About us

Sandbach Striders was born back in 2003. Since the early days, membership has grown with a firm ethos of the club being not just about running but social activities as well. The club is affiliated to UK AAA and has its own qualified coaches. Many other special events take place on various nights too.

The club meets on Wednesdays at 18:30 and Sundays at 09:00 at Elworth Cricket Club.

Whilst many members compete in races from 5k to Marathons, the emphasis remains purely on keeping people motivated and having fun. Why not scan through our race reports to see what we’ve been up to? Having read them, you’re sure to see why Sandbach Striders has developed the motto of being

"No Ordinary Running Club!"

Monday 24 March 2014

This week's news: 24/03/2014

On Saturday of the eight Striders who ran the free weekly parkrun at Astbury Mere two recorded personal best times. 

Lindsay Beeston continued his run of good form since recently joining the club followed by new Strider Andrew Gibson. The Striders were joined by two daughters of club members for one and two laps respectively of the three lap course, Sarah Carter (daughter of Heather) and Ella Coleman (daughter of Martin.)



Heather Carter, Sarah Carter and Ella Coleman at Congleton parkrun
The times were as follows: 

19:33 Tony Taylor
22:32 Lindsay Beeston
23:16 Michael Escolme
23:17 Terry Coppenhall
24:58 Andrew Gibson
26:16 Clare Pheasey
26:17 Catherine Greaves
26:18 Jason Bulley
 
Terry Coppenhall and Michael Escolme trying to catch Ella Coleman at Congleton parkrun
Chris Brumby and Jill Young decided to challenge themselves with a longer run n Staurdya at the Charnwood Marathon near the village of Quorn in Leicestershire, This scenic but tough marathon is a challenging off-road course. Chris finished in 5:06:40 whilst Jill finished in 6:37:27

 Sunday was an unusual day for one of Sandbach Srtriders. When Jason Bulley drove to Milton Keynes to support a friend running their 100th marathon he certainly wasn't expecting to end up running the marathon himself. When he arrived at the start of the marathon it turned out his friend Kate Jayden had started with a few other runners an hour earlier. The race organiser duly issued Jason with a number and set him off in pursuit of Kate. She had run and incredible 9 marathons in 9 days so wasn't likely to be moving at her usual pace. Jason completed the marathon in 3hrs 53mins and despite running the second half faster than the first he still missed catching up with Kate by two minutes.
Jason Bulley at the Enigma Marathon

Also on Sunday Lucy Darling joined South Cheshire Harriers to run their annual Striding Sandstone outing in aid of Cancer Research. This is a fabulous off-road course of 6 miles that started and finished at the Candle workshop near Burwardsley with many climbs and lots of mud. The route included beautiful views of Beeston and Peckforton castles and the Cheshire plane. Any runner is welcome to attend for a donation to Cancer Research.


Lucy Darling, Laura Jones and Becci Dawson
Over in Liverpool three Striders ran the Liverpool Half-marathon. This popular route takes in the many varied attractions of Liverpool. The results were as follows:

 01:37:07 Gordon Hutchins
01:54:24 Tim Woods
01:58:10 Cheryl Hutchins   


Tim Woods, Cheryl Hutchins, Jacqueline Miller and Gordon Hutchins at Liverpool.
Sandbach Striders 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.
Posted by Sandbach Striders at 22:56