The medals, the t-shirts, the pride! Wreake Runners have had a busy spring, taking on the 26.2 miles of several marathons both across the country and across the world! From Tokyo, to Manchester, London, Chester and Leeds we are really proud of all our marathoners achievements. We also had many more take on different half […]
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Congratulations to all our Wreake Warriors for their recent adventures This weekend we had Catherine and Matt down in Brighton for the scenic trail marathon, well done for completing this and managing to meet up for the all important photo! Several of the Wreake family, past and present took part in an incredible relay of
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#tracktuesdays This was our lovely looking bunch this week Did you know we train fortnightly at the Ratcliffe College track and its included in our membership fee? We publish our proposed track schedule with a suggested warm-up, efforts and cool-down on our closed forum for members to follow. Or you can come and do your
Club nights are back! After a few months away, with the easing of lockdown on Tuesday evening our club nights returned (under strict C19 rules) with an all-inclusive interval training session on the fab running track at Ratcliffe College. This Thursday we’ll have our first route night, from Syston into the surrounding countryside. Lots of
Over the month of September over 50 Wreake Runners have been attempting to run as many miles as we can for the ‘Run The World’ virtual race. Over 900 runners from across the East Midlands have been virtually running the globe. Race’s have been in individual and team categories. As a team we finished 1st
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Ben Surtees-Smith challenged himself in August with a charity challenge to run 100 miles in 1 month, after many donations he quickly upped the challenge to 300 miles, including the final week of 100 miles in 7 days! Here Ben explains his busy month of running… I knew that charities were being severely affected in
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Race 6 – 10km– 28/29 Aug 2020 The final race of the Leicestershire Road Running Lockdown League 2020 concluded with a 10km virtual race. 20 Wreake Runners competed against over 500 runners from across Leicestershire. As a team we finished as runners up in the C Final – well done to the 50 Wreake Runners
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Race 5 – 5 miles– 16/17 Aug 2020 24 Wreakies took part in penultimate race of the Leicestershire Road Running Lockdown League 2020, with over 500 runners from across Leicestershire also competing. Some top 10 category finishing positions for: John Hall (2nd, Male 65-69), Bruno N & Brian S (4th & 5th, Male 55-59), Rhiannon
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40 Wreake Runners took part in THE RUNNING FOR RAINBOWS VIRTUAL 2K CHALLENGE on 15/16 August 2020. This multi-club event was in aid of fundraising for Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People. 260 adults from 13 Running clubs in Leicestershire took part (& children running a 1500m version). As the East Midlands’ only hospice for
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Race 4 – 1 mile– 1st/2nd Aug 2020 40 Wreakies took part in Race 4 of the Leicestershire Road Running Lockdown League 2020. Once again Ben was first man back in 4:55 (15th overall), Rhiannon the first woman back in 5:54 (146th overall). Some great performances, notably Diamond ‘Virtual Standard’ for Ben, Brian, and Bruno!),
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