Members of Sandbach Striders running club once more partook in another varied and eclectic mix of running events over the past week.
On Saturday, Striders took part in three different parkrun events amongst the several hundred free events that now take part every Saturday around the country.
First of all, Mat Simister ran the Delamere parkrun, completing the 5k course in 22:58
Meanwhile Michael Escolme took on the challenge of Hanley park, finishing in 23:44
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| Bob Kettle making light work of the three laps of Astbury Mere. |
Congleton parkrun once more proved much the most popular with 11 Striders participating, the two stand-out performances being from junior Striders Molly and Heidi Pheasey who both earned new personal best times. The full results were as follows:
19:30 Tony Taylor
24:59 Bob Kettle
25:48 Rick Kelso-Davies
27:10 Steve Treweeks
31:03 Isobel Bennett
31:12 Molly Pheasey
31:13 Clare Pheasey
31:15 Grant Stanning
31:16 Terry Coppenhall
36:15 Heidi Pheasey
36:16 Garry Pheasey
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| Steve Treweeks: not the first Strider home at Congleton this week. |
Also on Saturday, Chris Brumby once more took on the 33 mile Haworth Hobble cross-country race across the moors of Bronte country, completing the event just outside his personal best time in 6:22:34
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| Chris Brumby on the cobbled streets of Haworth. |
On Sunday, in search of some spring sunshine husband and wife duo Cheryl and Gordon Hutchins travelled to Southern Spain to partake in the Barcelona Marathon. This 26.2 mile course around the beautiful Catalan capital is a popular destination for runners who are both keen to challenge themselves with a fast but warm course and to admire the Gaudi architecture.
Gordon and Cheryl finished the course in 4:11:29
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| Gordon and Cheryl at the Barcelona Marathon. |
Sandbach Striders are a small, friendly running club who welcome new members of all abilities. They also run “Couch to 5k” sessions to encourage people who would like to run but lack fitness or confidence, these ten week programs are free to attend and start again on Wednesday 9th April.
