This week's news: 24/10/2016

Yet again Striders have had a great week, we even managed a 1^st place overall.

Six Striders were at Astbury Mere on Saturday morning for the Congleton parkrun . Full results were:

Rick Kelso-Davies 19:42

Tony Taylor 19:46

Heather Carter 20:08

Alice Bober 29:27

Paul Nicholls 30:36

Duncan Robertson 37:08

This week's news: 17/10/2016

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

John Wright 35:22

This week's news: 10/10/2016

This week saw the birth of two Titchy Striders! Congratulations to Mik Escolme and his wife Mary on the birth of their baby boy, and to Striders’ Rachel Green and Nick Hogan on the birth of their daughter Ivy.

In running news, seven Striders took part in the Congleton parkrun at Astbury Mere, with Andy Thomas and Stephen Mclean pushing each other round to achieve new personal best times. Lisa Highfield also achieved a new PB. Full results were:

Stephen Mclean 19:34

Andy Thomas 19:35

Lisa Highfield 23:50

Andrew Ayres 24:26

Catherine Winders 26:21

Denis Culloty 29:22

Tracey Hale 32:45

This week's news: 03/10/2016

Distance running dominated for the club this week but first of all Striders were once again travelling far and wide for their weekly parkrun activity.

Seven Striders took part in the Congleton parkrun at Astbury Mere. Full results were:

Andy Thomas 19:56

Heather Carter 20:02

Stephen Mclean 23:17

Chris Holden 24:28

Rick Kelso Davies 27:49

Denis Culloty 30:38

John Wright 33:16

Denis Culloty, Chris Holden and Stephen Mclean at Congleton parkrun

This week's news: 25/09/2016

With other events taking place at Astbury Mere and Delamere, these two local parkruns were cancelled this week. However, keen Striders found alternatives!

This week's news: 18/09/2016

It was a quiet week for Sandbach Striders who took part in 7 parkruns, a 10k and a Half Marathon.
Seven Striders took part in the Congleton parkrun at Astbury Mere, with Mick Hutchins earning himself a new PB for the course and Heather Carter coming in as second lady.  Full results were:

Heather Carter 19:47
Stephen Mclean 20:42
Mick Hutchins 20:52
Rick Kelso-Davies 27:53
Denis Culloty 29:53
John Wright 31:45
Steve Treweeks 36:32

Striders at Congleton parkrun

2016-09-07 Club handicap results

Well done to all finishers of this year's club handicap.

Also, a big congratulations (and apology) to John Wright who should have come second male. Sorry, but it was very dark when I was trying to read the results :-/

Sandbach 10k sponsored by Butcher & Barlow - Race Report

Sandbach 10k sponsored by Butcher & Barlow

The finish line

On a beautiful sunny September Sunday, 136 runners and their families descended on Sandbach for the Sandbach 10k Sponsored by Butcher & Barlow solicitors.

This week's news: 12/09/2016

Wednesday night’s club run saw the 4^th of the clubs summer series of events – the Club Handicap, a race which anyone can win. After a review of each member’s best times over the year and some carefully considered calculations, Striders were sent off one by one to run the 11k course with the aim to be the first Strider Home, regardless of where in the order they started.

First lady home was Lucy Lee, followed by June Wray and Jo Askey. First male home was Matt Simister, followed by Kevern Roberts and Steve Treweeks

Lucy Lee at the Club Handicap

Sandbach 10k sponsored by Butcher and Barlow Results

A massive thank you to all the entrants and volunteers from yesterdays event. It was a great day, good weather, and some excellent performances. A full race report will be up soon, but for now the results are available at: https://sandbachstriders.niftyentries.com/Results/Sandbach-10K

Race photos will be available for FREE at http://racephotos.org.uk/ soon.

This week's news: 05/09/2016

Here is a round up of this weeks running activities from Sandbach Striders, involving 6 parkruns, a trail run, an ultra, a 10k and a half marathon.

Six Striders took part in the Congleton parkrun at Astbury Mere, which marked Tony Taylor’s 100^th parkrun. Full results were:

Tony Taylor 20.15

Heather Carter 20.15

Mick Hutchins 21.23

Stephen Mclean 22.39

Elaine Wood 28.49

Karen Lovatt 33.35

Striders at Congleton parkrun

This week's news: 29/08/2016

Here is a round up of this weeks running activities from Sandbach Striders.

On Thursday, Lynsey Astles headed to a wet Kingsley to take part in the Mid Cheshire 5k. Evidently not hampered by the weather, Lynsey earned herself a new personal best time of 24.47.

Lysney Astles at Mid Cheshire 5k