Author: Andy Johnston

For those not on FB Hi all Quick reminder. Round 2 5k mini league times to the gmail address by 8pm Thursday 18th please. Which coincidentally is the same time as when the club AGM starts. Please make every effort to attend the AGM in the clubhouse if you can. It normally lasts about an hour or so. It’s tea/coffee night on Thursday too after sessions.The biscuit tin is pretty full but the cake tin on the other hand…… Thanks Andy J

The Great Run Local (GRL) 5k Stockton run used to take place every Sunday morning in Ropner Park. Sadly post Covid the Great Run company made the decision not to re-start. Locally the Stockton Sunday Runners are trying to formally reinstate this 5k Sunday morning run. They now have affiliation with England Athletics, permission from Stockton Borough Council and from Friends of Ropner Park who are both eager to see this event restart. To help with start up costs they set up a go fund me page with £1000 target. As of yesterday the amount raised was £698, a shortfall of £302. As a local running club we fully support any initiative that brings the Stockton running community together particularly at a venue where we have close club ties and…

5k mini league Please note - Round 1 closes at 8pm tomorrow (11th). Thanks to those who’ve already submitted their times. 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

For those not on FB Hi all Thanks to those who’ve entered the Striders Pre-Christmas 5k mini league. 32 women and 33 men is a fantastic turnout meaning we will have both a male and female competition. Few reminders Round 1 of 7 starts tomorrow (6th). Each round finishes the following Thursday allowing six days to complete and submit 5k times. The deadline to submit 5k times each round is 8pm each Thursday. Please email them to stocktonstriders@gmail.com. Proof of times is not required. The Thursday deadline allows us time to update the leagues which will be circulated each Friday (before the next round starts on the Saturday). Feel free to have as many attempts as necessary each round. However once 5k times are submitted they can not be amended.…

November Club Updates Hi all The pre-Christmas club 5k handicap league starts this weekend and runs for seven weeks. Good luck to all those taking part and we hope it has the desired effect in terms of individuals personal goals. October subs emails will be issued to members in the coming days. Thanks as always for the prompt payments. It makes it so much easier to manage without having to carry forward balances owed. Now that we really are back to normality with club sessions we will be looking to re-introduce our volunteer door rota duties during November.  Further details on how all members can help to follow in a separate email. October stats - we had a total of 329 attendees across 8 sessions. We welcomed 5 new members…

For those not on FB Hi all Following on from previous related posts. Please keep those initial 5k mini league handicap times coming. Deadline is 8pm Thursday. Round 1 starts Saturday 6th. Thanks Andy J

For those not on FB Hi all Judging by the level of interest it’s a resounding yes to a 5k pre Christmas Striders handicap league. Given the numbers involved (approx 60 members) we will have a male and female league. Whilst the deadline to confirm participation isn’t until tomorrow (Monday 1st) people taking part should start thinking about their initial handicap time. A few people have queried calculating their initial handicap time with me. If it helps this is how I intend to calculate mine. My best 5k time for the last 2 months is 23.01. At the moment I’m not at that pace so my initial handicap will be 23.50 to reflect what I think is my current 5k time. Whilst initial handicap times need to be credible please…

For those not on FB From Sam Johnston Morning all, For those interested there will be a social run from the club tomorrow at 9am. Distance will be 10 miles and the pace will be 9.00 minute miles. Thanks [contact-form][contact-field label="Name" type="name" required="true" /][contact-field label="Email" type="email" required="true" /][contact-field label="Website" type="url" /][contact-field label="Message" type="textarea" /][/contact-form]

For those not on FB Striders Pre-Christmas Handicap 5k Mini League Hi all Following the success of the club spring 5k mini league the committee are canvassing the interest of creating another club 5k mini league during November and December. To re-cap. Rules Members submit a current 5k realistic time before the league starts. This will be your initial handicap time and must be credible for the mini league format to work properly. No ‘bandits’ please! The mini league will run over seven consecutive weekly rounds and will finish just before Christmas. The 5k completion timeframe for each round is a Saturday through to Thursday evening. The mini league will commence on Saturday 6th November meaning round 1 will close on Thursday 11th November. Round 2 will then start on…

NAKED RUN RESULTS Hi All, What a brilliant turnout for our naked run at the tees barrage this evening. Firstly I would like to thank all the volunteers. Without them we would not have been able to host this event so I am sure you will appreciate them giving their time up tonight to help out. Before posting the results of tonight’s run I want to say a massive well done to everyone who took part. There are so many people who have ran faster than what they predicted. This goes to show that sometimes running without a watch can be a good thing and make you realise that you can run much faster than what you think. With that being said, tonight was all about being as close as…