25th Cloud Nine Hill Race 11am, Sunday 4th March 2012
Just to let you know that the Cloud 9 Hill race in Congleton is now open for entries. They are not doing on the day entries this year so it may well fill up quickly. It's only £7 and a great race...
News just in, direct from Nepal...
Jason and Jo have just finished the toughest marathon either of them have ever done (and they've done a lot of tough marathons between them!)
Jason managed around 8:40ish whilst Jo managed a very impressive 8:30ish....
Sandbach Striders' own Bob Kettle is running the London Marathon next year in aid of The Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund.
Pancreatic Cancer is a particularly nasty form of cancer it is difficult to diagnose and once diagnosed is usually very advanced...
Latest news live from Nepal... (More added 1st Dec)
Jason and Jo have now landed in Lukla, a day late, but obviously glad to have arrived given the difficulties Nepal have faced recently with inclement weather conditions.
They have now started their l...
Paul Nicholls kindly volunteered to lead this week’s extra-curricular run round Haslington and Winterley. We arrived at Paul’s house, and having had our crotches sniffed by his (extremely large but very unintimidating) dog we donned the head-to...
Students at Staffordshire University have produced a short film about the wonders of the Hanley Parkrun.
Look closely and you might spot a couple of Striders!
The 31st Valencia Marathon, now named the Divina Pastora* Marathon, is one of the highlights of the Spanish road racing calendar. It has recently moved to November to improve the chances of more favourable weather for running and they have also moved the...
What an Ace Race!
My first 5k… I’d run 1500m competitively at school, and as an adult I’ve run most distances from 10k to Marathons, but never a 5k… then Mik Escolme started banging on about the Hanley Park Run. So after a couple of weekend wher...
The Cardington Cracker. It's an institution. Over 200 turn out on a cold December day to pay homage to this annual fell race as part of the traditional runners build up to Christmas. It's 9 miles and 2,600 feet of hell but well worth it for the carr...
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Race report: Free 5K race series, HanleyParkrun #9
What's that you say a free 5K in the Hanley Parkrun series with a tempting trip to a greasy spoon afterwards, count me in!
Michael, Perry, Christiane, Chris, Giles and JillThe great thing abo...
