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From couch to 13.1 miles
by Andrew Turner Having a ‘significant’ birthday (50th) is always a time to celebrate but also to reflect on the road behind and look forward to the road ahead. In my case, I decided something Read more…
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A day out in Tewkesbury!
By Nikki Woodland Let’s be honest I am not a natural runner but as with lots of things in my life what I lack in technique I make up for in enthusiasm!! This time last Read more…
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Someone has stolen my legs. By Andy Rich
6am that’s pretty early but that is the time the alarm went off. The sun was up and shining, there’s hardly any wind. In short it was shaping up to be PB conditions for the Read more…
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Sunny day out at Twekesbury Half by Jo Rich
I decided to enter the Twekesbury Half in April after starting to build my running back up over the past few months. A couple of things helped massively in my training, the first was volunteering Read more…
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Michelle’s 10k PB – Pringle all the way!
This was my first ever race so I did not know quite what to expect, even though I had supported Chris at the event last year. It was very well organised at the Town Hall Read more…
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Chris’ Glasto 10k PB
This will mark a memorable date in the race calendar, it was my lovely wife Michelle’s first ever race and a whole year since my first race (the Glastonbury 10k 2018).This is a fantastic event Read more…
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Jenny’s cake powered Glasto 10k…3rd Lady!
Having run well at the undulating Wakefield 10K last month, I thought I would have a go at the equally lumpy Round the Tor 10K in Glastonbury. The race is one of the largest road race Read more…
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London Marathon 2019 Race Report – Helen Faubel
London Marathon has always on my bucket list. However, with five or more unsuccessful ballot entries, I decided, instead, to try for a charity place. The obvious choice of charity was The Cure Parkinson’s Trust Read more…
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123rd Boston Marathon by Jez Newsome
First held in 1897 the Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world’s best-known road racing events. Held on Monday, Patriots Day, this was the 123rd consecutively run Read more…
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Chris is Crackers about the Big Cheese!
A couple of months back I was introduced to The Big Cheese for the first time. This was run at a really nice leisurely pace with good company and man’s best friend which took around three hours to complete and after this experience I was convinced to enter The Big Cheese for 2019. In the meantime, I was actually looking at joining a running club and so decided to join Cheddar Running Club.... roll on the 24th March - the day of the race! On the day the weather was perfect and had been for a little while therefore conditions were optimal for off-road running. Meeting at the school, everything “just worked” and was organised really well. It was a great touch walking amongst 300 runners to the start line with massive amounts of excitement and anticipation building for the race ahead. So... how to begin this next line... My GPS watch buzzed the first mile in and yet we were still ascending the first hill from the start line! To be fair, there was a good mixture of climbing and drops that included fantastic trails with loose rocks, stone boulders, tree roots and mud underfoot but nothing too hazardous for the 15 mile course. In a funny way this really felt like a team event - anyone passing asked if I was okay and spurred me on with encouragement and I found myself doing the same to others. All of the marshals were fantastic, water stations with jelly babies were a welcome sight and treat along the way... and being met by the Grim Reaper on the trig point was also a highlight especially when he knows your name!! This was a very tough race (I finished in just over 2 1/2 hours) but an extremely rewarding one with fantastic views of incredible landscapes, topped with like-minded runners and an all-round brilliant experience to be had... I look forward to next year when I’ll be a marshal.
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