A celebratory shout out to all Wreakies who took part in marathons and half marathons over the weekend… Rhiannon took on the ‘Great Welsh Marathon’ in Wales. This is known as a flat coastal route, despite the windy weather, and feeling unwell towards the end, Rhi smashed her previous best by over 5 minutes, finishing […]
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Andy C reports from league race 3: Desford 5- Sunday 31st March 2019 saw the third instalment of the Leicestershire Road Running League spring season and a trip over to Desford for the ‘flat’ Desford 5. The weather was dry and overcast with a chilly ‘into your face’ breeze seemingly whichever way you turned. Whoever
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Ladies Captain Karen Holt reports from the Kibworth 6 race, the 2nd race of the 2019 Leicestershire Road Running League It’s 8 years since I last trotted round this course, and I must admit I’d completely forgotten about the first hill, (which fellow-Wreakie Mandy thought was Gumley Hill!), after running up it…. ah, sadly no
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The popular ‘Run-Bike-Run’ (or Wreake Duathlon) returns following the great success of recent years. We will once again be organising this race on from the Black Boy in Hungarton, this year on Tuesday 4th June. It works as follows: Everyone starts together with a 3 mile run from just outside the pub, following an ‘out & back’
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The English Cross Country Association Championships took place at the weekend, and four Wreake Runners took on the best XC runners in the UK on a sunny Saturday in Leeds. Emily H had a short journey of 20 minutes from her term-time home at the University of Leeds to Harewood House, she says: “Could the weather have been
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Wreake were out in force for the 33rd Charnwood Hills race on Sunday 3rd Feb. Regarded as the toughest running race in the county with over 1,500 feet of climbs, the route takes in some of the most beautiful Leicestershire landscapes through and up Bradgate Park, Broombriggs, and Beacon Hill. This year it was cold and sunny, generally frozen
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John Hall has recently returned to running, and has promptly won his first ever trophy (only had to wait 65 years!). Here he reviews a recent 10k race and highlights the benefits of using the County Standards times to push yourself further. I joined Wreake Runners about 15 years ago with my wife Charmaine. Through the
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Looking to get more active this year? Join us on a 10 week couch to 5k course – starts Feburary! See more…
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A potted history of my running life and my marathon memories . . . . . . . well some anyway. Running has been a major part of my life. As a child I would always run to the shops for my mum and get great delight in her saying, on my return, ‘you can’t possibly have
We train at the 400m running track at Ratcliffe College every two weeks – on the 4th Dec we had our final session of 2018. After the usual tough (and inclusive) interval training, we concluded the evening with a great relay race! After this we were all rewarded with mulled wine (& tea / coffee!)
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