Race Report: Winchester parkrun and Bacchus Marathon 12-13/09/2015

Winchester Parkrun

For any Parkrun tourists in the Hampshire area this is a pleasant 5k round the Winchester ‘North Walls’ Recreation Park.  Although it consists of 3 circuits of the playing fields, the tree lined surroundings make the run more interesting than it sounds.  The course is mostly run on grass, and is flat as a pancake, so has definite P.B. potential.  I used it as a warm up for a marathon the following day.

Race Report: Sandbach 10k 06/09/2015

You have heard  about it, read about it and talked about it and then I was there standing on the bridge waiting for the signal to go. The Sandbach 10k race had arrived. Not just any 10k but a special 10th anniversary one.

Moe approaching the finish line 

This week's news: 07/09/2015

Eleven members of Sandbach Striders running club ran the free weekly 5k parkrun at Astbury Mere in Congleton. Unfortunately there were no new personal best times this week.

Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun

Michael Escolme ran the 5k Hanley parkrun, finishing in a time of 30:41. 

Sandbach 10k 2015 Sponsored by Butcher and Barlow LLP

It was the Tenth Anniversary of the Sandbach 10k sponsored by Butcher and Barlow LLP. 

Sandbach 10k winner Carl Moulton

This year 166 runners were set on their way along the multi-terrain course by Mayor Gill Merry and her consort. 

This week's news: 31/08/2015

Thirteen members of Sandbach Striders running club ran the three laps that make up the free weekly parkrun at Astbury Mere near Congleton. Ben Collett and husband and wife team Steve and Gillian Fallows all earned new personal best times.

Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun

The full results were as follows:

Race Report: Sandwell Six Towns 30/08/2015

I ran this event last year with several other striders. This year after a week off I opted to enter late and up my mileage for August which following this run would top 200 miles for the first time ever. 

A plea to see if any of my running buddies were having a go soon got a response from fellow strider Craig. This was good as the last time I ran a distance event with Craig was the Sandstone ultra and we had a bit of a giggle as well as Ice creams that day. With Craig using the event as training for the Round Rotherham 50 and me just using it as a miles on the clock/ chalk another off the list we opted to just go and have some fun.

Entries now open for the Sandbach 10k 06/09/2015 sponsored by Butcher & Barlow!

ENTRIES STILL AVAILABLE

Entries are still available for the 10th Anniversary of the Sandbach 10k & Family Fun Run sponsored by Butcher and Barlow.

Sunday 6th September 2015 -11.00am


There will be an array of family friendly activities going on before, during and after the run including:

This week's news:23/08/2015

Five Striders travelled north to the outskirts of Warrington to run the Birchwood 10k. 

Tom Mayell, Denis Culloty, Heather Carter, Andy Thomas and Andrew Gibson at Birchwood 10k

The results were:

Race Report: Birchwood 10k 23/08/2015

Five Sandbach Striders headed north on Sunday morning to join around a thousand runners taking part in a 10K race. The event took place in and around Birchwood, starting near the railway station and shopping centre.

The weather was warm, humid and windy – not ideal running conditions (for me anyway!).

This week's news: 17/08/2015

Ten Striders crossed the finish line at the free weekly parkrun in Congleton. Denise Dowling and Lindsey Beech both ran new personal best times. 

Sandbach Striders at the Congleton parkrun

The full results were as follows:

This week's news: 10/08/2015

This week was the annual running of the Pie and Peas 5 mile trail race in the village of Moutlon near Northwich. Forty members of Sandbach Striders ran this popular event.

Sandbach Striders at Pie and Peas

The full results were: 

This week's news: 03/08/2015

Holiday season means the opportunity for members of Sandbach Striders to participate in a spot of parkrun tourism as they find themselves in different parts of the country. This week Striders were represented in 8 different events around Britain. Duncan Robertson ran the Swindon parkrun in 39:42 narrowly beating his daughter Milly who ran her first ever parkrun event.

Milly and Duncan Robertson at Swindon parkrun