It was a week of
spookiness and personal bests for Striders.
This week began with Striders going all out to scare the locals of Chester. A dozen or so scary Striders donned Halloween costumes and ran a 10k night run around the city taking in haunted buildings and spooky graveyards stopping for scary stories along the way. Striders recovered by being suitably refreshed in the Brewery Tap, an old medieval hall, and consuming some fine ales. A spookily great night was had by all! |
| Hannah Gay, Catherine Winders and June Wray at the Halloween Run |
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| Tracey Hale and Martin Gunther at the Halloween run |
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| Striders at the Halloween run |
There was a super
turnout at Congleton parkrun despite the wintery temperatures – the
blue sky in the photograph being very deceptive! Full results were:
Stephen Mclean 19:39
Tony Taylor 19:49
Andy Thomas 19:54
Heather
Carter 20:28
June
Wray 24:26 Personal Best
Lisa
Highfield 24:27
Katie
Payne 25:08 Personal Best
James Boon 26:43
Rick
Kelso-Davies 28:32
Steve
Treweeks 31:04
Sarah Fever 31:40
Kathryn
Reed 31:41 Personal Best
Denis Culloty 31:47
Duncan
Robertson 36:35
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| Striders at Congleton parkrun |
Paul Barnett took part in the Croxteth Hall parkrun finishing in 20:05.
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| Paul Barnett at Croxteth Hall parkrun |
It was a family affair for the Mayell’s at Warrington parkrun. Adam Mayell earned himself a superb personal best time of 26:19 with Dad Tom coming in just behind. It was also a personal best for Mum Amy, coming in at 34:59.
Over in Bulgaria, club member Liz O’Keeffe once again took part in the Varna parkrun finishing in 26:30
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| Liz O'Keeffe at the Varna parkrun |
On Saturday evening Lynsey Astles and Claire Dalton took part in the Delamere Nightrunner 10k, a trail race around Blakemere Moss, the notorious forest warrior and Pale Heights, in a temperature of only 3 degrees. Results were not available at the time of writing.
Sunday morning saw Darren Varley and Martin Gunther headed to Stone for the Flying Fox 10, a scenic and rural 10 mile road race starting and finishing in Standon. Darren and Martin finished this undulated course in 1:05:06 and 1:14:03 respectively earning both a personal best time at this distance.
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| Martin Gunther and Darren Varley at the Flying Fox 10 |
Lee-Ann Galway was in Leeds for the Age UK Abbey Dash 10k, a popular event known for its fast and flat course. The race sees 12,000 people descend to the streets of Leeds each November and has a strong elite field involved as part of the England Championship event. There is also a wheelchair and junior event to take part in. Lee-Ann finished in 52:53 earning herself a personal best time.
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| Lee-Ann Galway at the Abbey Dash |
Finally for the week, Gareth Evans and Andrea Reynolds headed to Leigh for the Pennington Flash Off Road Duathlon. The event is designed to be challenging yet achievable and comprises of 5km run, 18.6km cycle and a final 5km run. Gareth finished first in his age group in a time of 1:32:07 and Andrea finished in 2:00:58.
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| Gareth Evans at Pennington Flash Duathlon |
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| Andrea Reynolds at Pennington Flash Duathlon |
Sandbach Striders are a friendly and encouraging running club that welcome new members of all abilities.
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