11 Wreakies took on the Belvoir Half, a full race report from club vice-captain Fiona Smith is coming soon… [slideshow_deploy id=’2569′] The Wreake Runner’s finishing positions (of 497) and times: 9 Bruno Nikoloff 1:21:35 64 Gavin Speed 1:30:50 66 Richard Bettsworth 1:30:55 162 David Jackson 1:40:44 164 Anthony Burford 1:41:07 189 Al Howard 1:43:31 232 […]
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Anne Holyland joined Wreake Runners a year ago, prior to joining she had only ran occasionally, since becoming a Wreake Runner Anne has gone on to win the ladies Leicester Half Marathon 2015, along with a string of league road and cross country races. Here Anne shares her thoughts on her first year as a
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One of the great things about running is you have a good opportunity to discover new places, twelve Wreakies traveled to Paris last weekend to enjoy the ‘Semi Marathon de Paris’, lots of PBs, vin, and sightseeing, a super weekend away had by all! [slideshow_deploy id=’2463′] We took the Eurostar through to Paris, one group stayed
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Last week saw the penultimate race in the cross country ‘Derby Runner’ league of 2015-2016. Our chairman cheered on the runners, and here he reports from the muddy fields of Ullesthorpe… Upon arriving at the venue it was to my surprise that the race was held on a working farm. A windy day prevented our club
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We ventured into the big city of Leicester for a chip shop run last night, 8 miles through the city, then a well earned fish and chips at Grimbsy Fisheries, yum! [slideshow_deploy id=’2336′]
We grabbed our XC shoes and took on ‘The Bowline’ last weekend, 14 miles cross country through the beautiful Charnwood hills of Leicestershire. It’s the only fell race in Leicestershire (1300ft elevation), and attracts runners from all over Britain. One of our runners (Marsha) ran the Bowline for the first time, having ran marathons numerous times
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The Wreake Runners took on the Grace Dieu cross country race on 31st January, as part of the Derby Cross Country League. Well done to all who enjoyed 5 miles of mud, woods, and river crossings with the beautiful backdrop of the ruins of the medieval Grace Dieu priory, a top XC race. [button url=”https://www.wreakerunners.co.uk/grace-dieu-xc/” size=”small”
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A large group of Wreake Runners took part in the first Leicestershire Road Running League race of the 2016 season at Barrow today. Sporting our new look vests a mixture of old and new faces took on the challenge of the rolling 6 mile road race. It was good running conditions, and many of us
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The Wreake Runners Awards Night 2015 The Awards Night took place on Friday 13th November at the Queen Victoria function room in Syston, and huge fun was had by all! Congratulations to the seven main winners: *Club Person of the Year: Gareth Tomlinson *Sports Person of the Year: ‘Fast’ Anne Holyland *Improved Runners of the
The club held this year’s annual Handicap race in October. With staggered start times, everyone should finish at the same time! We had a great turn out with 28 runners, congratulations to the 1st place male Andrew Peel and 1st female Jane Collingham.