This week's news: 28/01/2016

Members of Sandbach Striders running club took park in races with distances from 5km to 76km this weekend.

Sandbach Striders at the L2M Ultra

6.00am on Saturday morning saw 6 Striders begin the L2M Ultra, a 47 mile Ultra-Marathon following the Trans-Pennine Trail and the River Mersey from Liverpool to Manchester.  All six Striders finished with 10 hours and in the top 100 earning themselves a well deserved silver medal.

Race Report: North London Half-marathon 20/03/2016

Based on its finishing line being inside Wembley Stadium the Vitality North London Half Marathon promotes itself as having “the best finish line in the world”.  

This was the main reason that I was happy to pay the rather steep £40 entry fee.  Due to Wembley being used to far larger crowds there was no difficulty in driving to the venue or getting a parking space and the race village had all the facilities that you would expect from a large commercial race.  The only surprise was the queue for the bag drop which was caused by all the bags being checked. 

This week's news: 22/03/2016

Members of Sandbach Striders running club were involved in 8 different Parkruns this week in 3 different countries, as well as a charity 5k in New Orleans, a 10k in Lincolnshire and a half marathon in London!  

Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun

At the free weekly 5k parkrun in Congleton, nine Striders were in action with Craig Edwards earning himself a new personal best time.

This week's news: 14/03/2016

Members of Sandbach Striders running club were involved in events ranging from local 5k parkruns up to a marathon along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. 

At the free weekly 5k parkrun in Congleton eleven Striders were in action with James Boon earning himself a new personal best time for the second week running and Catherine Winders also earning herself a PB. 

Race Report: Leeds Liverpool Canal Canter 13/03/2016

The Canal Canter Marathon organised by It's Grim Up North Running events was run on March 13th as an out and back circuit from Leeds. 

An inauspicious start at the race HQ - the actual race route was much more scenic!

The race was well organised with plentiful feed stations and encouraging marshals. There was a nice warm up from the race HQ to the start. The towpath was plenty wide to run on.

Our club charity 2015: South Cheshire Samaritans

At our recent Annual General Meeting, Sandbach Striders presented a cheque for £800 to Mel Robinson of the South Cheshire Samaritans. 

Martin Coleman, Mel Robinson and Michael Escolme

The local branch of the Samaritans were the nominated charity for the club during 2015 and they rely entirely on donations to provide a 24/7 service to the residents of South Cheshire and the surrounding environs.

This week's news: 07/03/2016

Members of Sandbach Striders running club were involved in events ranging from 5k up to the marathon distance and on all sorts of varied terrains this week. At the free weekly 5k parkrun in Congleton eleven Striders were in action with James Boon once more earning himself a new personal best time. 

Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun

The full results were as follows: