By – Megan Brewster 2018 was going to be the year that I finally did it… Made it round the Leicester half without walking… I had ran the course twice before but both times came away disappointed with myself for listening to my inner critic that told me I was too tired and needed to […]
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My first half marathon – by Katherine Lang After training for 12 weeks, I was ready to take on my first half marathon, something I never thought I’d be doing. I’m not fast, and in training had ‘only’ ever ran ten miles, and this was with several walking breaks. I’m not a natural runner and
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Bristol Half Marathon 2018 A small but perfectly formed group of Wreakies headed down to Bristol to take on the Great Bristol Half Marathon… We did not let the weather spoil the weekend and after a nice team pre-race meal on the Saturday evening we were ready to go! The event had a ‘big city
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The Wreake Treasure Hunt is a fun annual club event organised by Lyn & Club President Dave Palmer, who report on this year’s hunt… With this not taking place till later in the year (Sept 16th), we decided to change the format of the day by starting off with an optional Sunday Carvery lunch and then
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The club had our annual Handicap race (established in 1986!) recently. With staggered start times, the slowest goes first, quickest goes last in theory everyone will finish at the same time! This year’s event was held on a running track, lots of fast times were recorded. We welcomed some more new runners to the club,
New Wreakie Corrina took on the ‘Charnwood Challenge’ recently, here is her report: A new route, attended by approx 52 runners (a mixture of local and far clubs), I went and represented the Wreakies for the 10 mile race… The day started a bit drizzly and freezing; I debated wearing long sleeves, but didn’t need
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Lots of Wreakies took on the Run For All Leicester 10k today – well done to them all! New member Vic Meynell reports on her first 10k race: Perfect weather for a newbie’s first 10k race! Not too hot and not too cold. After grabbing a lift with the lovely Mrs Lang we arrived and parked
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Well last Wednesday saw the annual 3 Club Challenge hosted this year by Stilton Striders. Wreake had a record breaking 57 runners which meant for a change we weren’t the smallest club taking part. A lovely setting on a hot humid night saw us all sweat our way round the 4.5 tough xc course with
Looking at some of the fantastic photos taken by Sandy Boyce, this years ‘Run-Bike-Run’ (Just for fun) was a very enjoyable night! We had 16 individuals and 6 teams lined up for our second ‘Wreake Duathlon’ starting from the Black Boy in Hungarton A 3 mile out & back run along the quiet Baggrave road,
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A huge well done to all the Wreake warriors that ran in this Sunday’s race! For some it was their first experience of running a league race and what a race to choose, it certainly was a hot and hilly one! A special well done to some of our newer members; Mukesh / Katherine /