In the spring & summer months we venture off road, the routes are a mixture of road and cross country (tracks and paths) routes. We venture off into the beautiful countryside of east Leicestershire and Charnwood hills areas. We generally meet at the Hub, but also sometimes we have a ‘pub run’ (finish at a pub with meal afterwards).
Spring / Summer Routes
1 | Beedles About | 6.5m / 8m | Syston – Gate Hangs Well – River Wreake – East Gos. | MAP |
2 | River Run | 3.5m / 6m / 8m | Similar to Route 1, with longer river sections, second half faster road section. | MAP |
3 | Moody Stone | 6m / 8m | Across the fields to Barkby, back though fields to Syston. | MAP |
4 | Barkby Loop | 3.5m / 6m / 9m | Across the fields to Hamilton DMV and Beeby. | MAP |
5 | Watermead-Birstall | 5.5m / 7.5m | watermead – wanlip – birstall | MAP |
6 | Frisby Flyer | 3m / 5m / 7m | Frisby and along (& across) the river | MAP |
Retro Wreake Routes
Retrieved from the Wreake archives, old club runs revived!
1 | Barkby & Lakes | 4.8 or 7.5 | Hub to Barkby, and longer to lakes | MAP |
2 | Queni & Ridgemere | 4.8 or 9 | Syston to Queni & Ridgemere, longer to S Croxton | MAP |
3 | Queni Coppice & Hall | 4.5, 6 or 7 | Syston to Queni – Coppice & back | MAP |
4 | Gaddesby | 5 or 7.5 | Queni towards Gaddesby | MAP |
5 | Rearsby Queni | 6 or 7.5 | GHW to Ratcliffe Rearsby Queni | MAP |
Wreake Ratcliffe Routes
We meet at Ratcliffe College often on Tuesday’s to use the fab running track. But there is often a cross-country route option if you prefer, 8 in fact!
1. Ratcliffe College 1 Seagrave_Sileby (4.78 / 6m / 7.5m)
2. Ratcliffe Track 2 Rearsby- 4m (4m)
3. Ratcliffe Track 3 Rearsby- 5.25m (5.25m)
4. Ratcliffe Track 4 Spinney Farm- 3.5m (3.5m)
5. Ratcliffe Track 5 Rearsby big loop- 6m (6m)
6. Dave P’s Volume 1 Route 6
7. Ratcliffe Track 7 Rearsby mill 5K (5k)
8. Ratcliffe Track 8 – 4.5m 4.5m
President Palmer’s Routes
We often run routes featured in Club President Dave Palmer’s ‘Great Running and Walking Routes in Leicestershire‘.
Some of the routes start and finish at a local pub, which makes it ideal if you wish to partake of some refreshment afterwards! There is a longer and shorter option for each route. It is spirally bound and A5 size for ease of use, and contains maps, photos and interesting facts along the way.
Now in two volumes with 20 routes in Leicestershire, buy the book for route descriptions & photos!
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