Here is a round
up of this weeks running activities from Sandbach Striders, involving
6 parkruns, a trail run, an ultra, a 10k and a half marathon.
Six Striders took
part in the Congleton parkrun at Astbury Mere, which marked Tony
Taylor’s 100th parkrun. Full results were:
Tony Taylor 20.15
Heather
Carter 20.15
Mick Hutchins 21.23
Stephen Mclean 22.39
Elaine Wood 28.49
Karen Lovatt 33.35
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| Striders at Congleton parkrun |
Duncan Robertson
took part in the Burnage and finished in 27.37.
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| Duncan Robertson at Burnage parkrun |
Paul Barnett
travelled to Victoria Park for the Warrington parkrun, finishing in
20.13 earning himself a new personal best time.
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| Paul Barnett at Warrington parkrun |
Chairman Mik
Escolme and Martin Coleman were in Stoke for Hanley parkrun. Martin
finished in 20.25 and Mik in 26.45.
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| Mik Escolme and Martin Coleman at Hanley parkrun |
Julia Dunlop ran
the Conwy parkrun in 31.58.
Over in Bulgaria,
club member Liz O’Keeffe ran her local parkrun, in slightly higher
temperatures than here, finishing in 27.31
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| Liz O'Keeffe at her local parkrun in Bulgaria |
Tom Mayall and
Kevern Roberts took part in the Hatters Half, a half
marathon which starts at Edgeley Park, Stockport. The scenic route
follows the River Mersey along the Trans Pennine Trail towards
Northenden, before forming a loop and returning to the finish in
Alexandra Park in Edgeley. It was close race between the two with
Tom finishing in 1.50 and Kevern in 1.54.
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| Tom Mayell, Neil Curry, Darren Carter at Hatters Half |
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| Kevern Roberts at Hatters Half |
Three Striders
took on the mud of the Derwantwater Lakeland Trail Race, a 15 mile
trail run which takes in panoramic views of
Derwentwater, the surrounding peaks of Skiddaw and Blencathra and the
northern fell. The race involved knee deep bogs and stream crossings
and lots of hills! Full results were:
Scott
Portman: 1.44.47
Jane
Pyatt: 1.47.28
Lynsey
Astles: 2.08.35
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| Jane Pyatt, Scott Portman and Lynsey Astles at Darwent Water Lakeland Trail 15 |
Francis
Gilchrist challenged himself to run 35 miles in 12 hours in the
Gritstone Grind, running a linear route between Kidsgrove and Disley,
on the Gritstone Trail, and he achieved it with time to spare. Fran
finished in 9.11.16.
Finally
two Striders took part in the Salford 10k, a run around MediaCityUk.
Phil Truman finished in 55.51 and Stephen Mclean in 42.24.
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| Stephen Mclean and Phil Truman at Salford 10K |
This coming
Sunday is the Sandbach 10K sponsored by Butcher & Barlow. Places
are still available for this multi-terrain race via the Striders
website or on the day for a couple of pounds more.
Sandbach
Striders are a friendly and encouraging running club that welcome new
members of all abilities.
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