There is no club session on Tuesday 10th April due to the AGM taking place at Cheddar Football club (7pm for 7:30 start). Please do come along and have your say in the running of your club. There will be a chance to renew your membership, catch up with friends and have a game of…
Cheddar running club’s Sorrel Langley-Hobbs took on the Bath Duathlon today (Saturday 10th March). She writes: “I was taking my son to do this as a tristar 1 so I thought I would have a go myself. I have never done a duathlon before but I really enjoyed it. It started with a lap around…
Andy Wicks has completed another crazy off-road challenge. Here is his run report … On Saturday 11/11, myself and 4 others took on The Dartmoor 600 Challenge. The only rules are you need to start and finish at a car park and visit all 5 peaks that are over 600m above sea level…
New York Marathon for Children In Need Andy Humphries writes… The New York marathon was the finale of this amazing marathon package with Radio 2 Children In Need. I can’t say my running has improved but it has been a fantastic experience and we have met so many incredible people. In fact I have to…
Jez Newsome and Anna Hammond took part in the inaugural Birmingham marathon on 15th October. Jez writes: “Following success at the Brighton Marathon earlier this year (new PB 03:28:08) I set my sights on bettering this at the inaugural Birmingham International Marathon on the 15th October 2017. As the first Birmingham marathon since 1985 and…
Clarendon Way marathon – 1st October Andy Humphries writes: “I still doubt my own sanity. Why would I spend a night away on my own to run 26.2 miles up and down hills in the mud ? I am committed to running New York in November and thought the Clarendon way would be…
With limbs still aching despite a gentle recovery run under the orders of coach Shane Roach, Jez Newsome writes this excellent report from a very successful day out at the Cheddar Challenge. He writes: “The Cheddar Gorge Marathon holds a special significance for me being my local marathon as well as my first ever marathon…
Sarah Nield writes: “In my effort to complete as many of the Somerset series as I can, having come to the party late missing the first 7 out of the 19 races, I am trying to achieve the minimum 8 races that count. This is due to being inspired by the amazing Gill Constable…
Cheddar runners were out in force at the Battle of Sedgemoor 10K on Sunday 27th August. New member Adrian donned club colours for the first time and wrote this excellent report: “Having recently joined the Running Club and bought the T-shirt to prove it, I thought I’d try my luck wearing it at the Battle of Sedgemoor…
Andy Humphries has come back from injury to take on the 3 races of the 401 Festival of Running on 26/27 the August 2017. Andy writes: I met Ben Smith and his partner Kyle earlier this year at a couple of Children In Need events. Ben is the guy who ran an incredible 401 marathons…
Cheddar ladies Gill Constable, Sarah Neild and Jenny McNamara brought home the bling form the 2017 Weston Prom Series! Gill won the V60 category, bringing home an engraved plaque, Sarah was third in her age category (V50), and Jenny won a £15 M&S voucher for being third lady in the series overall. Those bleak winter…
Andy H reports… I am not sure if running is a hobby or a disease. It certainly hurts. The memory of the pain fades but sense of achievement it gives stays with you for life. In the early part of 1998, I had been running on and off for twelve years. I’d done four or…
Andy W reports…. I have done The Ox Marathon by White Star Running for the last two years and loved it, so it was the first race I looked for this year. I was devastated to see that they weren’t doing the marathon this year, however they were putting on two new races in the…
Andy H reports… In October each year, as part of BBC Children in Need, Chris Evans holds a week of charity auctions on his Radio 2 breakfast show. The experiences are incredible and one of them is the marathon package. It includes a Steve Cram training weekend, London marathon, Windsor half marathon and New York…
Name: Natasha Kennedy Age or Running Category: 33 How long have you been running? On and off for about 10 years – mostly off! I hated running when I was younger and I used to skive cross country runs or track sessions at school. Why do you run? I love the outdoors and running is…
