Five Striders travelled north to the outskirts of Warrington
to run the Birchwood 10k.
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| Tom Mayell, Denis Culloty, Heather Carter, Andy Thomas and Andrew Gibson at Birchwood 10k |
The results were:
42:11 Andy Thomas
43:00 Heather Carter
49:20 Tom Mayell
57:09 Andrew Gibson
59:02 Denis Culloty
This week members of Sandbach Striders running club took
over the organisation of the free weekly 5k parkrun at Astbury Mere near
Congleton. Eleven Striders marshalled the event and cheered the 139 finishers over
the line. Five Striders also ran the event with Denise Dowling earning herself
a new personal best time.
The full results were as follows:
25:59 Denise Dowling
26:00 Terry Coppenhall
26:32 Denis Culloty
28:23 Wendy Barned
31:58 Tracey Hale
Michael Escolme ran the Huddersfield parkrun, a two lap
route around Greenhead Park, a late-Victorian grade 2 listed park. This parkrun
is hugely popular with nearly 600 runners tackling the course. Michael finished
in 31:32
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| Michael Escolme and Mary Chadwick at Huddersfield parkrun |
Steve Treweeks was in Wales to run the 43 mile event ‘Run to
the castle’. Steve finished the course in 9 hours and 24 minutes
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| Steve Treweeks at Run to the Castle |
Jo and Jason Bulley completed the Speyside Ultra, a 37 mile
trail in Banffshire Scotland, starting in land and heading out to the coast. Jo
finished in 7 hours 5 minutes with Jason coming in narrowly behind in 7 hours
25 minutes.
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| Jon Fuller, Emilie Wintle, Jo and Jason Bulley at the Speyside Ultra |
Entries for the Sandbach 10k on Sunday 6th
September are still available but selling quickly! The tenth anniversary of
this popular running event will also feature a family fun run for the children
to join in. All 10k finishers will receive an attractive and unique medal,
special anniversary memento and goody bag. Whilst the runners are running there
will be a whole host of family friendly events, such as face painting, bouncy
castle, live music, cricket taster sessions, ultimate Frisbee, cake decorating,
art and craft activities. All proceeds go to supporting the work of the South
Cheshire branch of the Samaritans. More details can be found at www.sandbachstriders.co.uk
MRE