Paul’s weekend report

Run reports
Around 50 Striders gathered at Kirklevington Grange Prison for a parkrun on Saturday. Normally a closed event - thank you to Simon Russell for arranging our participation. The aim was to raise more funds and awareness for Pancreatic Cancer UK. Thursday's race night on World Pancreatic Cancer Day had been a great success. Saturday's event was equally good. A first for many of us - the course was 6 laps of a very boggy field with a few concrete paths in between. After Gail's impromptu warm-up routine we were off. Female course record holder Abby Barker set a good early pace but soon had to stop when her laces became undone. I've no sympathy for Abby. She's responsible for tying her own laces and is old enough to realise you…
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Paul’s weekend report

Run reports
19 Striders at Sedgefield on Saturday - with Joanne Woodward making her parkrun debut. Zoe Cornforth and Sue Russell recorded new pb's. Nice to see Ben Robinson on the results list too. Elsewhere, Kevin Dove pb'd at Stewart and Holly Taylor was second lady to finish at Hartlepool. Caroline Horton and Stevie Cooper got 70%+ age-gradings at Albert. The canine league at Redcar has been covered in an earlier post. (I thought one of the dogs on the photo was a cat at first glance...) Dara Mavi takes this week's tourism award with a run at Atholl near Johannesburg. Striders too at Pontefract, Pontypridd, Flatts Lane, Druridge Bay, Northallerton, Sherwood Pines (Nottingham), Hamsterley Forest and Whitby. Sunday saw round two of the cross-country season with an event at Redcar. It…
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Thursday 10 November

Training
Tomorrow’s sessions are open for booking on GymCatch. Please remember to wear hi-viz now we’re into the dark nights. If anyone has any shoe/arm/body lights then a Christmas tree impression is perfect for keeping safe in the dark.
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Paul’s weekend report

Run reports
Sometimes marathons are a bit like London buses... This weekend saw Tom Ramsey's marathon challenge to help raise money for Pancreatic Cancer UK. More on that later. Firstly, we'll start at The Grange where 33 Striders helped boost the attendance. There were new pb's for Tom Murphy, Emma Fleming, Jill Abel, Chloe Turner and Jennie Johnston. Simon Russell (70%+) was third home. Izzy Morgan was first lady to finish and Holly Taylor third. Also, a little birdie tells me that Sandra Stabler is finding the 5k distance a bit too easy and prefers something around the 6k mark instead... Elsewhere, Emily Chaytor reached the 100-parkrun milestone at Sedgefield. Striders too at Albert, Hampstead Heath, Cannon Hill, Stewart, Hartlepool, Flatts Lane, Rushmoor, Druridge Bay and Whitby. I'm sure most of you…
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Halloween naked run results

Club News
Evening All, Firstly - thank you to everyone who came down tonight to take part in our Halloween naked run. A great turn out, we hope you enjoyed the course and that nice big hill at the end 😉. A massive thank you as well to all our volunteers out on the course as without the marshals, the run wouldn’t happen. Now for the results… a full table is available for you to view below but we can reveal that the winners of our 2022 Halloween Naked Run were Tom Ramsey and Sharon McDonald!! 🥇🏆 Tom Ramsey was 9 seconds off his predicted time to claim the crown in the men’s race whilst Sharon was a very impressive 4 seconds off her predicted time. On tonight’s evidence, our female members…
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