Welcome Tavern 10k is an annual event starting from a pub in Walton Le Dale near Preston.

Denis Culloty at the Welcome Tavern 10k

Unfortunately the pub is currently closed for refurbishment so the race HQ and route were both revised this year. This year the race HQ was based in a car park a mile from the start at the Capitol shopping centre and this resulted in a good number of people having to make a last minute dash to the HQ to collect race numbers.

Tickets for the Awards Night are now available!

Sandbach Striders Awards Night 

Friday 27th February 2015

7:30pm

This week's news: 19/01/2015

Unfortunately the inclement weather meant that two events were cancelled which many members of Sandbach Striders running club were planning on entering.

Matt and Elaine Wood at the Tamar Lakes parkrun

The first casualty was the free weekly 5k parkrun at Congleton which was cancelled early on Saturday morning due to ice on the paths surrounding Astbury Mere.

This week's news:12/01/2015

Members of Sandbach Striders Running Club continue to support the free weekly parkruns that continue to grow in all areas of the corner and increasingly internationally too.

Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun

Locally, twelve Striders ran the three laps of Astbury Mere which make up the 5k route of the Congleton parkrun. Evidently most Striders were still shrugging off their seasonal excesses as there were no new personal best times this week.

This week's news: 04/01/2014

2015 began with a special 9am New Year’s Day parkrun at Congleton. 

Martin and Lucy Coleman at Congleton parkrun

Race Report; Adlington Winter Warmer 28/12/2014

Five brave striders met on a freezing Sunday morning for a trip to Adlington (Macclesfield), for there annual 'Winter Warmer 10k' race. 

Striders getting ready for the Adlington Winter Warmer

This is a 10k race with a difference, all watches, GPS and phones were banned, the race was a 'predictathon', the idea being, to predict your finishing time. The person who finished nearest their predicted time, was the winner, the beauty of this being, anyone had a chance to win.

Club Championship / Alternative Series - get your entries in!

Now that we’ve all run our last races of 2014, it’s time to work out the scores in the two club championship series. 

Liz - 2013 Championship Winner

 As we’ve got a lot of new members this year, I’ll explain how the two different awards are worked out. There are two awards, the main club championship and the Alternative series (previously known as the Nutters series).