The Striders have
excelled themselves this week with plenty of personal bests and
plenty of miles in the bag.
Seven Striders
headed to Astbury Mere on Saturday morning for the Congleton parkrun
. Full results were:
Rick
Kelso-Davies 19:49
Tony Taylor 20:23
Stephen
Mclean 23:13
Lisa
Highfield 25:23
Denis
Culloty 31:18
Nathan Lee 34:25
Paul Barnett
travelled Wales for the Conwy parkrun and completed the course in
20:42.
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| Paul Barnett at Conwy parkrun |
Paul Nicholls
took part in the Market Harborough parkrun, finishing the course in
26:12
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| Paul Nicholls at Market Harborough parkrun |
Over in
Cheltenham, Wendy Barnes completed the Cheltenham parkrun course in
28:33.
In Bulgaria, club
member Liz O’Keeffe ran her local parkrun in Varna 26:52
On Sunday,
Striders headed over to Chester to take part in the Farndon 10k. The
route takes in the Winsford Salt mines, Whitegate Way, Vale Royal
Abbey, and the River Weaver. A scenic route taking in Carden Park
Golf Club. Heather Carter came in first in her category and there was
a personal best time for David Sharp. Full results were:
Andy Thomas 40:52
Heather
Carter 41:37
Tom Mayall 46:31
David Sharp 51:56
Phil Truman 58:26
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| Striders at Farndon 10k |
A huge number of Striders headed to Manchester for the Manchester
Half and for some it was their first race of this distance. The
course was flat and fast and took in Old Trafford Football club,
before heading out into Sale and finishing at Old Trafford Cricket
ground. Full results:
Stephen
Mclean 1:27:47 Personal best
Gordon
Hutchins 1:40:33
Alice
Sharp 1:53:41 Personal best
June
Wray 1:55:05 Personal best
Catherine
Winders 1:57:27 Personal best
Katie
Payne 1:57:29 Personal best
Jo
Askey 1:57:32 Personal best
Louise
Lewis 2:03:46 Personal best
Lee-Ann
Galway 2:03:54 First Timer
Claire
Dalton 2:08:17 Personal best
Tim Woods 2:13:34
Cheryl
Hutchins 2:14:34
Tracey Sturridge
2:31:34 First Timer
Hannah
Gay 2:31:41 First Timer
Julia
Dunlop 2:31:41 First Timer
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| Jo Askey, Claire Dalton and Louise Banks at Manchester Half |
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| Tracey Sturridge, Hannah Gay, Catherine Winders and Julia Dunlop at Manchester Half |
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| Catherine Winders at Manchester Half |
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| Lee-Ann Galway at Manchester Half |
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| Cheryl Hutchins, Gordon Hutchins, Annie Woods and Tim Woods at Manchester Half |
Further afield,
Lynsey Astles took time out of her mini-break to take park in Palma
De Mallorca half marathon in a sweltering 31 degrees. Lynsey
finished the race in 2:12.
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| Lynsey Astles in Palma De Mallorca Half marathon |
Finally, Craig
Edwards and Fran Gilchrist took part in an 100 miles continuous trail
raced based in the twinned villages of Goring and Streatley on the
River Thames, taking runners on a series of 4 out and back 25 mile
spurs. Craig finished in a time of 25 hours and 18 minutes clocking 106 on his garmin, with Fran finishing in 27:14.
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| Fran Gilchrist, Craig Edwards, and Lee Wilkinson at the Centurion Autumn 100 |
Sandbach
Striders are a friendly and encouraging running club that welcome new
members of all abilities.
ASN