This week's news: 31/05/2015

Members of Sandbach Striders Running Cub once more featured in events around the county and further afield.

Duncan Robertson at Conwy parkrun

Duncan Robertson continued his streak of running a different parkrun course each week by running his third ever event at his third different course. The 5k parkrun route in Conwy in North Wales starts at the RSPB site, the Conwy course is generally nice and flat, with the exception of twice needing to cross a pedestrian bridge. It is an 'in and out' layout with excellent views of the castle and an invigorating sea breeze! Duncan finished the route in 25:17.

Andrew Gibson ran the Warrington parkrun in a time of 27:30 and Lynsey Astles ran the Delamere parkrun in a time of 28:41. Michael Escolme joined 413 other runners to run the Basingstoke parkrun. This event is a two lap route around the scenic War Memorial park near the centre of Basingstoke and run on a mixture of grass, woodland and tarmac paths. Michael finished in 31:39. 

Michael Escolme and Mary Chadwick at Basingstoke parkrun

As usual the Congleton parkrun was the most popular choice for Striders, with ten Striders running the event and five more marshalling it. New personal best times were recorded by three runners fairly new to the club with Claire Dalton, Tracey Surridge and Paula Woodruff all showing improvements, whilst young Ben Collett ran his first ever 5k parkrun. Somewhat remarkably all fifteen Striders present Despite fifteen Striders being present unfortunately all of them forgot to take a camera with them with which to celebrate these achievements.

The full results were:

20:37 Nick Hogan
21:43 Rick Kelso-Davies
22:25 Tom Mayell
22:48 Lindsay Beeston
25:59 Bob Kettle
26:37 Ben Collett
28:59 Claire Dalton
29:25 Mark Harby
34:13 Tracey Surridge
36:51 Paula Woodruff

Also in action on Saturday were eight intrepid Striders, who ran the annual Wincle trout Run, a challenging fell race where each finisher is traditionally presented with a specially slaughtered trout as a memento.

Sandbach Striders at the Wincle Trout Run

The full results were as follows:

47:43 Darren Varley
55:23 Gordon Hutchins
1:05:36 Cheryl Hutchins
1:07:25 Stella Stilwell
1:10:52 Christiane Bunte
1:14:46 Jill Young
1:16:48 Liz O’Keeffe
1:19:19 Denis Culloty

One final Strider was in action at the weekend at the Abersoch 10k. Tony Taylor ran this popular and scenic event which starts at the harbour, before continuing along the high street towards Lon Pentre Bach, then looping around the bay with a final kilometre stretch along the beach itself. Tony finished in 40:46 finishing as 2nd in the V50 male category. 

Tony Taylor at Abersoch 10k

Sandbach Striders are a friendly, supportive and welcoming running club serving the communities of Sandbach, Middlewich, Alsager, Holmes Chapel and beyond for over ten years. As well as a varied running programme the club has an excellent social calendar and for those runners looking to improve, Sandbach Striders have a number of fully-qualified running coaches to offer advice on training and ensure the safety and well-being of its members. They also organise the Sandbach 10k, a popular local running event which this year in its tenth anniversary promises to be the most fun and family friendly running event in the North-west. Entry details can be found at www.sandbachstriders.co.uk 

MRE