13Mar 2022 by Liz Simpson

Paul’s weekend race report

Run reports
A bright and breezy weekend saw the usual Saturday parkruns - and a sizeable club turnout at the Thirsk 10-miler on Sunday. Emily Palmer was first lady to finish at Albert recording a 70%+ age-grading in the process. Stevie Cooper also got over 70% - as did Simon Russell at Darlington South. There were new pb's for Mike Cleasby at Marshall Drive and David Murphy at Jubilee. Beth Dang continued her Toronto adventure with a new pb and 2nd female finish. Striders too at Hartlepool, Cannon Hill, Sedgefield, Stewart, Peter Pan (Hull), Hackworth, Southwark, Flatts Lane, Tonbridge, Druridge Bay, Northallerton, Herrington Country and Wollaton Hall (Nottingham). I've had a look at the Thirsk 10-miler results. Reckon some of the miles would have been quite challenging in a fairly stiff breeze. There…
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12Mar 2022 by Liz Simpson

Red Nose Day Event

Training
Thursday (17 March) will be our Red Nose Day event. This will be a run (approx 3.5 - 4 miles) with challenges before, during and after. Points will be awarded for each challenge. As we all know points mean prizes (the prizes could be a rare Striders pen 🖊). The run will be done in random mixed teams and will be ran at the pace of the slowest team member. There will be no points based on the teams running pace and it is suitable for everyone. The emphasis for this event is fun. As it’s Red Nose Day we would like everyone to wear red. This can be a simple as a red t-shirt/had or as extravagant as an inflatable strawberry. However, there will be points awarded for the…
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06Mar 2022 by Liz Simpson

Paul’s weekend report

Run reports
Plenty to report this week. We'll take another look at the successful 'club-league' parkrun at Albert and Sunday's cross-country at Whitby. However, first item on the agenda is Mike Cleasby's parkrun at Chopwell Wood, Gateshead. Mike has been quietly going about his parkrun business and on Saturday he reached 2 milestones. First of those was completing run number 250. More impressive was his second milestone: Mike has now done 100 different parkrun venues. Amazing! (to put that in context, Dave Fender has done 752 parkruns over the course of 6 decades - with all but 1 at the Tees Barrage) I think Suzanne Brodie, David Murphy and Fin Pennington have done over 50 venues - but they still have some way to go to catch Mike. Thanks for spreading the…
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28Feb 2022 by Liz Simpson

Tuesday 1 March training

Training
*Update we’re up to the full number of groups so if anyone needs swapping onto 25-27 from another group comment below and I’ll sort it for you. Tomorrow’s sessions are open for booking on MagnaPass.
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27Feb 2022 by Liz Simpson

Paul’s parkrun report

Run reports
35 Striders joined Debbie Edwards at Stewart Park on Saturday. The website photo shows our growing number of parkrun dogs! (Harley looked as calm as ever) All looks to have gone well and I wish Debbie all the best in her recovery. In-form Tom Murphy was 3rd home in a new pb. Steven Hall and Charlotte Farrar recorded pb's - whilst Emma Fleming was third lady to finish. Elsewhere, Stephen Mcneal pb'd and Izzy Morgan was third lady to finish at Albert park. Nigel Radcliffe reached run number 100 at Hartlepool. A venue which also saw Phil Baines get a new pb and Steve Cotton a 70%+ age-grading. Striders too at Carlisle, Valentines (Ilford), Sedgefield, Northallerton and Dolgellau (Wales). Paul J
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22Feb 2022 by Liz Simpson

Thursday naked run

Training
As previously explained, a naked run means running with no watch/phone or other timing/GPS device so you don’t know what pace/time you are running. You predict your time and the person who runs nearest to their predicted time is the winner. The time doesn’t need to be how fast you think you can run the distance - it’s all about matching the pace you predict. The exact route will not be shared until Thursday evening however it will be 3.6 miles. Please book through MagnaPass as usual https://www.magnapass.co.uk/partner/stockton-striders-ac Once you have booked your place please comment your predicted time for 3.6miles below. This will allow us to start promptly on Thursday. We will not charging any subs for this run - thanks Chairman Andy!
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