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County XC Championships

Great day at the County XC champs, only 3 runners today Anne Holyland, Richard Bettsworth and Jim ketteringham, and Fast Anne didn’t disappoint  she went straight to front from the start and by the end of the first lap she was second not to far behind Amy Griffiths  (under 20  international  runner ) then there

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Gaddesby Gallop

Running with Wreake is not just about pounding the streets, sometimes we like to put on our Santa hats, slip on our trail shoes and run through mud,dew ponds and local brooks!… just for fun This year we had a fantastic turnout for everyone’s favourite ‘Gaddesby Gallop’, A 5 1/4 mile XC race through Ashby Folville, Barsby

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Xmas Lights Run

A large group of Wreakies donned Santa hats and took to the streets of Leicester for the club’s annual ‘Christmas Lights Run’. There was a super turn out for the club’s annual event (a club tradition for over a decade now). We ran from Glenfield into Town Hall Square in Leicester. After taking in the

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Bradgate Park XC

It was great to see some of our new members joining the XC team at yesterday’s Derby Runner race. David Jackson, Artur Lasinski both ran their first XC race at Bradgate Park along with Anne Timlock, Rhiannon Baxter, Jessica Millward and the rest of team Wreake. A tough hilly course all made worthwhile by the

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Dovedale Dash

A group of us put on our XC shoes Sunday and headed for Thorpe in the Peak District to take on the Dovedale Dash, a fantastic 4.75 mile run through the valley’s of the river Dove and  the cold waters of the famous stepping stones along with over 1300 other runners. A beautiful sunny day made the

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